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<p><del class="ministerial">The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Brunei, Paul Scully,
has the responsibility to promote trade and investment links between our two countries.
On his first visit he was hosted by the Minister of Finance and Economy and focused
on opportunities in: oil and gas; financial services; and technical / professional
education. Human rights issues are the responsibility of the FCO. The Minister of
State for Asia and the Pacific raised UK concerns about hudud punishments during a
visit to Brunei Darussalam in August 2018. More recently he raised these issues on
Friday 29 March in a letter to the Deputy Foreign Minister. Additionally, the British
High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan regularly discusses the introduction of the
Sharia Penal Code with the Government of Brunei.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The
Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Brunei, Paul Scully, did not make representations
to the Government of Brunei on their internal laws when he visited in 2018 to promote
the trade links between our countries.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This was
the Trade Envoy’s first visit to Brunei in this capacity and as such was introduced
to key stakeholders. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">He was hosted by the Minister
of Finance and Economy and focused on opportunities in: oil and gas; financial services;
and technical / professional education. Human rights issues are the responsibility
of the FCO.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> The Minister of State for Asia and
the Pacific raised UK concerns about hudud punishments during a visit to Brunei Darussalam
in August 2018. More recently he raised these issues on Friday 29 March in a letter
to the Deputy Foreign Minister. Additionally, the British High Commission in Bandar
Seri Begawan regularly discusses the introduction of the Sharia Penal Code with the
Government of Brunei.</ins></p>
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