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720483

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Spain: 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, what discussions he has had with the Spanish Government on the Government's policy on the political integrity of Spain.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	70614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>​The political integrity of Spain is a matter for the Spanish Government and the people of Spain.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 70615 question first answered 20/04/2017 16:25:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

720484

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Catalonia: Sovereignty
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 he has had with the Spanish Government on that Government's policy on Catalonian independence.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	70615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>​The political integrity of Spain is a matter for the Spanish Government and the people of Spain.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 70614 question first answered 20/04/2017 16:25:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

672109

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the target number of days within which written correspondence from (a) Parliamentarians and (b) the general public should be answered; whether those targets have been changed since 23 June 2016; and to what extent those targets are currently being met.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	59733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) aims to respond to all correspondence from parliamentarians and members of the public within 20 working days of receipt. These targets have not changed since 23 June 2016.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes an annual Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) on ministerial correspondence performance across Government. The WMS on 2015 correspondence performance was made by my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Ben Gummer) on 21 July 2016 (HCWS118).</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-21/debates/16072152000019/MembersCorrespondence" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-21/debates/16072152000019/MembersCorrespondence</a></p><p>The WMS states that, in 2015, FCO Ministers received 8,021 items of correspondence from parliamentarians and responded to 87 per cent of this correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Statistics on the FCO's performance on correspondence from members of the public are published in the FCO's <em>Annual Report and Accounts</em>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-and-commonwealth-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-and-commonwealth-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>In 2015 the FCO received 3,293 letters from members of the public and responded to 71.4 per cent of these letters within 20 working days.</p><p>In addition to hard copy correspondence, the FCO received 12,584 emails from members of the public in 2015. Performance statistics for 2016 correspondence are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/01/2017 16:39:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

522105

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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	Iran: Baha'i Faith
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 reports he has received on allegations of torture and threats of physical and sexual violence against Baha'is sentenced to prison terms in Golestan province, Iran.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	38802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>We consistently raise our concerns about the treatment of the Baha’i community in Iran with the Iranian Government. We call on Iran to cease harassment of all religious minorities and to fulfil its international and domestic obligations to allow freedom of religion to all Iranians.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/06/2016 13:42:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

522109

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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	Iran: Baha'i Faith
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 (a) the mass arrest of members of the Baha'i community in Golestan province, Iran and (b) the length of their sentence of imprisonment.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	38797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>We have had no specific reporting nor have we made representations on behalf of the group mentioned. However, we consistently raise our concerns about the treatment of the Baha’i community in Iran with the Iranian Government. We call on Iran to cease harassment of all religious minorities and to fulfil its international and domestic obligations to allow freedom of religion to all Iranians.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/06/2016 14:17:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

522115

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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	Iran: Baha'i Faith
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 Iranian counterpart on allegations that Baha'i people sentenced to prison terms in Golestan province were tortured, forced to sign confessions and denied access to legal representation.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	38733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>We have made no specific representations on behalf of the group mentioned. However, we consistently raise our concerns about the treatment of the Baha’i community in Iran with the Iranian Government. We call on Iran to cease harassment of all religious minorities and to fulfil its international and domestic obligations to allow freedom of religion to all Iranians.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/06/2016 13:41:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

348533

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
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 received from the Welsh Government about votes at 16 and 17 in the proposed EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	1232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), has received no recent representations from the Welsh Government about votes at 16 and 17 in the proposed EU referendum.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/06/2015 13:55:50 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

47606

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
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 call for the immediate release of the seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Iran since 14 May 2008.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	195836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>We have repeatedly expressed concern at the sentencing of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran to 20 years imprisonment. We raised the treatment of Baha'is with the UN Special Rapporteur at the UN Human Rights Council in March 2014, and in our contacts with the Iranian authorities. We will continue to call on the Iranian government to ensure that all Iranian citizens are able to exercise their right to freedom of religion, free from persecution and harassment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams