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682322

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which persons not employed by his Department and its agencies hold security passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	62602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>Civil servants have to have the ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including its overseas Diplomatic Missions, allow those with the correct security passes to enter its buildings. Passes can also be issued to others, including contractors or secondees based within Government premises, on a case by case basis in regards to specific business needs. Numbers of passes issued directly to non-civil servants for access to departmental buildings will fluctuate over the course of a year.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 03/02/2017 14:51:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

682323

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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: Military Intervention
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 Written Statement of 21 July 2016, HCWS125, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of whether the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has committed any breaches of international humanitarian law.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	62626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July 2016, HCWS125, the MOD monitors incidents of alleged International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations using available information which in turn is used to form an overall view on the approach and attitude of Saudi Arabia to IHL. This in turn informs the risk assessment made under the consolidated criteria, i.e. whether there is a clear risk that it might be used in the commission of a serious IHL violation, for the purposes of the arms exports licensing risk assessment. We are not acting to determine whether a sovereign state has or has not acted in breach of IHL, but instead - as Criterion 2(c) requires – we are acting to make an overall judgement.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/02/2017 12:18:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

681198

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Mudawi Ibrahim Adam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan, Chris Trott, raised the ongoing detention without charge of Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam during his meeting with the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, on 24 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	62226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the ongoing detention of Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, and allegations that he has been tortured. Both our Ambassador in Khartoum and the UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan most recently raised our concerns about this case directly with senior Sudanese Government figures, including Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on 24 January, during the visit of the UK Special Representative to Khartoum between 21-28 January. Officials from our Embassy in Khartoum also pressed the Sudanese government to allow access for Dr Mudawi’s family, and we are aware that they visited him in prison on 27 January.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 02/02/2017 16:36:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

681199

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Mudawi Ibrahim Adam
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 the alleged torture of Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam by Sudanese authorities during his ongoing detention without charge; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	62227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the ongoing detention of Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, and allegations that he has been tortured. Both our Ambassador in Khartoum and the UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan most recently raised our concerns about this case directly with senior Sudanese government figures, including Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on 24 January, during the visit of the UK Special Representative to Khartoum between 21-28 January. Officials from our Embassy in Khartoum also pressed the Sudanese government to allow access for Dr Mudawi’s family, and we are aware that they visited him in prison on 27 January.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 02/02/2017 16:38:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

681200

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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 Permanent Representation to the EU: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to increase the size of the UK Representation to the EU once negotiations begin on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>All parts of government are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. This means having talented people with the right skills in the right places. We are not in a position to give final details on future staff numbers in UKREP or elsewhere in government as this work is continuing.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/02/2017 16:54:42 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681321

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	State Visits
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 cost is to the public purse of each of the last three state visits to the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	62300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>​The full cost of Inward State Visits is shared between a number of Government Departments.</p><p>The costs of State Visits borne by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are published on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/02/2017 16:30:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

681357

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	USA: State Visits
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 had with (a) The Speaker, (b) Lord Speaker, (c) the House of Commons Commission, (d) the Serjeant-at-Arms and (e) Black Rod on the use of the Palace of Westminster for an address by the President of the US.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	62378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>​President Trump has accepted an invitation from Her Majesty the Queen to visit the UK. The arrangements for the State Visit have yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/02/2017 16:35:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

679698

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
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 Lord Patten of Barnes on (a) the rule of law and (b) democracy in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	61984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>I have not recently met The Rt Hon. Lord Patten of Barnes to discuss Hong Kong.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/02/2017 14:19:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

679699

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
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 the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Government on (a) the rule of law and (b) democracy in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	61985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>While I did not meet the Chief Executive CY Leung during my visit to Hong Kong on 1 – 3 December 2016, I discussed the political situation in Hong Kong with the Chief Secretary, Carrie Lam; legislators from a variety of mainstream parties; and a range of senior civil society and business representatives. In my discussions, I made clear that the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law underpin the implementation of 'One Country, Two Systems' and remain the foundations for the high degree of autonomy of Hong Kong and the rights and freedoms of its people. The rule of law and independent judiciary are essential to the success of 'One Country, Two Systems'. I encouraged all parties to play their part in rebuilding constructive dialogue to pave the way for the resumption of the political reform process at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/02/2017 14:31:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

679700

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
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 members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong on (a) the rule of law and (b) democracy in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	61986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>While I did not meet the Chief Executive CY Leung during my visit to Hong Kong on 1 – 3 December 2016, I discussed the political situation in Hong Kong with the Chief Secretary, Carrie Lam; legislators from a variety of mainstream parties; and a range of senior civil society and business representatives. In my discussions, I made clear that the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law underpin the implementation of 'One Country, Two Systems' and remain the foundations for the high degree of autonomy of Hong Kong and the rights and freedoms of its people. The rule of law and independent judiciary are essential to the success of 'One Country, Two Systems'. I encouraged all parties to play their part in rebuilding constructive dialogue to pave the way for the resumption of the political reform process at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/02/2017 14:47:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West