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1693055

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date	01/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Middle East: International Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 9950 on Yemen: Military Intervention and to the Answer of 20 February 2024 to Question 13836 on Gaza: Israel, for what reason his Department maintains a tracker database of alleged instances of breaches or violations of international humanitarian law by Saudi Arabia in Yemen but does not maintain a comparable database of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law by Israel in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	16550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s “tracker&quot; listing alleged International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations during the Saudi Led Coalition's Air Campaign in Yemen, does not cover the actions of the Israeli Defence Force in Gaza.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government continues to assess Israel's commitment and capability to comply with International Humanitarian Law. Those assessments are supported by a detailed evidence base, including analysis of the conflict, reporting from NGOs, international bodies and partner countries, statements and reports by the Israeli Government and military representatives and Israel's track record of compliance.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/03/2024 12:03:40 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1688602

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 10673 on Gaza: Israel, whether his Department has a comparable tracker logging alleged Israeli military International Humanitarian Law violations.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	13836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not maintain such a tracker. However, the MOD works closely with the FCDO, who continue to assess Israel's commitment and capability to comply with International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/02/2024 12:30:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1683658

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 9950, how many incidents have been logged in its Tracker database of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law on the conduct of Israel in its military engagement in Gaza since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	10673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The &quot;tracker&quot; referenced in Question 9950 does not log alleged Israeli military International Humanitarian Law violations. It specifically records alleged International Humanitarian Law violations relating to Saudi Arabia’s air campaign in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/01/2024 11:14:28 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1682628

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 68798 on Yemen: Military Intervention, whether his Department maintains its Tracker database of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	9950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/01/2024 09:28:29 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1313055

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Advisory Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) role and (b) membership is of his Department's Gulf Advisory Committee.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not have a Gulf Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/05/2021 11:27:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1313057

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Oman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the Sultan's Privy Council in Oman was attended by a serving Chief of the Defence staff.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>I can confirm the dates a serving Chief of Defence staff attended the Sultan's Privy Council in Oman are:</p><p>2-5 January 2020</p><p>5-6 January 2019</p><p>6-7 January 2018</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/05/2021 16:52:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1270819

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment her Department has made of the risk to family members of people settled in the UK under the Afghan Ex Gratia scheme who remain in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	129121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>We take the safety of immediate family members of former Locally Employed Staff (LES) eligible for relocation under the Ex Gratia Sceme (EGS) very seriously. That is why spouses and dependants under 18 are eligible to relocate with the former LES member.</p><p>If family members choose to remain in Afghanistan, then they are still eligible to seek support and assistance from our Intimidation Investigation Unit in Kabul, which is open to all immediate family members of LES, whether relocated under the EGS or not.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/12/2020 09:26:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1233479

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July to Question 68798, how many alleged breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen took place in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019 and (f) 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	88410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>Disaggregating the number of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen listed on the &quot;Tracker&quot; database would be misleading without the addition of sensitive contextual information, which I am withholding as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and other states.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/09/2020 12:17:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1220566

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents have been logged as alleged international humanitarian law violations reportedly conducted by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen since March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	68798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>As at 4 July, the number of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Yemen listed on the &quot;Tracker&quot; database maintained by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is 535. Of these, 19 are duplicate entries, which means that some incidents will have been recorded on more than one occasion likely because of the incomplete nature of reporting.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 13/07/2020 09:09:33 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana