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919359

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Palestinians: Recognition of States
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which member states of the United Nations have recognised Palestine as a state.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL8438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>136 UN member states have recognised a Palestinian state. They are: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Angola; Antigua &amp; Barbuda; Argentina; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belarus; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; Comoros; Republic of Congo; Costa Rica; Cote d' Ivoire; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Grenada; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saint Lucia; Sao Tome and Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Slovakia; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sudan; Suriname; Swaziland; Sweden; Syria; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen; Zambia and Zimbabwe.</p><p>The Holy See, which is not a member of the United Nations but has permanent observer status, has also recognised a Palestinian state.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/06/2018 16:16:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

919377

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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: Christianity
	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 government of Myanmar following reports of attacks by the Myanmar military on the Christian Kachin people in the north of Myanmar.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL8455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary most recently raised his concerns about the fighting in Kachin State in his call with Burma's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 June. He called for Burma's military to exercise restraint and allow humanitarian access. Our Ambassador to Burma expressed concern about the military's treatment of civilians in Kachin in his meeting with Burma's Commander in Chief on 3 May.</p><p>The Minister for Asia and the Pacific issued a statement on 11 May calling on all parties to the conflict to cease fighting, protect civilians, and return fully to peace talks, which the UK supports and which seek to bring to an end 70 years of internal conflict in Burma.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/06/2018 16:18:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

919368

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to secure the agreement of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition involved in the conflict in Yemen to the UN Plan of Action to protect children who are being killed, wounded and displaced by airborne and other military attacks.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	uin	HL8446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom considers the agreement and implementation of the UN Action Plans to be a vital step in improving the protection of children. We therefore call on all parties listed within the annex of the Secretary-General's report that have not put these measures in place to do so as a matter of priority. We call on all other parties who have put measures in place to honour their commitments in full.</p><p>We regularly raise the importance of compliance with International Humanitarian Law with Saudi Arabia and other parties involved in the coalition supporting the legitiment Goverment of Yemen. The Prime Minister raised the issue with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia during a call on 2 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/06/2018 16:17:33 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

919386

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Russia: Sanctions
	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 potential effect of the counter-sanctions law, signed by the President of the Russian Federation on 4 June, on (1) UK–Russia relations, (2) UK–Russia trade, (3) UK investors in Russia, and (4) Russian investors in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL8464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>We have noted that President Putin signed the draft law on 4 June. It remains to be seen how the new law will be applied. We will continue to monitor the implementation of this new legislation closely, including any potential implications for UK companies.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/06/2018 10:44:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

919357

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total number of deaths as a result of the civil war in Syria since 2011.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL8436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>​The United Nations have estimated that over 400,000 people have been killed as a result of the civil war in Syria since the start of the conflict in 2011: we have not made our own estimate.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/06/2018 10:44:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

919279

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Gulf States: Arms Trade
	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 make it his policy to stop arms sales to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) United Arab Emirates in the event that the Saudi-led coalition initiates a military attack on Hodeida in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	151236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Export licences for all countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU &amp; National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. We keep our assessments under careful and continual review, in light of events. The Criteria state, among other things, that the Government will not grant a licence where there is a clear risk that the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/06/2018 15:09:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

919229

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Yemen: Ports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on attacks on the port of Al Hudaydah in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	151059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Following the start of military action by Coalition-backed forces to take Hodeidah port back from Houthi militia, we call on all parties to respect international humanitarian law and prioritise the protection of civilians.</p><p>We are in regular contact with the Coalition about the need to ensure that any military operations in and around Hodeidah are conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law, including on the protection of civilians, and do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows through the port. The Coalition have assured us that they are incorporating humanitarian concerns into their operational plans. It is vital to maintain the flow of food, fuel and medical supplies into Yemen. For their part the Houthis must not compromise port facilities or hinder the humanitarian response.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/06/2018 14:18:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

919272

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Sudan: Capital Punishment
	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 discussion he has had with his Sudanese Government on the use of the death penalty in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	151214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The British Ambassador to Sudan made clear our strong opposition to the use of the death penalty at a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 15 May. On the same date, in partnership with EU members, we released a statement in which we reconfirmed our firm opposition to the death penalty, and noted our commitment to the universal abolition of this cruel and inhumane punishment, which is a serious violation of Human rights and human dignity.</p><p>The UK's Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan most recently raised our opposition to the death penalty on 5 June when he met the Sudanese Ambassador to the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/06/2018 15:15:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

919278

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Yemen: Ports
	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 on the effect of a military assault on Hodeida port in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition on the prospects of a UN-negotiated peace plan.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	151235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The British Government has been clear in expressing its concerns about any attack on Hodeidah. We call upon all sides to show restraint, urgently de-escalate and engage in good faith in the political process. It is essential that the UN Special Envoy is given the time and space needed to facilitate a negotiated solution that avoids conflict in the city. We continue to be unequivocal in stressing that only a political solution can bring long-term stability to Yemen – there is no military solution.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/06/2018 15:06:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

919326

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Israel: Courts Martial
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government is providing funding for lawyers at Israeli military courts in the West Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	151237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has provided funding for legal assistance to Palestinian children who are subjected to Israeli military courts in the West Bank.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/06/2018 14:47:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore