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802112

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Nabeel Rajab
	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 has made to the Government of Bahrain on Nabeel Rajab’s unsuccessful appeal against a two-year prison sentence for speaking to journalists.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	117799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text ​We continue to closely monitor the case of Nabeel Rajab and have raised it with the Bahraini Government at the highest levels. The British Government continues to emphasise to the Government of Bahrain the need to respect the rights of all citizens, including freedom of expression. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:00:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

802370

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Syria: Administration of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he made an assessment of the case for suspending the Access to Justice and Community Services programme in Syria before 4 December 2017?
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	118057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text As soon as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was made aware of the Panorama allegations on 17 November, we immediately suspended activity on all Adam Smith International projects in Syria, pending the outcomes of an investigation. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 14:47:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

800906

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	Iran: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UN Security Council Resolutions and the UN Weapons Embargo against Iran in preventing Iran from exporting weapons and advancing its ballistic missile programme.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	117465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>UN mechanisms are crucial to preventing Iran from exporting weapons and advancing its ballistic missile programme and it is essential that the UN investigate concerns where they are raised. We have consistently made clear our concerns to Iran about its ballistic missile programme and the supply of weapons to neighbouring countries. We continue to raise our concerns under United National Security Council Resolutions 2231 and 2216, including with France, Germany, the US and the relevant UN bodies. The British Government condemned the Houthi missile attack on Riyadh on 4 November, which deliberately targeted a civilian area and was intercepted over an international airport. The supply of ballistic missiles to the Houthis threatens regional security and prolonging the conflict. In his recent visit to Iran the Foreign Secretary pressed his Iranian counterparts to use their influence to ensure that these indiscriminate and dangerous attacks come to an end.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:48:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

802363

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Libya: Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to tackle trafficking and sale of slaves in Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	118050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has called modern slavery one of the great human rights challenges of our time, and has made eradicating this scourge one of her top foreign policy priorities. We have committed to doubling our aid spend in support of this objective to £150 million. In Libya, we have provided humanitarian aid to migrants and refugees and delivered assistance in detention centres. We are also increasing our engagement with the Libyan law enforcement authorities to tackle organised crime and trafficking. We have provided specific support to women and girls, to protect them from the heightened risks of trafficking and sexual and gender based violence. The UK regularly raises with the Libyan Government the need for wider respect for human rights and accountability.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:13:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

802278

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Embassies: Tableware
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of tableware used in British embassies is supplied by manufacturers in the UK
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	117965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold data centrally on the suppliers of tableware to its overseas missions. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:05:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

802280

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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: Tableware
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which suppliers his Department acquires its tableware.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	117967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Tableware used in Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK staff restaurants is supplied by Bidfood Catering Equipment. The range used is manufactured by Steelite International, a UK pottery based in Stoke-on-Trent.</p><p>Government Hospitality (GH) arranges formal ministerial business hospitality for all government departments and orders, manages and maintains its own stock of china, glass and linen. The State Dinner Service used by GH is a Wedgwood design, originally commissioned in the 1950s. Other items of china tableware currently held in stock were manufactured by Minton, Royal Crown Derby, Royal Worcester and Spode.</p><p>Embassies manage their own stocks of tableware locally and no central record is held of suppliers.​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:09:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent