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1024281

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	EU Countries: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage UK ambassadors to the 27 EU member states to request a meeting between a delegation of UK citizens resident in those countries and the respective governments of those countries to express their concerns and discuss future plans for their residency arrangements after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL12273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>Since the EU Referendum our Overseas Posts in the 27 EU Member States have been engaging regularly with UK Nationals living in those countries on a range of issues from the UK's EU Exit, including around residency. In many Member States, our Posts have already involved host governments and others have plans to do so in the coming months. Engagement with UK Nationals, and host governments will continue regularly in the run up to the UK's EU Exit, ensuring UK Nationals have the most up to date information on residency rights and other issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/12/2018 13:14:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1024268

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	Hakeem al-Araibi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Thailand about the detention of Bahraini refugee Hakeem al-Araibi and its plans to extradite him to Bahrain despite reports of him having been tortured in that country for his involvement in political protests.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL12262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>We are aware that Hakeem Al-Araibi is currently in detention in Thailand. This is a matter for the Governments of Thailand, Bahrain and Australia.</p><p>​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/12/2018 11:01:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1024218

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	China: Prisoners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the preliminary findings of the Independent Tribunal Into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners Of Conscience in China on allegations of forced organ harvesting from prisoners in China.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL12218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of reports that allege that a process of involuntary organ removal may be taking place in China, including suggestions that minority and religious groups are being specifically targeted. The British Government fully supports the Declaration of Istanbul (May 2008), which encourages all countries to draw up legal and professional frameworks to govern organ donation and transplantation activities.</p><p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) collates global data on organ donations and works with China. The WHO view is that China is implementing an ethical, voluntary organ transplant system in accordance with international standards, although the WHO does have concerns about overall transparency.</p><p>We will continue to review available evidence on this issue, including the preliminary findings of the Independent Tribunal Into Forced Organ Harvesting.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2018 13:48:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1024222

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	Pakistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 10 December (HL11765), whether they intend to ask the Chevening Secretariat to make an analysis of the number of members of Pakistani minorities who have been awarded Chevening Scholarships in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL12221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The previous system used for Chevening applications did not request information which would be relevant to identifying specific minority groups. Therefore, neither the Foreign and Commonwealth Office nor the Chevening Secretariat is currently able to undertake such analysis. The Chevening Secretariat has recently moved to a new online application system. This would allow for analysis in the future, including of minority groups, if relevant information is submitted by applicants.​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2018 13:47:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1024276

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ruling by the Israeli High Court of Justice on 26 November to classify methods used by Israeli intelligence officers against a Palestinian prisoner as enhanced interrogation rather than torture.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL12269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>​We have not made any assessment of this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2018 13:54:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1024278

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	West Bank: Sewage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the contamination of schools and communities in the West Bank with sewage, reportedly dumped by Israeli settlers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL12271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>​While we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we have made clear to the Israeli authorities our concerns about the humanitarian and environmental impact of the damage to water sources and the destruction of Palestinian agricultural land that has been caused by settlement-related activity. We condemn the destruction of Palestinian property and have called on the Israeli authorities to cease such activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2018 13:46:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1024280

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	Jerusalem: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about plans to evict residents of the villages of Silwan and Batn al-Hawa in East Jerusalem following the decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice to refuse those residents’ petition and instead refer that petition to the Jerusalem Magistrates Court.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL12272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>We regularly make clear our serious concerns about the situation in East Jerusalem to the Israeli authorities, both bilaterally and in co-operation with EU partners. We supported an EU statement on 24 November raising concerns over recent developments which could lead to the eviction of Palestinians from Silwan. Officials from our Consulate-General in Jerusalem and Embassy in Tel Aviv routinely meet Palestinians at risk of eviction from their homes, most recently visiting families in the East Jerusalem neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Batn al-Hawa on 13 December.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2018 13:46:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1024060

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	China: Uyghurs
	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 findings of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's report of 30 August 2018 relating to the mistreatment of the Uighur community in China, what assessment he has made of the validity of those findings; and what steps he plans to take to support the Uighur community facing human rights abuses in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We have serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the Chinese Government’s deepening crackdown; including credible reports of re-education camps and widespread surveillance and restrictions targeted at ethnic minorities.</p><p>During China’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council on 6 November, the UK made a statement which described our concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities in China, including Uyghurs. We issued a specific recommendation, calling on China to implement the recommendations by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Xinjiang, and to allow the UN to monitor the implementation. We also raised our concerns about Xinjiang in our Item 4 statement at the September UN Human Rights Council, and we supported the statement of 26 October by the European External Action Service highlighting concerns about Xinjiang.</p><p>I raised our concerns about Xinjiang with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during my visit to China on 22 July 2018. The Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, also raised our concerns about the region with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to China on 30 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 20/12/2018 10:25:39 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1023919

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	Dag Hammarskjöld
	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 steps his Department has taken to assist the UN investigation into the death of former UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	201569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK has co-operated closely with the Dag Hammarskjold inquiry. In 2017, in response to the request of the Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dag Hammarskjold, the Government undertook further searches of its archives in order to identify additional information of potential interest to the Inquiry. Additional information was passed to the Inquiry in June 2017. The Government is satisfied that it holds no further information of direct relevance to the Inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/12/2018 16:23:47 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1024042

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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	Yemen: Peace Negotiations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the Yemen peace talks.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	201737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>​We welcome the consultations which began in Stockholm on 6 December, and which the Foreign Secretary attended on 13 December. The Yemeni Government and the Houthis agreed on a ceasefire and redeployments of forces in Hodeidah Governorate, an exchange of prisoners, and an understanding on easing the situation in Ta'iz. They also agreed to engage in further discussions on a Framework establishing the principles for inclusive negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen - the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/12/2018 17:24:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern