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1104975

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Liu Feiyue and Wang Quanzhang
	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 Chinese counterpart on the recent jail sentences given to (a) journalist and human rights activist Liu Feiyue and (b) human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	236481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about reports that human rights lawyers and activists are being detained in China.</p><p>I raised Wang Quanzhang's case with the Chinese Government during my visit last July. My colleague the Foreign Secretary also raised Wang Quanzhang's case last July, when he met Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary also released a statement on 29 January 2019, which expressed concern over the sentencing of both Wang Quanzhang and Liu Feiyue, and urged the Chinese government to ensure fundamental civil and political rights are protected, in line with China's constitution and its international commitments.</p><p>Since then, senior diplomats in Beijing, including the British Ambassador to China, have met with Wang Quanzhang's family. A British diplomat also attempted to attend Mr Wang's trial on 26 December, though was denied entry to the courtroom. We continue to monitor his case.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 15:20:44 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1105326

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	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	Gaza: Death
	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 ensure there is an independent and transparent investigation into killings on the Gaza border in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	237094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 26 March 2019 (PQ 235241).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 12:36:38 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1105340

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	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	Christianity: Oppression
	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 the Government is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	237101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to using our influence to defend Freedom of Religion or Belief as a universal human right which should be enjoyed by everyone. That is why the Prime Minister appointed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon as her Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Lord Ahmad regularly raises this topic with international counterparts and through the Human Rights Council. In recent years we have seen reports of a particular rise in the persecution of Christians. The Foreign Secretary launched the independent review of FCO support for persecuted Christians on 30 January. The Review will be led by the Bishop of Truro, and will map levels of persecution and discrimination against Christians around the world, and provide robust recommendations on how the FCO can respond. A final report will be presented to the Foreign Secretary this summer.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 15:22:57 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1105565

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	India: Christianity
	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 counterpart in India on the persecution of Christians in that country.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	237732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The British High Commission in New Delhi, our network of Deputy High Commissions, and Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials in London maintain a continuous assessment of the situation across India, including Christian persecution. Our officials regularly meet with Christian minority representatives. Most recently, the British High Commission highlighted the importance of Christian persecution to the British Government with India's Ministry of External Affairs on 25 March 2019. We also run a number of projects with religious minorities to raise awareness of their rights and promote interfaith tolerance in India.</p><p>We will continue to engage the Indian government and the wider international community on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 15:34:00 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1105590

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	Papua: Political Prisoners
	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 to the Indonesian Government on West Papuan political prisoners held in West Papua and throughout Indonesia.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	237742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The British Government follows the situation in Papua closely. Officials at our Embassy in Jakarta visit Papua and West Papua provinces regularly. Officials press the Indonesian authorities to address legitimate human rights concerns, including upholding the right of all citizens to protest peacefully, and promote the sustainable and equitable development of the provinces. We fully support the positive steps taken by President Joko Widodo to release political prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 15:36:05 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1105591

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	Papua: 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, what steps his Department is taking to promote human rights of West Papuans.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	237743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The British Government follows the situation in Papua closely. Officials at our Embassy in Jakarta visit Papua and West Papua provinces regularly. Officials press the Indonesian authorities to address legitimate human rights concerns, including upholding the right of all citizens to protest peacefully, and promote the sustainable and equitable development of the provinces. The Ambassador raised the recent violence in Nduga Regency with senior officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in January.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 15:37:53 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1105693

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	Thailand: Elections and 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, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Thai Government on (a) outcome of that country’s election and (b) protection of human rights in Thailand.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	237642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Ahead of the elections in Thailand on Sunday 24 March, the UK engaged in regular dialogue at Ministerial and senior official level with the Thai authorities and urged them to embrace a free and open environment in which elections could occur, including during Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha's meeting with the Prime Minister in June 2018.</p><p>Following the elections on Sunday, I issued a statement welcoming the fact that elections had taken place and highlighted that it was important that any reported irregularities were investigated swiftly, fairly and transparently. I also emphasised that the process of government formation should be conducted in a proper and open manner, and reflect what people voted for.</p><p>The UK remains concerned about the human rights situation in Thailand, and the Embassy in Bangkok regularly uses meetings with the Thai government to raise human rights concerns. This includes the right of human rights defenders to carry out work without fear of harassment or reprisals and the importance of full implementation of UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.</p><p>In its statement at the Human Rights Council on 7 March, the UK called on Thailand to sign the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees, and to maintain space for all voices to be heard in the election campaign.</p><p>The UK continues to support the right of the media to operate in a free and open manner in Thailand.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 15:25:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1105696

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	USA: North Korea
	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 counterpart in the US administration on the (a) imposition and (b) maintenance of sanctions against North Korea.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	237643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for East Londonderry on 11 March 2019, PQ <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-05/228628/" target="_blank">228628</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 15:27:47 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1105895

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	Brunei: LGBT+ People
	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 Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific made representations to the Government of Brunei on the whipping and stoning to death of LGBT+ people during his visit to that country in August 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	238402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>I raised UK concerns about hudud punishments during my visit to Brunei Darussalam in August 2018. More recently I raised these issues on Friday 29 March in a letter to the Deputy Foreign Minister. Additionally the British High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan regularly discusses the introduction of the Sharia Penal Code with the Government of Brunei.</p><p>We will continue to encourage and work with the Bruneian Government, as with many other countries, to remove corporal and capital punishment from their statutes. We will also urge them to take steps to decriminalise and pass laws to protect LGBT people from all forms of discrimination.</p><p>The UK believes in the right to live with dignity, free from violence or discrimination irrespective of a person's sexual orientation. The International community must uphold the universality of human rights; the criminalisation of same-sex relations is wrong.</p><p>The UK is committed to combating discrimination and violence against LGBT people throughout the Commonwealth and ensured that last year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Communique included the most progressive language yet on LGBT rights, complimented by an historic speech from the Prime Minister, and backed up with major programme spending on gender equality and LGBT rights.</p><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice has been updated to alert British citizens of the introduction of the new local laws in Brunei and we continue to lobby against the use of such punishments.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 05:27:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1105946

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	Brunei: LGBT+ People
	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 the Government will take in response to the decision by Brunei to introduce a new Penal Code which could result in LGBTQ people being whipped, tortured or stoned to death for consensual same-sex relations.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	238417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>I raised UK concerns about hudud punishments during my visit to Brunei Darussalam in August 2018. More recently I raised these issues on Friday 29 March in a letter to the Deputy Foreign Minister. Additionally the British High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan regularly discusses the introduction of the Sharia Penal Code with the Government of Brunei.</p><p>We will continue to encourage and work with the Bruneian Government, as with many other countries, to remove corporal and capital punishment from their statutes. We will also urge them to take steps to decriminalise and pass laws to protect LGBT people from all forms of discrimination.</p><p>The UK believes in the right to live with dignity, free from violence or discrimination irrespective of a person's sexual orientation. The International community must uphold the universality of human rights; the criminalisation of same-sex relations is wrong.</p><p>The UK is committed to combating discrimination and violence against LGBT people throughout the Commonwealth and ensured that last year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Communique included the most progressive language yet on LGBT rights, complimented by an historic speech from the Prime Minister, and backed up with major programme spending on gender equality and LGBT rights.</p><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice has been updated to alert British citizens of the introduction of the new local laws in Brunei and we continue to lobby against the use of such punishments.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/04/2019 05:33:30 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard