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800550

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the transparency document entitled FCO ministers: travel - April to June 2017, which tickets relating to which journeys were (a) first, (b) business, (c) economy and (d) any other class; and what the cost of each such ticket was.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	117171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office publishes details of all ministerial travel on a quarterly basis in full accordance with the Cabinet Office requirements and processes.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/12/2017 17:13:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

800628

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Chile: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Chilean counterpart in Chile; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	117249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary met Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz in New York in September 2016. I last met the Foreign Minister at EU-CELAC Foreign Ministers Summit in Santo Domingo in October 2016. We discussed a range of international issues on both occasions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/12/2017 17:09:53 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

800665

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Sudan: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the Sudanese Government’s performance against the UN (Ruggie) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	117286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK was the first country to implement the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights (the Ruggie Principles), by producing a National Action Plan on business and human rights in September 2013 (updated in May 2016). Through our National Action Plan, we are working with countries, including Sudan, to tackle human rights challenges.</p><p>Human rights is a top priority for our engagement with the Government of Sudan. As part of this engagement, the UK will consider opportunities to promote trade with Sudan, as trade can help to open closed off political and economic systems. We continue to press the Government of Sudan to improve the human rights situation to create a more conducive business environment. We used the fourth round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue on 16 October to agree steps that the Government of Sudan would take to make further progress on human rights, and to raise our concerns on specific human rights issues. A communiqué outlining the progress made is now available on the British Government's website.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2017 14:07:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

800720

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Nigeria: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to help support freedom of religion or belief in Central Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is firmly committed to promoting and protecting the right to freedom of religion or belief around the world and to being a strong voice internationally in defence of this fundamental right. Religious freedom is protected by the Nigerian Constitution and we regularly discuss with the Nigerian Government, at the highest levels, our concern about threats to this right in Nigeria.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2017 14:10:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

800722

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Nigeria: Religious Freedom
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 had received on threats to freedom of religion or belief in Central Nigeria arising from violence involving armed Fulani herders; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We are concerned by reports of recurrent clashes involving pastoralists and local farmers over land, farming rights, grazing routes and access to water. These clashes, as a result of tensions which are exacerbated by climate change and population growth, have a devastating impact on lives and communities, as well as being a major barrier to Nigeria's economic development.</p><p>We continue to call for calm and for all parties to find a peaceful solution to the complex underlying causes of these incidents.</p><p>We welcome President Buhari's commitment to focus on assisting the affected communities, bringing perpetrators to justice and examining longer term peaceful solutions to the conflict.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2017 14:17:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

800723

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Nigeria: Press Freedom
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 his Department has made of the level of press freedom in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of reports made about the Kaduna State Governor's efforts to restrict press freedom when it draws attention to violence in southern Kaduna. The UK position on human rights is firm: they are universal and must apply equally to all people. This includes the freedom of worship and the right to protest within the rule of law. We will continue to watch developments closely.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2017 14:22:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

800724

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Nguyen Trung Ton
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 the Government of Vietnam on the detention in July 2017 of pastor Nguyen Trung Ton.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>​I am aware of and concerned by the ongoing detention of pastor Nguyen Trung Ton in Vietnam. Officials from the British Embassy in Hanoi met members of his family in November to discuss his case. We have raised our wider concerns about increased restrictions on freedom of expression and the detention of human rights defenders in Vietnam most recently at the UN Human Rights Council in September; and we continue to call for the release of all prisoners of conscience. I shall be travelling to Vietnam in January to co-chair the next UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue, when I shall ​raise our concerns over this and other cases.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/12/2017 16:23:42 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

800725

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Nguyen Bac Truyen
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 the Government of Vietnam on the arrest in July 2017 of human rights defender, Nguyen Bac Truyen.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>​I am aware of and concerned by the arrest of human rights defender Nguyen Bac Truyen in Vietnam. Officials from the British Embassy in Hanoi met members of his family in November to discuss his case. We have raised our wider concerns about increased restrictions on freedom of expression and the detention of human rights defenders in Vietnam most recently at the UN Human Rights Council in September; and we continue to call for the release of all prisoners of conscience. I shall be travelling to Vietnam in January to co-chair the next UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue, when I shall raise our concerns over this and other cases.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/12/2017 16:21:53 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

800758

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Belarus: Forced Labour
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 assessed the extent to which forced labour is used in Belarus.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	117379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Belarus is a source, transit and destination country for individuals subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour. Our Embassy in Minsk has provided £100,000 of project funding to support the implementation of Council of Europe and UN recommendations on preventing human trafficking and gender inequality.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/12/2017 17:08:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

798647

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
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	India: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in India; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	117041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK enjoys a lasting, deep and broad partnership with India. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, spoke to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on 22 November about the forthcoming Commonwealth Summit and consular issues. He congratulated India on its re-election to the International Court of Justice. My noble friend the Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, met amongst others, Prime Minister Modi, External Affairs Minister Swaraj and Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar during his visit to Delhi on 23-24 November and reinforced our valuable cooperation on cyber security. I spoke to Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar on 29 November to welcome the acquittal of the six British nationals imprisoned in Chennai and other current consular issues.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 06/12/2017 16:11:28 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham