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hansard heading | Hong Kong: Press Freedom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong, Inquiry into Media Freedom in Hong Kong: The Case of Jimmy Lai and Apple Daily, published in April 2023; and what steps they are taking to respond to its recommendations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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hansard heading | Democratic Republic of Congo: Cobalt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to their counterparts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in relation to the issues of fair pricing and child labour in the cobalt mining industry; and what practical assistance they have provided to that country to address these issues. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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hansard heading | Democratic Republic of Congo: Ethnic Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation of the Banyamulenge and Hema minority communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), given the recent attacks against them; what representations they have made to their counterparts in the DRC concerning these communities; and what practical assistance they have provided to support the DRC in assisting these communities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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hansard heading | North Korea: Refugees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Republic of Korea about reports that an estimated 2,000 North Korean refugees will be forcibly repatriated to North Korea by the People's Republic of China; and whether they intend to take joint action with the Republic of Korea on behalf of these refugees. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to raise reports that an estimated 2,000 North Korean refugees will be forcibly repatriated to North Korea by the People's Republic of China (1) with the People's Republic of China, and (2) in the United Nations Human Rights Council; and whether they will remind the People's Republic of China of its obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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hansard heading | World Food Programme: Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of analysis by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) published on 12 September describing “an unprecedented funding crisis” in food assistance; and what steps they plan to take, if any, to respond to the WFP’s summary of the consequences of scaling back of humanitarian assistance at “a time when acute food insecurity has soared to record levels”. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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hansard heading | World Food Programme: Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of UN World Food Programme's analysis, published on 12 September, that every 1 per cent cut in food assistance could push 400,000 people towards the brink of starvation and that as a consequence of cuts “an additional 24 million people could fall into emergency hunger over the next 12 months”; and what steps it plans to take, if any, in response to this analysis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) about (1) its operational requirements for 2023, and (2) the funding shortfall of over 60 per cent the WFP faced this year; what response they have given the WFP’s concerns about the funding shortfall; and what plans they have, if any, to raise this with international partners. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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hansard heading | Democratic Republic of Congo: Cobalt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of UK companies which (1) purchase cobalt, or (2) are involved in the connected supply chain from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); and what steps they have taken to ensure a fair price is paid to workers in the DRC and to support the eradication of child labour in the supply chain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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hansard heading | Democratic Republic of Congo: Cobalt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of child labour in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in the cobalt mining industry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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