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797780

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Bahrain: Trials
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 counterparts in the Bahraini Government on fairness of the first trial of civilians in secret military courts in Bahrain in October 2017 .
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>​We have raised this issue with the Bahraini authorities. We continue to encourage Bahrain to live up to its international and domestic human rights obligations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/12/2017 13:15:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797331

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Yemen: 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, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on allegations of civilian deaths during US raids in the Yemeni villages of Yakla and Al Jubah in January and May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is not involved in counter-terrorism operations within Yemen. Any enquiries relating to US counter-terrorism activities should be redirected to the US authorities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/12/2017 15:54:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797336

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Bahrain: Overseas Aid
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 Autumn Budget 2017, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of assistance to Bahrain in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In financial year 2016-17, £1.52 million was spent on UK expertise to Bahraini-led reform: This was financed from HMG's Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF). We expect a similar amount to be spent in financial year 2017-18. This funding will come from the Global Britain Fund and the Integrated Activity Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 116302 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:24:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797339

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Bahrain: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse for programmes providing technical assistance and training to Bahrain and (b) from what Departmental funding stream did this assistance come from between October 2016 to October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In financial year 2016-17, £1.52 million was spent on UK expertise to Bahraini-led reform: This was financed from HMG's Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF). We expect a similar amount to be spent in financial year 2017-18. This funding will come from the Global Britain Fund and the Integrated Activity Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 116299 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:24:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797340

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Saudi Arabia: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training and assistance his Department has provided to the Saudi-led Coalition's Joint Incident and Assessment Team in the financial year 2017/18.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Office does not provide training or assistance to the Saudi-led Coalition's Joint Incident and Assessment Team.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/12/2017 17:31:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797341

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Yemen: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the recent findings of the Saudi-led Coalition's Joint Incident Assessment Team into five bombing incidents, published on 19 November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>​The UK welcomes the release by the Saudi-led Coalition's Joint Incidents Assessment Team on 19 November of their findings in five further investigations into incidents involving alleged breaches of international humanitarian law in Yemen. We regularly stress, including at senior levels, the importance of the Saudi-led Coalition conducting rigorous investigations into reports of violations of international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/12/2017 17:26:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797342

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Bahrain: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials of his Department last raised the cases of Mohamed Ramadan and Husain Moosa with the Government of Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our Embassy in Bahrain continue to closely monitor the cases of Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Moosa and we have raised concerns about these cases both in public and in private at senior levels. We are aware that the Bahraini Special Investigations Unit is continuing with investigations into complaints of torture in these cases. We encourage a swift, transparent conclusion to the investigations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/12/2017 17:28:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

788512

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Billy Barclay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons his Department advised the family of Billy Barclay to refrain from raising his case of detention in the UAE in the UK media and enlisting the assistance of Detained in Dubai.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	112573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Our consular policy is to provide advice, when requested, on what the consequences of speaking or not speaking to the media could be, but we would not recommend a particular course of action. Similarly, our consular officials do not advise people against seeking support from other organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 15:06:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake