My Lords, I am very pleased that we have the opportunity to debate the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee report Operation Sophia: A Failed Mission this afternoon. Today’s debate is very timely given the recent news reports we are again witnessing in the media. Operation Sophia is the EU’s naval mission...

My Lords, I am very pleased that we have the opportunity to debate the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee report Operation Sophia: A Failed Mission this afternoon. Today’s debate is very timely given the recent news reports we are again witnessing in the media. Operation Sophia is the EU’s naval mission...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. The Minister was right: it has been an extremely well-informed and well-tempered debate. My noble friend has not managed to answer a number of questions; if she reads through Hansard, I am sure that she will find them and then...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. The Minister was right: it has been an extremely well-informed and well-tempered debate. My noble friend has not managed to answer a number of questions; if she reads through Hansard, I am sure that she will find them and then...

Lords motion to take note of the second report of the European Union Committee on Operation Sophia: a failed mission (HL 5). Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to take note of the second report of the European Union Committee on Operation Sophia: a failed mission (HL 5). Agreed to on question.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of Libyan refugees currently residing in Tunisia.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of Libyan refugees currently residing in Tunisia.

Lords motion to take note of the humanitarian impact of developments in the Middle East and North Africa. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to take note of the humanitarian impact of developments in the Middle East and North Africa. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their incredibly passionate contributions this evening. I particularly thank my noble friend Lord Brooke for

his valedictory speech, and on behalf of the House I thank him for his public service over many decades. My noble friend Lord Crickhowell summed up very...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their incredibly passionate contributions this evening. I particularly thank my noble friend Lord Brooke for

his valedictory speech, and on behalf of the House I thank him for his public service over many decades. My noble friend Lord Crickhowell summed up very...

My Lords, I will address that question. Those people coming under the Syrian protected scheme will have, after five years, the right to indefinite stay. Among them, there will be young people who, when they reach the age of 18, will have applied through the system and remain here because...

My Lords, I will address that question. Those people coming under the Syrian protected scheme will have, after five years, the right to indefinite stay. Among them, there will be young people who, when they reach the age of 18, will have applied through the system and remain here because...

My Lords, perhaps I am not explaining this very well. Among the 20,000 coming in, Syrian refugees of less than 18 years will be provided with humanitarian protection for five years under the scheme. Under the Syrian protection scheme, we will not be looking to remove any such child once...

My Lords, perhaps I am not explaining this very well. Among the 20,000 coming in, Syrian refugees of less than 18 years will be provided with humanitarian protection for five years under the scheme. Under the Syrian protection scheme, we will not be looking to remove any such child once...

I thank my noble friend for his intervention. However, I reiterate that the scheme we are operating, the Syrian vulnerable persons relocation scheme, is different from other schemes and, therefore, under this scheme, those reaching the age of 18 will remain.

I thank my noble friend for his intervention. However, I reiterate that the scheme we are operating, the Syrian vulnerable persons relocation scheme, is different from other schemes and, therefore, under this scheme, those reaching the age of 18 will remain.

My Lords, so that we can make progress, I think it would be easier if I write to the noble Lord and put a copy of that in the Library.

The noble Lord, Lord Anderson, asked about the structure of the Gold Command team announced today. The Gold Command has been...

My Lords, so that we can make progress, I think it would be easier if I write to the noble Lord and put a copy of that in the Library.

The noble Lord, Lord Anderson, asked about the structure of the Gold Command team announced today. The Gold Command has been...

I will just finish this point.

My noble friend also asked what we were doing to support minority groups as we have seen some horrific cases of attacks on Christians and other religious communities by violent extremists, including ISIL. I reassure all noble Lords that all UK-funded assistance is distributed on...

I will just finish this point.

My noble friend also asked what we were doing to support minority groups as we have seen some horrific cases of attacks on Christians and other religious communities by violent extremists, including ISIL. I reassure all noble Lords that all UK-funded assistance is distributed on...

My Lords, I remember the question. I will need to go back and source the answer for the noble Lord. At this moment, I suspect that we are

working with local authorities and so will not have a precise answer for him, but I promise to take the question back.

The...

My Lords, I remember the question. I will need to go back and source the answer for the noble Lord. At this moment, I suspect that we are

working with local authorities and so will not have a precise answer for him, but I promise to take the question back.

The...

My Lords, the world is facing humanitarian emergencies in unprecedented numbers, scale and complexity, from the Ebola epidemic that hit Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea last year to the devastating earthquake in Nepal in April, and from the current crisis in Yemen to the conflict that has raged in Syria...

My Lords, the world is facing humanitarian emergencies in unprecedented numbers, scale and complexity, from the Ebola epidemic that hit Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea last year to the devastating earthquake in Nepal in April, and from the current crisis in Yemen to the conflict that has raged in Syria...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Stabilisation Unit is aware of any planned European Union stabilisation or security sector reform missions in Libya; and, if so, whether they were consulted as to the demarcation of effort and if they would contribute or lend their support to any such mission.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Stabilisation Unit is aware of any planned European Union stabilisation or security sector reform missions in Libya; and, if so, whether they were consulted as to the demarcation of effort and if they would contribute or lend their support to any such mission.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the international community's response to the United Nations' Flash Appeal for Libya; and what contributions they will make to support this humanitarian work.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the international community's response to the United Nations' Flash Appeal for Libya; and what contributions they will make to support this humanitarian work.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are assisting the work of the International Organisation for Migration in caring for migrants stranded on the Libya-Chad frontier, in particular their medical needs; and, if so, to what extent.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are assisting the work of the International Organisation for Migration in caring for migrants stranded on the Libya-Chad frontier, in particular their medical needs; and, if so, to what extent.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budgetary arrangements and resources, both human and materiel, have been allocated for humanitarian and stabilisation activities in Libya.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budgetary arrangements and resources, both human and materiel, have been allocated for humanitarian and stabilisation activities in Libya.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to provide aid and support to Libya in the event that Muammar Gaddafi is removed from power; and whether they have plans regarding what support other countries in the region would receive if they too were to remove dictators from office.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to provide aid and support to Libya in the event that Muammar Gaddafi is removed from power; and whether they have plans regarding what support other countries in the region would receive if they too were to remove dictators from office.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 1 March (WA 287), in which category of document described in the Cabinet Secretary’s report fall (a) the letter from the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) regarding the medical tests which...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 1 March (WA 287), in which category of document described in the Cabinet Secretary’s report fall (a) the letter from the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) regarding the medical tests which...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are able to take to assist Eritrean and other asylum seekers evacuated to Malta from Libya; and what discussions they are having with their European Union counterparts about the plight of Asian and African nationals trapped in Libya.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are able to take to assist Eritrean and other asylum seekers evacuated to Malta from Libya; and what discussions they are having with their European Union counterparts about the plight of Asian and African nationals trapped in Libya.