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904252

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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	Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of war and violent conflict in (1) Israel and Palestine, (2) Syria, (3) Yemen, and (4) Afghanistan; and whether they will place any relevant analysis in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL7830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The causes of conflict in all four regions are complex, deep-rooted, and often controversial. It is not possible to do justice to the issues in a short answer to a parliamentary question. Extensive analysis of the issues is widely available.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/05/2018 14:21:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

905307

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	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	Balkans: EU External Relations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether regional infrastructure, including road, rail, electricity, gas and oil pipeline connections will be on the agenda for the forthcoming EU–Western Balkans summit to be held in Sofia from 16 May.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL7898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The focus of discussion during the EU/Western Balkans Summit on 17 May was, as expected, connectivity. A package of projects aimed at increasing connectivity was announced including infrastructure and technical assistance projects.</p><p>We will build on this at our London Summit. We will reinforce the importance we attach to improving human connections with, and within, the region – not just infrastructure, but also digital skills transformation and mobility among young people.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/05/2018 12:15:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

906461

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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	China: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have of (1) indefinite detentions without trial in Chinese Xinjiang, and (2) new detention and re-education camps being built in China; and whether they will raise such issues with the government of China and in other fora.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL7974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of significant numbers of individuals being detained by the Chinese authorities in re-education camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Our Embassy in Beijing has not been able to directly verify these reports: however my officials will continue to monitor the situation in Xinjiang closely.</p><p>We remain deeply concerned about restrictions on freedom of religion or belief in China, particularly in Xinjiang. We raised our concerns with the Chinese authorities at the most recent UK/China Human Rights Dialogue, which took place in Beijing in June 2017. We shall seek to raise them again at the next UK/China Human Rights Dialogue, which is due to take place later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/05/2018 12:16:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton