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937457

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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	Nigeria: Armed Forces
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 role of the Nigerian armed forced in the alleged ethnic cleansing of riverine states by the Fulani militia.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	162048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>We have seen no evidence of collusion by the Nigerian Armed Forces in inter-communal violence between settled farming communities and Fulani pastoralists. It is essential that all action taken by the Nigerian Armed Forces and security services is in accordance with International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. We welcome President Buhari's commitment to prioritise ending the violence, and echo his calls for calm and reconciliation between the many ethnic groups and communities that make up and contribute to the strength and diversity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/07/2018 15:41:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

937533

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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	Western Sahara: Business
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 4 May 2018 to Question 138353 on Western Sahara: Business, whether commercial activity is illegal if it does not have the consent of the Saharawi people.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	161970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>​I refer my honorable friend to my previous answer (PQ138353) and reiterate that HMG does not provide legal advice to private companies in relation to their commercial activities. It is for companies to take their own decisions on whether to do business in Western Sahara.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/07/2018 15:46:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

937535

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage countries neighbouring southern Syria to (a) open their borders to civilians fleeing violence and (b) permit the delivery of cross-border aid to Syria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	161992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about the numbers of displaced people in Southern Syria and are supporting this population through our humanitarian programmes, working closely with the UN and the Jordanian authorities. We are continually assessing the impact of events on the ground, and engaging with the Jordanian authorities on options for ensuring the protection of civilians. We also welcome Jordan’s diplomatic efforts to end the on-going violence.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/07/2018 15:37:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

937536

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial or other support the Government is providing to countries neighbouring Syria to help people displaced from Syria to those countries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	161993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>We are at the forefront of the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis, providing life-saving support to millions of Syrians, supporting refugees to remain in countries in the region, and enabling their host communities to accommodate them. Since 2012, across Syria and the region, UK support has delivered over 27 million food rations, 12 million medical consultations, 10 million relief packages, and 10 million vaccines<strong>. </strong>Since 2012 we have spent £426 million in Lebanon; £399 million in Jordan and £246 million in Turkey providing humanitarian assistance, basic services in areas housing Syrian refugees and improving education provision for children.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/07/2018 15:38:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

937543

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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	Diego Garcia: USA
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 5 July 2018 to Question 159643 on Diego Garcia, what assessment was made of the level of risk of explosives from US Navy ships in the anchorage at Diego Garcia in relation to his Department's Policy Review of Resettlement in BIOT by the Chagossians; and whether KPMG was made aware of the potential risks during that company's feasibility study.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	162099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The risk of explosives is regularly assessed by military personnel in line with standard operating procedure given the close proximity of the base and personnel in Diego Garcia. As a stakeholder in the FCO Policy Review of Chagossian resettlement in BIOT, into which the KPMG feasibility study fed, the MoD was consulted.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/07/2018 12:11:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

937598

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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	Nigeria: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of attacks on predominately Christian villages by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria since October 2017 and (b) the number of retaliatory attacks on Fulani herdsmen during that same period.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	162118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no corroborative data on the number of attacks resulting from violence between farmers and herders in Nigeria. These clashes continue to have a devastating impact on the communities affected and both sides are believed to have suffered hundreds of casualties. We continue to urge all parties to find a peaceful solution to the complex underlying causes of these incidents.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/07/2018 15:43:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

935236

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
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	Nigeria: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total number of fatalities from farmer-herder clashes in Nigeria since October 2017; and what proportion of the fatalities resulting from those clashes were (a) farmers and (b) herders.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	161541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no corroborative data on the number of fatalities resulting from violence between farmers and herders in Nigeria. These clashes continue to have a devastating impact on the communities affected and both sides are believed to have suffered hundreds of casualties. We continue to urge all parties to find a peaceful solution to the complex underlying causes of these incidents.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/07/2018 14:15:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

935243

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
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	Zimbabwe: 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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	161585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK has consistently called for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, in line with the country's constitution. We have engaged regularly with actors from across the political spectrum to discuss how the international community can best support Zimbabwe's democratisation process. Most recently, our Ambassador in Harare met President Mnangagwa on 1 June and Movement for Democratic Change Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on 15 June, to discuss these points.</p><p>The UK will participate in the EU Electoral Observation Mission has been deployed to Zimbabwe to monitor the electoral process. Between 2014 and 2019 we are spending £24 million on civil society support for transparency, accountability, human rights and citizen engagement in Zimbabwe, much of which will help support democratisation. This includes an increase of £5 million announced in February specifically to support election-related work.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/07/2018 15:48:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

935305

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
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	Gaza and West Bank: Capital Punishment
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 use of the death penalty in (a) the West Bank and (b) Gaza; and what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on that subject.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	161508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>​The UK welcomes the Palestinian signature of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as an important step towards the abolition of the death penalty. We are aware of the use of the death penalty by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The UK continues to oppose the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and works towards global abolition of the death penalty.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2018 14:26:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

934922

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Ahmed Mansoor
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 13 April 2018 to Question 135562 on Ahmed Mansoor, in what forum was the issue raised; how his Department plans to monitor proceedings; and what opportunities are available to him to intervene in the event that Mr Mansoor's right to a fair trial are violated.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	161125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The case was raised by my officials with senior Emirati officials in the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. We continue to monitor Mr Mansoor's case closely. The UK urges all countries to comply with their human rights obligations. When we have concerns in this regard, we raise those concerns at senior level levels with foreign governments.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/07/2018 15:18:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter