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1014624

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date	26/11/2018
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	Pakistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Chevening Scholarships have been awarded to citizens of Pakistan in each of the last five years; and of those recipients, how many came from minority groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Chevening scholarships awarded to citizens of Pakistan in each of the last five years. The Government increased funding for the Chevening Programme in 2015. The Chevening Secretariat only gathers information on candidate ethnicity at the application stage, therefore the Department does not hold a record of Chevening Pakistan scholars by ethnicity.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 17:42:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1014627

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date	26/11/2018
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	Burma: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the government of Burma to reform or repeal laws which are currently used to restrict civil society and media space, and prosecute journalists, civil society activists, human rights defenders and humanitarian aid workers in Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>​The British Government has been a consistent and vocal advocate of democratic freedoms in Burma, including freedom of expression. Our Ambassador to Burma met the Burmese Attorney-General on 9 August and made clear that freedom of the media was a vital safeguard in a democracy. When the Foreign Secretary met with Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 20 September in Naypyidaw, he underlined the UK's support for continued reforms related to democracy and political freedoms and raised the case of the two Reuters journalists who have been convicted under Burma's Official Secrets Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 17:44:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1014630

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Burma: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the governments of Burma and China following violations of freedom of religion or belief in the Wa territory of Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The British Government continues to be concerned about restrictions on freedom of religion and belief throughout Burma, but has not made specific representations on the situation in the Wa region to either the Government of Burma or the Government of China. The UK, working with EU partners and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, secured a UN Human Rights Council Resolution on 27 September that called for the cessation of all violations and abuses of international human rights law in northern Burma and an inclusive and comprehensive national political dialogue with the objective of achieving lasting peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 17:46:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1014637

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Burma: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to (1) prevent sexual violence in conflict, and (2) bring perpetrators of such crimes to justice in the Kachin and Shan states of Burma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL11776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>​In September 2018 the UK co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council Resolution which established a mechanism to collect and preserve evidence of human rights violations in Burma, including Kachin and Shan states, for use in future prosecutions. The Resolution also called for Burma's Commission of Inquiry to hold to account all those responsible for crimes committed during military operations in Rakhine State, including conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence. The UK supports a range of projects in Burma to build the capability of local groups to tackle sexual violence in conflict across Burma, including an English and Burmese guide for evidence gathering up to international standards, as captured in the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 17:34:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1014639

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Burma: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on (1) land rights, (2) human rights, and (3) the environment, of investment and infrastructure development projects by China in northern Burma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL11778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>​The British Embassy maintains a dialogue with the Chinese Embassy in Burma about a wide range of issues, including respective investment and infrastructure development projects. However the Government has not made a specific assessment of the impact on (1) land rights, (2) human rights, or (3) the environment, of investment and infrastructure development projects by China in northern Burma.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 17:35:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox