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1607932

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date	27/03/2023
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	Republika Srpska: Diplomatic Relations
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 Department's policies of reports that Republika Srpska will end diplomatic relations with the US and UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	174465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>On 17 March and on the back of false claims, President of the Republika Srpska (RS) entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Dodik, announced a non-legally binding RS government decision to prevent all contact with the British and US Embassies. He has also pushed retrograde legislative moves in the RS. His authoritarian actions move BiH away from its Euro-Atlantic path. Together with our allies, we continue to support alternative voices and to strengthen BiH's democracy.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 30/03/2023 15:23:19 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1607954

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Jimmy Lai
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 discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the detention of Jimmy Lai.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	174405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary set out our views regarding developments in Hong Kong with State Councillor Wang Yi last month. The Minister for the Info-Pacific met representatives of Mr. Lai's international legal team on 10 January and Diplomats at our Consulate-General in Hong Kong will continue to attend Mr Lai's court proceedings. Mr Lai, among others, have been pursued in an obvious effort to silence opposition voices. We continue to make clear to mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities our strong opposition to the National Security Law, which is being used to curtail freedoms, punish dissent and shrink the space for opposition, free press and civil society.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/04/2023 08:42:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1607970

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Shahid Hussain
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 his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the arrest of UK national Shahid Hussain in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	174271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Mr Hussain was released on 27 March. We are aware of reports of arrests and continue to monitor the situation on the ground. Where there are credible allegations of human rights violations, we expect these to be investigated in line with due process.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 04/04/2023 15:45:27 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1607982

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Iran: Religious Freedom
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 discussions he has had with his counterpart in Iran on religious freedom in that country.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	174385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>Iran has a track record of systematic discrimination, harassment and targeting of minority religious and ethnic communities. We continue to raise human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, with Iran at all appropriate opportunities. The UK is committed to working with our partners to hold Iran to account for its dire human rights record.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 03/04/2023 15:16:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1608061

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Myanmar: Ethnic Groups
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 his Department is taking steps to ensure that education projects in Myanmar funded by the British taxpayer do not discriminate against ethnic minority languages.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	174527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK, together with the US, Australia and Finland, is providing funding to the Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC). MEC's principle focus is providing education for ethnic communities, often living in areas outside the military regime's control. MEC is supporting over 200,000 children in hard-to-reach areas and is also promoting ethnic languages so children can learn in their mother tongue as well as gender equality, disability and social inclusion.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 30/03/2023 15:10:45 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms