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1129092

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	International Assistance: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a cross-departmental electronic database system for collating Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments, as part of its roll out of the Fusion Doctrine.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	259116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for complying with the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) Guidance rests with the department or agency with oversight of the assistance being delivered. Where more than one department or agency is involved, in most cases the implementing body will lead on the project-specific assessment, and the funding or coordinating body will lead on securing the necessary approval. All organisations regularly involved in security and justice assistance have a designated OSJA Lead who is responsible for ensuring consistency in the application of the OSJA Guidance in their department.</p><p>Government departments use the OSJA Guidance as a central part of their risk management procedures. OSJA assessments completed for specific projects or interventions are working documents, and are regularly updated in line with developments in the country concerned.</p><p>We do not assess that there is a need for a central database to support these risk management arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 06/06/2019 16:50:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1023957

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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	China: 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 recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the human rights situation in Ughyur.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	201598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>We have serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the Chinese Government’s deepening crackdown; including credible reports of re-education camps and widespread surveillance and restrictions targeted at ethnic minorities.</p><p>During China’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council on 6 November, the UK made a statement which described our concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities in China, including Uyghurs. We issued a specific recommendation, calling on China to implement the recommendations by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Xinjiang, and to allow the UN to monitor the implementation. We also raised our concerns about Xinjiang in our Item 4 statement at the September UN Human Rights Council, and we supported the statement of 26 October by the European External Action Service highlighting concerns about Xinjiang.</p><p>I raised our concerns about Xinjiang with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during my visit to China on 22 July 2018. The Foreign Secretary, also raised our concerns about the region with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to China on 30 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 17/12/2018 17:20:25 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1000230

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Burma: Rohingya
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 his Department has made to the Myanmar authorities on the Rohingya crisis.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	187308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary met with Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 20 September in Burma and raised the importance of the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees to Rakhine State, and ensuring those responsible for human rights violations are held to account. I spoke with the Burmese Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin on 1 November to: stress the UK's serious concern at the 30 October announcement of the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh that refugee repatriation would commence in mid-November; and underline that the Commission of Inquiry needs to be independent and credible, draw on all available evidence and lead to a judicial process.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/11/2018 16:28:35 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1050501

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	International Assistance: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a centralised system for recording Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	214086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Assessments (OSJAs) are designed to aid and reform the decision making process for particular overseas projects or programmes of a security or justice nature. There are no certain merits in introducing a centralised system for recording OSJA assessments. Organisations responsible for delivering a particular activity must draft, maintain and file the OSJA assessments. Overseas Posts are responsible for maintaining the in-country stage 1 assessments in countries where HMG is regularly providing security and justice assistance. OSJAs pertaining to ongoing activity should be regularly updated, particularly when there are changes in strategic context or incidents serious enough to warrant reassessment. There is a benefit in taking a consistent approach across HMG, but this is dealt with by the knowledge of posts in particular areas, as well as a network of OSJA Leads in each department or organisation involved in security and justice assistance.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/02/2019 15:00:47 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1123662

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Press Freedom: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2019 Media Freedom Campaign, what steps he is taking to address Amnesty International concerns about press freedom in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	248644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>​We are committed to building a global environment in which a free and vibrant media can flourish. As part of our leadership on this international agenda, the UK will continue to maintain the highest standards of press freedom, while retaining the right to take lawful and proportionate action to prevent and investigate crime, in accordance with human rights treaties and the Human Rights Act 1998. We are consulting Amnesty International and other civil society organisations on the design of the media freedom campaign.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/05/2019 16:19:11 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1111181

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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	Press Freedom: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2019 Media Freedom Campaign, what steps is the Minister taking to address Amnesty International concerns about press freedom being at risk in Northern Ireland due to the arrests of investigative journalists.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	243391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>We do not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/04/2019 13:51:07 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1088789

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Burma: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the Government decided to host a Myanmar Trade and Investment Conference in London; and what account was taken of human rights violations by the Government of Myanmar before the decision was made to host that conference.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	232527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>​Burma is emerging from decades of military rule and starting on the road to democracy. If the economy collapses, if people have no jobs, or cannot afford to feed themselves then this will damage the democratisation process and set back human rights. The conference enables us to work with UK businesses, investing responsibly, to play a role in the wider economic growth agenda in Burma. The British Government is clear that the Burmese military is responsible for a range of human rights violations in Rakhine and other ethnic states. We have led international calls for accountability to ensure that grave human rights violations do not go unpunished. A full EU arms embargo, which the UK has supported, remains in place against the Burmese military. Her Majesty's Government will seek to ensure that our work does not support military owned or backed businesses, and in the longer term, aim to level the playing field to promote inclusive growth.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 19/03/2019 16:35:15 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1127098

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Council of Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the Government supported proposals to close the youth department of the Council of Europe.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	255253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>​No decision has been taken to close the youth department of the Council of Europe. The suggestion to decouple the youth budget from the main budget is just one option proposed to manage the budget deficit in the organisation flowing from Russian non-payment and also as part of a wider drive for reforms and efficiency savings. It has yet to be discussed. The UK's priority is to protect the core functions of the organisation, including the court and the convention system.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 24/05/2019 13:28:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1055264

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons his Department destroyed files on Sri Lanka dating from the 1970s and 1980s.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	217096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>​The FCO, as with all government departments, reviews all its files in line with the requirements of the Public Records Act before making a decision on permanent preservation. This applies to files from the 1970s and 1980s relating to Sri Lanka which the FCO reviewed under the Act.</p><p>Selection of such records for permanent preservation took place under the guidance and supervision of The National Archives.</p><p>The Public Records Act does not require departments to preserve files if they are of no long-term historical value. For instance, the FCO may destroy a file if it only contains administrative or ephemeral content or because it contains information which is already in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 08/02/2019 10:38:27 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1105720

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	Sri Lanka: 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, for what reasons the Government decided to remove the requirement on Sri Lanka to allow foreign judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers to investigate human rights abuses committed in that country in Resolution A/HRC/40/L.1 presented at the Human Rights Council on 21 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	237646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>​On 21 March the UK introduced a new Resolution rolling over Sri Lanka's commitments on post conflict reconciliation and accountability at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The resolution was adopted by consensus, with 42 co-sponsors, including Sri Lanka.</p><p> </p><p>The new Resolution reaffirms Sri Lanka's commitments under Resolution 30/1, which welcomes the intention of the Government of Sri Lanka to establish a judicial mechanism to investigate allegations of violations and abuses, including the importance of independent and impartial institutions to ensure the credibility of the mechanisms of the participation of foreign judges, defence lawyers, and authorises prosecutors and investigators. The UK will continue to support and encourage the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure full implementation of the UNHRC Resolutions.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/04/2019 13:53:26 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry