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224508

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date	02/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrick Finucane Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether information made available to Desmond de Silva QC for his report on the Patrick Finucane Review included information on Brian Nelson's discharge from the army and his subsequent recruitment and deployment as an army intelligence agent.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	225818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Sir Desmond de Silva was provided with all available information relating to Brian Nelson's recruitment and deployment as an army intelligence agent. He did not seek information from the Government relating to Nelson's earlier discharge from the Army.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/03/2015 17:10:13 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

178980

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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 place in the Library the protocols, memorandum of understanding and any other documents relating to the UK-Colombia defence relationship.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	223941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence, my hon. Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) to the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Mr Flello) on 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 168W. <br><br>Pursuant to this, the Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Colombian Ministry of Defence was placed in the House of Commons Library on 4 February 2014 by the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/02/2015 14:41:15 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

91732

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	UN Resolutions: Females
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 he is taking to ensure women from caste communities are taken into account in the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative and the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 National Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	209217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) is focused on ending impunity for crimes of sexual violence committed in conflict and the provision of greater support to the survivors of these crimes. Where caste based sexual violence and so-called punishment rape are used in conflict they fall within the overarching objectives of the Initiative.</p><p>The UK’s National Action Plan (NAP) on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 reaffirms and strengthens the Government’s ambition to pursue visible change for women and girls affected by conflict. The 2014-2017 NAP promotes the participation of women, from all backgrounds, in decision-making processes related to the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts.</p><p>PSVI and the NAP are complemented by wider government activity on tackling violence against women and girls, underpinned by the cross-government action plan, ‘A Call to End Violence against Women and Girls’, which sets out the Government’s programme of domestic and international work in this area. This includes working though our network of embassies overseas and with non-governmental organisations to address the full range of violations of women’s rights, including sexual and other forms of violence committed against them</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 13/10/2014 14:43:58 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

91444

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Sudan
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 Sudanese government in support of raising the legal age of marriage in Sudan from 10 to 18 year in order to comply with international standards on child rights.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	208989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK ensured that the Government of Sudan was represented at the Girl Summit, which took place in London in July this year. The Government of Sudan will now develop the first National Strategy and Action Plan to combat Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The UK has been invited to participate and will continue to press the Government of Sudan to raise the legal age of marriage to 18.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 10/10/2014 15:11:53 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

79047

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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 reports he has received on the treatment of the Bahá'í community in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	206751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>It was reported in May 2014 that a Bahai’i cemetery in Shiraz, where over 950 Baha’is are buried, was destroyed – there have been a number of similar such incidents in recent years. As well as the threat of imprisonment, Baha’is continue to face ongoing harassment and discrimination.</p><p>The UK works closely with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, Dr Ahmed Shaheed, who’s most recent report of March 2014 addressed the plight of Baha’is and other religious minorities in the country. The UK’s non-resident Chargé d’Affaires to Iran discussed freedom of religion and other Human Rights issues with the Iranian authorities during his visit to Iran in March 2014. My hon. Friend the then Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Hugh Robertson), issued a public statement on 14 May 2014 calling for Iran to abide by its international commitments to ensure all Iranians are free to practice their religion without fear of persecution.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/09/2014 08:12:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

63182

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of youth unemployment in the UK of the tourism VAT rate.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	201704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of the effect on the level of youth unemployment in the UK of the current levels of VAT that apply to the tourism sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/06/2014 15:23:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan