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998465

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	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	Indonesia: Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on his recent trip to Indonesia raised the situation of the non-religious in that country, as that country does not recognise the right to be a humanist, atheist or agnostic.
	tabling member printed	Lord Garel-Jones
	uin	HL11124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Yes. During my visit to Jakarta I talked about the rights of people of faith and those of no faith during a meeting of representatives of different religious communities, as well as raising the issue of Freedom of Religion or Belief in my meeting with the Minister of Religious Affairs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:12:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	840 label Biography information for Lord Garel-Jones

1108871

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	China: Transplant Surgery
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the government of Canada in 2018 to make travelling to China for organ transplants illegal for Canadian citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Suri
	uin	HL14978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials are currently looking into the measures reportedly introduced or being considered in several other countries, including Canada, relating to travel to China for organ transplants.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/04/2019 14:49:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4328 label Biography information for Lord Suri

751957

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	NHS: Amazon
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what level of grant-in-aid funding was provided to each service within the BBC World Service in each of the financial years 1987–88 to 2014–15; and, for each service, how much of that funding was allocated to (1) operating grants-in-aid, and (2) capital grants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Suri
	uin	HL792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The overall information on grant-in-aid funding to the BBC World Service is available to Parliament through the Supplementary Estimates, however the information for each service is not available. The Supplementary Estimates should be available online for a large part of the period in question but the Parliamentary library should hold the information for the whole period in question.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/07/2017 13:34:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4328 label Biography information for Lord Suri

795236

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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	Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office intends to establish a fund for programmes supporting freedom of religion or belief.
	tabling member printed	Lord Suri
	uin	HL3638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) continues to be a priority for the UK Government. Projects that directly support FoRB overseas are funded through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)'s Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy. In 2017/18 the Magna Carta Fund will spend £758,717 on six FoRB projects. We will open for bids to support FoRB work in the 2018/19 financial year, early in the next calendar year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/12/2017 15:42:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4328 label Biography information for Lord Suri

868240

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Nigeria: Violence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Nigeria regarding reports of widespread violence in the conflict between Fulani herders and Christian farmers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Suri
	uin	HL6512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We regularly raise the issue with both the Federal Government and Governments of affected states to express our concerns about clashes between pastoralists and farmers of all faiths. We encourage the government to address the underlying causes and develop a solution that meets the needs of all affected communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/04/2018 14:02:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4328 label Biography information for Lord Suri

997096

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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: Falun Gong
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to evaluate the credibility of evidence of the forced organ harvesting of practitioners of Falun Gong in China.
	tabling member printed	Lord Suri
	uin	HL11100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of reports that allege that a process of involuntary organ removal may be taking place in China, including suggestions that minority and religious groups are being specifically targeted. The UK Government fully supports the Declaration of Istanbul (May 2008), which encourages all countries to draw up legal and professional frameworks to govern organ donation and transplantation activities.</p><p>As the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Europe and the Americas, Sir Alan Duncan, stated in a Westminster Hall debate in October 2016: “Although I do not doubt the need to maintain close scrutiny of organ transplant practices in China, we believe that the evidence base is not sufficiently strong to substantiate claims about the systematic harvesting of organs from minority groups. Indeed, based on all the evidence available to us, we cannot conclude that this practice of “organ harvesting” is definitely happening in China.”</p><p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) collates global data on organ donations and works with China. The WHO view is that China is implementing an ethical, voluntary organ transplant system in accordance with international standards, although the WHO does have concerns about overall transparency.</p><p>We continue to review any new evidence that is presented to us.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2018 13:17:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4328 label Biography information for Lord Suri

1029125

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	British American Security Information Council: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding support they give to the British American Security Information Council; and for what purposes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
	uin	HL12473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office allocated £49,874.00 to the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) in Financial Year 2018 to 2019. This supported a project on 'Foregrounding Nuclear Responsibilities', which aims to foster international understanding and constructive dialogue among moderate nuclear and non nuclear-armed states on the responsibilities of nuclear weapons possession and disarmament. We also provided £7,281.44 to BASIC in Financial Year 2017 to 2018 for a research paper and two private roundtables, in order to inform the international conversation on Nuclear Security Assurances and support the rules-based international system and institutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/01/2019 17:01:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

990163

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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	Israel: Bedouin
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, or plan to make, to the government of Israel concerning the imminent destruction of the West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Selborne
	uin	HL10785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>At Prime Minister’s Questions on 17 October, the Prime Minister reiterated the UK’s strong opposition to Israel’s proposed demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and called on Israel not to go ahead with its plan to demolish the village. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa last raised our concerns about the proposed demolition with the Israeli Ambassador to the UK on 11 October, and the UK's Ambassador to Israel last raised the issue with the Israeli authorities on 3 October.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/10/2018 14:35:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2102 label Biography information for The Earl of Selborne

990157

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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	Jamal Khashoggi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with EU member state governments about the possibility of imposing sanctions on Saudi officials once the outcome of investigations into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi is known.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lamont of Lerwick
	uin	HL10779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary remains in close contact with international partners, including his counterparts in the US, France and Germany on the case of Jamal Khashoggi. The Foreign Secretary has issued two joint statements alongside his G7 counterparts, including the US, on 17 and 23 October. He has also issued two joint statements with his French and German counterparts, on 14 and 21 October.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/10/2018 17:27:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	895 label Biography information for Lord Lamont of Lerwick

990158

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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	Jamal Khashoggi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether in their consideration of the implications of the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi for British-Saudi Arabian relations they intend to take into account the allegations of illegal abductions of Saudi citizens to Saudi Arabia that were reported by the BBC in August 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lamont of Lerwick
	uin	HL10780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>​We await the outcome of the investigations into the disappearance of Mr Khashoggi. We are treating this incident very seriously. The UK response will be based on the outcome of a credible, transparent investigation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/10/2018 14:52:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	895 label Biography information for Lord Lamont of Lerwick