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622595

	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	Yemen: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a UK diplomat last visited Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	50700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>​Until February 2015, British diplomats were based in the British Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen. However, the escalating conflict at the beginning of 2015 led to the temporary closure and suspension of operations at the Embassy. It is currently too dangerous for UK staff to be based in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/11/2016 12:59:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

622596

	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	Yemen: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK diplomats have visited Yemen in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	50701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>​Until February 2015, British diplomats were based in the British Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen. However, the escalating conflict at the beginning of 2015 led to the temporary closure and suspension of operations at the Embassy. It is currently too dangerous for UK staff to be based in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/11/2016 13:00:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

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

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

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

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

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