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1110135

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Jamal Khashoggi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they have taken, if any, as part of their global campaign on media freedom to address the disappearance and murder of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Kashoggi.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL15103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The death of Jamal Khashoggi brought the issue of media freedom into sharp focus. The UK’s condemnation of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has been made clear to the Saudi authorities at the highest levels. 2018 was the deadliest year for journalists, with 99 killed, 348 detained and 60 taken hostage by non-state groups. As part of the global media freedom campaign, the Foreign Secretary and his Special Envoy on Media Freedom, Amal Clooney, will establish a panel of legal experts who will examine legal and policy initiatives that states, including Saudi Arabia, can adopt to improve media freedom.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL15104 question first answered 16/04/2019 13:48:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1110136

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Saudi Arabia: Press Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, as part of their global campaign on media freedom, to offer advice to the government of Saudi Arabia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL15104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The death of Jamal Khashoggi brought the issue of media freedom into sharp focus. The UK’s condemnation of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has been made clear to the Saudi authorities at the highest levels. 2018 was the deadliest year for journalists, with 99 killed, 348 detained and 60 taken hostage by non-state groups. As part of the global media freedom campaign, the Foreign Secretary and his Special Envoy on Media Freedom, Amal Clooney, will establish a panel of legal experts who will examine legal and policy initiatives that states, including Saudi Arabia, can adopt to improve media freedom.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL15103 question first answered 16/04/2019 13:48:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1110182

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Vedanta
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 adequacy of the (a) human rights and (b) environmental record of the UK-listed company Vedanta Resources in its overseas operations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	242085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>In line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the British Government encourages all companies to conduct human rights due diligence and to put in place measures to mitigate any human rights impacts caused by their operations and to assist with access to remedy accordingly. In its National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, updated in 2016, the Government has set out its approach to ensuring that those affected by business-related human rights abuses by UK-based business enterprises have access to effective remedy. The UK is also a signatory to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises maintains a National Contact Point (NCP) to promote the Guidelines, and implements a complaints mechanism. The complaints mechanism can include the examination of instances where alleged abuses of human rights or environmental damage may have occurred.</p><p>The UK NCP has previously handled a complaint against Vedanta Resources plc (Vedanta) from Survival International regarding activities related to the planned construction of a bauxite mine in India. The UK NCP issued a final statement on the complaint in September 2009: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204133419/http:/www.bis.gov.uk/files/file53117.doc" target="_blank">September 2009: UK NCP Final Statement - Complaint from Survival International against Vedanta Resources plc </a>in which the UK NCP made recommendations to Vedanta with the aim of assisting the company in bringing its practices in line with the Guidelines; including that Vedanta engage with the indigenous group named in the complaint and include a human and indigenous rights impact assessment in its project management process. In line with its published procedures, the UK NCP issued a follow-up statement on the case in March 2010 UK. The statement can be found on the NCP website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines. </a></p><p>We are awaiting the result of the case before the Supreme Court brought on behalf of 1,826 claimants in Zambia against Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of Vedanta.</p><p>The Government considers that it has met its responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: to set out the requirements of businesses with respect to human rights, to promote responsible business practices and to support access remedy for human rights abuses with regard to the activities of Vedanta Resource plc (Vedanta).</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 242086 242087 242088 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:46:58 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1110183

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Vedanta
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 plans to undertake an investigation into allegations of (a) human rights abuses and (b) environmental damage by the UK-listed company Vedanta Resources in its overseas operations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	242086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>In line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the British Government encourages all companies to conduct human rights due diligence and to put in place measures to mitigate any human rights impacts caused by their operations and to assist with access to remedy accordingly. In its National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, updated in 2016, the Government has set out its approach to ensuring that those affected by business-related human rights abuses by UK-based business enterprises have access to effective remedy. The UK is also a signatory to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises maintains a National Contact Point (NCP) to promote the Guidelines, and implements a complaints mechanism. The complaints mechanism can include the examination of instances where alleged abuses of human rights or environmental damage may have occurred.</p><p>The UK NCP has previously handled a complaint against Vedanta Resources plc (Vedanta) from Survival International regarding activities related to the planned construction of a bauxite mine in India. The UK NCP issued a final statement on the complaint in September 2009: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204133419/http:/www.bis.gov.uk/files/file53117.doc" target="_blank">September 2009: UK NCP Final Statement - Complaint from Survival International against Vedanta Resources plc </a>in which the UK NCP made recommendations to Vedanta with the aim of assisting the company in bringing its practices in line with the Guidelines; including that Vedanta engage with the indigenous group named in the complaint and include a human and indigenous rights impact assessment in its project management process. In line with its published procedures, the UK NCP issued a follow-up statement on the case in March 2010 UK. The statement can be found on the NCP website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines. </a></p><p>We are awaiting the result of the case before the Supreme Court brought on behalf of 1,826 claimants in Zambia against Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of Vedanta.</p><p>The Government considers that it has met its responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: to set out the requirements of businesses with respect to human rights, to promote responsible business practices and to support access remedy for human rights abuses with regard to the activities of Vedanta Resource plc (Vedanta).</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 242085 242087 242088 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:46:58 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1110184

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Vedanta
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 legality of the commercial operations of the UK-listed company Vedanta Resources in (a) India and (b) Zambia in relation to human rights law.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	242087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>In line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the British Government encourages all companies to conduct human rights due diligence and to put in place measures to mitigate any human rights impacts caused by their operations and to assist with access to remedy accordingly. In its National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, updated in 2016, the Government has set out its approach to ensuring that those affected by business-related human rights abuses by UK-based business enterprises have access to effective remedy. The UK is also a signatory to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises maintains a National Contact Point (NCP) to promote the Guidelines, and implements a complaints mechanism. The complaints mechanism can include the examination of instances where alleged abuses of human rights or environmental damage may have occurred.</p><p>The UK NCP has previously handled a complaint against Vedanta Resources plc (Vedanta) from Survival International regarding activities related to the planned construction of a bauxite mine in India. The UK NCP issued a final statement on the complaint in September 2009: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204133419/http:/www.bis.gov.uk/files/file53117.doc" target="_blank">September 2009: UK NCP Final Statement - Complaint from Survival International against Vedanta Resources plc </a>in which the UK NCP made recommendations to Vedanta with the aim of assisting the company in bringing its practices in line with the Guidelines; including that Vedanta engage with the indigenous group named in the complaint and include a human and indigenous rights impact assessment in its project management process. In line with its published procedures, the UK NCP issued a follow-up statement on the case in March 2010 UK. The statement can be found on the NCP website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines. </a></p><p>We are awaiting the result of the case before the Supreme Court brought on behalf of 1,826 claimants in Zambia against Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of Vedanta.</p><p>The Government considers that it has met its responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: to set out the requirements of businesses with respect to human rights, to promote responsible business practices and to support access remedy for human rights abuses with regard to the activities of Vedanta Resource plc (Vedanta).</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 242085 242086 242088 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:46:58 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1110185

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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 Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what processes his Department has put in place to monitor the compliance of UK-listed companies with international (a) human rights and (b) environmental law in relation of operations overseas.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	242088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>In line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the British Government encourages all companies to conduct human rights due diligence and to put in place measures to mitigate any human rights impacts caused by their operations and to assist with access to remedy accordingly. In its National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, updated in 2016, the Government has set out its approach to ensuring that those affected by business-related human rights abuses by UK-based business enterprises have access to effective remedy. The UK is also a signatory to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises maintains a National Contact Point (NCP) to promote the Guidelines, and implements a complaints mechanism. The complaints mechanism can include the examination of instances where alleged abuses of human rights or environmental damage may have occurred.</p><p>The UK NCP has previously handled a complaint against Vedanta Resources plc (Vedanta) from Survival International regarding activities related to the planned construction of a bauxite mine in India. The UK NCP issued a final statement on the complaint in September 2009: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204133419/http:/www.bis.gov.uk/files/file53117.doc" target="_blank">September 2009: UK NCP Final Statement - Complaint from Survival International against Vedanta Resources plc </a>in which the UK NCP made recommendations to Vedanta with the aim of assisting the company in bringing its practices in line with the Guidelines; including that Vedanta engage with the indigenous group named in the complaint and include a human and indigenous rights impact assessment in its project management process. In line with its published procedures, the UK NCP issued a follow-up statement on the case in March 2010 UK. The statement can be found on the NCP website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-contact-point-for-the-organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-guidelines. </a></p><p>We are awaiting the result of the case before the Supreme Court brought on behalf of 1,826 claimants in Zambia against Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of Vedanta.</p><p>The Government considers that it has met its responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: to set out the requirements of businesses with respect to human rights, to promote responsible business practices and to support access remedy for human rights abuses with regard to the activities of Vedanta Resource plc (Vedanta).</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 242085 242086 242087 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:46:58 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1110443

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
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 1 April 2009 to Question 237799 on Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, whether as a result of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, the Government plans to relinquish its claim to membership as a coastal State under Article IV of the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission in favour of Mauritius.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	242192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>This is an Advisory Opinion, not a judgment. We reiterate our longstanding commitment to cede sovereignty when the territory is no longer required for defence purposes. We will continue to seek a bilateral solution to what is a bilateral dispute with Mauritius.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2019 14:07:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1110454

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Defence
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 1 April 2019 to Question 236358 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Defence, what use the US has made of the Outer Islands of the Chagos Archipelago in relation to the effective operation of its defence facility on Diego Garcia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	242056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Outer Islands are integral to the effective operation of the defence facility on Diego Garcia.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2019 14:04:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1110455

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Defence
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 1 April 2019 to Question 236358 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Defence, which countries have made use of the UK and US defence facility on Diego Garcia in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	242057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK/US defence facility on Diego Garcia is used by the UK and our allies.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2019 14:06:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell