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622587

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, for what reasons the Government has not ratified the Convention for extension to the British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The British Government's ratification of the UN International Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been extended to all of the permanently inhabited Overseas Territories. It has not been extended to the British Indian Ocean Territory as there is no permanent resident population.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:15:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622588

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, what plans he has to provide a response to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's recommendation (CERD/C/GBR//CO18-20) on the British Indian Ocean Territory and the Chagossians.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK has not extended its ratification of the UN International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to the British Indian Ocean Territory, and therefore considers questions relating to the Territory to be outside the remit of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:14:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622589

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	China: 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, what his assessment is of the effectiveness of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	50854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>We understand the next EU/China Human Rights Dialogue will be held before the end of the year. Our assessment is that the EU/China Dialogue, like our bilateral dialogue, is a valuable opportunity to share the full range of human rights concerns with China in a frank manner.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2016 16:08:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

622590

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	China: 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, what his assessment is of the effectiveness of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	50853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest round of the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue took place on 27/28 October. I attended the opening of the Dialogue. The UK is one of only a few countries with such a platform, which enables us to discuss the full range of our human rights concerns. During the dialogue we covered freedom of expression, religion and belief, minority rights and the death penalty. We were also able to share a number of human rights cases of particular concern. The dialogue is one way to discuss with China our shared international human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2016 16:08:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

622591

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Ilois: Resettlement
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, what steps he plans to take to update Parliament, Chagossians and others on progress on the issues discussed in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government will announce developments to Parliament and the public before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:27:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622592

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	China: 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, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the People's Republic of China on the detention of human rights lawyers since July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	50855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>I raised the cases of the 15 Chinese lawyers and rights activists in pre-trial detention since July 2015 with the Chinese ambassador, in writing, on 1 August 2016. We also raised their cases most recently with the Chinese authorities at the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue on 27 October when we called on them to release those individuals detained for seeking to protect the rights of others.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2016 16:14:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

622597

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions Ministers or officials of his Department have raised the case of Mrs Nazanin Ratcliffe with their Iranian counterparts since her arrest on 3 April 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	50752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>​Since we were made aware of Mrs Nazanin-Ratcliffe's arrest in April 2016, Ministers and officials have raised her case repeatedly, at all levels, with the Iranian government. Most recently, The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) raised Mrs Nazanin-Ratcliffe's case with Iranian President Rouhani in person on 20 September, and followed up by letter on 3 October. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), raised Mrs Nazanin-Ratcliffe's case with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif on 22 September.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/11/2016 13:03:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

622599

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Ukraine: Religious 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 have discussions with his counterparts in other EU member states on ensuring that the observance of the right to freedom of belief and religion is being upheld in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	50775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>​The Ukrainian Government has made progress in addressing the poor legacy it inherited on human rights, as part of its broader reform programme, including ensuring that religious institutions are free to practise their religion within the framework of Ukrainian law. The UK regularly discusses all aspects of human rights in Ukraine with EU partners, including the ongoing deterioration of human rights, in Crimea, since its illegal annexation by the Russian Federation in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:37:35 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

622600

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Hong Kong: Elections
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 the implications for political and human rights in Hong Kong of the election held there in September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	50852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The record turnout for the Hong Kong Legislative Council elections held in September, and the wide range of parties now represented in the Legislative Council, reflect the vibrant democratic debate in Hong Kong. We now hope to see the new legislature working constructively with the government, to ensure that Hong Kong remains a dynamic economy and that the rights and freedoms guaranteed under ‘One Country, Two Systems’ are protected. The Government’s most recent assessment of the political and human rights situation in Hong Kong is set out in the Foreign Secretary’s Six-Monthly Report on Hong Kong to the House of 12 October (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/six-monthly-report-to-parliament-on-hong-kong-january-june-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/six-monthly-report-to-parliament-on-hong-kong-january-june-2016</a>).</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/11/2016 16:06:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

621897

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator to the Security Council on 19 October that Hamas is holding two Israeli citizens and two bodies of Israeli soldiers, and that the bodies of 18 Palestinians are being withheld by the Israeli authorities, whether they intend to make representations to Hamas and the government of Israel calling for the return of those persons and bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government supports the Israeli Government's calls for the repatriation of the bodies of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin and Staff Sergeant Oron Shaul and the release of Avraham Mengistu and another Israeli civilian held in Gaza. However, due to our no contact policy we have no plans to raise these issues with Hamas. Officials from the British Embassy in Tel Aviv have raised the return of Palestinian bodies with the Israeli authorities.​</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/11/2016 15:48:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton