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1169121

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Qassem Soleimani
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 in response to the US killing of Qassem Soleimani.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>We have always recognised the aggressive threat posed by the Iranian Quds force led by Qasem Soleimani. Following his death, we urge all parties to de-escalate. Further conflict is in none of our interests.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 1056 question first answered 13/01/2020 11:15:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169122

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Qassem Soleimani
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 effect of the US killing of Qassem Soleimani on the security and stability of the middle eastern region.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>We have always recognised the aggressive threat posed by the Iranian Quds force led by Qasem Soleimani. Following his death, we urge all parties to de-escalate. Further conflict is in none of our interests.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 1055 question first answered 13/01/2020 11:15:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169286

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Qassem Soleimani
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the government of the United States of America first informed them of their military operation on 3 January which killed General Qasem Soleimani.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>We became aware of the operation as it happened. We do not comment on our allies' operational decisions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/01/2020 16:10:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1169287

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Qassem Soleimani
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether the government of the United States' drone strike on 3 January constituted defensive action under international law.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Article 51 of the UN Charter recognises that all States have an inherent right of self-defence. It is for the United States to say how the criteria for self-defence are met. The Government of the United States has now set out its case for self-defence in a letter to the UN Security Council dated 8 January.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 13/01/2020 15:55:29 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian