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60631

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Colombia
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 and his Department have received regarding alleged fabrication of charges by the Colombian state against David Flórez, spokesperson for the Patriotic March movement.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	199777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>My Department has not received any representations regarding alleged fabrication of charges by the Colombian state against David Florez. <br><br></p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/06/2014 16:55:10 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

60632

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Colombia
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 Colombian counterpart about reports that agents acting on behalf of the Colombian government are bringing trumped-up charges against leading members of the Patriotic March movement.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	199778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>My Department has not received any evidence regarding alleged trumped-up charges by agents acting on behalf of the Colombian Government against leading members of the Patriotic March movement. <br><br></p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/06/2014 16:56:42 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

60659

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Iran
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 Iranian counterpart on that country's material and financial support for terror organisations.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	199626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>We have serious concerns about Iran's support for a number of militant groups in the Middle East, including Hizballah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the military wing of Hamas, and Shia militia groups, including in Iraq. This support undermines prospects for peace and stability in the Middle East. We have raised our concerns about such activity during our expanding bilateral engagement with Iran, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 12/06/2014 09:49:06 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

60750

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Transcaucasus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with the Russian government on the right to self-determination of people in the North Caucasus.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	199762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>I have not specifically discussed the right to self-determination of people in the North Caucasus with the Russian government. However, this Government regularly raises concerns about the human rights situation in Russia with the Russian government. Concerns about the human rights situation in the North Caucasus were included in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's 2013 Annual Human Rights Report.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/06/2014 10:03:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

60752

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Sri Lanka
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Sri Lankan government representatives and (b) Sri Lankan non-governmental organisations and civil society organisations (i) were invited to and (ii) attended the Global summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	199776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict that the Foreign Secretary is co-hosting with the Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 10-13 June 2014 will turn the political commitments contained in the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict into practical action. All governments that have endorsed the declaration have been invited. We have invited the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to London to attend as an observer, as Sri Lanka has not yet endorsed the Declaration. We have invited a range of Sri Lankan civil society representatives and hope that their expertise of the situation on the ground will contribute to the discussion of the issues at hand.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/06/2014 16:53:22 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

58260

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Zimbabwe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts and discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the African National Congress regarding a possible successor to President Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	199309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>We have regular dialogue with South Africa on a range of issues, including regional interests, at both Ministerial and official level. The issue of political transition and that of successors to President Mugabe is a matter for the Zimbabwean people in line with the constitution of Zimbabwe. The UK remains keen to see a Zimbabwean government that delivers for its people and we will continue to do all we can to support a more democratic, stable and prosperous Zimbabwe.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 10/06/2014 12:34:57 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

58381

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Western Sahara
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 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 515W, on Western Sahara, if the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa will also meet representatives of POLISARIO, the UN-recognised body, to discuss issues relating to Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	199433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>British Ministers do not have direct contact with the POLISARIO Front. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Officials in London regularly meet POLISARIO representatives to discuss Western Sahara. FCO Officials also undertake visits to the region, and to the refugee camps at Tindouf.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/06/2014 11:42:06 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

58382

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Western Sahara
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on how the ongoing conflict in Western Sahara affects the ability of terrorist and criminal gangs to recruit disaffected youth in the refugee camps or the occupied territory.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	199262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>We monitor the security situation in the region from a number of sources. We are aware of frustration in both Western Sahara and the Tindouf refugee camps at the lack of progress in the political process and at the socio-economic conditions in the camps. However, we are not aware of any evidence to suggest increased radicalisation of Sahrawi youth by terrorist or criminal gangs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/06/2014 11:40:53 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

58407

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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
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 recent reports that Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said that his organisation will not renounce violence or recognise Israel.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	199277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 10 June 2014, Official Report, column 91W.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 12/06/2014 09:47:54 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

58408

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Property: Ownership
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 European governments to secure as quickly as possible restitution for British citizens who had assets seized by the Nazis.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	199234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 689W. Since January, the British Government has engaged at Ministerial or official level with the Germans, Poles and Russians on restitution and looted art.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/06/2014 14:57:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer