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845563

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Turkey: Fracking
	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 his counterpart in the Turkish Government on the Turkish Navy's obstruction of vessels involved in hydrocarbon extraction in the eastern Mediterranean.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	128535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the Republic of Cyprus’ sovereign rights to its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and to exploit its natural resources. We have discussed recent developments with all sides, including Turkey, with a view to encouraging a resolution.</p><p>We urge all parties to avoid any actions that risk escalating tensions in the region or could have a negative impact on the prospects for a Cyprus Settlement. Instead, we urge them to look for ways by which development of hydrocarbons can support the search for a settlement, for the benefit of all Cypriots.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/02/2018 14:28:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

838423

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s priorities are for the next Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference; and what steps they are taking to implement those priorities.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	127257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) should remain the cornerstone of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. We urge all states that have not yet done so to join the NPT as non-Nuclear Weapons States. At this year's Preparatory Committee we will continue to engage with a wide range of states on how we can tackle the challenges that we face on non-proliferation and disarmament and enable access to the peaceful use of nuclear technology. The UK plays a leading role on disarmament verification and we will continue to press for the entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the start of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament and increased transparency and trust between Nuclear Weapons States in order to develop the global conditions in which nuclear armed states feel confident enough to relinquish their weapons.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/02/2018 14:33:46 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

845795

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Chemical Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what protocols are in available to his Department to raise breaches of the (a) Geneva Gas Protocol and (b) Chemical Weapons Convention with a fellow member of NATO; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	128767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>All NATO members are States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention and under a consequent legal obligation not to develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or use chemical weapons. We have seen no substantive evidence to support allegations of a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention of this nature by any NATO member at any time.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/02/2018 14:59:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

845797

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
	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 have been made to his Department by human rights organisations on the use of chemical gas on civilians in Afrin; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	128769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has received no specific representations by human rights organisations about chemical weapons use in Afrin nor have we seen any substantive evidence to support allegations of chemical weapons use by Turkish Forces in Afrin. Where there is credible evidence of chemical weapons use, we raise concerns accordingly. The UK condemns all use of chemical weapons in any circumstances, and works with international partners to identify and hold to account those responsible.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 128771 question first answered 23/02/2018 15:00:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

845799

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
	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 the Turkish Government on allegations of the use of chemical gas against civilians in Afrin; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	128771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has received no specific representations by human rights organisations about chemical weapons use in Afrin nor have we seen any substantive evidence to support allegations of chemical weapons use by Turkish Forces in Afrin. Where there is credible evidence of chemical weapons use, we raise concerns accordingly. The UK condemns all use of chemical weapons in any circumstances, and works with international partners to identify and hold to account those responsible.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 128769 question first answered 23/02/2018 15:00:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

839215

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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	Bermuda: LGBT+ People
	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 his Department has made of the status of LGBT+ rights in Bermuda.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	127771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Domestic Partnership Act will withdraw the entitlement for same sex couples to marry and replace it with a provision for domestic partnerships for all couples, regardless of gender. Same sex couples entering into a 'domestic partnership' will be entitled to the same benefits as married couples. Those who have been legally married in Bermuda since the Supreme Court decision in May 2017, will retain their married status and have the same legal rights as those in domestic partnerships. The Supreme Court ruling permitted same sex couples in Bermuda to marry, but it did not address the entitlement of same sex couples to the same benefits as opposite sex married couples. The Act now put those rights on a clear statutory footing. Less than a year ago, same sex couples had no legal recognition at all under Bermudian law.</p><p>The Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN raised the issue of human rights including LGBT rights and the need to ensure that our collective human rights obligations are upheld, in his meeting with the Bermuda Premier in October 2017, and at the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council in November 2017.</p><p>Officials have engaged on a regular basis with the Government of Bermuda, and with all of the Overseas Territories to encourage and promote LGBT equality.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 127775 question first answered 23/02/2018 14:39:59 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

839219

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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	Bermuda: Marriage
	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 Bermudian counterpart on same-sex marriage legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	127775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Domestic Partnership Act will withdraw the entitlement for same sex couples to marry and replace it with a provision for domestic partnerships for all couples, regardless of gender. Same sex couples entering into a 'domestic partnership' will be entitled to the same benefits as married couples. Those who have been legally married in Bermuda since the Supreme Court decision in May 2017, will retain their married status and have the same legal rights as those in domestic partnerships. The Supreme Court ruling permitted same sex couples in Bermuda to marry, but it did not address the entitlement of same sex couples to the same benefits as opposite sex married couples. The Act now put those rights on a clear statutory footing. Less than a year ago, same sex couples had no legal recognition at all under Bermudian law.</p><p>The Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN raised the issue of human rights including LGBT rights and the need to ensure that our collective human rights obligations are upheld, in his meeting with the Bermuda Premier in October 2017, and at the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council in November 2017.</p><p>Officials have engaged on a regular basis with the Government of Bermuda, and with all of the Overseas Territories to encourage and promote LGBT equality.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 127771 question first answered 23/02/2018 14:39:59 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West