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637867

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date	16/11/2016
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: 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, if he will make representations to the government of Mexico on the alleged persecution of Christians in Chichiltepec, Chachalaca and other parts of that country.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	53206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>​Issues relating to human rights and the rule of law are a priority for our engagement with Mexico. British Ministers and officials at our Embassy in Mexico City regularly raise our human rights concerns with the Mexican Government, including freedom of religion or belief and the treatment of the Christian community.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/11/2016 15:40:51 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

637954

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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	Embassies
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 take steps to cut all utility supplies to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and any other embassy that hosts people who have been charged with committing serious crimes.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	53275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Article 25 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961 (VCDR) requires receiving States to &quot;accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of&quot; foreign diplomatic missions. The VCDR is given effect in UK law by the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/11/2016 15:26:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

638079

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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	Norfolk Island
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 25 October 2016 to Question 49603, if he will name the small island communities that officials from his Department discussed with the Administrator of Norfolk Island.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	53435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>At this meeting, officials discussed the broad principles of our relationships with the Overseas Territories rather than any specific small island communities.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/11/2016 15:28:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

638080

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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	Islamic State: War Crimes
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 13 October 2016 to Question 47678, what steps the Government is taking with (a) other countries and (b) the UN to gather and preserve evidence of genocide and other war crimes committed by Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	53422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text This Government believes Daesh must be held accountable for its crimes in Syria and Iraq, as well as those committed in the wider region, in Europe and across the world. We are currently funding efforts to gather and preserve evidence of crimes committed by Daesh in Iraq, and continue to support the UN Commission of Inquiry's investigations in Syria. On 19 September, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson), along with his Iraqi and Belgian colleagues, launched a global campaign to bring Daesh to justice. We intend this to include additional, UN-led action to gather and preserve evidence in Iraq. We are working with the Government of Iraq on a proposal to bring to the UN. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/11/2016 16:41:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

638082

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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	Brazil: Politics and Government
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 political freedom and strength of the democratic processes in Brazil.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government follows political developments in Brazil closely. Brazil is a thriving democracy with strong institutions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/11/2016 15:26:50 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

638083

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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	Niranjam Rasalingam
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 he has had with the government of Burma on the detention without conviction and treatment in detention of Niranjan Rasalingam.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has raised Mr Niranjan's case regularly with the Burmese authorities, focussing on the slow progress of the case, lack of due process, and the lack of impartial translation.</p><p>The former Minister of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Sir Hugo Swire), raised the case with Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Tin in May. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for International Trade my Hon. Friend the Member for Wyre Forest (Mr Garnier), also raised the case when he met with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/11/2016 15:25:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West