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456996

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date	02/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	International Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses in assessing whether an incident counts as a violation of international humanitarian law.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	29390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Any assessments relating to compliance with International Humanitarian Law would be based on the principles of distinction, humanity, proportionality and military necessity.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2016 16:11:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

457037

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date	02/03/2016
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	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, what the response of the government of Saudi Arabia was to his recent representations on (a) the attacks in Yemen on the Médecins Sans Frontières hospitals and mobile clinic, (b) the airstrike on the Oxfam warehouse, (c) the reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch of attacks on civilians and civilian facilities including schools and (d) investigations into the use of cluster munitions.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	29389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Saudia Arabia have their own internal procedures for investigations and they announced more detail of how they investigate such incidents on 31 January. This includes a new investigation team outside of Coalition Command to review all existing procedures and suggest improvements.</p><p>Regarding allegations of cluster munition use, we have raised this issue with the Saudi Arabian authorities and, in line with our obligations under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, continue to encourage Saudi Arabia, as a non-party to the Convention, to accede to it.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/03/2016 14:40:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

457092

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date	02/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much each country pledged at the Syria Donor Conference in February 2016; and how much such money has been (a) collected and (b) deployed for use in Syria and the surrounding region to date.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	29541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>At the &quot;Supporting Syria and the Region London 2016&quot; Conference on 4 February more than US$11 billion was pledged to support people in Syria and the region affected by the conflict. This is the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. The UK remains at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have doubled our commitment and have now pledged a total more than £2.3 billion, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.</p><p>The international community pledged $5.9 billion for 2016 and a further $5.4 billion has been committed for 2017-20 to enable partners to plan ahead. Germany and the UK made the largest bilateral funding announcements at the London Conference - both for 2016 and outer years - followed by Norway, the United States and Japan. A full breakdown of funding announcements at the London Conference by country can be found on the Conference website: <a href="https://www.supportingsyria2016.com/news/co-hosts-statemtent-annex-fundraising/" target="_blank">https://www.supportingsyria2016.com/news/co-hosts-statemtent-annex-fundraising/</a></p><p>We are working closely with the United Nations to understand how the funding announced by the international community will be allocated across Syria and the region. The United Nations will track pledges made towards the 2016 UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals for Syria and the region, and we will work alongside the UN to ensure these pledges are disbursed quickly and maintain the momentum on fundraising over the longer-term. The UN financial tracking website can be found at <a href="https://fts.unocha.org/" target="_blank">https://fts.unocha.org/</a></p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/03/2016 15:13:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

457101

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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	Afghanistan: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the use of child soldiers by the Afghan local police.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	29391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Afghanistan is one of seven countries included in the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan’s campaign “Children, Not Soldiers” which aims to end the recruitment and use of children by Afghan Government security forces.</p><p>We share the concerns of the UN Special Representative on the continued recruitment of children in the Afghan security forces, and the lack of oversight of recruitment for the local police forces. While Afghanistan has made some progress, including the adoption of a presidential decree criminalizing child recruitment by Government security forces in 2015, significant efforts are needed to fully implement the Action Plan.</p><p>The UK welcomes the creation of six child protection units in recruitment centres and is encouraging Afghanistan to expand this to all provinces. We urge the Government of Afghanistan to hold to account the perpetrators of child recruitment.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/03/2016 15:58:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake