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1091305

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Iran: Baha'i Faith
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights of the Baha'i in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	234239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>​We are particularly concerned by the continuing systematic discrimination, harassment and targeting of the Baha'i community in Iran. At the Human Rights Council in March 2019, the UK strongly supported the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran and supports the UN Special Rapporteur's assessment that discrimination against the Baha'i community in Iran is legally sanctioned by a lack of constitutional recognition and the absence of other legal protections for adherents of this faith. We have called on Iran to allow him access to the country so that he can carry out his mandate, and we encourage Iran to use this opportunity to engage with the international community.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:03:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1082644

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Africa: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2019 to Question 227143 on Africa: EU aid and with reference to a Channel 4 news report on migrant deaths of 25 February 2019, what information her Department holds on the number of migrant deaths in facilities run by (a) the Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration and (b) other facilities funded by the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	229232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Government does not hold information on the number of migrant deaths in detention centres in Libya. The centres are the responsibility of the Libyan authorities. No UK funding or European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) funding is allocated to the Libyan Department for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM), nor detention centres in Libya. The EUTF is working to improve conditions for migrants in DCIM-run centres on a humanitarian basis. Initiatives include providing safe spaces for the most vulnerable, installing air ventilation, water, sanitation and hygiene items, toilet facilities, and providing mobile medical assistance. In parallel, the EU is seeking sustainable and humane alternatives for those in these centres, including by supporting voluntary returns or resettlement in safe third countries.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/03/2019 16:44:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1077510

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
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	Libya: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which arms were shipped from the Libyan port of Benghazi to Syria in 2012-13; who was involved in these shipments; and for which groups in Syrian were those arms intended.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	226190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of arms shipments from Libya to Syria during the period in question. It was out of concern about the situation in Libya, including flows of arms, that the UK supported UN Security Council Resolution 1970 in 2011, which imposed an arms embargo. We have supported subsequent UN Security Council Resolutions authorising UN Member States to inspect vessels off the coast of Libya where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they are violating the embargo. We continue to work with our partners in the UN to support the implementation of the embargo, and to address reports of violations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 16:06:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1077623

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK funding is allocated to the Department for Combating Illegal Migration in Libya; from which UK Department that budget is drawn; and how much of that funding qualifies as official development assistance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	226191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>No UK funding is allocated to the Libyan Department for Combating Illegal Migration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 14:52:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1077624

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
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	Libya: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has spent on programmes based in Libya aimed at countering irregular migration from that country; who the Libyan executor was of those programmes; and whether those programmes were funded from the UK aid budget, for each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	226192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Since October 2015, the UK has allocated over £175 million of humanitarian assistance in response to the Mediterranean migration crisis, including substantial support in Libya. Projects related to migration, dating back to 2015, are listed below.</p><p>As part of the Department for International Development's £75 million programme supporting interventions in origin, transit and destination countries across the sub-Saharan and north African migration routes, up to £5 million will be allocated to humanitarian assistance and protection for migrants and refugees in Libya. In addition, a new multi-year programme worth £3.29 million focuses on multi-sector humanitarian assistance and building capacity of primary health care services.</p><p>These programmes illustrate the UK's &quot;whole of route&quot; approach to supporting safe, legal and well-managed migration. Drawing on a range of funding sources, including UK Aid, the UK acts with and through key partners such as the UN High Commissoner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), and builds the capacity of key Libyan actors (for example in the criminal justice sector) to provide the long-term capabilities to tackle the associated threats and drivers.</p><p><strong>The information back to 2011 is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</strong></p><ul><li>International Committee of the Red Cross Humanitarian programme in Libya £2 million</li><li>IOM Med Migration programme £0.8 million</li><li>UNHCR Med Migration programme £0.45 million</li><li>IOM Safety Support and Solutions - Support to International Organisation for Migration for direct assistance and protection for migrants inside Libya £1.5 million</li><li>IOM Safety Support and Solutions - IOM AVR (support to voluntary returns) £0.5 million</li><li>UNHCR Safety Support and Solutions (support to UNHCR refugee and returns programmes in North Africa) £2.18 million</li><li>Danish Refugees Council Safety Support and Solutions (to protect women and girls from the heightened risks of trafficking and gender based violence faced in Libya) £1.5 million</li><li>UNHCR North Africa Joint Unit (NAJU) programme (support to UNHCR refugee and returns programmes in North Africa) £0.85 million</li><li>IOM NAJU Conflict Stability and Security Fund programme (support for voluntary returns) £1.7 million</li></ul> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 16:23:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1059989

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Libya: Embassies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the members of the British Representative Office in Benghazi were in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	220315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>​In accordance with our duty of care to our staff and in line with Data Protection principles and legislation we do not individually identify staff under the grade of Senior Management Structure 2 (SMS 2) in the public domain so are unable to identify the members of the British Representative Office in Benghazi in 2012.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/02/2019 17:18:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1035006

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Iran: Public Health
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 Eurostat data showing a 38% reduction in annual UK pharmaceutical exports to Iran, what assessment he has made of the effect of US sanctions on (a) the ability of the UK pharmaceutical sector to support public health in Iran and (b) on public health outcomes in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	205427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>​The Government regrets the US decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) nuclear deal and re-impose sanctions on Iran. Humanitarian goods are not subject to either US or EU sanctions. We are, nevertheless, working with our European partners on mechanisms to support continued trade in humanitarian goods, such as pharmaceutical exports. Following the re-imposition of US sanctions in November 2018 it is too early to make an assessment of the effect on public health outcomes in Iran.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/01/2019 14:58:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1035119

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Syria: Military Intervention
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 decision by the US to withdraw all of its ground troops from Syria, what representations he received from US officials prior to the US President's decision to withdraw; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the US withdrawal on the numbers of British ground forces operating in northern Syria.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	205371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary spoke with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on 19 December with regard to President Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria. Senior officials have been in close contact with their US counterparts on the implementation of this decision, including on the implications for Coalition military action in Syria.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/01/2019 15:01:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1020700

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Elias Faisal Al-Mulla
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations for the release of Bahraini political prisoner, Elyas Faisal al-Mulla on a humanitarian basis, given that he suffers from stage three colon cancer.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	199904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to raise these with the relevant human rights oversight bodies and also with the Bahraini authorities through appropriate legal channels. We also encourage Bahrain to comply with their domestic and international human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2018 12:43:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1020701

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Elias Faisal Al-Mulla
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the legality of the continued detention of Bahraini political prisoner, Elyas Faisal al-Mulla.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	199905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>We continue to closely monitor events in Bahrain and where we have concerns, we raise them with the Bahraini authorities. We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to raise them with the appropriate Bahraini human rights oversight body.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2018 12:45:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle