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390771

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Immunity from Prosecution: European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is able to grant special mission immunity status to a person in the UK subject to an European arrest warrant.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	7645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its position in respect of special mission immunity status in the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ Written Ministerial Statement of 4 March 2013 [Official Report, column 55WS].</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 7646 7647 7648 7649 question first answered 24/07/2015 11:15:33 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

390772

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Immunity from Prosecution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what powers he has to re-assess special mission immunity status after entry; and on what grounds such a request made prior to entry can be refused.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	7649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its position in respect of special mission immunity status in the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ Written Ministerial Statement of 4 March 2013 [Official Report, column 55WS].</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 7645 7646 7647 7648 question first answered 24/07/2015 11:15:33 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

390773

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Immunity from Prosecution
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 people from which countries were granted special mission immunity status in 2015 after entering the UK without that status.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	7646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its position in respect of special mission immunity status in the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ Written Ministerial Statement of 4 March 2013 [Official Report, column 55WS].</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 7645 7647 7648 7649 question first answered 24/07/2015 11:15:33 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

390774

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Immunity from Prosecution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used to assess a request for special mission immunity status for a person who entered the UK without that status.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	7647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its position in respect of special mission immunity status in the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ Written Ministerial Statement of 4 March 2013 [Official Report, column 55WS].</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 7645 7646 7648 7649 question first answered 24/07/2015 11:15:33 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

390775

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Immunity from Prosecution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department can grant special mission immunity status to a person who entered the UK without that status.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	7648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its position in respect of special mission immunity status in the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ Written Ministerial Statement of 4 March 2013 [Official Report, column 55WS].</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 7645 7646 7647 7649 question first answered 24/07/2015 11:15:33 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

390776

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Central African Republic: Peace Negotiations
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 his Department is taking to build sustainable peace in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s focus in the Central African Republic is on working with the international community to improve security throughout the country. We will support the Transitional Authorities to prepare for elections, and assist with justice, governance and state administration, so institutions can start delivering basic services to the people of the Central African Republic.</p><p>The UK co-sponsored a UN Security Council Resolution authorising the deployment of a UN Peacekeeping Operation, MINUSCA, which launched in September 2014. The operation is focussing on restoring stability, preventing human rights abuses, and promoting reconciliation. The UK has also supported the EU Military Advisory Mission to the Central African Republic which launched in March 2015. The operation is focussing on providing the government of the Central African Republic with expert advice, with a view to reforming the military to make it into a professional army, democratically accountable and representative of the entire nation.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/07/2015 11:17:34 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

390782

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
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 he has had with his Irish counterpart on the implications of a potential UK vote to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>I have discussed the Government’s plans for a renegotiation of the UK’s membership of the EU and referendum with my Irish counterpart, most recently in a visit to Dublin on 26 May. The Government will not speculate on post referendum scenarios. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) is focused on success: he believes he can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/07/2015 11:41:19 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390783

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Central African Republic: EU Aid
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 the Government is taking to ensure that the EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic supports reconciliation and peacebuilding activities.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is supportive of the EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic and its support for peacebuilding and reconciliation activities. The UK's bilateral funding to the Central African Republic is currently focussed on meeting urgent humanitarian needs.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/07/2015 11:28:23 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

390784

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Central African Republic: Armed Conflict
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 steps the Government has taken to fulfil its Responsibility to Protect in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text The security and humanitarian situation remains grave in the Central African Republic and continues to have a severe impact on the civilian population and their human rights. The UK government underlined our concerns about this in our statement to the UN’s Human Rights Council in July. The UK co-funded the African Union’s 2014 deployment of experts to the Central African Republic to support victims of sexual violence. The deployment facilitated the rehabilitation of three health facilities, provided protection and assistance to victims of sexual violence and established a national network of government and community stakeholders, in the prevention and response to sexual violence. The UK welcomes efforts by the government of the Central African Republic and the UN to set up a Special Criminal Court to address war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since 2012. The UK welcomes the positive outcome of the Bangui Forum in particular the agreement signed between the armed groups, UN and transitional government to release all children from the ranks of the armed groups. It is important that these children are offered assistance and helped to reintegrate into society. The signing of an agreement on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration is an important step but it is critical for the agreement to be applied and for international forces to enforce the commitments made by the signatories of this agreement. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/07/2015 11:26:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

390785

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the offence provisions in schedules 1 and 2 of the European Referendum Bill provide for the same custodial penalty whether an accused person is convicted on indictment or on summary complaint.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	7703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The offences in Schedules 1 and 2 to the EU Referendum Bill follow precedents set by existing electoral and wider law in relation to sentencing.</p><p>Where a custodial sentence can be imposed, until section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 is commenced, the maximum custodial sentence on summary conviction in England and Wales is 6 months compared to 12 months for conviction on indictment. In Northern Ireland the maximum custodial sentence on summary conviction is 6 months compared to 12 months for conviction on indictment. In Scotland, the maximum custodial sentence is 12 months on summary conviction or for conviction on indictment.</p><p>The maximum custodial sentences on summary conviction reflect existing differences in sentencing powers of the courts that try cases summarily in different parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/07/2015 12:43:38 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins