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389536

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of its policies of the Human Rights Watch report on the airstrikes on Saada city in Northern Yemen published on 30 June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	6867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text Saudi Arabian-led military action followed the legitimate President Hadi’s request for support by ‘all means and measures to protect Yemen and deter Houthi aggression’. We have received repeated assurances from the Saudi Arabian-led coalition that they are complying with International Humanitarian Law and we continue to engage with them on those assurances. We are aware of reports of Coalition airstrikes targeting the city of Saada and have raised these reports with the Saudi Arabian authorities. We continue to urge all parties to the conflict to adhere to International Humanitarian Law. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/07/2015 15:14:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

773988

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	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	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in recruiting Afghan refugees and child soldiers to fight in Syria and Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	108646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>​We are aware of reports of Afghan refugees and child soldiers being recruited for deployment in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, but the detail is difficult to verify given the environment on the ground. The UK is committed to ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and protecting children affected by armed conflict.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/10/2017 11:35:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

668951

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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	Israeli Settlements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provided in the drafting process for UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016).
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	58876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>​The resolution was an Egyptian draft and not UK co-sponsored. The UK engaged with the text, as we do all Security Council products. Where we did engage, we worked to secure a balanced text that includes calls to end incitement and terrorism We would not have voted for any text without those balancing elements.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/01/2017 14:09:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

668950

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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	Israeli Settlements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what formal and informal discussions his Department had with the US administration before the UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) vote was taken.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	58875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>​The resolution was an Egyptian draft and not UK co-sponsored. The UK engaged with security council members before the UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) vote, as we do with all Security Council products. Where we did engage we worked to secure a balanced text that includes calls to end incitement and terrorism .</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/01/2017 14:07:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

668952

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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	Israeli Settlements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Ministers of his Department were made aware of the final text of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) before the vote on that resolution took place.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	58877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>​The relevant UK ministers were aware of the text of the resolution before the vote took place. The UK voted for UN Security Council Resolution 2334 because of our support for the two state solution and commitment to Israel as the Jewish homeland.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/01/2017 14:12:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

708962

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	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	Europe: Migration
	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 consultation with other EU member states to discourage migrants from travelling to Europe by sea.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	66936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>​The UK and the EU are pursuing a comprehensive approach, addressing the root causes and consequences of migration. The Malta Declaration, which followed the Valletta Informal European Council in February, sets out areas where the EU can collectively help address the rising number of refugees and migrants crossing the Central Mediterranean. We also remain committed to working with our European partners to ensure that the EU-Turkey Statement is implemented in an effective and sustainable way.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 15/03/2017 17:31:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

773991

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	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	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will take steps to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	108648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>​The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is already subject to EU sanctions in its entirety and a large number of individuals and entities are designated because of their support for, or links to, the IRGC. Listings fall under the EU's proliferation and human rights sanctions regimes relating to Iran, as well as under the EU Syria sanctions regime.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/10/2017 11:58:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

668954

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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	Israeli Settlements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department held with 10 Downing Street before the UN Security Council Resolution 2334 vote took place in December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	58870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office discussed the UK’s voting position on UNSCR 2334 with 10 Downing Street prior to the vote in the UN Security Council. The UK’s support for UNSCR 2334 is consistent with our long held position that Israeli settlement activity is illegal and undermines the viability of two states for two peoples. As the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) stated in her speech to the Conservative Friends of Israel in December, the UK remains one of Israel’s strongest friends, but it is important as a true friend to stress that settlements are illegal.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/01/2017 14:05:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

773992

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	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	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
	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 assessment his Department has made of the extent and effectiveness of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Middle East.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	108649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>​Iran is known to be involved in multiple regional conflicts, including through deploying the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and associated entities such as the IRGC Qods Force. The Government is clear that Iran should cease disruptive involvement in regional conflicts, and should instead look to play a constructive role.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/10/2017 12:00:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

421133

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	London Airports: Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ePassport gates are in operation at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Luton and (d) Stansted airports.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	11671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>ePassport Gates are in operation at many ports across the UK. At present there are (a) thirty five operating across Heathrow, (b) twenty at Gatwick, (c) ten at Luton, and (d) fifteen at Stansted.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2015 16:32:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord