{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?min-date=2024-01-11&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-05-22T14%3A13%3A03.24Z&tablingMemberConstituency=Argyll+and+Bute&answer.answeringMemberConstituency=Aldershot", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?min-date=2024-01-11&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-05-22T14%3A13%3A03.24Z&tablingMemberConstituency=Argyll+and+Bute&answer.answeringMemberConstituency=Aldershot", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?min-date=2024-01-11&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-05-22T14%3A13%3A03.24Z&tablingMemberConstituency=Argyll+and+Bute&answer.answeringMemberConstituency=Aldershot&_metadata=all", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&min-date=2024-01-11&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-05-22T14%3A13%3A03.24Z&tablingMemberConstituency=Argyll+and+Bute&answer.answeringMemberConstituency=Aldershot", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?min-date=2024-01-11&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-05-22T14%3A13%3A03.24Z&tablingMemberConstituency=Argyll+and+Bute&answer.answeringMemberConstituency=Aldershot", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?min-date=2024-01-11&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-05-22T14%3A13%3A03.24Z&tablingMemberConstituency=Argyll+and+Bute&answer.answeringMemberConstituency=Aldershot", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697077", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1697077/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Parliamentary scrutiny is a matter for the House. In January 2024, the Business and Trade Committee (BTC) became the Parliamentary scrutiny committee with oversight of arms export controls, a role formerly carried out by the Committees on Arms Exports Controls (CAEC). The Government is committed to keeping the BTC updated on export controls.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4600", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Leo Docherty"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aldershot"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Leo Docherty"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-22T09:08:14.693Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Arms Trade: Export Controls"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a replacement to the Committee on Arms Export Controls.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Argyll and Bute"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Brendan O'Hara"}
      ], "uin" : "19381"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696643", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696643/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government takes its defence export responsibilities extremely seriously and operates some of the most robust export controls in the world. We examine each new application on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The Criteria maintain the UK's high standards on counter proliferation and give effect to the UK's international obligations and commitments.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4600", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Leo Docherty"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aldershot"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Leo Docherty"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-21T14:32:54.193Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "International Law: Arms Trade"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a scrutiny body within his Department that is tasked with assessing the consequences of individual arms licences on the Government's international legal obligations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Argyll and Bute"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Brendan O'Hara"}
      ], "uin" : "19074"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696644", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696644/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Strategic Export Licensing Criteria provide a thorough risk assessment framework for export licence applications and require us to think hard about the impact of providing equipment and its capabilities. We consider a range of factors, including examining the political and security conditions in the destination country, the nature of the equipment to be exported, the organisation or unit which will ultimately be the user of the equipment, and all available information about how similar equipment has been used in the past and how it is likely to be used in the future. We can and do respond quickly and flexibly to changing or fluid international situations. We take the principles of responsible export control set out in the Criteria incredibly seriously.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4600", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Leo Docherty"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aldershot"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Leo Docherty"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-21T14:33:54.113Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Arms Trade: Export Controls"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what account of ongoing geopolitical fragility his Department takes in considering applications for licences for the export of arms to states in sensitive areas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Argyll and Bute"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Brendan O'Hara"}
      ], "uin" : "19075"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696645", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696645/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The Criteria provide a thorough risk assessment framework. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, which includes Criterion 2, covering respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination, as well as respect by that country for international humanitarian law.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4600", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Leo Docherty"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aldershot"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Leo Docherty"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-21T14:35:07.537Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Arms Trade: Export Controls"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what account of the risk of atrocity crimes being committed by states his Department takes in considering applications for licences for the export of arms to such states.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Argyll and Bute"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Brendan O'Hara"}
      ], "uin" : "19076"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696646", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696646/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government operates a robust and thorough assessment of licence applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria and we will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with that Criteria. The FCDO advises DBT on the situation in country and the risks this poses with respect to the UK's export control responsibilities and specifically on criterion two which includes respect by that country for international humanitarian law.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4600", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Leo Docherty"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aldershot"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Leo Docherty"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-21T17:34:39.2Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Arms Trade: Export Controls"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department (a) makes an assessment of the potential impact on observance of international humanitarian law and (b) communicates that assessment to the Department for Business and Trade before the grant of an arms licence.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Argyll and Bute"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Brendan O'Hara"}
      ], "uin" : "19077"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696647", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696647/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government takes its defence export responsibilities extremely seriously and operates some of the most robust export controls in the world. Licence applications are assessed against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria and we will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with that Criteria.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4600", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Leo Docherty"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aldershot"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Leo Docherty"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-21T14:36:09.307Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Arms Trade: Export Controls"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the risk of a state not complying with orders from international courts in the decision process for the grant of an arms licence.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Argyll and Bute"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Brendan O'Hara"}
      ], "uin" : "19078"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1685284", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1685284/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK has consistently condemned the significant deterioration in the human rights situation in Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In multilateral fora the UK continues to call for Russia to meet its international obligations, including at the The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and UN. The situation in Chechnya and Ingushetia is particularly egregious, as highlighted by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Russia. The UK has repeatedly called on Russia to end human rights violations in Chechnya, conduct effective investigations into reports and ensure that those responsible are held to account. The UK regularly discusses migration issues with our international partners.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4600", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Leo Docherty"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Aldershot"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Leo Docherty"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-05T13:01:26.553Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Russia: Asylum"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help tackle the deportation of asylum seekers from the North Caucasus region to Russia.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4371", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Brendan O'Hara"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Argyll and Bute"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Brendan O'Hara"}
      ], "uin" : "11617"}
    ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 7, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]}
}