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Written Question
Antisemitism
Thursday 22nd December 2016

Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their new definition of anti-Semitism will allow for the criticism of the government of Israel and its policies towards the Palestinian people.

Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism adopted by Her Majesty’s Government does not preclude criticism of Israel. As the definition makes clear, criticism of Israel similar to that levelled against any other country cannot be regarded as anti-Semitic.

The full text of the working definition of anti-Semitism and examples (atached) can be found

at: http://european-forum-on-antisemitism.org/report/working-definition-antisemitism-ihra


Written Question
Religion
Thursday 22nd December 2016

Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of any major religions that do not subscribe to universal values.

Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

As the then Home Secretary explained in her speech of 23rd March 2015, British values – such as regard for the rule of law, participation in and acceptance of democracy, equality, free speech and respect for minorities – are supported by the overwhelming majority of British people. They are sustained by our most important local and national institutions. And they are the means by which we have made our multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious society succeed.


Written Question
National Identity
Thursday 22nd December 2016

Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that any British values are different from universal values; and, if so, which ones are different.

Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

As the then Home Secretary explained in her speech of 23rd March 2015, British values – such as regard for the rule of law, participation in and acceptance of democracy, equality, free speech and respect for minorities – are supported by the overwhelming majority of British people. They are sustained by our most important local and national institutions. And they are the means by which we have made our multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious society succeed.


Written Question
National Identity
Thursday 22nd December 2016

Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports that civil servants and other holders of public office might be required to swear an oath to British values, what is their definition of British values.

Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

As the then Home Secretary explained in her speech of 23rd March 2015, British values – such as regard for the rule of law, participation in and acceptance of democracy, equality, free speech and respect for minorities – are supported by the overwhelming majority of British people. They are sustained by our most important local and national institutions. And they are the means by which we have made our multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious society succeed.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Thursday 11th December 2014

Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to provide additional resources to the local authorities in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford, Derby and any other local authority that has experienced child sexual exploitation cases and requires funding for victim support and child protection.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Government is determined that appalling cases of child abuse should be exposed so that perpetrators face justice and the vulnerable are protected. The Government is clear that there is more to be done for victims and to minimise the risk of such terrible events occurring in Rotherham or anywhere else in the future.

The Home Secretary has been chairing a series of Secretaries of State meetings alongside colleagues from the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Communities and Local Government and Department of Health, and the Attorney General and Solicitor General to analyse the failures identified in the Jay report and consider how all parties, including the criminal justice system, local government, the health service and the voluntary sector, can work together more effectively to support and protect victims of child sexual exploitation.