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915100

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Cameroon: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political and human rights situation in Cameroon; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	148603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The tensions in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon are troubling. The British Government wants to see a reduction in violence, release of prisoners and a meaningful process to address the core issues.</p><p>We welcome the announcement by President Biya in his New Year speech, calling for moves to rebuild trust, resume dialogue and pursue decentralization. During my visit in February, I met senior Cameroon Government officials and reinforced the need for restraint, for the avoidance of excess force and for respect for human rights.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 14:48:48 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

911248

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Windrush Generation: Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department will provide consular and legal assistance to (a) members of the Windrush generation and their children and (b) people who arrived between 1973 and 1988 applying for citizenship or the right to remain from abroad.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	147980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The consular assistance the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can offer overseas is set out in our public guide at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-british-nationals-abroad-a-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-british-nationals-abroad-a-guide</a>.</p><p>The Home Secretary announced a dedicated Windrush Scheme at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/undocumented-commonwealth-citizens-resident-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/undocumented-commonwealth-citizens-resident-in-the-uk </a>which will ensure that members of the Windrush generation will be able to obtain the documents to confirm their status. This applies equally to their children born in the UK and those who arrived in UK as minors, and to others who have been in the United Kingdom for a long period of time. This includes information and assistance for those currently overseas and contact details of the Windrush Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 16:01:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

910260

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	South Africa: Poaching
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with its counterpart in South Africa on reducing poaching in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	147442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The British High Commission in Pretoria regularly discusses illegal wildlife trade (IWT) issues with the South African Government and has funded joint projects to increase IWT law enforcement capacity and cooperation in the region. We have also raised this issue at the highest political levels: the Foreign Secretary last discussed IWT with the South African Foreign Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, during a bilateral meeting on 17 April. In addition, the Foreign Secretary took advantage of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to remind his Commonwealth opposite numbers of the importance of the counter-IWT agenda in general and in particular of senior attendance at the IWT Conference in London in October. We will continue to build on our partnership with the South African Government, including at the Conference itself.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:53:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

910279

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Cameroon: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Cameroonian counterpart on steps to permit international agency access to Anglophone separatist leaders extradited from Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	147518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>During my visit to Cameroon in February, I pressed the Prime Minister and the Government of Cameroon to allow access by an independent and reputable agency such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to all detainees, including those extradited from Nigeria. The Foreign Secretary and I also pressed for access during bilateral meetings at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting with the Cameroonian Prime Minister and Commonwealth Minister respectively. I further pressed for access with the Secretary General to the President when he visited London and also in a letter to President Biya following my visit. More recently, a statement was made by the UK at the UNHCHR in Geneva. We continue to engage with the Government of Cameroon at Ministerial and official levels for access to be granted.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:55:22 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

910326

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: Labour Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the existence of labour camps in Eritrea; and whether he has made representations on such camps to the Government of that country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We are aware that there can be indefinite national service in Eritrea, and that much of the work exacted from the population goes far beyond that of military service. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary and the then Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when he visited London in July 2017. The former Minister for Africa also raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when they met in New York in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:12:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910328

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Eritrean counterpart on access to Eritrea for the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not met his Eritrean counterpart. The former Minister for Africa raised the issue of access for Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when they met in New York in September 2017. The United Kingdom, in its statements at the UN, both in New York and Geneva, has consistently called for the Government of Eritrea to allow access to the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:26:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910330

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: National Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Eritrean counterpart on the laws governing national service in Eritrea.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not met with any Eritrean minister. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Undersecretary and the then Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office both raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when he visited London in July 2017. The former Minister for Africa also raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when they met in New York in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:31:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910333

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will work with his international counterparts to establish an urgent UN investigation into allegations of extrajudicial killings, arrest, false imprisonment and the culture of official impunity in Eritrea.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>A UN Commission of Inquiry reported at length on the human rights situation in Eritrea in 2016. The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights has also undertaken four visits to Eritrea since 2014 and started direct discussions with the Government of Eritrea on a number of areas of human rights concern. The United Kingdom continues to call for the Government of Eritrea to grant access to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:36:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910335

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Eritrea on its obligations under (a) the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and (b) other human rights treaties to which that country is party.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has made no specific representations to the Government of Eritrea on its treaty obligations in recent years. The most appropriate opportunity to do so will be at the peer review stage of Eritrea’s next Universal Periodic Review which is due in January-February 2019. The UK continues to make clear to the Government of Eritrea our concerns on human rights, and Eritrea remains a priority country in the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office annual human rights report.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:48:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910336

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to help resolve the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea over Badme.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We continue to monitor the dispute closely, and welcome the offer of dialogue with Eritrea made by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy in his 2 April inaugural speech, which will be necessary to end the tensions between those two countries.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:50:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew