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HANSARDPakistan: Aid for Persecuted MinoritiesMy Lords, as I said, my department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office work closely to ensure that we are able to protect minority communities in Pakistan. We have seen some…06 Jun 2019HANSARDPakistan: Aid for Persecuted MinoritiesI pay tribute to the noble Lord’s long-standing involvement in this important issue. We remain deeply concerned by the misuse of blasphemy laws and the treatment of minority…06 Jun 2019HANSARDPakistan: Aid for Persecuted MinoritiesMy Lords, I mentioned our response to the blasphemy laws in a previous answer. We must continue to stand up for human rights and freedom of religion and belief. The Prime Minister…06 Jun 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthI am happy to confirm to my noble friend that we will of course keep fertility planning at the heart of our programmes. We are the world’s second largest global bilateral donor on…29 Apr 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthI thank the noble Baroness for her question. When I was researching this issue, I read a previous comment from her about how, if we did not have access to our own family planning,…29 Apr 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord that we must do what we can to prevent child stunting. We are investing significant amounts in global healthcare, focusing on delivering the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthMy Lords, more than half of expected growth in global population between 2017 and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa. Rapid population growth could of course impact sustainable…29 Apr 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthI thank the noble Lord for his welcome. He is right to highlight that. Further, Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world. To harness the benefits of demographic…29 Apr 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthThe noble Lord is right to highlight that over 60% of people on the African continent are under 25 and, as I said previously, we expect to see a great deal of population growth in…29 Apr 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthI thank the noble Lord for his question. I have not seen any analysis on this issue. We are working closely with the continent of Africa to ensure that we are able to fund our…29 Apr 2019HANSARDOperation BrockMy Lords, since Brock became active, five road traffic collisions have been reported to Highways England, although that is yet to be validated as an official statistic. It is not…08 Apr 2019HANSARDOperation BrockMy Lords, the Operation Brock contraflow system using barriers on the London-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 has been in place since 25 March. Although some…08 Apr 2019HANSARDOperation BrockOperation Brock is designed to be an improvement on Operation Stack, which we saw huge problems with in 2015. We actually used Operation Stack in mid-March; that was caused by…08 Apr 2019HANSARDOperation BrockMy Lords, of course we aim to ensure that all movement through ports will continue to be as frictionless as possible in a no-deal scenario so that the effects on businesses using…08 Apr 2019HANSARDOperation BrockI am not sure I can comment on that specific solution. We are of course working very closely with the local resilience forums and all ports to ensure that we mitigate disruption…08 Apr 2019HANSARDOperation BrockAs I said, there is no evidence for the cause of the current accidents, but we are of course looking at the circumstances around each collision and considering what can be done to…08 Apr 2019HANSARDOperation BrockThe noble Lord is right to point out the benefits of having speed limits within contraflows. For safety reasons, there has been a speed reduction in the area while the contingency…08 Apr 2019HANSARDHeavy Duty Vehicles (Emissions and Fuel Consumption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 26 February be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 25 March .27 Mar 2019HANSARDHeavy Duty Vehicles (Emissions and Fuel Consumption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their consideration of these draft regulations. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord McNally, about the importance of addressing the issues around…25 Mar 2019HANSARDHeavy Duty Vehicles (Emissions and Fuel Consumption) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, these draft regulations will be made under the powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and will be required if the UK leaves the European Union…25 Mar 2019