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registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Vietnam
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 discuss with the government of Vietnam freedom of religious expression in that country.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	223347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>We actively promote freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam. Our Embassy in Hanoi works closely with the embassies of likeminded countries to ensure this issue is raised regularly with the Vietnamese authorities.</p><p> </p><p>At the recent EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue in January, the UK supported the EU raising the issue of freedom of religion or belief, in particular the problems encountered by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief during his visit to Vietnam in July 2014. Our Ambassador in Hanoi also raised our concerns about Vietnam’s handling of the visit by the UN Special Rapporteur's visit with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p><p> </p><p>We remain concerned about the general human rights situation in Vietnam. I most recently raised this when I met the Vietnamese Ambassador in London in November 2014, and will continue to do so when appropriate opportunities arise.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/02/2015 15:27:45 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

177851

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Nigeria
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 has had with the Nigerian government on implementing the (a) recommendations made by the UK and (b) other recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	223364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>At Nigeria’s UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in October 2013, the UK called on the Nigerian government to fully investigate reports of extra judicial killings and torture by the Nigerian security forces, to bring to justice those responsible and to establish a human rights monitoring system.</p><p>We continue to raise these and other human rights concerns with the Nigerian authorities, as highlighted at the UPR, such as the death penalty and LGBT rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:02:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

177852

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Jordan
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 discuss with the Jordanian authorities the need for future responses by that country to ISIL to be seen internationally as proportionate.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	223349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) wrote to King Abdullah of Jordan condemning ISIL's murder of Lieutenant Mu’ath Al-Kassasbeh, and offering the condolences of the British Government and people. He confirmed that we stand together with Jordan and our coalition partners in eradicating this murderous extremism and the poisonous ideology behind it. The Foreign Secretary, My Rt Hon Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) also contacted the Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. We will continue to engage with the Global Coalition, including Jordan, on how best to respond to the threat posed by ISIL.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:07:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

177853

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the human rights implications of UK military assistance to the Nigerian government to help combat Boko Haram.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	223400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>When providing military assistance to another nation, the Ministry of Defence is required under the UK Government’s Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) Human Rights Guidance to consider the possibility of that assistance directly or significantly contributing to a violation of human rights and to identify measures that mitigate this risk. We continue to follow these stringent guidelines. The UK Government has made clear to the Nigerian authorities at all levels that, whilst we support Nigeria’s fight against terrorism, we do not condone human rights violations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:00:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

177858

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of enforcing marine protected areas in (a) Pitcairn and (b) Ascension Island in the next (i) five and (ii) 10 years; what level of enforcement those costs would provide; and what non-public sources of funding have been identified to date to help meet those costs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Effective monitoring and enforcement in Marine Protected Areas requires a thorough long-term investment of resources. A good estimate of full enforcement costs, which would include a patrol vessel, can be drawn from our experience in other territories, such as the British Indian Ocean Territory - for which total costs, including a patrol vessel, are £2.75m per year; or South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, where a patrol vessel alone costs approximately £3.2m per year. No non-public funding has yet been identified to meet any cost of patrol vessels in either Pitcairn or Ascension.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/02/2015 17:35:11 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

177859

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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
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 has had with Pew Charitable Trust about the potential use of Satellite Catapult to monitor illegal fishing and to enforce marine protected areas that could be created around the UK's overseas territories.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>We support Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) where they are scientifically justifiable, and where an effective monitoring and enforcement regime can be established and funded. Officials have discussed the monitoring of MPAs with a range of interested parties, including Pew Charitable Trust, and are aware of the Catapult system.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/02/2015 17:24:49 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

177860

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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
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 22 December 2014 to Question 218601, what progress has been made towards establishing marine protected areas in Pitcairn, Ascension and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	223483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>We support Marine Protected Areas where they are scientifically justifiable, and where an effective monitoring and enforcement regime can be established and funded. An MPA around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, covering the islands’ entire maritime zone was established in 2012, and its protective measures were extended in 2013. No decisions have yet been taken about designating MPAs around Pitcairn or Ascension, but we are working with both Territory Governments, and other stakeholders, to help determine the feasibility of establishing MPAs in these territories.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/02/2015 17:23:13 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

177274

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made representations to the government of Burma about reported human trafficking involving removing Rohingya to other countries in the region.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK makes regular representations to the Government of Burma about the living conditions faced by the Rohingya in Rakhine State, which is the key driver of their migration to third countries. We have also raised it with our international partners in the region. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), discussed the trafficking of the Rohingya people with the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister at the Asia-Europe meeting in Milan in October last year. We have also raised with the Thai authorities the importance of treating Rohingya refugees in Thailand in line with international humanitarian norms and standards. We continue to make it clear to the Government of Burma that the humanitarian situation in Rakhine must be addressed as a matter of priority. The UK is one of the largest bilateral aid donors to Rakhine, providing £12m since 2012 for humanitarian assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 09/02/2015 14:38:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

177509

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what offers were made to the government of Burma of expert help with the investigation of the rape and murder of two ethnic Kachin teachers on 20 January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	223090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>We have raised our concerns about the incident with the Burmese government, and have urged a rapid investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. We will be closely monitoring the outcome of this investigation.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/02/2015 15:36:39 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

177511

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Nuclear 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 the date and agenda are of the meeting in London on nuclear weapons of the Permanent Five Security Council members to be hosted by the Government; and if he will publish on his Department's website a list of all attendees at and the minutes of the meeting.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	223040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The London P5 Conference took place at Lancaster House, 4-5 February, and covered a wide range of issues relevant to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, encompassing disarmament, non-proliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The Conference included outreach with a number of non-nuclear weapon states – Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates – as well as civil society. P5 delegates also visited the Atomic Weapons Establishment; this was part of our efforts to enhance transparency, but appropriate measures were put in place to ensure that our national security interests were protected.</p><p>The P5 Heads of Delegation were as follows:</p><p>- China: Wang Qun, Director General, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament<br />- France: Hélène Duchêne, Director for Strategic Affairs<br />- Russia: Grigory Berdennikov, Ambassador-at-Large<br />- UK: Peter Jones, Director for Defence and International Security<br />- United States: Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security</p><p>The P5 issued a statement on conclusion of the Conference, which is available here: <del class="ministerial">[link to be inserted once live].</del> <ins class="ministerial">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-from-the-nuclear-weapon-states-at-the-london-p5-conference.</ins> This captures the key outcomes of the meeting.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:12:19 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 10:21:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 43546 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn