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924171

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	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: Palestinians
	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 Israel since 30 March, to encourage their cooperation with the independent, international commission of inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate all alleged violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL8650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has been clear that we support an independent and transparent investigation into recent events in Gaza, including Hamas’s role and the Israeli DeFence’s conduct. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary expressed concern about the loss of Palestinian lives during the Gaza protests when they met Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in London on 6 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:47:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

924161

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	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	Eritrea: Mining
	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 recent report by Eritrea Focus to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea, Mining & Repression in Eritrea: corporate complicity in human rights abuses, and its implications for Government policy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL8640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​The Government has received the recent report by Eritrea Focus. Eritrea remains a human rights priority country under the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Annual Human Rights Report. The FCO and the British Embassy in Asmara regularly engages with UK companies, and companies with UK investment, involved in the extractive sector in Eritrea. Discussions include their duty to comply with the legislative and regulatory requirements of operating in Eritrea, and the human rights of Eritrean nationals involved in their operations in Eritrea.</p><p>The British Government will take appropriate action against companies and/or individuals who fail to comply with the relevant legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:47:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

923170

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	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	Ukraine: Roma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the government of Ukraine's undertaking to respond by March 2018 to the UK's request for action to ensure that individuals from Ukraine's Roma community are afforded full and equal access to an education, fair treatment by law enforcement bodies and the judiciary, and a right to acquire a nationality, what response they have received from the government of Ukraine.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL8634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​The UK raised the treatment of members of the Roma community during Ukraine's Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations in November 2017. In their response, Ukraine noted that it was implementing the 2013-20 Strategy for the Protection and Integration of the Roma National Minority into Ukrainian Society, including efforts to improve the documentation of the Roma population and school attendance of Roma children. The UK continues to engage with the Ukrainian authorities and non-governmental organisations on this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:44:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

923129

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	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	Turkey: Emergency Powers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will call on the government of Turkey to end the current state of emergency before the general election on 24 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL8593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​We have consistently urged the Turkish government to lift the state of emergency as soon as possible. We have noted Turkish media reporting that President Erdogan has said publicly that he would end the state of emergency if re-elected on 24 June. We believe that doing so would signal a return towards normality.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:38:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

923004

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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	Bahrain: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of the organisation responsible for carrying out the arrests of Bahraini female activists Zakeya Albarboori and Fatema Dawood Juma on 17 May.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL8577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain has a continuing dialogue with the Government of Bahrain and all Bahraini human rights oversight bodies. Officials are seeking clarification over the cases of Zakeya Albarboori and Fatema Dawood Juma.</p><p>The UK encourages those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies. We urge these bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations. The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:38:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

923003

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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	Bahrain: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had any communications with the government of Bahrain regarding the case of Zakeya Albarboori and Fatema Dawood Juma; and if so, what representations have been made regarding their arrests and subsequent disappearance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL8576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain has a continuing dialogue with the Government of Bahrain and all Bahraini human rights oversight bodies. Officials are seeking clarification over the cases of Zakeya Albarboori and Fatema Dawood Juma.</p><p>The UK encourages those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies. We urge these bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations. The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:37:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

923000

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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	Bahrain: Protest
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 June 2017 (HL8193), what assessment they have made of whether the meeting at which five protesters were killed in Diraz in June 2017 constituted an illegal gathering; and what assessment they have made of the comment by a UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in a letter to the government of Bahrain dated 9 June 2017 that the response of that government to protests in Diraz amounted to the “criminalisation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL8573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We understand that the investigation into the deaths of protesters during the security operation to clear the gathering is ongoing. We urge a swift and thorough investigation by the Bahraini Public Prosecution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:36:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

922997

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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 whether they have any plans to initiate talks to relieve the Syrian crisis on (1) a faith basis, (2) an ethnic basis, and (3) a political basis.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL8570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to work for a negotiated, inclusive peace settlement for Syria which would protect all Syrians, regardless of their faith, ethnicity or political affiliation. We already strongly support efforts by the UN and the Syrian opposition to involve ethnic and religious minorities in the UN-mediated peace process. We also engage with faith leaders and a diverse range of organisations in the UK and the Middle East to discuss efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in Syria.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:36:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

922985

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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	Nuclear Disarmament
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the international agreement over nuclear weapons in Iran and the meeting of the United States and North Korea in Singapore on 12 June, they have any plans to consult all UN Security Council members with a view to promoting the maximum possible reduction in existing nuclear weapons throughout the world.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL8558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​As a responsible Nuclear Weapons State, the UK remains committed to a world without nuclear weapons. We continue to work with partners across the international community towards creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons. The Government welcomes the Singapore Summit of 12 June as an important first step towards securing a denuclearised North Korea. We hope this marks the beginning of a substantive process, leading to concrete actions from North Korea towards complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation. The UK will continue working with our international partners to strictly enforce existing sanctions. With Iran, the UK remains committed to full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by all parties. More widely, the UK continues to play a leading role to resolve the considerable technical and procedural challenges involved in nuclear disarmament verification where we work with a range of international partners including non-Nuclear Weapons States.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:35:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

922976

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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	Tekin Ipek
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 4 June (HL8029), whether they will now answer the question asked, namely whether they intend to make representations to the government of Turkey that Teken Ipek, who has been imprisoned for over two years without being charged, should receive swift access to justice and that before his trial consideration should be given to releasing him.
	tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
	uin	HL8549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​We do not currently plan to make representations over this specific case. We regularly encourage Turkey to ensure that detainees are guaranteed the right to a fair trial, and to grant release from pre-trial detention where appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2018 15:34:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe