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687021

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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	Zainab al-Khawaja
	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 the Government has made to the Bahrainian Government on the case of Zainab Al-Khawaja.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 9 June 2016 (PQ 39140). Shortly after the visit of the former Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), Zainab Al Khawaja was released from prison on 31 May 2016. We raised Zainab Al Khawaja’s case regularly at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain prior to her release from prison on 31 May 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/02/2017 16:47:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

512992

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	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	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, whether equipment provided by the UK has been used to facilitate the delivery of cluster munitions by the Saudi Arabian forces in the Yemen conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	34085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the alleged use of Cluster Munitions by the Coalition in Yemen. We have raised this issue with the Saudi Arabian authorities and, in line with our obligations under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, continue to encourage Saudi Arabia, as a non-party to the Convention, to accede to it.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:22:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

513236

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of airstrikes that have been conducted by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	34248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK has a small number of military personnel serving as liaison officers to Saudi headquarters to provide insight into Saudi operations. The UK is not a member of the coalition and the release of operational data is a matter for the coalition.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/04/2016 15:00:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

514745

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2016 to Question 6002, when the liaison personnel in Saudi coalition headquarters were first deployed; how many liaison personnel worked in those headquarters between March 2015 and January 2016; what rules of engagement or memorandum of understanding governs the role of those personnel; and whether any of those personnel have a role in the commission of inquiry announced by the Saudi coalition on 31 January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	35103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Liaison Officers were first deployed in May 2015. We do not discuss specific numbers for operational reasons. As Liaison Officers they are not expected to be in a situation where they would require Rules of Engagement nor provide advice to the Saudi investigatory committee.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/04/2016 16:29:19 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

516648

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has provided support to the US administration for its remotely piloted aircraft system strikes in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	36030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government has not provided support to the US for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System strikes in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/05/2016 15:36:14 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

517823

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Committees on Arms Export Controls on 27 April 2016, if he will publish the reports the Saudi Arabian military has shared with his Department on airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	36660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We will not release this information as coalition military reporting shared with the UK is sensitive operational information which we have received on privileged terms and which belongs to another country and its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and another state. Likewise, we would expect our allies and partners to protect any operational information we shared with them.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/05/2016 15:03:47 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

521552

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether aircraft manufactured in the UK and granted an export licence to be sold to the Saudi Arabian government have been used by the Saudi Arabian military forces in Yemen since March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	38591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Saudi Arabia has purchased UK manufactured Typhoon and Tornado aircraft which have flown combat missions in the current conflict in Yemen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 06/06/2016 15:22:32 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

523448

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35103, what the role is of the Liaison Officers deployed in Saudi coalition headquarters.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	39711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>UK Liaison Officers located in Saudi Headquarters exchange information between the UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to give the UK a better degree of insight into Saudi processes.</p><p>They remain under UK command and control and are not embedded with the Saudis. They do not provide training or advice on International Humanitarian Law compliance, and have no role in the Saudi targeting chain.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 13/06/2016 15:22:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

523495

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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: 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, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33935, whether the UK Government considers that the Saudi Arabian-led coalition forces have committed any violation of International Humanitarian Law during the Yemen conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	39713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>We regularly raise the importance of compliance with International Humanitarian Law with the Saudi Arabian Government and other members of the military Coalition. Saudi Arabia has publicly stated that it is investigating reports of alleged violations of IHL, and that lessons will be acted upon. The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to IHL is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL. Having regard to all the information available to us, we assess that this test has not been met.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/06/2016 11:58:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

525605

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2016
	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: 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 he has made of the conclusions of the report The lawfulness of the authorisation by the United Kingdom of weapons and related items for export to Saudi Arabia in the context of Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen by Professor Philippe Sands QC and others, published on 11 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	40800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government takes its arms export responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application.</p><p>A licence will not be issued, for any country, if to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the mandatory Criteria, including where we assess there is a clear risk that it might be used in the commission of a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law. The Government is satisfied that extant licences for Saudi Arabia are compliant with the UK’s export licensing criteria.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/06/2016 13:13:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake