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731802

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date	22/06/2017
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	Burma: Rohingya
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 discussions he has had with the Burmese authorities on developments in that country affecting the human rights of the Rohingya people.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>We have raised our concerns over the situation in Rakhine State with the Burmese authorities on a number of occasions. Most recently, the Foreign Secretary and the former Minister for Asia and the Pacific both raised our concerns with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to the UK in May. They stressed the need for humanitarian access and a credible investigation into reports of violations.</p><p>Furthermore as recently as March, the UK supported the creation of a UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent International Fact Finding Mission to look into the situation in Rakhine State. We urge Burma to cooperate fully with this mission. We also fully support the Rakhine Advisory Commission led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Naturally this is an ongoing situation which we shall continue to monitor closely.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/06/2017 12:41:50 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

731818

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Nuclear Disarmament: Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration the Government has given to supporting a pan-European nuclear cruise missile treaty, as proposed by the Swiss and Swedish governments in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>​The UK does not have nuclear-armed cruise missiles. The Swiss and Swedish governments' proposal should in the first instance be discussed with those governments which do have such weapons.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/06/2017 15:29:31 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

731198

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	North Korea: Guided Weapons
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 the Government has had with the Governments of (a) Japan and (b) South Korea on recent missile launches conducted by North Korea.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The British Government holds regular discussions with the Government of Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on the widest range of security issues, including the recent missile launches conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). In May, the Prime Minister, spoke to the President of the ROK to confirm that the UK will continue to work with the ROK and the international community to maintain pressure on the DPRK to abide by its international obligations, including multiple UN Security Council Resolutions which prohibit its ballistic missile programme. In April, the Prime Minister and Japanese Prime Minister Abe held talks at Chequers and agreed on the severity of the threat posed by the DPRK and the need for international coordination.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/06/2017 12:43:09 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

731377

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Taimoor Raza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Government of Pakistan on the death sentence for blasphemy placed on Taimoor Raza.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains firmly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. We have repeatedly called upon the Government of Pakistan to end capital punishment and, at a minimum, commit publicly to renewing the previously imposed moratorium on the death penalty. We regularly raise our concerns about freedom of expression and the misuse of the blasphemy laws with the Government of Pakistan at a senior level. Our concerns are reflected in the latest update to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual human rights report.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary raised religious tolerance and misuse of the blasphemy laws during his visit to Pakistan in November 2016. My predecessor, my Hon. Friend the Member for Reading West (Mr Sharma), discussed the death penalty and the importance we attach to freedom of expression with Kamran Michael, Pakistani Minister for Human Rights, and Barrister Zafarullah Khan, the Prime Minister's Special Assistant for Human Rights, during his visit to Pakistan in January 2017.</p><p>The Government will continue to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to the death penalty and freedom of expression and religion.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/06/2017 14:44:21 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes