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757643

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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	Yemen: International Assistance
	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 the Government has made to the Government of Saudi Arabia on unrestricted humanitarian access to Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	8639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We regularly raise the importance of ensuring unrestricted humanitarian access with the Government of Saudi Arabia. The Foreign Secretary discussed this issue most recently with Saudi Foreign Minister Al Jubeir on 5 September. We call upon all parties to the conflict to improve humanitarian access to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people. The UK sponsored a UN Security Council Presidential Statement with words to that effect which was agreed on 15 June.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2017 16:58:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 9965 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

757668

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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	Yemen: 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, if the Government will support the Dutch Government initiative to create an international investigation into the alleged violations and abuses of human rights and international humanitarian law in Yemen at the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	8921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>​The UK is concerned by the human rights situation in Yemen and takes allegations of violations against international humanitarian law very seriously. The UK's position is that it is first and foremost the responsibility of the parties themselves to investigate allegations and take action.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2017 17:02:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 9970 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

757440

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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	Bahrain: Capital Punishment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 21 March 2017 to Question HL5901, on Bahrain: capital punishment, when his Department expects the findings of the Ombudsman and Special Investigations Unit investigation into the allegations of torture of Mohammed Ramadan and Hussein Ali Mousa to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	8591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our Embassy in Bahrain continue to closely monitor Mohammed Ramadan and Hussein Ali Mousa's cases. The UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty, and our longstanding policy is to oppose capital sentences in all circumstances. We continue to raise concerns about these cases in public and in private at the most senior levels. We understand the Ombudsman and the Special Investigations Unit continue with their investigations. We do not know when these will be concluded or published but continue to encourage a swift, transparent conclusion.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2017 17:00:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 9980 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle