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	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	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	Bulgaria: Roma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bulgaria about (1) the demolition of Roma homes in Voivodinovo and other places with no offer of new housing, and (2) the adequacy of roads, water, sewage systems, and rubbish collection in Roma settlements in Bulgaria.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL12920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Sofia regularly engages with the Bulgarian government and local authorities setting out the economic and social benefits of Roma integration. It is active in promoting minority rights in Bulgaria, with our Ambassador playing a prominent role in the ‘Friends of Roma’ Ambassadors Group, which supports initiatives related to inclusion and education.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/01/2019 16:09:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1124909

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
	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 communiqué from the government of Mauritius on 30 April that the UK’s actions over the Chagos Archipelago are “in flagrant disregard of the … conclusions of the International Court of Justice”; are “an affront to the rule of law”; and have perpetuated “a historically wrongful act vis-à-vis the forcibly evicted inhabitants of those islands.”
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL15584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>​I refer to the statement I made on 30 April 2019, <em>Official Report</em>, col HLWS1491. An International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion is advice provided to the United Nations General Assembly at its request; it is not a legally binding judgment. The Government respects the ICJ and has considered the content of the Opinion carefully, however, we do not share the Court's approach. This and former Governments have expressed sincere regret about the manner in which Chagossians were removed from the British Indian Ocean Territory in the late 1960s and early 1970s.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/05/2019 13:51:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

994372

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	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	Gulalai Ismail
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of Pakistan to restore the right to travel of Gulalai Ismail who was arrested on her return to Pakistan.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL11016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by restrictions on freedom of expression, including the detention of human rights activists, in Pakistan. The freedom to hold and express views without censorship, intimidation or unnecessary restriction is a cornerstone of democracy. The arrest of Gulalai Ismail is a further worrying development against the backdrop of restrictions on fundamental rights in Pakistan.</p><p>We regularly raise at a senior level our concerns about the human rights situation with the Government of Pakistan, including on the freedom of expression. I discussed human rights in Pakistan with the Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, in September 2018. The British Government continues to urge Pakistan to honour in full its human rights obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:20:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker