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1148325

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:10:18
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	04/10/2019 14:15:09 08/10/2019 14:13:02
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Health Services
	house id	1
	identifier	294741
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:41:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Government did not support the UN Commission of Inquiry's report into potential violations of international law and the protection of healthcare in Palestine.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294741
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294741
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK abstained on the UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for a Commission of Inquiry on the basis that the substance of a resolution must be impartial and balanced. We could not support an international investigation that refused to explicitly call for an investigation into the action of non-state actors such as Hamas. It is clear that Hamas hold significant responsibility for encouraging violent protest in Gaza, which is totally unacceptable. However, our vote does not mean that we will hold back from voicing or raising concern about Israel’s actions when warranted. The UN and its member states have every right to address these grave matters in a measured, balanced and proportionate way. In future, the UK will continue to support scrutiny of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the Human Rights Council, so long as this scrutiny is justified and proportionate. We have repeatedly made clear to Israel our longstanding concerns about the manner in which the Israel Defense Forces police non-violent protests and the border areas, including the use of live ammunition. We call on Israel to adhere to the principles of necessity and proportionality when defending its legitimate security interest.</p>
	creator	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith written parliamentary question 1148325
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4648

1148330

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:10:36
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	04/10/2019 14:15:23 08/10/2019 14:53:05
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	identifier	294746
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 14:21:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to stop the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen and call for a nationwide ceasefire.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294746
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294746
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation</em>.</p>
	creator	4648
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4648

1148331

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:10:39
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	04/10/2019 14:15:26 08/10/2019 13:35:02
	hansard heading	Christianity: Oppression
	house id	1
	identifier	294747
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:03:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will have discussions with his counterparts in (a) the G20 and (b) the G7 on tackling persecution of Christians overseas.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294747
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294747
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Over recent months, the UK has raised Freedom of Religion or Belief concerns, including the worldwide persecution of Christians, bilaterally and through multilateral institutions such as the UN, EU and OSCE. At the G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting in April, we discussed our concerns on the resurgent forms of racism, and discrimination that includes the targeting of Christian minorities. We reaffirmed our dedication to uphold the rights of all to hold and manifest their religion or belief, both privately and in public. We will consider whether to raise our concerns in subsequent G7 and G20 Foreign Ministers' meetings.</p>
	creator	4648
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4648

1148338

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:10:59
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	04/10/2019 14:15:43 08/10/2019 13:27:04
	hansard heading	Burma: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	identifier	294693
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 12:55:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy (a) to impose sanctions on companies linked to the military of Myanmar and (b) to take diplomatic steps to encourage other countries to impose such sanctions.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294693
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294693
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We agree that the interests of the Myanmar military and companies linked to it are deeply entrenched across Myanmar's economy. But targeted sanctions on specific commercial entities are difficult, as those entities are not always wholly controlled by the military. Any decision to impose sanctions on such entities would have to be carefully considered. Targeting companies or whole sectors could disrupt Myanmar’s financial system, harm economic development across Myanmar and inadvertently harm vulnerable people. We continue to discuss with international partners whether we can add further targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations in a way that minimises the impact on the people of Myanmar.</p>
	creator	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown written parliamentary question 1148338
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1583

1148393

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	04/10/2019
	date tabled	04/10/2019
	ddp created	04/10/2019 14:13:31
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	04/10/2019 14:18:13 08/10/2019 14:54:04
	hansard heading	Syria: Yazidis
	house id	1
	identifier	294675
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 14:22:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect Yazidi women from sexual assault in north-eastern Syria.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294675
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294675
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation</em>.</p>
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham written parliamentary question 1148393
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	308

1148118

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:55:57
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	04/10/2019 12:05:23 08/10/2019 14:23:10
	hansard heading	Tibet: Climate Change
	house id	1
	identifier	294242
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:52:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the effect of climate change on Tibet.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294242
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294242
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>“It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.”</p><p> </p>
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon written parliamentary question 1148118
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131

1148148

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:57:22
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 17:06:38 07/10/2019 16:21:08
	hansard heading	China: Uyghurs
	house id	1
	identifier	294157
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 15:49:45
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the treatment of the Uighur people by the Chinese Government.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294157
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294157
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 26 September during an Urgent Question on Hong Kong I set out the UK’s serious concerns about the credible reports of over a million Uyghur Muslims being held in so-called “re-education camps”. As I stated in the House, we will continue to ensure that these concerns are expressed directly with Chinese authorities. We also raise the issue multilaterally: the UK recently co-hosted an event on Xinjiang at the UN General Assembly where the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, called for China to allow UN observers unfettered access to the region. The former Foreign Secretary highlighted our concerns about Xinjiang with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his last visit to China. The former Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific did the same with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during his last visit to China.</p>
	creator	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148152

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:57:36
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	07/10/2019 10:45:11 08/10/2019 14:26:04
	hansard heading	China: Uyghurs
	house id	1
	identifier	294161
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:54:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) governance and (b) humanitarian situation in (i) Uighur and (b) Xinjiang province, China.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294161
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294161
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>“It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.”</p>
	creator	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148192

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:59:32
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 17:08:22 08/10/2019 12:40:04
	hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
	house id	1
	identifier	294221
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 12:08:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress made by the Government of Sri Lanka on the implementation of UN Human Rights Council resolutions on that country.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294221
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294221
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We continually assess the progress made by the Government of Sri Lanka on the implementation of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolutions 30/1, 34/1 and 40/1. In March when the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued its latest Annual Report, we agreed that progress had been made. We welcomed the restoration of important democratic checks and balances, improvements in freedom of expression and assembly, the return of some military-held civilian land, the establishment of an Office of Missing Persons and the ratification of the Convention on Enforced Disappearances.</p><p>However, we want to see further and faster progress. We continue to urge the Government to establish the full range of transitional justice mechanisms envisaged in the UNHRC resolutions, to deliver meaningful devolution through constitutional reform, replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act with human rights compliant legislation, and return all remaining military-held private land. During his recent visit to Sri Lanka on 2-3 October, Lord Ahmad encouraged the Government of Sri Lanka to deliver fully on its commitments made to the UNHRC and to develop a comprehensive and time-bound implementation strategy.</p><p>​</p>
	creator	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting written parliamentary question 1148192
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4504

1148222

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:01:06
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 17:09:36 08/10/2019 14:12:02
	hansard heading	Bahamas: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
	house id	1
	identifier	294177
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 13:40:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has provided to people affected by storm Dorian in the Bahamas.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294177
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294177
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p>
	creator	4131
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131