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date	24/11/2020
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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the extent of human rights violations in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	909176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government takes the human rights situation in Sri Lanka very seriously.</p><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, raised a number of human rights concerns, including harassment of civil society and militarisation of civilian functions, when he spoke with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gunawardena on 5 November.</p><p>We have urged Sri Lanka to address concerns in our statements to the UN Human Rights Council in February, June and September.</p><p>The UK will continue to highlight our concerns to the Government of Sri Lanka, and we will support human rights through our programme work including resettlement of victims of conflict and improving responses to sexual and gender based violence.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/11/2020 15:53:09 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1229347

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Sri Lanka: Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting an independent investigation headed by a foreign delegation to review the Chunnakam water pollution incident in the Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	82450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the challenges Sri Lanka faces around water management and quality and the unique challenges faced by communities in northern Sri Lanka. Staff at the British High Commission in Colombo raised the issue of water quality during a visit to the North in July. A number of public bodies in Sri Lanka, including the national water supply and drainage board, have conducted tests and compensation was offered to those affected by water pollution caused by the Chunnakam Power plant. We will continue to engage with local government in the North to ensure these concerns around water management and quality are understood, and that measures are taken to ensure clean water.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/09/2020 14:55:46 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1167072

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Free Movement of People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential economic effect on the UK creative arts sector of travel restrictions after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	7031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s creative industries and arts sectors are huge success stories and the UK's decision to leave the EU will not change that.</p><p> </p><p>We have maintained a dialogue with these sectors on Brexit, and we know that the movement of people is a key issue for them; both for access to international talent and activities such as touring and collaborating. We understand also that the circumstances of individual trips to the EU are significantly varied, and that changes based on our leaving the EU will be different for each organisation or professional. We will continue our engagement to ensure a growing understanding of the impacts across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/11/2019 13:57:48 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake