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1415867

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether arms sales granted an export licence by the Government have been used by Saudi Arabia and their coalition partners in recent bombings which have resulted in civilian casualties in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	110627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>We are looking into recent reports of the impact of airstrikes on civilians in Yemen. We urge all parties to the Yemen conflict to exercise restraint and avoid further civilian impact and suffering. The Government takes its strategic export control responsibilities very seriously. The Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including respect for human rights and international humanitarian law.  All licences are kept under careful and continual review as standard.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 27/01/2022 17:16:50 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1244519

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) whether the (i) closure of Sana’a international airport from August 2016-February 2020 and (ii) other restrictions placed on imports of food and medicine into Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition constitute a pattern indicating the deliberate targeting of objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population prohibited by Article 54 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and (b) the implications for her policies on arms export controls of the conclusion of that initial assessment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>We take very seriously all allegations of breaches of the Geneva Conventions. The UK urges the parties to the conflict to investigate these allegations and take action to promote and protect international humanitarian law. The Government takes its export responsibilities seriously and assesses all export licences in accordance with strict licensing criteria. We will not issue any export licences where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Whenever the UK receives reports of alleged violations of international humanitarian law in connection with countries to whom arms and military equipment are licensed for export, we routinely seek information from all credible sources, including from Non Governmental Organisations and international organisations.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 105330 105331 question first answered 27/10/2020 12:38:07 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1244520

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) whether the use of (i) rockets and mortars and (ii) other indirect-fire weapon systems with wide-area impact by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen (A) at Al-Raqw market in Munabbih between 20 November and 24 December 2019 and (B) on other occasions constitute a pattern indicating the use of indiscriminate attacks prohibited by Article 51(4) of the 1977 Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and (b) the implications for her policies on arms export controls of the conclusion of that initial assessment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>We take very seriously all allegations of breaches of the Geneva Conventions. The UK urges the parties to the conflict to investigate these allegations and take action to promote and protect international humanitarian law. The Government takes its export responsibilities seriously and assesses all export licences in accordance with strict licensing criteria. We will not issue any export licences where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Whenever the UK receives reports of alleged violations of international humanitarian law in connection with countries to whom arms and military equipment are licensed for export, we routinely seek information from all credible sources, including from Non Governmental Organisations and international organisations.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 105329 105331 question first answered 27/10/2020 12:38:07 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1244521

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) whether the beating, electrocution, suspension in painful positions, sexual violence and other forms of ill-treatment committed against detainees of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen at (i) the Mar'ib political security prison and (ii) elsewhere constitute a pattern indicating the use of physical and mental torture against prisoners detained during conflict prohibited by Article 19 of the Geneva Conventions and (b) the implications for her policies on arms export controls of the conclusion of that initial assessment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>We take very seriously all allegations of breaches of the Geneva Conventions. The UK urges the parties to the conflict to investigate these allegations and take action to promote and protect international humanitarian law. The Government takes its export responsibilities seriously and assesses all export licences in accordance with strict licensing criteria. We will not issue any export licences where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Whenever the UK receives reports of alleged violations of international humanitarian law in connection with countries to whom arms and military equipment are licensed for export, we routinely seek information from all credible sources, including from Non Governmental Organisations and international organisations.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 105329 105330 question first answered 27/10/2020 12:38:07 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1244523

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the written statement of 7 July 2020, Official Report, cols 32-34WS, what assessment he made of the Saudi-led coalition’s (a) documented targeting of and (b) restriction of access to food, water and medicine as objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population in Yemen when concluding that the coalition had the capacity and intent to comply with international humanitarian law.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes extremely seriously allegations of international humanitarian law violations and access restrictions. The UK urges the parties to the conflict to investigate these allegations and take action to uphold their commitments under international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 105333 105334 question first answered 28/10/2020 16:10:13 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1244524

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) whether the Saudi-led coalition’s documented use of (i) rockets and mortars and (ii) other indirect-fire weapon systems with wide-area impact is indicative of that coalition’s capacity and intent to comply with Article 51(4) of the 1977 Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and (b) the implications for her policies on arms export controls of the conclusion of that initial assessment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes extremely seriously allegations of international humanitarian law violations and access restrictions. The UK urges the parties to the conflict to investigate these allegations and take action to uphold their commitments under international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 105332 105334 question first answered 28/10/2020 16:10:13 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1244526

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) whether the Saudi-led coalition’s documented use of physical and mental torture and other forms of ill-treatment against prisoners detained during conflict is indicative of that coalition’s capacity and intent to comply with Article 19 of the Geneva Conventions and (b) the implications for her policies on arms export controls of the conclusions of that initial assessment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes extremely seriously allegations of international humanitarian law violations and access restrictions. The UK urges the parties to the conflict to investigate these allegations and take action to uphold their commitments under international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 105332 105333 question first answered 28/10/2020 16:10:13 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry