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584090

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	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	Yemen: Peace Negotiations
	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 UK Government staff are seconded to or directly assist the UK Special Envoy to Yemen and his team.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	46607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>No UK Government staff are seconded to or directly assist the UK Special Envoy to Yemen and his team. Through the cross-government Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, we are providing £1.05 million to the UN Special Envoy's office to bolster UN capacity to facilitate the peace process, and are also supporting work to broaden the dialogue to include women and other under-represented groups.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/10/2016 14:23:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

584091

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	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	Yemen: Peace Negotiations
	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 UK Government staff were present at the UN-sponsored Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait in August 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	46608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK fully supports the efforts of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and his tireless efforts in working with all parties to bring about peace in Yemen. We deeply regret the failure of the parties to reach an agreement in Kuwait and we urge them to find the compromises that will end the current conflict. Our Ambassador to Yemen and other personnel were present at the Kuwait talks, however the Ambassador and other members of the international community did not participate directly in the talks.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/10/2016 14:25:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

724143

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2017
	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: Peace Negotiations
	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 progress has been made on securing a peace settlement in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
	uin	71946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Securing a peace settlement to end the conflict is the Government’s top priority in Yemen. We continue to provide financial and diplomatic support to the UN Special Envoy’s efforts to agree a negotiated solution. The UK has played a leading role in working with the US, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Oman to find a peaceful solution. We will continue to seek regional consensus on the way forward, and to encourage the Yemeni parties to the conflict to engage constructively and in good faith find a political solution.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/04/2017 08:17:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

773176

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	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: Peace Negotiations
	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 steps his Department is taking to support efforts to restart talks between warring parties in Yemen and their international allies.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	108572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>​Peace talks are the top priority. There is no military solution to the conflict and only a political solution can bring long-term stability to Yemen. The Yemeni parties must engage constructively and in good faith. The UK has played a leading role in diplomatic efforts, including bringing together key actors to seek a peaceful solution. As part of this, I hosted a Ministerial-level meeting with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, US and UN Special Envoy at the UN General Assembly in September.</p><p>The UK also proposed the Presidential Statement passed at the UN Security Council in June this year, which called for an end to the fighting and a return to UN-led peace talks. We are now working with our international and regional partners to ensure that the Security Council's words are converted into action as a matter of urgency. We call on all parties to respect these unified and clear demands from the international community.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/10/2017 14:07:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

822822

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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: Peace Negotiations
	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 to help bring about a settlement in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	122505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>We continue to play a leading role in diplomatic efforts, including bringing together key international actors to try to find a peaceful solution. It is vital that we work towards renewing a UN peace process as a matter of urgency. By the end of the financial year 2017/18 we will have provided £1.68 million to the UN Special Envoy's office to bolster the UN's capacity to facilitate the peace process.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:46:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon