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1000249

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Jair Bolsonaro
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety implications for (a) women, (b) LGBTQ and (c) black and minority ethnic people visiting Brazil of the election of Jair Bolsonaro.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	187329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>In our assessment, the election of Jair Bolsonaro has not changed the safety of women, LGBTQ, and black and minority ethnic people visiting Brazil. We advise all people planning to visit Brazil to consult FCO travel advice. We keep our travel advice under constant review and make regular updates to ensure it provides an up-to-date assessment of risks and other issues which may affect British Nationals.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/11/2018 12:09:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

973188

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	China: Uyghurs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165671 on China: Detainees, what recent estimate he has made of the level of internment of members of the Uighur minority in political re-education camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	174652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>There are no official figures detailing the number of people detained in the re-education camps in Xinjiang. However, credible reports estimate that at least one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been held in these camps.</p><p>The UK Government has serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and reports of the Chinese Government’s deepening crackdown, including re-education camps, and wide spread surveillance and restrictions targeted at ethnic minorities. I raised our concerns about Xinjiang with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during my visit to China on 22 July 2018. The Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, also raised our concerns about the region with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to China in July 2018.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/10/2018 12:32:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

973189

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of reports that humanitarian access to conflict areas of the Kachin region has been systematically blocked by (a) the armed forces and (b) the Government of Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	174653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>​The UN HRC resolution that was passed on 27 September has asked for immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, including to areas controlled by ethnic armed groups, in particular in Kachin State. We continue to impress on the Burmese Government the importance of open access to all parts of Burma, including access to the press, to stop the fighting and allow access for humanitarian aid.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/10/2018 15:49:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

964377

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	India: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the risk of (a) intercommunal violence, (b) mass statelessness, and (c) a humanitarian crisis from expulsions as a result of the citizen registration process in the Indian state of Assam.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	169229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The updating of the National Register of Citizens in Assam has increased tensions in the North East of India and caused concern among human rights defenders. The FCO network in India, and especially our Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, is watching developments closely. We maintain a continuous assessment of human rights issues in India, including those of religious minorities. This includes raising issues with Indian officials where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/09/2018 16:39:45 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

964378

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Myanmar: General Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for (a) reform or (b) replacement of the 1982 Citizenship law of Myanmar in advance of the next Myanmar general election.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	169230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK has strongly supported the Rakhine Advisory Commission's call on Burma to reform the 1982 Citizenship Law. UK Ministers have publicly called for the removal of restrictions that withhold citizenship from individuals who are not from a community recognised by the Burmese authorities as a 'national race', such as the Rohingya. Most recently, the British Ambassador raised the UK's concerns about the pace of implementation of the Rakhine Advisory Commission's 88 recommendations in his meeting with the Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor on 24 August.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 169231 question first answered 11/09/2018 16:43:52 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

964379

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Myanmar: 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 reports he has received on progress being made by the Government of Myanmar on its granting citizenship to members of the Rohingya minority.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	169231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK has strongly supported the Rakhine Advisory Commission's call on Burma to reform the 1982 Citizenship Law. UK Ministers have publicly called for the removal of restrictions that withhold citizenship from individuals who are not from a community recognised by the Burmese authorities as a 'national race', such as the Rohingya. Most recently, the British Ambassador raised the UK's concerns about the pace of implementation of the Rakhine Advisory Commission's 88 recommendations in his meeting with the Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor on 24 August.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 169230 question first answered 11/09/2018 16:43:52 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

964383

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the use of (a) weapons, (b) other military goods or services, and (c) non-military goods or services exported from the UK in death of children as a result of the airstrike in Dahyan, Yemen on 9 August 2018.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	169232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>​The Saudi-led Coalition does not publish information on which items are used in specific air strikes, and has not done so in the case of the 9 August strike. The UK is not a member of the Coalition and we do not have any role in setting Coalition policy, or executing air strikes in Yemen. The UK will not issue an export licence to Saudi Arabia, or any other country, if we assess there is a clear risk the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law.</p><p>On 1 September, the Saudi-led Coalition's Joint Incidents Assessment Team announced the outcome of an investigation into the 9 August incident, its regret and action to address the recommendations of that investigation. We welcome this acknowledgement and these steps.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2018 15:48:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

964384

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will make it its policy to support the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, in an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of children as a result of the airstrike in Dahyan, Yemen on 9 August 2018.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	169233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>​We believe it is right for the Saudi-led Coalition in the first instance to conduct thorough and conclusive investigations into incidents where it is alleged that international humanitarian law has been breached. The Coalition has the best insight into its own military procedures and will be able to conduct the most thorough and conclusive investigations.</p><p>On 1 September, the Coalition's Joint Incidents Assessment Team announced the outcome of an investigation into the 9 August incident, its regret and action to address the recommendations of the investigation. We welcome this acknowledgement and these steps.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2018 15:49:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

964385

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the UK Government will make it its policy to suspend the issue of arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	169234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>We assess arms exports to Saudi Arabia against strict criteria. The key test is whether there is a clear risk the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law. We take this very seriously and keep licensing decisions under careful review. ​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2018 15:50:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

934398

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of migrants departing from the Libyan coast who have drowned in the last two months.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	160165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The British Government monitors closely the number of migrants who cross the Mediterranean to Europe, or attempt this dangerous crossing, including via the Central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy. The International Organisation for Migration's (IOM) publication 'Migration Flows to Europe – Quarterly Review, Q1 2018' states that there were 497 fatalities across the three Mediterranean routes (Central Route, Western Route from Morocco to Spain and Eastern Route from Turkey to Greece) from January to March 2018 compared with 803 for the same period last year. Despite this reduction, this shows the ongoing need to tackle the challenge of illegal migration and its consequences. The British Government will continue to engage proactively with the EU and internationally in pursuit of a whole of route approach to tacking this challenge.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/07/2018 14:00:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown