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758166

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	9006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>​Information on all our Consular services are provided online and the FCO ensures that it complies with best practice on accessibility of information as set out by the Government Digital Service. We do not currently provide information on our services via British Sign Language.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 14/09/2017 15:22:35 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758167

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the implications are for the Government's policies on North Korea of the C4ADS Report Risky Business, published in June 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	9070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>​The UK is working in collaboration with UN and EU partners to make it harder for the DPRK to develop processes to procure, through illicit trade and finance activities, the technologies used to support its illegal weapons programmes. This includes sanctioning individuals, entities and items associated with those sectors responsible for funding its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 14/09/2017 15:24:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

758168

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Operation Blue Star
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 (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with representatives from the UK's Sikh community on the UK's military role in the 1984 raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar; and if he will commission a public inquiry into UK involvement in that event.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	9079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>I appreciate that tragic events of 1984 are still the source of great, and lasting pain to many in the Sikh community. FCO officials met representatives of the Sikh community in October 2016. The then Minister for Asia, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Reading West (Mr Sharma) discussed the issue with the Rt Hon Member for Warley (Mr Spellar) and other honourable members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Sikhs on 11 January 2017.</p><p>The Cabinet Secretary's 2014 investigation into the UK military role in Operation Blue Star concluded that UK assistance was advisory, ended several months before the operation and had limited impact on the tragic events that followed. I am satisfied that the Cabinet Secretary's investigation dealt conclusively with this issue. I do not believe that there is any need to commission a public inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/09/2017 15:23:15 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

758171

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	North Korea: International Relations
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 potential merits of taking up promoting the Six Party Talks with North Korea which were broken off in 2009.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	9093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>​We are working closely with our international partners to increase the pressure on North Korea to desisit from its destabilising actions and open the way towards a peaceful resolution to regional tension. North Korea needs to take credible, concrete steps towards its obligations to denuclearise for dialogue to occur. The UK stands ready to support negotiations in those circumstances, whether in the Six Party Talks or another agreed format.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/09/2017 15:35:02 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

757437

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	North Korea: International Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government is taking steps to promote (a) bilateral dialogue between North Korea and the US and (b) six party dialogue with North Korea; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the statement made by my Rt Hon Friend the Foreign Secretary (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula</a>). North Korea has to provide a credible and genuine signal it is ready to discuss denuclearisation. The UK has been clear that we support dialogue under the right circumstances. We are working closely with partners to bring home to North Korea that a change in direction will open the way towards a peaceful resolution and a secure future.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/09/2017 15:51:39 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

757639

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Ivory: Terrorism
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 assessment he has made of the contribution made by trade in illegal ivory to the financing of international terrorism.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>​The UK Government has not seen conclusive evidence of a direct, significant link between the trade in illegal ivory and the financing of international terrorism. Recent research by the Royal United Services Institute tends to disputes previous claims that ivory is a major source of finance for global terrorist networks such as Al Shabab. This research suggests instead that organised crime and widespread corruption are a greater threat to endangered wildlife. The Government will continue to monitor reporting on the issue. Global terrorism and the illegal ivory trade are issues of serious concern to the UK Government and tackling both is a priority.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/09/2017 15:00:10 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757645

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	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 assessment he has made of (a) the security situation, (b) human rights and (c) religious freedom in the state of Rohingya, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	8605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The British Government continues to discuss the situation in Rakhine with the Government of Burma. On 7 September, the Foreign Secretary called State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to raise our strong concerns about Rakhine. They agreed any human rights abuses or violations must be investigated urgently. Our Ambassador continues to engage with officials from the Burmese Foreign Ministry on the full range of challenges facing Rakhine State.</p><p>On 30 August the UK convened a discussion on Burma at the UN Security Council. The UK urged the security forces in Rakhine to show restraint and called for all parties to de-escalate tensions. The Foreign Secretary released a statement on 2 September calling for an end to the violence. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon made a statement at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council on 11 September which made clear that the UK strongly condemned the violence, and called on all parties to de-escalate tensions and address the humanitarian crisis</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/09/2017 09:21:45 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 9981 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

757646

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	North Korea: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his North Korean counterpart and (b) officials from the North Korean Government, since the North Korean nuclear missile test on 3 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	8606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>On 5 September I summoned the North Korean Ambassador to make clear the UK's condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test on 3 September. I emphasised that North Korea's reckless actions have created a deeply dangerous and unstable situation on the Korean peninsula. I urged the Ambassador to pass on this message to the regime in Pyongyang: it must end its illegal pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missiles and return to dialogue with the international community.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/09/2017 15:20:44 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

757650

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	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 discussions he has had with (a) Aung San Suu Kyi and (b) officials from the Burmese Foreign Ministry on (i) the security situation, (ii) human rights and (iii) religious freedom in the state of Rohingya, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	8602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The British Government continues to discuss the situation in Rakhine with the Government of Burma. On 7 September, the Foreign Secretary called State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to raise our strong concerns about Rakhine. They agreed any human rights abuses or violations must be investigated urgently. Our Ambassador continues to engage with officials from the Burmese Foreign Ministry on the full range of challenges facing Rakhine State.</p><p>On 30 August the UK convened a discussion on Burma at the UN Security Council. The UK urged the security forces in Rakhine to show restraint and called for all parties to de-escalate tensions. The Foreign Secretary released a statement on 2 September calling for an end to the violence. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon made a statement at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council on 11 September which made clear that the UK strongly condemned the violence, and called on all parties to de-escalate tensions and address the humanitarian crisis.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/09/2017 09:19:22 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 9967 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

757651

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Australia: LGBT People
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 discussed (a) LGBT rights and (b) same-sex marriage with his Australian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	8603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>​FCO ministers including myself have discussed LGBT rights and same-sex marriage with Australian counterparts in general terms. With the exception of marriage, LGBT people in Australia have the same rights and protections as anyone else. The question of whether same-sex marriage should be legalised in Australia is a matter for the Australian people to decide.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/09/2017 15:18:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West