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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-08more like thismore than 2014-07-08
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Brunei more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Sultan of Brunei concerning the proposed introduction of a Sharia penal code in that country. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Patten more like this
uin HL929 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-22more like thismore than 2014-07-22
answer text <p>I raised the introduction of a sharia penal code with His Majesty The Sultan, as well as the Crown Prince, Foreign Minister, the Grand Mufti and other senior ministers during my visit to Brunei on 19 April. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), raised our concerns with Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Pehin Lim, on 12 June and again with Brunei's High Commissioner to London on 14 July. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Cambridgeshire (Mr Vara) also discussed the introduction of a sharia penal code with the Bruneian Attorney General at the Commonwealth Law Ministers' meeting on 6 May. The Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), raised concerns with his opposite number at a Commonwealth Health Ministers’ meeting on 18 May.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Warsi more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-07-22T12:08:49.2284718Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-22T12:08:49.2284718Z
answering member
3839
label Biography information for Baroness Warsi more like this
tabling member
1137
label Biography information for Lord Patten more like this