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752012

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sentencing of Nabeel Rajab, by Bahrain's Lower Criminal Court, to two years in prison on charges of "publishing and broadcasting false news that undermines the prestige of the state", and whether they intend to make a public statement regarding the case.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We continue to monitor the case of Nabeel Rajab and have raised it with the Bahraini Government at senior levels. We note the two year sentence given to him and understand there are further steps in the judicial process, including the right of appeal.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/07/2017 14:54:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

753461

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether the base contractor or other employers on Diego Garcia are required to pay a legal minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	5869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The</del> British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Employment Ordinance No.7 of 1984 (as amended) covers various aspects of employment law in the Territory and is available in the House of Commons library. <del class="ministerial">BIOT ordinances do not extend to the Territory. </del><ins class="ministerial">BIOT ordinances do not provide for a legal minimum wage and UK minimum wage legislation does not extend to the Territory. </ins>As base contractors on Diego Garcia are contracted directly by the United States, we do not hold information regarding employees and employment practice.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 10:17:29 question first ministerially corrected 28/07/2017 15:27:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan previous answer version 7366 answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

753462

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	British Overseas Territories: Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Overseas Territories did not establish a register of beneficial ownership by 1 July 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	5911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to my response to Question 3734 dated 18 July.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 10:14:48 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

753471

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	5624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK's departure from the EU affects work across the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from direct work on our departure to wider diplomatic work with partners across the world explaining the opportunities this creates. Therefore, the information requested is not held centrally and to compile would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 11:30:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753465

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts in the remit of his Department that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	5715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill ['Legislating for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union'], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 11:26:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

751147

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	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	Local Government Finance: Reserves
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what priority they are giving to assist in the disruption of ISIS's financial networks; and what action they are taking in this regard.
	tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister agreed with G20 leaders on 7 July a new global effort to tackle terrorist finances. Countering Daesh’s finances has been one of the five key priorities of the 72-member Global Coalition against Daesh, since it formed in 2014. The UK continues to support this effort.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/07/2017 14:53:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

753470

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Maryam Rajavi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which EU member states will (a) allow and (b) not allow Maryam Rajavi to visit.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	5635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>It is for each individual EU Member State to answer this question, not the responsibility of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/07/2017 14:52:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

753678

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Nuclear Disarmament
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the joint statement by the UK, US and France of 7 July 2017 on the adoption of a treaty banning nuclear weapons, how the ban treaty risks undermining the existing international security architecture; and how the Government has promoted the effectiveness of Article 6 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on nuclear disarmament.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	5948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons risks weakening the consensus around the near-universal Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which has played an unparalleled role in curtailing the nuclear arms race. The UK is working with international partners to make progress on the step-by-step approach to nuclear disarmament, including the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and negotiating a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament. The treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons does not take account of the complex challenges which must be overcome to achieve multilateral nuclear disarmament. The UK is committed to the long term goal of a world without nuclear weapons, in line with the NPT. We believe that productive results on nuclear disarmament can only be achieved through a consensus-based approach that takes into account the wider global security context.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 11:07:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

753677

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Nuclear Disarmament
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's statement of 8 July on the outcome of the United Nations' Nuclear Weapons Ban treaty, which multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations using a step-by-step approach the UK is currently engaged in; and how many nuclear warheads have been removed from deployment as a result of such negotiations since the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	5947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We continue to work with partners across the international community to press for key steps towards multilateral disarmament, including the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and successful negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament. There have been significant reductions in global warhead numbers since the late 1970s; the UK has reduced our nuclear forces by over half since that date.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 11:16:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

753468

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Turkey: Human Rights
	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 raise with his Turkish counterpart the issue of human rights violations against those peacefully protesting against the Turkish Government.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	5647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We have long encouraged Turkey to work towards the full protection of fundamental rights, particularly in the area of freedom of expression and assembly. I have had regular discussions with my Turkish counterpart on human rights issues.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 10:19:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell