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1047835

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date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burkina Faso: Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Burkina Faso regarding early and forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>During the 2018 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Burkina Faso’s human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council, we asked the Government of Burkina Faso for an update on their efforts to end early and forced marriage. We welcomed their adoption of the National Strategy to Prevent and Eradicate Child Marriage and the establishment of a multisectoral platform for its prevention and elimination. We encouraged them to review the Personal and Family Code to set the marriageable age at 18 years for both sexes.</p><p>In addition, through our global programme 'Action Against Child Marriage', the UK is supporting UNICEF and the UN Population Fund in Burkina Faso to:</p><ul><li><p>strengthen frameworks, laws and policies;</p></li><li><p>scale up access to basic services for girls who have experienced or are at risk of child marriage;</p></li><li><p>provide direct investments for adolescent girls at risk of early marriage;</p></li><li><p>shift harmful social norms</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>We are also targeting key drivers of child marriage through investments in education and sexual reproductive health and rights</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/02/2019 17:44:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1047836

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date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sierra Leone regarding early and forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly raises concerns about child, early and forced marriage with the Government of Sierra Leone. Most recently the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone raised the issue with the President in October 2018. We welcome the Government of Sierra Leone’s new National Strategy for the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy and Child Marriage, which was launched in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Empowering adolescent girls is a priority for the UK in Sierra Leone. We are supporting work to keep girls in school and reduce rates of child marriage, including through the global programme Action Against Child Marriage.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/02/2019 17:44:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1047837

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Senegal: Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Senegal regarding early and forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>We have raised the question of early and forced marriage in bilateral exchanges and official forums, including Senegal’s November 2018 Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council, in which one of our recommendations to the Senegalese Government, subsequently accepted, called for the implementation of existing laws on early and forced marriage, alongside child begging and child trafficking. We also fund multilateral partners such as UNICEF and the UN Population Fund who are working on early and forced marriage in country. Their representations to government include advocacy for the harmonisation of the family code with international conventions on child marriage and advocacy for child protection mainstreaming in policy development.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/02/2019 17:42:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1047838

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Malaysia: Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Malaysia regarding the use of the death penalty.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Malaysian government is fully aware of our position on capital punishment and we continue to raise this issue at the highest levels.</p><p>We warmly welcome the Malaysian Cabinet’s announcement in October 2018 to abolish the death penalty. We hope the necessary legislation is introduced in the Malaysian Parliament as soon as possible.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary discussed our support for human rights reforms in Malaysia, including on the death penalty with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, during his visit to Kuala Lumpur 3-4 January.</p><p>The Minister for Asia and the Pacific encouraged early progress on the abolition of the death penalty with the Malaysian authorities during his visit to Malaysia in October 2018.</p><p>Our High Commission in Kuala Lumpur continues to raise this issue in their discussions with the Malaysian government.</p><p>​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/02/2019 12:25:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1047839

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	The Gambia: Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the Gambia regarding the use of the death penalty.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Since President Barrow's Government came into power in early 2017 the UK has welcomed and supported the increased focus on respect for human rights, including the steps taken towards abolishing the death penalty. In September 2017 The Gambian Government signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil &amp; Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. This has resulted in a moratorium on the death penalty in The Gambia.</p><p>It is the long-standing policy of the UK to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We consider its use undermines human dignity, that there is no conclusive evidence of its deterrent value, and that any miscarriage of justice leading to its imposition is irreversible and irreparable. The UK plays a leading role in pressing for the reduced use of the death penalty overseas, through multilateral institutions including the UN, and through targeted bilateral interventions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2019 17:59:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1047840

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Indonesia: Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Indonesia regarding the use of the death penalty.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We have repeatedly made representations about the use of the death penalty to the Indonesian Government at the highest levels, most recently during my visit to Indonesia on 29-30 October 2018. We shall continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2019 17:57:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark