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date	14/11/2017
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	Venezuela: Politics and Government
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 of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, published on 7 November, that the National Assembly of Venezuela is the only body empowered to issue a decision to remove the parliamentary immunity of Mr Freddy Guevara, Deputy First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL3173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK, together with EU Member States, does not recognise the Constituent Assembly. The UK believes that strong, independent, and democratically elected institutions, such as the National Assembly, are key to democracy. The Constituent Assembly's removal of parliamentary immunity from Mr Guevara is further evidence of its erosion of democratic processes in Venezuela.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/11/2017 15:40:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

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registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Venezuela: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent representations they have made to the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela regarding (1) respecting the constitutional order in Venezuela, (2) the separation of powers, (3) the privilege of parliamentary immunity, and (4) human rights including freedom of expression and the right to due process.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL3174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly raise these issues with their Venezuelan counterparts. On 10 October, the Minister for Europe and the Americas raised our concerns regarding the deteriorating socioeconomic situation in Venezuela with the Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza. We also work with like-minded Governments to raise our concerns publicly through international bodies. Recent examples include the September Human Rights Council and the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which issued new Council Conclusions on Venezuela on 13 November, and the UN Security Council.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/11/2017 13:04:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns