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1185025

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date	16/03/2020
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	Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen consular support for UK nationals overseas.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	901581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>Consular support is tailored to the individual circumstances of each case, and prioritises those that need help the most. A key aspect of our support is prevention to help British people keep safe overseas, including representations to authorities overseas to make local environments safer for British people. Where this is not possible we may advise against travel. The Foreign Secretary announced today that we advise against all but essential travel for the next 30 days due to the current outbreak of Covid19, which has affected our ability to provide consular support.</p><p>We have specialist teams working on forced marriage, murder, kidnap and cases involving those on death row or at risk of the death penalty. Additionally we work with, and fund, other organisations where these are better placed to provide support, or have specialist skills that we need including the Victim Support Homicide Service, Lucie Blackman Trust, and (for detainees) Prisoners Abroad.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 17/03/2020 17:36:34 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1185101

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	North Korea: Crimes against Humanity
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 statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on 10 March that the government of North Korea may be responsible for crimes against humanity; and what plans they have to refer that government to the International Criminal Court.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by the human rights situation in North Korea. The international community has a responsibility to respond to the human rights violations in North Korea which, as the UN Commission of Inquiry in 2014 concluded, may amount to crimes against humanity. The UK is fully committed to the principle that there must be no impunity for the most serious international crimes. North Korea is not a State Party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and so a referral of the situation in North Korea could be made only by the UN Security Council in this instance. The UK continues to support an annual debate on North Korean human rights issues in the UN Security Council. We welcome the Human Rights Council resolution in March which provides the basis for further work on a credible framework for accountability.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/03/2020 12:15:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1185130

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Sudan: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what multilateral discussions they have had about lifting or easing economic sanctions on Sudan.
tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
uin	HL2632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Sudan is not subject to multilateral economic sanctions. The multilateral sanctions in force are those by the UN and EU focused on Darfur, covering arms embargoes and targets sanctions on individuals associated with human rights abuses. The US lifted bilateral economic sanctions on Sudan in October 2017. Sudan does however remain on the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. The UK is working with the Government of Sudan and international partners to help address Sudan's severe economic challenges as an important part of supporting the transition to democracy agreed in 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/03/2020 12:21:42 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

1185154

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have (1) made, and (2) intend to make, to the government of Israel about reports of the killing of a 15 year old Palestinian, and injuries to others, by Israeli forces at Jabal al-Arma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>Whilst we have not made representations on this specific incident, the Government is very concerned at the high numbers of Palestinians, including children, killed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the West Bank and Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/03/2020 15:44:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1185155

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	West Bank: Roads
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have (1) made, and (2) intend to make, to the government of Israel about reports of the construction of a Palestinian-only road to connect the northern and southern parts of the West Bank, with the reported aim of separating Israelis and Palestinians driving in that area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>While we have not made representations on these reports, we consistently call for an immediate end to all actions that undermine the viability of a future Palestinian state. We urge Israel to halt its settlement expansion, and related activities which hasten the fragmentation of the occupied West Bank. Settlements are contrary to international law and damaging to renewed efforts to launch peace negotiations. We want to see a contiguous West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as part of a viable and sovereign Palestinian state, based on 1967 borders.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/03/2020 15:48:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1185156

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Israel: Occupied Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL1981), what representations they intend to make to the government of Israel about that country's compliance with international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>We have a regular dialogue with the government of Israel on legal issues relating to the occupation. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa stressed the importance of Israel complying with international law during a meeting with the Israeli Ambassador to the UK on 12 March.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/03/2020 15:46:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1185157

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Sanctions
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 (1) use, and (2) criteria for the use, of sanctions in order to uphold international law and human rights in other countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>We will lay secondary legislation in Parliament under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to establish the Global Human Rights ('Magnitsky-style') sanctions regime in the coming months. A global human rights sanctions regime will allow us to respond to serious human rights violations or abuses anywhere in the world. We are a global leader in the promotion and protection of human rights and we want to demonstrate that the UK can be a force for good in the world.</p><p>All designations will need to meet the legal tests as set out in the Sanctions Act, which includes ensuring designations are underpinned by robust evidence. The sanctions regime is not intended to target individual countries, but those who commit serious human rights violations or abuses anywhere in the world.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2020 14:16:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1185158

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Israeli Settlements: Palestinians
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 remarks by Hana Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee, that the government of Israel is allowing armed settlers to “terrorise” Palestinians in Judea and Samaria.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>Whilst we have not made a specific assessment of these remarks, we condemn any incidence of violence by settlers against Palestinians.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/03/2020 15:49:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1185166

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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 Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total number of UK citizens resident outside the UK; and whether they are confident in the accuracy of that estimate.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL2668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>We do not register British nationals abroad, and do not therefore have numbers of British nationals in each country.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/03/2020 15:55:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

1185174

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Sahel and West Africa: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the remarks by UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel to the UN Security Council on 8 January 2020 that countries in West Africa and the Sahel are experiencing unprecedented terrorist violence.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned at the scale of instability in the Sahel, including terrorist violence. We are expanding the UK's development, diplomacy and defence engagement to address the impacts and drivers of conflict and poverty. This includes providing three CH-47 Chinook helicopters to French counter terrorism operation Barkhane, a UN peacekeeping deployment later this year, humanitarian aid, and longer-term efforts to improve governance and stability.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/03/2020 15:20:03 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry