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512932

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the earnings from UK arms exports in each of the last three years was derived from the export of arms to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	34023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold data on earnings from UK arms exports. However, we publish official statistics on the value of defence exports, which includes data for the Middle East. Further details can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 33983 question first answered 19/04/2016 15:03:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

512992

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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, whether equipment provided by the UK has been used to facilitate the delivery of cluster munitions by the Saudi Arabian forces in the Yemen conflict.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	34085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the alleged use of Cluster Munitions by the Coalition in Yemen. We have raised this issue with the Saudi Arabian authorities and, in line with our obligations under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, continue to encourage Saudi Arabia, as a non-party to the Convention, to accede to it.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:22:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

513004

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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	Middle East: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of expenditure earned from UK arms exports comes from exporting arms to countries in the Middle East.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold data on earnings from UK arms exports. However, we publish official statistics on the value of defence exports, which includes data for the Middle East. Further details can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 34023 question first answered 19/04/2016 15:03:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

512592

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
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, how many cases of alleged international humanitarian law violations by the Saudi coalition within the Yemen conflict presented to the UK and Saudi authorities by NGOs have been investigated by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK has encouraged Saudi Arabia to investigate allegations of breaches of International Humanitarian Law.</p><p>The Saudi Arabian Government announced on 29 February that they are forming an independent committee to examine military activity in civilian areas in order to minimise possible civilian casualties; assess the Coalition’s rules of engagement; assess accidents, verification and targeting procedures and advise how they can be improved; and provide a clear, full and objective report for each investigation made including conclusions, lessons learnt and recommendations for future actions.</p><p>We monitor the situation closely and we welcome any further information non-governmental organisations can provide to supplement the range of information we consider from a variety of sources.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/04/2016 15:23:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

511274

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many export licence applications made since March 2015 related to the supply of equipment to Saudi Arabia have not been approved due to non-compliance with criterion 2 of the National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We rigorously assess each application on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. A licence will not be granted if to do so would breach these Criteria.</p><p>Since March 2015 no export licence applications have been refused due to non-compliance with Criterion 2, although seven have been refused under Criterion 7 (risk of diversion to undesirable end users or end use).</p><p>Information on military and dual use export licences is published as Official Statistics in the quarterly and annual reports on Strategic Export Controls which are all available to view on GOV.UK. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/04/2016 09:39:15 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

511372

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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	Andargachew Tsege
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 compliance of the in absentia death sentence handed down to Andy Tsege in Ethiopia with international human rights standards.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We remain deeply concerned about the process by which Mr Andargachew Tsege was detained and his ongoing lack of access to legal counsel. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) and I have raised this case repeatedly with our Ethiopian counterparts, which has resulted in frequent consular access to Mr Tsege. We continue to press the Ethiopian government to provide a legal process through which Mr Tsege can challenge his detention, that is consistent with domestic and international law. We will continue to lobby the Ethiopian government until our concerns have been fully addressed.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 18/04/2016 13:24:13 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

511419

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Khtame Nabuwwat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the activities of the organisation Khtame Nabuwwat for the purposes of possible proscription under the provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We keep the list of proscribed groups under regular review. We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 18/04/2016 11:08:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

510071

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Bahrain: Technical Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department conducts ongoing appraisals of the effectiveness of the Bahrain Office of the Ombudsman of the Ministry of Interior, the Prisoners' and Detainees' Rights Commission and other bodies in Bahrain receiving UK technical assistance; and whether those assessments are taken into account when making funding decisions.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>All Foreign and Commonwealth Office programmes are regularly reviewed, and the effectiveness of projects is taken into account when making future funding decisions. This includes the technical assistance the UK has been providing to the Government of Bahrain since 2012. This assistance supports the Government of Bahrain’s reform programme including implementation of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry and UN Universal Periodic Review recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:13:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

510072

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Bahrain: Technical Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which projects were funded by his Department's technical assistance budget for Bahrain in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK has been providing a range of technical, practical assistance to the Government of Bahrain since 2012, in support of its reform programme. This technical assistance supports the building of effective and accountable institutions, strengthening the rule of law, and police and justice reform. It has included work with the National Institution of Human Rights, the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman, and the Prisoners’ and Detainees’ Rights Commission.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:18:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

510073

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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	Mohammed Ramadhan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government made to the Ombudsman of the Bahraini (a) Ministry of Interior and (b) authorities on that Ombudsman's investigation into the alleged torture of Mohamed Ramadan.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	33305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has raised Mohamed Ramadan’s case with the Bahraini authorities. I did so most recently when I met the Bahraini Ambassador to the UK, Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, on 8 March 2016. Embassy officials have been in direct contact with the Ombudsman, who has confirmed that whilst there have been a number of complaints raised with his office in the case of Mr Ramadan, there have been no allegations of mistreatment or torture.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:19:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake