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1188517

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Pakistan: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the abuse of human rights of (a) Christian, (b) Sikh, (c) Parsi, (d) Hindu, (e) Buddhist, (f) Jain and (g) other minority communities in Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>We engage at a senior level with the Pakistani Government on the mistreatment of minority religious and ethnic groups. The Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief and the protection of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister in February. We will continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to guarantee the fundamental rights of all its citizens, as laid down in the constitution of Pakistan and in accordance with international standards. It is vital that Pakistan guarantees the rights of all its citizens, regardless of gender, ethnicity or belief.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/04/2020 08:29:07 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1313056

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the Pakistani Government to appoint a new leader of Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights since the ruling of the Islamabad High Court accusing the Pakistani Government of deliberately obstructing the Commission by leaving it leaderless.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to promoting human rights in Pakistan and around the globe. We regularly urge the government of Pakistan at a senior level to guarantee the rights of all people in Pakistan as laid down in the Constitution of Pakistan and in accordance with international standards. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, responsible for human rights, raised our human rights concerns with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Dr Shireen Mazari, on 20 February 2021.</p><p>We will continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to take the steps necessary to comply in full with its human rights obligations. This includes ensuring the effective operation of institutional human rights structures and processes.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 19/05/2021 16:22:59 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1181246

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	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	Pakistan: Human Rights
	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 accuracy of allegations that British made arms have been used in human rights abuses in Balochistan.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>All export licences are strictly assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. Risks around human rights abuses are a key part of our assessment. We do not issue export licences where we assess there is a clear risk that the items might be used for internal repression. The Government keeps defence exports under careful and continual review and can suspend or revoke licences when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/03/2020 16:40:42 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1181247

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	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	Pakistan: Human Rights
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that UK arms exports are not used in human rights violations in Balochistan.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>All export licences are strictly assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. Risks around human rights abuses are a key part of our assessment. We do not issue export licences where we assess there is a clear risk that the items might be used for internal repression. The Government keeps defence exports under careful and continual review and can suspend or revoke licences when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/03/2020 16:48:43 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1181248

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	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	Pakistan: Human Rights
	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 he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on reports of human rights abuses using British made arms in the region of Balochistan.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>All export licences are strictly assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. Risks around human rights abuses are a key part of our assessment. We do not issue export licences where we assess there is a clear risk that the items might be used for internal repression. The Government keeps defence exports under careful and continual review and can suspend or revoke licences when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/03/2020 16:57:30 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan