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1047996

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Uganda: Elections
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Africa, of 8 January 2019, Official Report, column 117WH, what steps he is taking to support the electoral environment in Uganda at the next presidential election.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	212671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development in Kampala are currently working alongside international partners to identify how best to support the electoral environment up to and including the next election in 2021. We are using the Ugandan Electoral Commission's recently launched 'election road map' to help assess how best to target UK support.</p><p>Since 2014, the UK has provided £30 million of programmatic to strengthen institutions in Uganda to uphold democratic freedoms and advocate for the equal treatment of all Ugandans according to the terms of the Ugandan Constitution and laws.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 30/01/2019 16:27:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1048007

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Tashi Wangchuk
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 since the UN Universal Periodic Review in November 2018 on the release of Tibetan human rights defender Tashi Wangchuk.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	212635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>We remain concerned at the handling of the case of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk; his case raises serious concerns about due process and transparency of justice in China. A UK diplomat attempted to attend his trial in January 2018 and the FCO issued a tweet following his sentencing. We most recently raised his case during China’s Universal Periodic Review in November 2018.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/01/2019 11:28:35 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1048014

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Israel: Immigration Controls
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 he has taken to raise cases where British Nationals have been refused entry to Israel; and if he will seek assurances from Israeli authorities that all due legal process is followed in such cases to safeguard the rights of UK citizens.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	212609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>​It is for the Government of Israel to decide its immigration policy. The UK's immigration policies and controls are similarly protected.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 16:00:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1048016

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Israel: Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) British nationals were refused entry to Israel and (b) requests for assistance his Department received from British nationals held at the Israeli border in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	212611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Israeli authorities provide no data to us on the number of British nationals refused entry to Israel. In 2018 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) received 19 requests for assistance from British nationals held at the Israeli border.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 16:03:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1048039

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his Turkish counterpart on investigations into the disappearance and death of Jamal Khashoggi.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has had a number of conversations (since Mr Khashoggi's death) with our Turkish counterparts. In addition, both the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister have raised the issue with the Saudi authorities, including King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. The UK strongly supports the Turkish investigation into the incident and has been urging Saudi Arabia to cooperate fully. We have stressed the importance of ensuring that those responsible are held to account, and that Saudi Arabia takes action to build confidence that such a deplorable incident could not happen again. We will continue to engage with Turkey and Saudi Arabia until the investigation reaches a conclusion.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/01/2019 17:51:18 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1048053

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Priyanka Fernando
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 his Department have received from the Government of Sri Lanka on the arrest warrant issued for Brigadier Priyanka Fernando; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	212645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>We were deeply concerned by the well-publicised incident involving the Sri Lankan Defence Attaché last year and made immediate representations to the Sri Lankan Government. I spoke to Foreign Minister Marapana on 8 February 2018 about the matter to raise my concerns. The Defence Attaché was recalled by his Government soon after.</p><p>The FCO, which is not a party to the legal proceedings referred to, has been contacted by Westminster Magistrate's Court seeking clarification of the Brigadier's diplomatic status in the UK at the time of the incident. The FCO is providing documentation to assist the court.</p><p>The UK is committed to upholding the rule of law including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.</p><p>The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka met the Permanent Secretary of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January, at the Permanent Secretary's request. At this meeting the Permanent Secretary communicated his government's view that the Brigadier enjoyed diplomatic immunity at the time of the incident, and requested that the High Commissioner communicate this view back to the FCO in London.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/01/2019 11:34:17 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1048054

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Priyanka Fernando
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 the British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka has made to the Government of that country on the conduct of Brigadier Priyanka Fernando in the UK since a warrant for the arrest of the Brigadier was issued; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	212646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>We were deeply concerned by the well-publicised incident involving the Sri Lankan Defence Attaché last year and made immediate representations to the Sri Lankan Government. I spoke to Foreign Minister Marapana on 8 February 2018 about the matter to raise my concerns. The Defence Attaché was recalled by his Government soon after.</p><p>The FCO, which is not a party to the legal proceedings referred to, has been contacted by Westminster Magistrate's Court seeking clarification of the Brigadier's diplomatic status in the UK at the time of the incident. The FCO is providing documentation to assist the court.</p><p>The UK is committed to upholding the rule of law including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.</p><p>The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka met the Permanent Secretary of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January, at the Permanent Secretary's request. At this meeting the Permanent Secretary communicated his government's view that the Brigadier enjoyed diplomatic immunity at the time of the incident, and requested that the High Commissioner communicate this view back to the FCO in London.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/01/2019 11:39:47 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1048055

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Colombia: Peace Negotiations
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 he is taking to support the peace process in Colombia since the recent attacks by ELN militants in Bogota.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK swiftly condemned the recent car bomb attack in Bogotá and offered condolences to the families of the victims, including via a UK-drafted statement by the United Nations Security Council. We continue to offer our unwavering support to the Colombian authorities as they seek to ensure sustainable peace in Colombia. In the week following the attack, the UK used its position as pen-holder at the UN on the Colombian peace process to reiterate our support for the implementation of the Peace Agreement. We also called for the protection of Human Rights Defenders and greater coordination between Colombia's state institutions in former conflict areas. Karen Pierce, the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN, met Colombian Foreign Minister Holmes Trujillo to pledge our continued support for the FARC Peace Agreement and to discuss the way forward regarding the ELN in the wake of the 17 January attack.</p><p>I was in New York last weekend for a Security Council meeting on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela - I also used this opportunity to discuss Colombia's peace process with Mr Holmes Trujillo.</p><p>The UK continues to provide extensive support to Colombia's peace process: this was reaffirmed by my December 2018 announcement of an additional £5m in funding provided through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). This brought our contribution to Colombia's peace process to over £39m since 2015. The CSSF funds numerous programmes in Colombia to reintegrate former combatants and stabilise former conflict areas.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/01/2019 17:18:17 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1048056

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Canada: China
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 discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) China and (b) Canada on diplomatic relations between those countries.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary spoke to his counterpart Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland of Canada on 20 December and there have been regular contacts with Canada at official level since then. In a statement on 21 December, the Foreign Secretary expressed confidence that Canada was conducting a fair and transparent legal proceeding with respect to Ms Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei. He also expressed concern at suggestions of a political motivation for the detention of two Canadian citizens by the Chinese government, and called for them to be treated in a fair, unbiased and transparent manner. We have discussed the matter with Chinese officials in London and will continue to monitor the situation through our Embassy in Beijing and High Commission in Ottawa.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/02/2019 16:45:58 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1047653

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Israa al-Ghomgham
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 his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the trial of Israa al-Ghomgham.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	212405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We are closely monitoring Ms Ghomgham’s case and those of other activists. Diplomats request permission to attend trial sessions and will continue to do so. We continue to raise our concerns on human rights with the Saudi authorities in private.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/01/2019 17:56:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell