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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-22more like thisremove minimum value filter
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Yemen: Military Intervention more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps is his Department taking to ensure that Saudi Arabia are held accountable by the United Nations for civilian casualties as a result of that country's airstrikes between December 2017 and January 2018. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 133843 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-04-03more like thismore than 2018-04-03
answer text <p>We take alleged violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) very seriously. The UK-sponsored UN Security Council Presidential Statement of 15 March 2018 called upon all parties to the confict in Yemen to distinguish between civilians and combatants, and take all feasible precautions to minimise harm to civilians.</p><p>When allegations of IHL breaches have been made against Saudi Arabia, it is important that the Saudis, in the first instance, conduct conclusive investigations. The Saudi-led Coalition Joint Incidents Assessment Team has published 55 reports into particular incidents of concern, with the most recent published on 5 March 2018.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire remove filter
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-04-03T12:29:32.41Zmore like thismore than 2018-04-03T12:29:32.41Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this