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1180713

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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 Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to coordinate with the EU on foreign policy after the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	21181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>After the Transition Period, we will engage the EU as we would any other partner: as sovereign co-equals. Foreign policy will be for the British Government to determine, but we will continue to work closely with the EU and its Member States on a wide range of issues. We will continue to tackle shared threats together within a broader framework of friendly dialogue and cooperation.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:06:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1180593

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Diplomatic Service: Driving under Influence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 25 February 2020, HCWS119, on Alleged Serious and Significant Offences (Diplomatic Immunity) 2018, on what dates the (a) incidents of driving under the influence of alcohol took place and (b) diplomat responsible for those incidents was expelled from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The two diplomats involved were expelled from the diplomatic mission shortly after the incidents took place.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:48:41 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1179415

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Human Rights
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 assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence against human rights protesters in Russia.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned about the levels of violence against human rights protestors in Russia. Political and human rights activists are facing increasing constraints and the UK has publicly called on the Russian Government to comply with all its international commitments on human rights, including those in the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).</p><p>The fundamental rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly are enshrined in the Russian constitution. Russia has also signed up to a number of international commitments in these areas in both the Council of Europe and the OSCE.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:31:03 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1179416

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Human Rights
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 representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on violence against human rights protesters in Russia.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation and increasing constraints on political freedoms in Russia. We continue to monitor the situation and will continue to make our concerns clear in multilateral forums and bilateral interactions at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:28:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1179417

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Ukraine: Military Aid
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 received reports of the US Administration freezing military aid to Ukraine prior to 12 September 2019.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Reports of a freeze on military aid to Ukraine were in the public domain prior to 12 September 2019. The transfer of military aid between the US and Ukraine is a bilateral matter between the two countries.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:01:55 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1179418

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Ukraine: Military Aid
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 made representations to the US Administration on the freezing of military aid to Ukraine before 12 September 2019.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The transfer of military aid between the US and Ukraine is a bilateral matter between the two countries.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:44:13 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1179428

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Albania: Press 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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of legislative proposals on anti-defamation in Albania on the freedom of the press in that country.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK is concerned by the media law package proposed by the Albanian Government which, if enacted, allows the authorities to impose immediate fines and remove contested content without a court order. We are aware that the package has been submitted for consideration to the Venice Commission and we await its conclusion.</p><p>The British Government is committed to promoting media freedom internationally, highlighted by the Media Freedom Campaign launched in November 2018 to shine a spotlight on media freedom and increase the cost to those abusing media freedom and persecuting journalists.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:36:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry