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673529

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date	16/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the Joint Incident Assessment Team to conduct effective investigations into breaches of international humanitarian law in Yemen; and what representations he (a) made and (b) received on the appointment of Mansoor Al-Mansoor to that team.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	60043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Coalition announced the formation of the Joint Incident Assessment Team (JIAT) in May 2016 and gave further details of the composition and investigation process during a press conference on 4 August. They conveyed that the JIAT would comprise representation from 6 Coalition countries, would operate with independence and neutrality, and will conduct investigations in accordance with international processes.</p><p>The UK has not been directly involved in investigations undertaken by the JIAT, but has supported its development, including through the delivery of training sessions and meetings.</p><p>Appointments made to the JIAT are a matter for the Coalition to respond to.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2017 16:09:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

673530

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Embassies: Wines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of UK High Commissions and embassies serve English or Welsh wine.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	59993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>A number of our High Commissions and Embassies now do so, but we do not centrally hold details of the wine that is served.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/01/2017 16:02:46 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

673531

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure continuity of food deliveries by sea to all ports in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	60002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>We continue to lobby all parties to the conflict to facilitate commercial and humanitarian access. The UK Government is providing £1.4 million for the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism to speed up the clearance process for ships, which should in turn help with the continued delivery of food to Yemen by sea.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2017 16:06:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

673534

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2016 to Question 57916, on Syria: armed conflict, what response his Department has received from Russian and Iranian ambassadors following the meeting on 15 December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	59995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>When the Foreign Secretary summoned the Russian and Iranian ambassadors on 15 December, he made clear that; &quot;both Russia and Iran have failed to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, specifically by failing to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians during the months when eastern Aleppo was besieged.&quot; The Iranian Foreign Ministry responded that the statements issued by the Foreign Secretary were &quot;unrealistic, unconsidered and destructive&quot;. On 19 December, Russia joined the UN Security Council members in voting in favour of UN Security Council Resolution 2328 on the humanitarian situation in Aleppo. The resolution requested the UN to monitor evacuations from Eastern Aleppo and demanded all parties provide the UN with safe, immediate and unimpeded access. The UK continues to urge Russia and Iran to use their influence to implement fully the terms of this UNSCR as well as the ceasefire deal they announced on 30 December</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2017 15:55:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

673535

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Serbia: Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what preparations (a) his Department and (b) the British Embassy in Belgrade undertook in advance of his official visit to Serbia in November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	60166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>​I refer the Hon. Member to the answer that I gave on 12 January 2017 to Written Question 58382.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/01/2017 15:57:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

673596

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government last raised the humanitarian situation in Yemen with the Foreign Affairs Council; and what actions were agreed on that occasion.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	60117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The humanitarian situation in Yemen is one of the most serious crises in the world and this is why the UK Government has committed over £100m in humanitarian aid to Yemen for 2016/17. Last year we helped more than 1 million Yemenis with food, medical supplies and clean water.</p><p>The humanitarian situation in Yemen was last discussed as a substantive item at the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in February 2015. However, Yemen in general is regularly covered as part of wider discussions on the Southern Neighbourhood at the FAC.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) most recently raised the humanitarian situation in Yemen with members of the FAC during the annual meeting of EU and Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers in July 2016, which immediately followed the formal FAC meeting.</p><p>The Council Working Parties regularly discuss Yemen including the severity of the humanitarian situation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2017 16:03:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

672701

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian and human rights situation in Rakhine State, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	59956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the humanitarian and human rights situation in Rakhine. We are particularly concerned by reports from a range of human rights organisations of human rights violations by the security forces following the attack on border posts on 9 October, and the subsequent security response to these attacks. We are also concerned about the humanitarian impact if aid is not resumed quickly, particularly impacting those already affected by malnutrition. We have made several representations to the government of Burma and called for humanitarian access both through our Ambassador and also through Ministerial contacts. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my noble Friend, the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns, visited Burma from 9-12 November and urged Burmese Government Ministers to ensure the full resumption of humanitarian aid and to set up an independent investigation into allegations of human rights violations. I also raised this in person with the Burmese Minister of Construction, when he visited London, on 29 November. We will continue to monitor developments closely and to raise our concerns at every opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2017 17:01:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

672702

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to press for humanitarian access to Rakhine, Kachin and Northern Shan States, Burma; and what the results have been of any such diplomatic actions take to date.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	59957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by continuing restrictions on humanitarian access to Rakhine, Kachin and Northern Shan States. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my noble Friend, the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns, visited Burma from 9-12 November and urged Burmese Government Ministers to ensure the full resumption of humanitarian aid and to set up an independent investigation into allegations of human rights violations in Rakhine. I also raised this in person with the Burmese Minister of Construction, when he visited London, on 29 November. The UK has long been one of the biggest humanitarian donors to Burma and to Rakhine State, providing over £23 million in humanitarian assistance to Rakhine since 2012. The Government of Burma has committed to restoring humanitarian access. In practice, worrying restrictions remain and we, together with other countries and the UN, will continue to monitor developments closely and to raise our concerns at every opportunity.</p><p>For Kachin and Northern Shan we continue to raise with the Government of Burma the restriction of humanitarian access to internally displaced people. Baroness Anelay discussed this with the Burmese Minister for Defence during her visit. The UK has provided over £18.1 million in essential humanitarian and health assistance in Kachin and Northern Shan states from 2012 until the end of last financial year, and will provide a further £5 million approximately this year. We continue to provide political and practical support to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's 'Panglong' peace initiative, which successfully brought together the main players last year, in a bid to end this long-running internal conflict.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2017 17:05:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

672703

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to resolve the escalation in conflict in Kachin and northern Shan States, Burma, and the displacement of several thousands of civilians in that area.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	59959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>We have been a consistent supporter of Burma's peace process, aimed at ending the long-running conflict between the military and the ethnic armed groups. This includes practical support delivered through both the multi-donor Joint Peace Fund and the Peace Support Fund, as well as technical advice and expertise. The UK has provided over £18.1 million in essential humanitarian and health assistance in Kachin and Northern Shan states from 2012 until the end of last financial year, and will provide approximately a further £5 million this year.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2017 17:15:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes