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510065

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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: Press Freedom
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 the government of Turkey on the arrest and charging of Can Dundar and Erdem Gul.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	33440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text We regularly underline the importance of freedom of expression and all fundamental freedoms as part of our broader dialogue with the Turkish Government. I set out the UK’s concerns on freedom of expression when I met my Turkish counterpart on 12 March. The specific case of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül is an important one for freedom of expression in Turkey. We and our EU partners are monitoring progress, including by our diplomats attending the opening hearing on 25 March. answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 14/04/2016 14:11:09 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

510068

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	33291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>In the past six years, 334 officials resigned from the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office. The breakdown is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Resignations</p></td><td><p>Resignations as %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures do not include staff recruited locally by our Missions overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:30:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

510069

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
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 the Department for Transport on the proposal to develop a work plan to define the shipping industry's fair share in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the International Maritime Organisation meeting on 18 to 22 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	33308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials are in regular contact with Department for Transport counterparts who lead for the UK at international negotiations to reduce emissions from the global aviation and shipping sectors. All countries agreed in Paris in December 2015 to limit global temperature increases to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts towards 1.5°C. International negotiations on how the global shipping sector can contribute to this are at an early, technical stage.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 12/05/2016 07:53:56 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

510070

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will increase its political and economic support for the UN Human Rights Office in Bogota to increase the capacity of that office to observe the human rights situation in that country; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	33263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK is one of the top ten donors to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) giving £2.5m annually in global un-earmarked funding, in addition to our assessed voluntary contributions. We will also give another £1m in earmarked funding towards Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) and conflict prevention related work globally in 2016/17. I announced a contribution of £4.2m to the UN Post Conflict Trust Fund for Colombia and £1.1 for an EU Trust Fund. Both will be an important part of the multilateral effort once the peace deal is signed.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 19/04/2016 08:59:35 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

510071

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Bahrain: Technical Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department conducts ongoing appraisals of the effectiveness of the Bahrain Office of the Ombudsman of the Ministry of Interior, the Prisoners' and Detainees' Rights Commission and other bodies in Bahrain receiving UK technical assistance; and whether those assessments are taken into account when making funding decisions.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>All Foreign and Commonwealth Office programmes are regularly reviewed, and the effectiveness of projects is taken into account when making future funding decisions. This includes the technical assistance the UK has been providing to the Government of Bahrain since 2012. This assistance supports the Government of Bahrain’s reform programme including implementation of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry and UN Universal Periodic Review recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:13:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

510072

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Bahrain: Technical Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which projects were funded by his Department's technical assistance budget for Bahrain in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK has been providing a range of technical, practical assistance to the Government of Bahrain since 2012, in support of its reform programme. This technical assistance supports the building of effective and accountable institutions, strengthening the rule of law, and police and justice reform. It has included work with the National Institution of Human Rights, the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman, and the Prisoners’ and Detainees’ Rights Commission.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:18:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

510073

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Mohammed Ramadhan
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 the Government made to the Ombudsman of the Bahraini (a) Ministry of Interior and (b) authorities on that Ombudsman's investigation into the alleged torture of Mohamed Ramadan.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has raised Mohamed Ramadan’s case with the Bahraini authorities. I did so most recently when I met the Bahraini Ambassador to the UK, Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, on 8 March 2016. Embassy officials have been in direct contact with the Ombudsman, who has confirmed that whilst there have been a number of complaints raised with his office in the case of Mr Ramadan, there have been no allegations of mistreatment or torture.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:19:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

510074

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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: Human Rights
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 on the number of human rights defenders and community leaders who have been killed in the last 30 days.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	33306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text I raised the issue of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) on 29 September 2015 when I met Deputy Foreign Minister Holguin of Colombia during the UN General Assembly, and in March when I met the Colombian Ambassador in London. We take every opportunity to raise our concerns with contacts in Colombia. Our Embassy officials raised our concerns with the Colombian Interior Minister and with the Presidential Advisor for Human Rights in February. The Minister of State, my noble Friend the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns, raised her concerns about the situation of HRDs in Colombia with the Interior Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister during her visit there last month. On 1 April, our Ambassador to Colombia accompanied the Minister of Interior to a regional Human Rights roundtable, where the role of local authorities in taking effective action on HRD cases was discussed. The UK was the only member of the international community invited to this event. answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 19/04/2016 09:05:21 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

510075

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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: EU Accession
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 policy is on Turkey's accession to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	33258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text The UK supports Turkey’s EU accession process, which remains the most effective mechanism for continuing reform in Turkey. Turkey’s accession itself is not on the cards for many years to come. Turkey first applied for associate membership of the EEC in 1959, and there remains a very significant amount of detailed work to do before Turkey is ready to join the EU including economic reforms. Every Member State has a veto at every stage. For the UK, the EU Act 2011 requires any Accession Treaty admitting a candidate country to membership to be ratified by Act of Parliament. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 14/04/2016 15:42:57 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

510076

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy not to disclose the content of its Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>Requests to release the content of Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) assessments are considered on a case by case basis under the Freedom of Information Act. However, the content of individual OSJA assessments, including candid assessments of state security capabilities and effectiveness, may be exempt from release under the provisions of the Act.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 19/04/2016 14:44:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake