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518221

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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: Armed Conflict
	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 reports he has received on the effect of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	36931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>We consider a range of information from government sources, foreign governments, the media and international non-governmental organisations regarding reports of potential breaches of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). We regularly raise the importance of compliance with IHL with the Saudi Arabian Government and other members of the military Coalition. We also praise the importance of compliance with IHL with the Houthis.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/05/2016 07:10:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

92226

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	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	Tamils
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review the decision to move the BBC Tamil Service from London to Delhi; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	209789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The decision to move BBC Tamil to Delhi is a matter for the BBC World Service, which is as the hon. Member will know editorially, managerially and financially independent from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 15/10/2014 11:33:30 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

512580

	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	Taiwan: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	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 he, his Ministers or his officials have had with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on Taiwan's intention to join that bank; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	33802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Neither I, other Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers, nor my officials have discussed Taiwan’s intention to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank with representatives of that Bank.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 20/04/2016 15:36:27 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

516679

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	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	Syria: Refugees
	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 he has received of (a) Syrian refugees being shot whilst attempting to cross Turkish borders and (b) numbers of Syrians being deported by Turkey to Syria; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	36077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text I refer my hon. Friend to the response the Minister of State, my noble Friend, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, gave in the other place on 27 April 2016. (HL7793) http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=hl7793 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/05/2016 15:29:45 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

171616

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	Syria
	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 initiative to host a conference in Moscow of representatives of the Syrian regime and opposition for talks to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	219553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK continues to believe that a negotiated political transition in Syria is the only way to end the conflict and alleviate Syria’s humanitarian crisis. The UN is best placed to facilitate any talks between the regime and the opposition designed to help bring about a political settlement. The UK supports the efforts of UN Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, to reduce the bloodshed and encourage political progress. We regularly discuss Syria with Russian counterparts, including how we can work to bring about a political resolution of the conflict, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/01/2015 12:15:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

226693

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Sudan
	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 in his Department have made representations to the government of Sudan on reports of human rights abuses in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	227353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the human rights situation in South Kordofan and Blue Nile (&quot;The Two Areas&quot;). Baroness Anelay’s statement of 13 February underlined that attacks on the civilian populations were entirely unacceptable and our Ambassador in Khartoum continues to raise this issue with the Government of Sudan on behalf of HMG.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 16/03/2015 17:18:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

506469

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	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	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
	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 recent report by the Sri Lankan Centre for Policy Alternatives that more than 12,500 acres of land in the Northern Province remains occupied by the Sri Lankan military; what recent representations he has made to the Sri Lankan government on the restitution of land and reparations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	33253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Since President Sirisena came to power in January 2015, the Sri Lankan Government has made efforts to return some military occupied private land to civilians. The UK has welcomed this. However, as the CPA report sets out, much more remains to be done. In January 2016, during my second visit in a year to Sri Lanka, I raised land returns in my meetings with the Government and reaffirmed our readiness to help it implement its commitments on reconciliation. I also met resettled families in the north, seeing for myself the progress that has been made as well as the challenges that remain. We will continue to encourage further land returns, a process the UK is contributing to through our support for demining in the north of the country.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 13/04/2016 14:44:58 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

416396

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
	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 he has made to his Sri Lankan counterpart on the treatment of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka since the election of President Maithripala Sirisena; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	8715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>We frequently engage with the government of Sri Lanka on human rights issues including on the treatment of detainees.</p><p>We have raised human rights issues at all levels, as the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), did when he met President Sirisena in March. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), did likewise with the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister on 2 June. I have also raised the issue with the government on a number of occasions, including during my visit to Sri Lanka in January.</p><p>The UK has actively supported the improvement of human rights, accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka through multilateral organisations such as the UN, the Commonwealth and the EU as well as through bilateral funding of targeted programmes.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/09/2015 14:02:23 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

997492

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps he has taken to promote human rights in Sri Lanka.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	907365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>I am concerned by the developing political situation in Sri Lanka. I have called on all parties to ensure that the constitution is respected and due political and legal process upheld. The UK urges the President, in consultation with the Speaker, to reconvene parliament immediately to give the democratically elected representatives of the Sri Lankan people their voice. We shall also continue to urge Sri Lanka to implement fully the commitments it has willingly made to the UN Human Rights Council.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/10/2018 16:45:53 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

168268

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	South Sudan
	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 he is taking to ensure that the renewed mandate of the UN mission to South Sudan continues to have a strong focus on the protection of civilians; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	217480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text Through our leadership in the UN Security Council, the UK supported and contributed to the UN Mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) mandate, in May 2014, to protect civilians, provide humanitarian assistance and investigate human rights abuses. We used the recent renewal of UNMISS’s mandate on 25 November 2014 to ensure that the protection of civilians remains a top priority. answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 10/12/2014 16:45:26 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas