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91446

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Families
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 Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office promotes the UK’s interests overseas, supporting our citizens and businesses around the globe. As such, we do not have responsibility for creating domestic policy.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/10/2014 14:25:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91171

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to the UN's call for accountability from the Israeli authorities for deaths in Gaza of UNRWA personnel, medical staff, firefighters and technicians, injuries to aid workers and the damage or destruction of UN premises and hospitals and clinics.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>It is deeply tragic that so many UNRWA personnel were killed in the recent escalation in violence in Gaza. There must be meaningful investigations into possible violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by all sides, including those committed by Hamas and other militant groups. We are calling on both sides to cooperate with the Commission of Inquiry set up by the UN Human Rights Council, which must itself be independent and balanced in its approach.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/10/2014 14:39:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91179

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Palestinians
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 timetable is for the study of options for an internationally-supervised mechanism to enable full access and movement through all Gaza ports of entry agreed at the Foreign Affairs Council of 15 August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the European External Action Service's work to produce an options paper for EU support for a sustainable ceasefire. This paper will include options for a potential EU role in monitoring and verification, and the possibility of reactivating and perhaps expanding the mandate of EUBAM Rafah. Work is continuing in Brussels, and the UK is encouraging the EEAS to put forward detailed and ambitious options.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/10/2014 14:38:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91276

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Middle East
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 work with other EU member states to address any legitimate security constraints affecting Israel that could prevent the lifting of the Gaza blockade.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>As EU Foreign Ministers made clear at the Foreign Affairs Council on 15 August, the EU stands ready to contribute to a sustainable ceasefire, which must address Israel’s legitimate security concerns, and ease access restrictions to allow Gaza’s economy to grow. The UK will work closely with other EU states to develop options for EU support for a sustainable ceasefire, including by supporting a possible international mechanism endorsed by the UNSC, and through the reactivation and possible extension in scope and mandate of its CSDP missions on the ground.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/10/2014 14:43:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91280

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Palestinians
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 made representations following the ceasefire for an easing of the blockades of Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>Our Ambassador to Tel Aviv raised the issue of Gaza with the Israeli Cabinet Secretary on 7 September. They discussed Israel permitting the transfer of goods to the West Bank, and exports to Israel. He also discussed the issue of Gaza with political director at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 8 September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/10/2014 14:35:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91016

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Iraq
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 has taken to end the persecution of Christians in Iraq by the Islamic State.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	208526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is providing £23 million in humanitarian assistance to those who have fled areas of Iraq controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and have taken part in a series of airdrops to people trapped by ISIL. We are providing military assistance to the Kurdish Peshmerga as set out in the Prime Minister’s statement on 1 September so that they can restore control over areas taken by ISIL. I also met leaders of the Syriac Orthodox Church, the church to which many Iraqi Christians belong, making a statement strongly condemning the persecution that Iraq’s religious minorities have suffered.</p><p>I visited Iraq on 26-27 August and pressed the then Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi to ensure his new government in Iraq would ensure the protection of all minorities, promote human rights and reassert the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2014 11:47:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

90844

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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
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 recognises President Assad as the legitimate head of state of Syria.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	208371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Britain has a long standing policy of recognising States and not governments. Our position on Assad remains unchanged – he does not have legitimacy and should step aside in the interests of the Syrian people. Assad’s elections and inauguration were parodies of democracy, disenfranchising millions of Syrians and conducted in a way which fell far short of any international democratic standards.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2014 11:49:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

90592

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
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 bring forward proposals to make military exports to Saudi Arabia contingent on human rights reform in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	208151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government of Saudi Arabia faces a number of security challenges, with concerns arising from the fractious regional situation and external sources, and so have a legitimate requirement for types of equipment in the performance of its sovereign defensive responsibilities.</p><p>The Government remains confident that the UK has a thorough and robust export control and licensing system, which distinguishes between exports for legitimate defence and security purposes and exports that breach the Criterion 2 threshold: a clear risk that they might be used for internal repression, violation of human rights or gender-based violence. These considerations are specifically identified in the Government’s Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, Criteria against which all applications for strategic export control licences for military goods, including arms and dual-use goods are assessed on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>The Government is satisfied that the currently extant licences for Saudi Arabia are compliant with the UK’s export licensing criteria.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2014 08:55:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

90695

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on the detention of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	208155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>We are closely monitoring the case of Abdulhadi Al Khawaja. As in the case of his 110 day hunger strike in 2012, we are concerned about his welfare. Bahraini Ministry of Interior’s Ombudsman’s Office announced it was launching an investigation into the conditions of his detention. As a result, an investigator visited Mr Al Khawaja in Jau prison. We understand that Mr Al Khawaja has seen medical staff regularly since he began his hunger strike and that, according to the Ombudsman’s Office, the medical staff continue to provide him with health care and are monitoring his medical condition closely.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2014 09:07:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

90696

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Bahrain
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 the government of Bahrain about the detention of Maryam Al-Khawaja at Bahrain International Airport; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	208156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>We are aware of the arrest of Maryam Al-Khawaja last week. We are monitoring the case closely. The British Ambassador to Bahrain raised her case with the Bahraini authorities last week. We urge the Government of Bahrain to ensure that due legal process is fully respected and international norms of justice adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2014 09:56:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning