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date	13/09/2017
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	Nepal: Criminal Law
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 received on the Criminal Code Bill passed by the Nepali Parliament on 8 August 2017; what discussions he has had with Government of Nepal on that bill; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	10474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>​During drafting, our officials in Nepal met with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to discuss the Bill and raise the need for compliance with the international human rights standards. The final legislation is not yet public. However, if the final legislation follows up the intentions in the draft bill, I would welcome the criminalisation, within Nepali law, of acts that constitute gross violations of human rights and are established as crimes under international law, including enforced disappearances and torture.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/10/2017 16:27:04 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

760103

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	Nepal: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on limited access to burial lands of religious minority communities in Nepal.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	10473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>​Our officials in Nepal met the representatives of Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Inter-faith groups in July 2016. The representatives briefed about the problem of not having adequate burial lands for religious minorities.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/10/2017 16:24:32 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara