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385467

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	EU 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 assessment he has made of the effects on the implementation of EU law in the UK of removing the words ever closer union from the preamble to the EU Treaties on Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	4003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>'Ever Closer Union' has been directly referenced in 23 cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2005. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear that ever closer union might be right for some, but it is not right for Britain.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 02/07/2015 14:50:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385394

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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 UK-resident EU citizens will not be allowed to vote in the EU referendum; and how many such people will be affected by that decision.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	3952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>EU citizens, other than citizens of the UK, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta, are not part of the parliamentary franchise on which the referendum franchise is based. This is an issue of national significance, so it is appropriate that the parliamentary franchise is used.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ Annual Population Survey estimates that the total number of EU citizens (excluding British, Irish, Cypriot and Maltese citizens) resident in the UK was 2,649,000 in the period April 2014 - March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/06/2015 15:01:57 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

385583

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Israel: Housing
	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 made to his Israeli counterpart on the demolition of the Arab-Israeli village of Um Al Huran.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	4043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 4 June 2015 (PQ 669).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/07/2015 11:58:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

385379

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Andargachew Tsege
	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 the government of Ethiopia on the continued detention without trial and possible torture of the British citizen Andargachew Tsege; and what steps the Government plans to take to ensure Mr Tsege's return home.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	4006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>I remain deeply concerned by the continued detention of British national Andargachew Tsege in Ethiopia and about his welfare. Over the last year, there have been numerous discussions between the Ethiopian and UK government regarding Mr Tsege. The Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP) spoke to the Ethiopian Foreign Minister on 24 June and made a public statement on 25 June. He made clear that Ethiopia’s failure to grant our repeated requests was unacceptable, and informed Dr Tedros that the lack of progress in the case risked undermining the UK’s relationship with Ethiopia. We will continue to press the Ethiopian government for regular consular access, for our concerns regarding Mr Tsege’s welfare to be addressed, and for a clear and transparent legal process through which Mr Tsege can challenge his detention.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 29/06/2015 12:49:04 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

385392

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Andargachew Tsege
	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 he is taking in the case of Andargachew Tsege held in Ethiopia.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	4041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>I remain deeply concerned by the continued detention of British national Andargachew Tsege in Ethiopia and about his welfare. Over the last year, there have been numerous discussions between the Ethiopian and UK government regarding Mr Tsege. The Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP) spoke to the Ethiopian Foreign Minister on 24 June and made a public statement on 25 June. He made clear that Ethiopia’s failure to grant our repeated requests was unacceptable, and informed Dr Tedros that the lack of progress in the case risked undermining the UK’s relationship with Ethiopia. We will continue to press the Ethiopian government for regular consular access, for our concerns regarding Mr Tsege’s welfare to be addressed, and for a clear and transparent legal process through which Mr Tsege can challenge his detention.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 29/06/2015 15:06:42 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

385558

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Andargachew Tsege
	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 Ethiopian counterpart on the detention of Andargachew Tsege.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	4077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>I remain deeply concerned by the continued detention of British national Andargachew Tsege in Ethiopia and about his welfare. Over the last year, there have been numerous discussions between the Ethiopian and UK government regarding Mr Tsege. The Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP) spoke to the Ethiopian Foreign Minister on 24 June and made a public statement on 25 June. He made clear that Ethiopia’s failure to grant our repeated requests was unacceptable, and informed Dr Tedros that the lack of progress in the case risked undermining the UK’s relationship with Ethiopia. We will continue to press the Ethiopian government for regular consular access, for our concerns regarding Mr Tsege’s welfare to be addressed, and for a clear and transparent legal process through which Mr Tsege can challenge his detention.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 29/06/2015 12:47:24 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

385584

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	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 his Israeli counterparts on the prosecution of Israeli settlers for acts of violence against Palestinians.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	4044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>On 18 June our Ambassador to Tel Aviv raised the issue of settler violence with Israeli State Comptroller and again on the 21 June with the Israeli Cabinet Secretary and National Security Advisor. He raised our concerns that prosecution rates remained very low.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/07/2015 12:12:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

385485

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Marine Conservation Zones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources he plans to allocate to put in place a marine blue belt around the Overseas Territories to protect marine habitats in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	4094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Resources for the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17 have yet to be agreed. Government officials are currently developing the framework for delivering the blue-belt of marine conservation and protection across the Overseas Territories, which will be implemented on a case by case basis, dependent on local support and environmental need.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/07/2015 11:07:49 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

385580

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Palestinians: Detainees
	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 of the recommendations of the report published in March 2012 and funded by his Department on Palestinian children in military custody have been carried out.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	4142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Since the publication of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office-funded independent report on Children in Military Custody in June 2012, there has been some progress on the issue of children held in military detention. This includes a pilot to use summons instead of night-time arrests, changes to standard operating procedures on methods of restraint, and steps to reduce the amount of time a child can be detained before seeing a judge.</p><p>On 2 June, the Minister of State, my noble Friend, the right hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, met the Israeli Military Advocate General and the Israeli Ambassador to London. They discussed the issue of child detention. She made clear that, while we welcome the improvements to date, we continue to push for the full implementation of the changes recommended in the report.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/07/2015 13:44:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

385469

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	EU 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 effect the 1992 Edinburgh Agreement had on the application of EU treaties in the UK; and whether it is his Department's assumption that the European Court of Justice is obliged to follow the provisions of that Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	4123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Edinburgh Agreement addressed specific Danish concerns with the Maastricht Treaty. Those parts of the Agreement that remained relevant following the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam were reflected in the EU Treaties by means of a protocol which is binding on the European Court of Justice and on the Member States.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/06/2015 15:07:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall