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634093

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	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, what discussions the Government has had with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the provision of technical assistance to Bahrain since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	52545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Officials at the UK Mission in Geneva hold regular discussions with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the provision of UN technical assistance to Bahrain and encourage a continued dialogue between them about co-operation on human rights issues. I encouraged further cooperation on 10 November with senior officials during a visit to Bahrain.</p><p>The UK Government continues to work closely with the Government of Bahrain to provide reform assistance focused on strengthening human rights and the rule of law. The UK Government believes that only by working with Bahrain are we able to assist in bringing about the changes necessary in the country. While it will take time to see the full results of much of this work, the UK is having a direct impact on areas of concern.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/11/2016 16:49:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

634096

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	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	Husain Abdulwahab
	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 the government of Bahrain on the denial of medical treatment for detainee Husain Abdulwanhab at Dry Dock Detention Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	52651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government, through its Embassy in Bahrain, take an active interest in cases such as that for Husain Abdulwanhab and where we have concerns we raise them with the Government of Bahrain at an appropriate level.</p><p>The Ministry of Interior Ombudsman has responsibility for investigating allegations of mistreatment in detention. We encourage all those with concerns about their treatment in detention to report these directly to the Ombudsman, and we encourage the Ombudsman to carry out thorough investigations into any such allegations. We also continue to encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/11/2016 16:51:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

634095

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	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	Nuclear Disarmament: UN Resolutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the UK Government voted against UN Resolution L41 which mandated the start of negotiations to ban nuclear weapons in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	52647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Our joint <a href="https://www.delegfrance-cd-geneve.org/71st-UNGA-Explanations-of-vote-ion-behalf-of-the-P3-10-27-2016" target="_blank">Explanation of Vote</a> with the US and France sets out our views on the resolution. The text can be found here <a href="https://www.delegfrance-cd-geneve.org/71st-UNGA-Explanations-of-vote-ion-behalf-of-the-P3-10-27-2016" target="_blank">https://www.delegfrance-cd-geneve.org/71st-UNGA-Explanations-of-vote-ion-behalf-of-the-P3-10-27-2016</a> on the Permanent representation of France website.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/11/2016 15:20:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake