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Working closely with colleagues in the Department for International Development, the Royal Navy is supporting relief efforts. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Largs Bay" departed the UK on 3 February and is expected to arrive in Haiti around the 19th of the month, staying in the region for a number of weeks. She is carrying shelter materials, as well as critically needed port handling equipment and vehicles for use by Save the Children, the International Federation of the Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies.
Shipping: Light Dues
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 13 January (WA 166), and following the judgment of the Competition Appeal Tribunal of 21 December 2009 in BAA Limited v Competition Commission (CAT 35), whether it was appropriate for Strategic Transport Solutions to participate in the review commissioned on behalf of the General Lighthouse Authorities on the impact of light dues increases, when one of its partners was also a board member of the Commissioners of Irish Lights. [HL1746]
The Secretary of State for Transport (Lord Adonis): Further to my Written Answer on 13 January, I do not consider the judgment referred to by the noble Lord to be relevant. While it is correct that a partner in Strategic Transport Solutions is a board member of the Commissioners of Irish Lights, the possibility of an apparent conflict between those positions was considered at the time and appropriate steps were taken to ensure that person took no part in the review of the impact of light dues increases.
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Statutory Instruments
Question
Asked by Lord Taylor of Holbeach
To ask Her Majesty's Government why, when a statutory instrument is reissued to correct an error, the amendments to the original version are not listed. [HL1846]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): Information about the nature of changes to an instrument should be contained within the Explanatory Note. Guidance to departments in Statutory Instrument Practice states that "the explanatory note should help the reader to understand the instrument's effect without looking up other provisions. Thus the note to an amending instrument should make clear the point and substance of the amendment". This guidance will be amended to make clear to departments that when a defective instrument is corrected and reissued, they must provide information about amendments made to the original instrument.
Sufi Muslim Council
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Communities and Local Government has investigated whether Mr Haras Rafiq, the former head of the Sufi Muslim Council, has misappropriated government funding. [HL1611]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): The Department for Communities and Local Government has not investigated whether Mr Haras Rafiq has misappropriated government funding.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 16 December 2009 (WA 254), whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of the end of year evaluation reports submitted by the Sufi Muslim Council. [HL1682]
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 16 December 2009 (WA 254), whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of all the end of year evaluation reports of projects funded by the Community Leadership Fund. [HL1683]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions (Lord McKenzie of Luton): There are no plans to place evaluation reports
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
Questions
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan under the Terrorism Act 2000. [HL1858]
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the threat posed by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan to the United Kingdom and its interests overseas. [HL1859]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is not a proscribed organisation, and it is general Home Office policy not to comment on groups which are not on the proscribed list.
Terrorism: Internet
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the police have used powers under Section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2006 to seek the removal or modification of unlawful terrorist-related material from the internet in each of the last six months. [HL1725]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): The Home Office and ACPO (TAM) have set up a new unit, the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU), which was launched in a pilot capacity on 1 February 2010. The CTIRU is responsible for the co-ordination and execution of voluntary and Section 3 take-down notices. Further details on the CTIRU, including statistics regarding take-downs, will be available in due course.
To date, the preferred route for removing potentially unlawful terrorist content is through informal contact between the police and the internet service provider. This approach has proved effective. As a result, it has not been necessary to use the formal powers given under the Terrorism Act 2006 to seek the removal or modification of unlawful terrorist-related material from the internet.
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