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577518

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on the cases of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, Abdullah al-Zaher and Dawood al-Marhoon.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	45557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We remain concerned about the cases of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marhoon and Abdallah al-Zaher and continue to follow them closely. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) raised concerns with the Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Al-Jubeir during their meeting on 7 September. Our expectation remains that they will not be executed. Our Embassy in Riyadh also frequently raise our concerns.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/09/2016 13:59:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

577520

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Nabeel Rajab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Bahrain on the case of Nabeel Rajab in that country.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	45526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government has frank discussions with the Government of Bahrain about human rights concerns both in public and in private. We urge the Bahraini authorities to respect the rights of all its citizens, and call on them to protect the universal rights of freedom of expression. The former Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) spoke to the Bahraini Foreign Minister, Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa on 14 June about his case. An official from our Embassy in Bahrain has attended all his hearings to date, including most recently on 5 September. We will continue to monitor his case closely and raise concerns with the Government of Bahrain.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/09/2016 13:57:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

573660

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bees: Neonicotinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the conclusions of the report led by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology published in Nature Communications on 16 August 2016, entitled Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population change in wild bees in England; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	44379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We consider new studies on neonicotinoids, including the recent study led by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, carefully, drawing on advice from the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides as well as from government experts. The Government remains committed to ensuring that pesticides are not authorised if the scientific evidence shows they pose unacceptable risks to the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2016 12:38:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

541347

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the rate of criminal prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	906011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to make any such assessment, as the answer will depend on the terms of the agreement reached on the UK’s future relationship with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We will now need to negotiate the best deal we can with Europe, and part of that process will focus on tools and mechanisms for cooperation that can help keep Britain’s citizens secure.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/07/2016 14:14:01 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

529821

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2016 to Question 24771, what further assessment he has made of the conclusions of the Final Report of the UN Panel of Experts on Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	41476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>We have considered the information presented in the UN report. We note that Non-Governmental Organisations and other bodies, including the UN, do not have access to the same type of information on which to base their conclusions as is available to the Government. In particular we are able to call upon UK and other government sources, including a number of liaison officers in Saudi Headquarters. The UK has supported, and continues to support, the work of the Panels of Experts commissioned by the UN, but we do not always agree with their conclusions.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/07/2016 14:11:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

529206

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Young People: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to raise the rate of the national minimum wage for people under 25 to the rate of the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	41424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The priority for younger workers is to secure work and gain experience so that they can compete in the labour market.</p><p>The wages of younger workers will continue to be underpinned by the National Minimum Wage as recommended by the Low Pay Commission at the highest possible level without costing jobs.</p><p>Earlier this year the Government accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations to increase rate for 21-24 year olds to £6.95 per hour - the largest single increase in the main rate of the NMW since 2008 in cash terms.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/07/2016 13:21:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

529239

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received representations from Amnesty International on photographs alleged to show UK-produced cluster munitions dropped in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	41376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>Amnesty International wrote to the Prime Minister on the 23 May, and to the Department on 3 June, on the alleged use of UK-produced BL-755 cluster munitions by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 05/07/2016 15:03:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

529240

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training is provided to officials of his Department working on his Department's Saudi Armed Forces Programme and the Saudi Arabia National Guard Communications Project on responding to whistleblowers from the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	41364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Philip Dunne) to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) on 5 November 2015 to Question 13794.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 05/07/2016 15:04:47 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name 20151105_13794_MOD_Saudi_Arabia[1].docx title Ministry of Defence: Saudi Arabia
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

529242

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information the Government holds on stockpiles of cluster munitions in countries other than the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	41378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text <p>At least 108 nations are signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The Ministry of Defence does not routinely hold information on whether non-signatories possess cluster munitions and their stockpiles.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/07/2016 15:06:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

529245

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Europe of 8 June 2016, Official Report, column 138WH, what assessments were last carried out on (a) whether the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen were targeting civilians and (b) respect for and compliance with international humanitarian law; and if he will place in the Library copies of documentation used in such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	41410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) analyses allegations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations arising from air strikes in Yemen conducted by the coalition. The MOD has not assessed that the coalition is deliberately targeting civilians.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 05/07/2016 15:07:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier