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1237152

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Mexico: Freedom of Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of freedom of religion or belief in Mexico.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	94440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>The Mexican Constitution guarantees freedom of religion or belief for all its citizens. States as well as federal officials have responsibility for ensuring non-discrimination, and we welcome the 2019 launch of the National Strategy for the Promotion of Respect and Tolerance of Religious Diversity. The assessment by the Mexican Government, the local UN Human Rights office, and local civil society organisations is that while there are some cases of individuals being targeted because of their religion or beliefs, people are more often targeted for their work and activities in defence of human rights or because of religious intolerance between faith groups in Mexico.</p><p>The UK Government continues to engage regularly with Mexican authorities at ministerial, official, and state level to discuss human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, and to support a broad human rights agenda in Mexico. Most recently, on 28 July, Lord Ahmad, the Minister for human rights, discussed human rights with his Mexican counterpart.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 28/09/2020 14:11:12 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1237481

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Mexico: Protestantism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Mexican counterpart on the case of six Protestant Christian families in El Encanto village, Las Margaritas Municipality, Chiapas who had their electricity cut off on 27 July because they refused to sign an agreement which obliged them to participate in religious activities associated with the Catholic religion.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	95099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the removal of some Mexican Protestants' access to water, electricity, and other basic services in Mexico. The British Embassy in Mexico City has raised this specific case with the Mexican authorities, who have agreed to look into it. The UK Government continues to engage regularly with Mexican authorities at ministerial, official, and state level to discuss human rights, including Freedom of Religion or Belief, and to support a broad human rights agenda in Mexico.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 29/09/2020 08:11:59 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1237482

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Nguyen Bac Truyen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Vietnamese counterpart for the release of Nguyen Bac Truyen from detention in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	95100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is concerned by restrictions on freedom of expression in Vietnam. We regularly raise these issues in international fora and in bilateral contacts with the Government of Vietnam. We are concerned by prison conditions, which are affecting many inmates, including prisoners of conscience.</p><p>We raised concerns about freedom of expression and assembly, the treatment of prisoners, and the protection of civil society, during Vietnam's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2019. We also expressed our concern about restrictions on freedoms of expression and assembly in Vietnam in a UN Human Rights Council Item 2 Statement in September 2020. In January, the British Embassy in Hanoi met the Inter-faith Council of Vietnam to understand the restrictions religious groups in Vietnam have faced. Also in January, the former Minister for Asia and the Pacific raised the UK's concerns about human rights with the Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister during her visit to Vietnam.</p><p>We also raise individual cases of concern, including members of the Hoa Hao Buddhist movement who have faced repression. We have raised and will continue to raise our concerns in relation to Vietnam's UPR implementation plan.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/09/2020 14:22:53 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1237480

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Nasrin Sotoudeh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	95098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government has repeatedly expressed its concern at Nasrin Sotoudeh's ongoing detention. This was most recently raised with the Iranian Ambassador on 22 September, when we handed over a letter from E3 Foreign Ministers about the human rights situation in Iran. On 25 September the UK also joined 46 other countries in calling for her release at the Human Rights Council. Iran's record on human rights is of serious and longstanding concern to the UK, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has designated it as one of its Human Rights Priority Countries. We regularly raise human rights with the Iranians at all levels and we continue to take action with the international community to press Iran to improve its poor record on all human rights issues.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 30/09/2020 14:08:36 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 50700 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1243145

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Integrated Activity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many activities delivered through the Integrated Activity Fund (a) were and (b) were not subject to an Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessment in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	102832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>During the 2018-19 financial year the Integrated Activity Fund delivered 44 projects, 13 of which were covered by Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessment.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 16/10/2020 11:44:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1243144

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Integrated Activity Fund: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the Government has not disclosed its evaluations and Overseas Justice and Security assessments of activities delivered through the Integrated Activity Fund; and what assessment he has made of the implications of that decision for Government policy on transparency of public spending.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	102831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The FCDO's general policy is to not publish OSJA assessments or the information contained in these assessments. This ensures that officials are able to be fully candid in their assessments and accurately assess the risks associated with the proposed assistance.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 16/10/2020 11:47:00 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1243143

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Integrated Activity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 3 July 2018 to Question 157711 on Gulf States: Overseas Aid, if he will set out (a) the activities and (b) the cost of each those activities delivered through the Integrated Activity Fund exclusively within (a) Saudi Arabia, (b) Bahrain, (c) Kuwait, (d) Oman, (e) Qatar and (f) United Arab Emirates in financial year 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	102830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Activity Fund supported a range of non-ODA programmes and projects across the Gulf. These included, but were not limited to, activities focusing on culture, healthcare, youth engagement, economic diversification and institutional capacity building. Activities were funded in all six Gulf Cooperation Council states: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Many of the projects and programme activities were delivered regionally, so it is not possible to provide a breakdown by beneficiary state.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 16/10/2020 11:52:51 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1243146

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding the Government provides to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) organisations implementing training to bodies and institutions in Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	102833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>We do not provide funding to the Saudi Arabian Government. The UK Government does implement a number of projects that involve working with organisations in Saudi Arabia. HMG completes rigorous human rights risk assessments (Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments or OSJAs) before undertaking any justice or security cooperation, to ensure all work meets our human rights obligations and our values.</p><p>The UK Government provides funding to the UK armed forces to provide advice, assistance and training to aid Saudi Arabia's efforts to protect its national security and support the Saudi military's compliance with international humanitarian law. The UK Government also pays for civilian and military programmes of advice and assistance, which are then reimbursed by the Saudi Arabian Government at no cost to the UK taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/10/2020 13:39:12 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 54873 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1243147

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Integrated Activity Fund: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 22 May 2018 to Question HL7775 on Bahrain: Technical Assistance, if he will place in the Library copies of those Government responses to freedom of information requests which contain updates on the Integrated Activity Fund programme.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	102834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>I have asked officials to deposit in the Library of the House of Commons copies of responses to freedom of information requests held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office which contain updates on the Integrated Activity Fund programme.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/10/2020 13:41:08 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 54872 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1245088

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Bahrain: Integrated Activity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question HL6838, which implementation partners the Government funds through the Integrated Activity Fund to support Bahraini-led reform, including in the field of human rights.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	106359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>We do not disclose information related to implementing partners to maintain confidentiality and protect their security to ensure that our ability to use the Fund to deliver government policy is not compromised.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/10/2020 11:20:35 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara