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971898

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making, both bilaterally and multilaterally, to the government of Myanmar to address the issues and policies which have led to the Rohingya refugee crisis.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL10260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>​The Government has consistently urged the Government of Burma to address the underlying issues in Rakhine, including discrimination against the Rohingya community. The UK supported the Rakhine Advisory Commission (RAC) and continues to push for full implementation of the RAC's recommendations as the best opportunity for a long-term and sustainable settlement in Rakhine State. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific discussed the situation in Rakhine during a telephone conversation with Minister for International Co-operation Kyaw Tin on 17 August whilst in the region. The UK has consistently raised the crisis in multilateral settings; most recently I chaired a session at the UN Security Council on 28 August under the UK's Presidency, and also raised the issue of the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Community during my address to the Human Right's council on 17 September.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/09/2018 14:36:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

971218

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Russia: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Vostok-2018, the joint Russian–Chinese military exercises taking place in eastern Siberia from 11 to 15 September and its impact on western interests.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL10216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>​All nations have the right to exercise their armed forces, but it is essential that this is done in a transparent and predictable manner. VOSTOK demonstrates Russia's focus on exercising large-scale conflict. It fits into a pattern we have seen over some time: a more assertive Russia, significantly increasing its military capability and presence. The UK and our Allies are observing the exercise closely.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/09/2018 15:07:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

969548

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
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	Zimbabwe: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in assisting the government of Zimbabwe to pay any arrears owing to former members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL10184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK does not have any legal responsibility for pension payments to former Southern Rhodesian civil servants. Responsibility sits with the Government of Zimbabwe, who confirmed this in writing in 2016. However, the UK regularly presses the Zimbabwean government to honour its obligation to pay the arrears. Eligible UK-appointed retired civil servants have been paid regularly from the Central African Pension Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/09/2018 14:24:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

969340

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Homosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Malaysia about the caning of two women for having a same-sex relationship.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL10170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government was deeply concerned by the caning of two Malaysian women on 3 September for having a same sex relationship. Our High Commissioner to Malaysia wrote to the Chief Minister of Terengganu to convey UK views on the criminalisation of homosexuality, on the sentence of caning and made an appeal for clemency. Our High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur has also tweeted her disappointment on the sentence.</p><p>We engage regularly with government, states, and civil society in Malaysia on human rights, including the rights of the LGBT community. The UK opposes all corporal punishment and any other forms of cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment, in any circumstances, anywhere around the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/09/2018 14:24:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

968765

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Bangladesh: Demonstrations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security situation in Bangladesh following recent security forces' responses to the road safety protests in Dhaka.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL10049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>​I was deeply concerned by the violence we saw in Dhaka in response to road safety protests by students following the tragic deaths of two school age students on 29 July. In a statement on 7 August, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Alison Blake, together with other EU Heads of Mission, called on government to investigate incidents of unlawful or disproportionate violence or action against protestors and journalists and to hold perpetrators to account. Subsequently, Joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development Minister Alistair Burt expressed our concern regarding the response to the road safety protests with the Government of Bangladesh, during his visit to Bangladesh from 28-31 August. Bangladesh remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We raised freedom of expression as a key concern in Bangladesh during the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/09/2018 14:36:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

968766

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Bangladesh: Demonstrations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to Bangladeshi authorities about the arrest of Shahidul Alam following comments he made about the road safety protests in Dhaka.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL10050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>​I was deeply concerned by the violence we saw in Dhaka in response to road safety protests by students following the tragic deaths of two school age students on 29 July, and the subsequent arrest of Mr. Shahidul Alam. In a statement on 7 August, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Alison Blake, together with other EU Heads of Mission, called on government to investigate incidents of unlawful or disproportionate violence or action against protestors and journalists and to hold perpetrators to account. Subsequently, Joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development Minister Alistair Burt expressed our concern regarding the response to the road safety protests, and raised Mr Alam's case, with the Government of Bangladesh, during his visit to Bangladesh from 28-31 August. Bangladesh remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We raised freedom of expression as a key concern in Bangladesh during the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/09/2018 14:35:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

968767

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 11 April 2017 (HL6378), what steps they are planning to take to secure Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's permanent release and return to the UK, in the light of continued concerns for her health and reports that she collapsed in prison.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL10051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>We remain very concerned about all our dual nationals detained in Iran. We continue to raise their cases with the Iranian Government at every opportunity, as the Minister for the Middle East did with the Deputy Foreign Minister in Tehran recently. We will make decisions in line with what we believe will produce the best outcomes in their cases. I refer the noble Lord to the Foreign Secretary’s comments in the House of Commons on 4 September.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/09/2018 14:42:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

968778

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Kenya: Counter-terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much financial support they provide to the BRICS/Wasafiri countering violent extremism programme in Kenya; and what assessment they have made of (1) the programme’s effect on Al-Shabaab, (2) its effect on the national security of the UK and Kenya respectively, and (3) its value for money in the context of UK overseas commitments.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL10062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>​Between November 2015 and August 2018, through the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund we invested £7.5m in the Building Resilience Civil Society (BRICS) programme in East Africa. The programme has improved our understanding of the drivers of violent extremism in East Africa and, through civil society organisations, supported governments in the region to strengthen their response to violent extremism. In Kenya, the programme has helped the development of county action plans to tackle violent extremism in four counties, including in relation to Al-Shabaab. The UK-Kenya Security Compact, signed during the Prime Minister's visit in August, includes a commitment to roll out these action plans to more counties. The programme also provided grants to civil society organisations working with young people at risk of radicalisation or recruitment by violent extremist groups. In June, our BRICS programme received an ‘A’ for outcome and was commended for its focus on learning and responsive programming. The Annual Review summary will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/09/2018 14:32:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

968780

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Sudan: Christianity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last raised issues of freedom of religion for Christians in Sudan with their Sudanese counterparts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL10064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>Sudan remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I visited Sudan between 3-5 September and raised religious freedoms, including for Christians, with senior members of the government. I also met a number of Christian and Muslim religious leaders to hear directly from them about their experiences. Freedom of religion or belief is a core part of the human rights element of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue, and will be discussed at the sixth round in October this year, as it was at the fifth round in April. The UK is aware of the Annual Report on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, published in May, and works closely with US colleagues on our shared priorities in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL10065 HL10066 question first answered 19/09/2018 14:16:34 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

968781

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Sudan: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the United States State Department, International Religious Freedom Report for 2017, published in May; and what steps they are taking to urge the government of Sudan to respect freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL10065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>Sudan remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I visited Sudan between 3-5 September and raised religious freedoms, including for Christians, with senior members of the government. I also met a number of Christian and Muslim religious leaders to hear directly from them about their experiences. Freedom of religion or belief is a core part of the human rights element of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue, and will be discussed at the sixth round in October this year, as it was at the fifth round in April. The UK is aware of the Annual Report on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, published in May, and works closely with US colleagues on our shared priorities in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL10064 HL10066 question first answered 19/09/2018 14:16:34 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox