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1126724

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/05/2019
	date	14/05/2019
	date tabled	14/05/2019
	ddp created	14/05/2019 20:17:37
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 20:26:30 24/05/2019 12:16:02
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Minority Groups
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15741
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 11:44:48
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 May (HL Deb, cols 1299–1300), what representations they intend to make to the government of Nigeria to call for urgent and effective action to be taken to protect ethnic and religious minorities in that country.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Selkirk of Douglas
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15741
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15741
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK is firmly committed to promoting and protecting the right to freedom of religion or belief around the world, as well as being a strong voice internationally in defence of this fundamental right. In Nigeria, the right to freedom of religion is protected by the Constitution. The Foreign Secretary, during his recent visit to Nigeria, raised the issue of freedom of religious belief with the Vice President and had discussions with religious leaders to discuss how the UK can further support their work to promote interfaith relationships and long-term peacebuilding.</p><p>We are committed to working with Nigeria to help tackle threats to Nigeria's security and to address the underlying causes of instability which exist within Nigeria. We echo President Buhari's calls for calm and reconciliation between the many ethnic groups and communities that make up and contribute to the strength and diversity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 11:44:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	802 label Biography information for Lord Selkirk of Douglas
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	802 label Biography information for Lord Selkirk of Douglas

1126733

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/05/2019
	date	14/05/2019
	date tabled	14/05/2019
	ddp created	14/05/2019 20:17:48
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 20:26:48 29/05/2019 13:43:02
	hansard heading	Gaza: Israel
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15750
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:11:50
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the prediction made in the report by the Office of the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Jerusalem, Gaza in 2020: A Liveable Place?, published in 2012, that Gaza would be unfit for human inhabitancy by 2020.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15750
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15750
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by the situation in Gaza and the report in question’s prediction that Gaza could become uninhabitable by 2020. UK aid has supported economic development, provision of basic services, and enabled reconstruction through support to the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism. The Minister of State for the Middle East (the Rt Hon Andrew Murrison) visited Gaza on 28 May 2019 and saw the extent of this first hand.</p><p>However, as the report makes clear, aid alone cannot solve the problems in Gaza. Improvements in infrastructure, employment, energy and water are essential to improve living conditions. The Government will continue to urge all the parties to take the necessary practical steps to improve conditions. We will continue to press for a sustainable political solution for Gaza and to address the underlying cause of humanitarian strife in Gaza by more than doubling the amount of UK aid spent on economic development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to around £38 million over the next five years (2018-2023). This will include support to addressing the water and electricity crisis and seek to address movement and access restrictions.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:11:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1126996

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:08
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:10 28/05/2019 15:12:01
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Higher Education
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15757
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 14:40:54
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the treatment of the Principal of the Edwardes College, Peshawar, and his family and the attempts to intervene in the administration of the College by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor on religious minorities and educational opportunities in Pakistan.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15757
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15757
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are aware of this case. The British Government regularly raises its concerns about discrimination against minority communities with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. I raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief and the protection of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Dr Shireen Mazari, during my visit to Islamabad in February.</p><p>At the UN Periodic Review of Pakistan's human rights record in November 2017, the UK called on Pakistan to strengthen protection of minorities and establish an independent National Commission for Minorities. The Government will continue to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious minorities, and to uphold the rule of law.</p> question first answered 28/05/2019 14:40:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1127002

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:18
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:22 28/05/2019 15:35:02
	hansard heading	Abdullah Öcalan
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15763
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 15:03:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the documentary film and report by the 2019 International Peace Delegation to Imrali, published on 25 March; and what conclusions, if any, they have drawn from that report and film.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15763
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15763
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>​We have studied both the documentary film and report. Our position on the Kurdish issue is unchanged. Mr Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, is in our view a convicted terrorist. We hope that a peace process can be resumed in the future and have provided funding to a number of civil society organisations in Turkey seeking to build dialogue between different relevant actors on the Kurdish issue.</p><p>Regarding Mr Öcalan's imprisonment, we expect Turkey to respect its international obligations with regard to prison conditions. This includes acting on the recommendations of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) of the Council of Europe concerning prisoner association, isolation and access. When raising Mr Öcalan's case with the Turkish authorities, we have encouraged them to implement the recommendations made by the CPT following their visit to the prison in 2016. In this regard, we note the fact that Mr Öcalan was granted access to two lawyers on 2 May. We also note that the CPT paid a further visit to Imrali prison in mid-May, and that the Turkish Minister of Justice has this month lifted the court restriction on lawyers' visits to Imrali prison. We welcome these positive developments.</p> question first answered 28/05/2019 15:03:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1127003

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:19
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:24 28/05/2019 15:31:01
	hansard heading	Turkey: Peace Negotiations
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15764
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 14:59:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the remarks made by Ögmundur Jónasson, former Minister of Justice in Iceland, at the 2019 International Peace Delegation to Imrali that serious human rights abuse in Turkey will not come to an end unless peace negotiations are resumed between Turkey and the leaders of the Kurds and other minority groups; and what steps they intend to take in response to those remarks.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15764
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15764
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>​Her Majesty’s Government hopes that a peace process can be resumed in the future, and has provided funding to a number of civil society organisations in Turkey seeking to build dialogue between different relevant actors on the Kurdish issue. We note Mr. Jónasson’s comments, and shall continue our support for legitimate and democratic Kurdish groups in Turkey.</p> question first answered 28/05/2019 14:59:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1127004

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:21
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:26 24/05/2019 12:17:04
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15765
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 11:45:37
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take should the evidence of the torture of political detainees in Saudi Arabia continue.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15765
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15765
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The British Government is concerned about allegations of mistreatment of those detained in Saudi Arabia because of their political views. We continue to monitor these cases. We consistently and unreservedly condemn torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and it is a priority for us to challenge it wherever and whenever it occurs. We have explained our position at Ministerial level to the Saudi authorities and will continue to do so. We also regularly raise concerns using diplomatic channels of communication, including our Ambassador. ​</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 11:45:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1127005

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:22
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:28 24/05/2019 12:17:03
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15766
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 11:45:37
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take to secure the release of political detainees in Saudi Arabia.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15766
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15766
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The British Government is concerned about allegations of mistreatment of those detained in Saudi Arabia because of their political views. We continue to monitor these cases. We consistently and unreservedly condemn torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and it is a priority for us to challenge it wherever and whenever it occurs. We have explained our position at Ministerial level to the Saudi authorities and will continue to do so. We also regularly raise concerns using diplomatic channels of communication, including our Ambassador. ​</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 11:45:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1127006

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:25
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:30 29/05/2019 14:01:02
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15767
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:29:16
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to secure access by independent monitors to all political detainees currently held without charge in Saudi Arabia.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15767
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15767
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The British Government is very concerned about allegations of mistreatment of those detained in Saudi Arabia because of their political views. We continue to monitor these cases. We consistently and unreservedly condemn torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and it is a priority for us to challenge it wherever and whenever it occurs. We have raised concerns about these cases at Ministerial level a number of times with the Saudi authorities and will continue to do so. We also regularly raise concerns using diplomatic channels of communication, including our Ambassador. Saudi Arabia maintains that the issue of detentions is an internal judicial matter. The British Government cannot intervene in independent monitoring or investigation.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:29:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1127007

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:26
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:32 29/05/2019 14:01:01
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15768
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:29:59
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to obtain proof of life for all political detainees held in Saudi Arabia, including Prince Turki bin Abdullah.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15768
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15768
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The British Government is very concerned about allegations of mistreatment of those detained in Saudi Arabia because of their political views. While we have not requested this information from the Saudi authorities, we continue to monitor the case of Prince Turki bin Abdullah.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:29:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1127009

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:29
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 20:55:37 29/05/2019 14:02:01
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Recognition of States
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15770
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:30:50
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to judge when the recognition of the state of Palestine would be appropriate.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15770
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15770
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We will recognise a Palestinian state at a time when it best serves the objective of peace. Bilateral recognition in itself cannot end the occupation. Without a negotiated settlement, the occupation and the problems that come with it will continue. The UK is strongly committed to a two-state solution as the best way to bring about stability and peace in the region.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:30:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd