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844704

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Turkey: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on the arrests of human rights defenders in that country.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	903907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary most recently raised this issue with Foreign Minister Cavuşoğlu on 1 February. Both he and I regularly discuss human rights concerns with our Turkish counterparts. We urge Turkey to respect its international human rights obligations and to uphold the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/02/2018 17:14:33 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

845523

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	British Overseas Territories: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist the re-development of old manufacturing industries in UK overseas territories to ensure they become (a) self-sufficient and (b) environmentally friendly.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	128495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>​The inhabited Overseas Territories are self-governing with locally elected representatives who lead on matters related to economic, industrial and environmental policy amongst others and who decide on which sectors to prioritise for development. The UK Government fully supports Overseas Territory Governments in their efforts to deliver sustainable economic and environmental development. This support is provided through financial aid for the three Overseas Territories that are eligible to receive Official Development Assistance as well as programmes funded by the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Global Britain Fund and the Darwin Plus grant scheme for which all Overseas Territories are eligible.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/02/2018 16:08:33 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

845563

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Turkey: Fracking
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 make representations to his counterpart in the Turkish Government on the Turkish Navy's obstruction of vessels involved in hydrocarbon extraction in the eastern Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	128535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the Republic of Cyprus’ sovereign rights to its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and to exploit its natural resources. We have discussed recent developments with all sides, including Turkey, with a view to encouraging a resolution.</p><p>We urge all parties to avoid any actions that risk escalating tensions in the region or could have a negative impact on the prospects for a Cyprus Settlement. Instead, we urge them to look for ways by which development of hydrocarbons can support the search for a settlement, for the benefit of all Cypriots.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/02/2018 14:28:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

845608

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	128580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The volume of untranslated Welsh language correspondence the Foreign and Commonwealth Office receives is very low. Accordingly we do not have set procedures in place, but instead seek advice from the Wales Office on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/02/2018 16:34:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

845719

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Gibraltar: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department have had with Gibraltar on their blockchain licensing regulations.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	128691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have not had discussions with the Government of Gibraltar on this particular issue. The Government of Gibraltar is responsible for the provision of legislation related to economic matters, including blockchain licensing regulations, to the extent they do not otherwise cross into matters falling within the Governor's special responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/02/2018 16:11:39 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

845795

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what protocols are in available to his Department to raise breaches of the (a) Geneva Gas Protocol and (b) Chemical Weapons Convention with a fellow member of NATO; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>All NATO members are States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention and under a consequent legal obligation not to develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or use chemical weapons. We have seen no substantive evidence to support allegations of a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention of this nature by any NATO member at any time.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/02/2018 14:59:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

845797

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
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 have been made to his Department by human rights organisations on the use of chemical gas on civilians in Afrin; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has received no specific representations by human rights organisations about chemical weapons use in Afrin nor have we seen any substantive evidence to support allegations of chemical weapons use by Turkish Forces in Afrin. Where there is credible evidence of chemical weapons use, we raise concerns accordingly. The UK condemns all use of chemical weapons in any circumstances, and works with international partners to identify and hold to account those responsible.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 128771 question first answered 23/02/2018 15:00:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

845799

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
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 the Turkish Government on allegations of the use of chemical gas against civilians in Afrin; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has received no specific representations by human rights organisations about chemical weapons use in Afrin nor have we seen any substantive evidence to support allegations of chemical weapons use by Turkish Forces in Afrin. Where there is credible evidence of chemical weapons use, we raise concerns accordingly. The UK condemns all use of chemical weapons in any circumstances, and works with international partners to identify and hold to account those responsible.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 128769 question first answered 23/02/2018 15:00:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

843684

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Mexico: Missing Persons
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 discussions officials in his Department have had with Mexican officials on the implementation of the new general law on disappearances.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	128025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>​Our Embassy in Mexico has actively engaged with officials at the National Security Commission and the Attorney General's Office on the new law on disappearances. A delegation of Mexican officials will visit the UK to share best practice.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 22/02/2018 17:23:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

843743

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	EU Defence Policy: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals were seconded to EU military and civilian missions and operations, in which countries those missions were located and by which EU treaty those missions were created, in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	128168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, 82 British nationals were deployed to EU Common Security and Defence Policy military operations and missions: 57 at the UK headquarters of the Naval Force for Somalia, eight to the Training Mission in Mali, seven to Force Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina, six to the Naval Force in the Mediterranean, and four to the Training Mission in Somalia. A further 120 personnel were in the intermediate reserve held in the UK for Force Althea.</p><p>25 British nationals were deployed to civilian missions: nine to the Monitoring Mission in Georgia, six to the Advisory Mission in Ukraine, six to the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, three to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office in the Netherlands, and one to the Capacity Building Mission in Mali.</p><p>These operations and missions were established under the Treaty of European Union, as amended by the Maastricht Treaty in the cases of Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Naval Force Somalia; and as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon in the cases of Ukraine, Mali, the Mediterranean, and the Training Mission to Somalia.</p><p>The information requested on UK personnel for the years since 2008 is not held centrally but I refer the hon. Member the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr Francois) of 1 December 2014 to (PQ) 214602 to the hon. Member for Wrexham (Mr Lucas), and to the House of Lords Library Research Briefing &quot;Leaving the European Union: UK Armed Forces and Diplomatic Service&quot; published on 2 December 2016 (<a href="http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/LLN-2016-0066#fullreport" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/LLN-2016-0066#fullreport</a>).</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 22/02/2018 17:26:42 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin