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647164

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Burma: Minority Groups
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 representations he has made to the Burmese government on the rights of the Rohingya and other minorities in that country.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	55047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>I raised the issue of the Rohingya with the Burmese Minister for Construction on 29 November, as well as concerns relayed by a number of Parliamentary colleagues calling for the immediate resumption of humanitarian access to Northern Rakhine. I reiterated our call for an independent investigation into allegations of human rights abuses, to which the Government of Burma has made commitment. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my noble Friend the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns, visited Burma from 9-12 November where she raised similar concerns. She also discussed the peace process, in which the UK plays a leading role on seeking an end to the long-running conflict between the military and ethnic armed groups. This included a call for unfettered access for those in need of humanitarian aid in conflict-affected areas.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/12/2016 15:15:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

647169

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Prosperity Fund: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of his Department's Prosperity Fund was allocated to (a) coal, oil and gas projects and (b) renewable energy projects in each financial year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	55116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The FCO Prosperity Fund was the FCO's dedicated annual fund supporting prosperity work overseas from 2011 until March 2016.</p><p>Through targeted projects its aims were to support the conditions for global and UK growth. Since 2013/14 the Prosperity Fund allocated the following to coal, oil and gas projects:</p><p>•2013/14 approximately 1.9% (£370,000 from a total budget of £19.5m)</p><p>•2014/15 approximately 3.9% (£758,000 from £19.5m)</p><p>•2015/16 approximately 3.4% (£997,000 from £29.3m)</p><p>Since 2013/14 the Prosperity Fund allocated the following to renewable energy projects:</p><p>•2013/14 approximately 5% (£983,000 from a total budget of £19.5m)</p><p>•2014/15 approximately 2% (£402,000 from £19.5m)</p><p>•2015/16 approximately 5.1% (£1.5m from £29.3m)</p><p>These figures include ODA and non-ODA projects.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/12/2016 16:00:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name PQ 55116 McKinnell, Prosperity fund.docx title Answer reprinted in correct format.
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

647170

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Prosperity Fund: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of his Department's Prosperity Fund was allocated to energy projects in each financial year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	55117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The FCO Prosperity Fund was the FCO's dedicated annual fund supporting prosperity work overseas from 2011 until March 2016. Through targeted projects its aims were to support the conditions for global and UK growth.</p><p>Since 2013/14 the Prosperity Fund allocated the following to energy projects:</p><p>• 2013/14 approximately 23% (£4.5m from a total budget of £19.5m)</p><p>• 2014/15 approximately 17% (£3.3m from £19.5m)</p><p>• 2015/16 approximately 20% (£5.9m from £29.3m)</p><p>These figures include ODA and non-ODA projects on energy distribution, security, policy and efficiency as well as renewables, oil, gas and coal.</p><p>The FCO Prosperity Fund ended in March 2016 and was replaced by the new cross-government Prosperity Fund. More information is available on gov.uk where all FCO ODA spend is published.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/12/2016 15:57:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

644313

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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	UN Human Rights Council
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 take steps to ensure that migrant worker rights are on the agenda for the next session of the UN Human Rights Council.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	54914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom does not intend to press for this topic to be considered at the March 2017 session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), as the HRC traditionally considers the protection of the human rights of migrants on an annual basis at its June session. A resolution on migrants in transit was adopted by consensus on 30 June 2016.</p><p>A resolution on the right to work is likely to be tabled at the March session, which follows the adoption in March 2016 of a resolution on the issue. While it did not reference migrant workers specifically, the resolution addressed a range of issues which affect migrant workers (as they do all workers). It also mandated the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on the relationship between the right to work and the enjoyment of human rights by women. We expect the March session to consider that report. We do not know at this stage whether the resolution will specifically reference migrant workers.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/12/2016 10:54:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

644314

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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	UN Human Rights Council
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 take steps to ensure that religious persecution is on the agenda for the next session of the UN Human Rights Council.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	54915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The promotion and protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief is a high priority for the UK. It was one of our pledges for re-election to the UN Human Rights Council in 2017-2019, and will inform our approach to Council sessions and UN Special Procedures. At the 34<sup>th</sup> Session in March 2017, we will work with likeminded partners to maintain consensus on the adoption and implementation of both the EU's 'Freedom of Religion or Belief' resolution and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's 'Combating Religious Intolerance' resolution, both of which we expect to be tabled at that session.</p><p>In addition, the new UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Dr Ahmed Shaheed, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council, will also present his first report. A dialogue with Member States will follow, giving the UK further opportunity to set out our support for his mandate and to draw attention to priority issues.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/12/2016 15:07:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

644320

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Departmental Responsibilities
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	54909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office's Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance is generally considered to be a global standard for the screening of overseas activities for unintended human rights risk. It is a tool that allows the Government to assist countries struggling to protect human rights, while also ensuring that British assistance does not inadvertently worsen the situation. Officials are currently considering changes to the guidance, drawing on five years of experience of application to improve it further. We would like to make it easier for all parts of Government with a role to play overseas to collaborate to produce the best possible assessments of risk and the strongest possible mitigations of those risks. These changes will not in any way increase our level of tolerance of the risk of causing human rights violations. We will inform Parliament when Ministers have considered what changes might be made.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/12/2016 10:48:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

644321

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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	UN Human Rights Council
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 take steps to ensure that arbitrary revocation of citizenship is on the agenda for the next session of the UN Human Rights Council.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	54912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK does not intend to press for this topic to be considered at the March 2017 session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), as the HRC traditionally considers the issue of the deprivation of nationality at its June session, on either an annual or biennial basis. The most recent resolution on the topic of arbitrary deprivation of nationality was adopted by consensus at the June 2016 session of the HRC. The text of the resolution calls upon States to refrain from taking discriminatory measures and from enacting or maintaining legislation that would arbitrarily deprive persons of their nationality on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, including disability, especially if such measures and legislation render a person stateless. It also urges States to adopt and implement nationality legislation with a view to avoiding statelessness, consistent with the principles of international law, in particular by preventing the arbitrary deprivation of nationality and statelessness as a result of State succession.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/12/2016 15:04:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

644322

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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	UN Human Rights Council
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 take steps to ensure that the juvenile death penalty is on the agenda for the next session of the UN Human Rights Council.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	54913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>A resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty was adopted by the UN's Third Committee on 17 November and will be considered by the UN General Assembly in December. The United Kingdom does not intend to press for this topic to be considered at the March 2017 session of the Human Rights Council (HRC).</p><p>The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is clear that &quot;Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age.&quot; Execution of those who committed crimes when juveniles is therefore forbidden by international human rights law. We oppose the death penalty and encourage other states to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/12/2016 10:52:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

644325

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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	Indonesia: Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2016 to Question 52971, if he will urge the UK diplomatic representative to Indonesia to make representations on the practice of female genital mutilation to the government of Indonesia.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	54941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Both the Ambassador and Deputy Head of Mission at our Embassy in Jakarta have now raised this issue with the Minister of Women's Empowerment and Protection and the Minister of Religious Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/12/2016 16:16:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

643889

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Malaysia: Demonstrations
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 Malaysian counterpart on the (a) use of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 in that country to arrest and detain Maria Chin Abdullah and other peaceful demonstrators and campaigners and (b) release of those demonstrators detained under that Act.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	54680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>​I understand Maria Chin Abdullah has now been released following her detention under the Special Offences (Security Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA). This is a positive development. We have a regular dialogue with Malaysian ministers on human rights, including the use of SOSMA and the right to peaceful protest. Officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London also meet periodically with representatives of Malaysian Civil Society to hear their concerns. We shall continue to follow these issues and wider civil society in Malaysia very closely.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/11/2016 16:22:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd