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769694

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Israel: 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 he has made of the humanitarian effect on Palestinians of UK arms sales to Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
	uin	107360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>​While we have not made any assessment on this issue, the Government takes its defence export responsibilities extremely seriously and operates some of the most robust export controls in the world. We only approve equipment which is for Israel's legitimate self defence and where we are satisfied it would be consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and other relevant commitments. We continue to assess the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and take into account the latest circumstances when assessing licence applications.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/10/2017 12:11:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

769696

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Palestinians: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on Palestinian refugees' right of return to Israel and the Occupied Palestian Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
	uin	107394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government's policy is that the question of the right of return of Palestinian refugees needs to be addressed in a final status agreement, negotiated between the two parties, and including a just, fair and agreed settlement for refugees.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/10/2017 12:12:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

786852

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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	Kamal Foroughi
	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 representations he has made to the Iranian authorities to secure the release of Kamal Foroughi.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
	uin	112245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p><em><em>The Foreign Secretary regularly expresses his concerns about </em><em>all our dual national cases with Foreign Minister Zarif. O</em>ur Ambassador in Tehran raises these cases <em>at every opportunity as part of his regular discussions with the Iranian Government.</em><em> I most recently raised this case with the Iranian Ambassador to the UK on 14 November. </em></em></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 17:49:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara