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date	20/02/2019
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	Leila de Lima
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 13 February (HL13518), whether Senator Leila de Lima remains in custody in the Philippines; what representations they have made to the government of the Philippines about her case; what discussions they have had with the Inter-Parliamentary Union about representations that organisation has made to the government of the Philippines about her case; and what action they have taken since the question for short debate in the name of Lord Hylton on 24 January (HL Deb, cols 863–878).
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of the case of Senator Leila de Lima, who has remained in detention since 24 February 2017. Our Embassy in Manila continues to follow developments over her case closely.</p><p>Our position on the importance of rule of law is clear, consistent and well known in the Philippines. We continue to underline the need for the rule of law to be upheld and due process followed.</p><p>In August 2018, the Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific underlined our views with several Philippine Ministers during his trip to Manila. In November 2018, Senior Officials underscored the same point during our High level Political Talks. Most recently, the Prime Ministers' Trade Envoy to the Philippines, Richard Graham MP, raised these issues with Philippine Ministers during his visit to the country in February 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 17:17:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

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date	19/02/2019
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	Abdullah Öcalan
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 11 February (HL13171), what was the outcome of their discussions with Turkish officials in mid-January about the prison conditions of Abdullah Öcalan.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>​Turkish officials took note of the Embassy's interest in Abdullah Öcalan's prison conditions. We will continue to engage with Turkish officials on this issue, and the related issue of the associated hunger strike campaign.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/02/2019 17:03:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton