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1668938

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Sudan: International Law
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 he is taking to support (a) evidence-gathering, (b) accountability and (c) international justice processes in relation to allegations of breaches of international law in (i) the Ardamata area of El Geneina and (ii) in other areas of Sudan since 1 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns in the strongest terms increasing reports of atrocities being committed across Sudan, particularly in Darfur, and remains committed to ensuring those responsible for these heinous crimes are held to account. We are supporting the essential work of the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sudan (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in investigating and documenting the atrocities taking place in Sudan. The UK is funding the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), a research body which is gathering open-source evidence about the ongoing fighting in Sudan; this financial year, we have provided £600,000 to CIR's Sudan Witness Project. The UK also initiated, alongside Germany, US and Norway, a resolution to establish an independent Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan; a resolution that was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in October. This will support future accountability efforts in Sudan, including in relation to Darfur.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 14/11/2023 15:17:32 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668939

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Eritrea and Ethiopia: Armed Conflict
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 he is taking to (a) make an assessment of the likelihood of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, (b) tackle the risks of material support for armed groups within Ethiopia from neighbouring states and c) support the African Union on these issues.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>We continue to engage the Ethiopian government on peace within the country and in the region. On 27 October, the British Ambassador to Ethiopia told Ethiopia's national security advisor that Red Sea port access should not be pursued by aggression. To mark the one year anniversary of the Pretoria peace deal, the British Embassy Addis Ababa coordinated a joint statement with Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden, which called for further progress on implementation, including the full withdrawal of Eritrean and non-government forces from Ethiopia. The UK is also contributing funding to the African Union's Monitoring, Compliance and Verification Mechanism to support implementation, and we continue to press the government of Ethiopia, and all armed actors, to resolve their disputes through inclusive dialogue.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 16/11/2023 16:10:53 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668941

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Eritrea and Ethiopia: Visas
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 is taking to assist Eritrean nationals with valid UK visas residing in Ethiopia to obtain exit permits.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>HMG are working alongside the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with the Federal Government of Ethiopia, and have agreed a process to issue Exit Visas for Eritreans who hold visas for the United Kingdom. HMG is now working with the ICRC to process outstanding cases and enable them to travel to the United Kingdom as soon as their exit visas are granted.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 14/11/2023 15:32:10 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668942

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Eritrea: Refugees
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 estimate he has made of how many (a) adult and (b) unaccompanied child Eritrean nationals eligible to come to the UK are unable to exit Ethiopia; and how many such people are receiving consular support from the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office are working with the International Committee of the Red Cross to process 16 Eritrean Nationals who hold UK visas and are trying to exit Ethiopia, 10 of whom are unaccompanied minors, to enable them to travel to the UK as soon as their exit visas are granted. The FCDO and our embassies, high commissions and consulates worldwide provide consular assistance to British nationals abroad. We cannot provide consular support to other countries' nationals, even if they have been living legally in the UK or have close connections to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 16/11/2023 16:12:18 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668944

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	John Williams Ntwali
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 129752 on Rwanda: Human Rights, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress of the investigation into the death of John Williams Ntwali in Rwanda; and what steps his Department have taken to monitor that investigation.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK government is aware of the tragic death of John Williams Ntwali. We understand that a police investigation determined a traffic incident led to his death. Noting concerns around due process, we have raised this case with government of Rwanda and underlined the importance of transparent investigations. The UK encourages Rwanda to uphold and champion Commonwealth values of freedom of speech and the press, and respect for human rights. We discuss these issues regularly with the Government of Rwanda. We will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 16/11/2023 17:01:40 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668946

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Rwanda: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report “Join Us or Die”: Rwanda’s Extraterritorial Repression, published by Human Rights Watch in October 2023; and whether he has had discussions with (a) the Home Secretary and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on the issues raised in that report.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Where we have concerns about the restrictions on political opposition, civil society and media freedom, we regularly express these to the Rwandan government. Most recently, I discussed these issues during my visit to Kigali in late August.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 17/11/2023 14:55:07 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668948

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203790 on Visas: Africa, whether the (a) passports and (b) other documents of visa applicants applying at Visa Application Centres in (i) South Africa, (ii) Kenya, (iii) Nigeria and (iv) Ghana are (A) digitally copied and (B) checked at that Visa Application Centre.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Commercial partners take tri-scans of customers passports and scan all other supporting documents onto a digital portal for Decision Making Centres to view via a secure cloud solution.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/11/2023 10:30:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668950

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings on pages 64 to 66 and 103 to 106 of the report “Join Us or Die”: Rwanda’s Extraterritorial Repression, published by Human Rights Watch in October 2023.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	1081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>All attempts by foreign Governments to coerce, intimidate, harass or harm their critics overseas, undermining democracy and the rule of law, are unacceptable. Any threats made by a foreign state against individuals in the UK will be thoroughly investigated.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling the issue of transnational repression. The National Security Act will strengthen our legal powers to counter foreign interference and the Defending Democracy Taskforce, established last year to help protect the democratic integrity of the UK, is conducting a review into the UK’s approach to transnational repression.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/11/2023 15:40:55 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668154

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Western Sahara: 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 recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Western Sahara; and what steps he is taking to help promote accountability for assaults against Sahrawi human rights defenders.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, including in Western Sahara and the Tindouf refugee camps. We consistently support language in relevant UN Security Council Resolutions that encourages the parties to continue efforts to enhance human rights in Western Sahara. We support the work of Staffan de Mistura, Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, and welcomed his September visit to the region. We continue to engage key partners to encourage constructive engagement with the political process. We also discuss human rights with the Moroccan authorities including through our bilateral dialogues.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2023 17:25:25 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1668157

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Western Sahara: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to support people whose livelihoods have been affected by climate change in Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to tackling climate change. In the Maghreb region, climate action and collaboration to mitigate or adapt to impacts, including on agriculture, tourism and fisheries, is a priority for UK engagement and support. Such engagement forms part of our dialogue with regional governments, UN agencies, and multilateral development banks. These partners are involved in practical collaboration through initiatives such as the Breakthroughs Agenda, while bilateral programming includes work to support more accurate climate and weather data to inform action. We are also working closely with the United Arab Emirates COP28 presidency to press for additional funding for vulnerable communities.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2023 17:24:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown