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1011438

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Sudan: Radio
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding has been allocated by his Department to the Sudanese media outlet Radio Dabanga in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>​The British Government has not provided funding for Radio Dabanga in any of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/11/2018 16:48:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

823047

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	South Sudan: Ceasefires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take as a result of reported violations of the South Sudan cessation of hostilities agreement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	122730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>We strongly condemn all violations of the Cessation of Hostilities in South Sudan. We call on all signatories to the agreement to end all violence immediately and to enter the next round of the High Level Revitalisation forum with a genuine commitment to making progress. We are urging the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to ensure that the consequences for those who seek to spoil the peace process, or violate any agreement, are clearly communicated and effectively implemented.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/01/2018 17:12:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

914869

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Sudan: Peace Negotiations
	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 assessment he has made of progress on the UK-Sudan strategic dialogue; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	148639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The fifth round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue took place in Khartoum on 24 April. The Strategic Dialogue provides an important platform to raise issues of bilateral interest between the UK and Sudan. Key achievements of our phased engagement so far include influencing the Sudanese decision to open a humanitarian corridor to famine-hit areas of South Sudan, joint work on migration projects, and a commitment to engage on economic reform. The Dialogue also provides an additional forum to raise our human rights concerns with the Sudanese Government, alongside our continued efforts through international mechanisms and civil society.</p><p>The Communique of the Fifth Round of the Strategic Dialogue is available on the British Government's website.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/06/2018 15:04:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

914870

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Sudan: Religious Freedom
	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 assessment he has made of respect for freedom of religion or belief in Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	148640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Sudan remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and we are deeply concerned about infringements and restrictions on freedom of religion or belief. We are considering ways that FCO programme funding could help to promote freedom of religion or belief in Sudan. We raised our concerns with the government during the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue on 24 April and will continue to do so as part of our ongoing bilateral engagement.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/06/2018 15:06:19 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

931367

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	South Sudan: Sanctions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to date to use the powers in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 Bill to implement sanctions on leaders in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	157685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act provides the power for the UK to impose sanctions regimes after the UK has left the EU, including against individuals involved in gross human rights abuses via the so-called Magnitsky clauses.</p><p>The UK is committed to promoting peace and strengthening human rights in South Sudan, and to holding to account those responsible for the worst violations. The UK currently has a range of powers that we use to sanction individuals flowing from the European Communities Act. This includes the power to sanction individuals for human rights abuses, which we deploy regularly to protect national security. We will continue to explore all avenues for action against those who work to undermine peace in South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/07/2018 15:06:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

931368

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	South Sudan: Sanctions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage African Union leaders to implement sanctions on leaders in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	157686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>Through sustained bilateral engagement by myself and senior officials across the region, the British Government is urging InterGovernmental Authority on Deveoplment (IGAD) member states and African Union leaders to take action against those who have violated the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.</p><p>We welcome the renewed commitment by the parties in the Khartoum Declaration to a permanent ceasefire. Both the region and the parties to the conflict must ensure that the agreement is implemented in full and without delay, and that it is robustly and independently monitored. However, the new ceasefire does not negate the need to respond to the continued and repeated violations of the December 2017 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. We stand ready to support action by IGAD and the African Union to signal an end to impunity by delivering punitive measures against those responsible.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/07/2018 15:09:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

999552

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	South Sudan: Money Laundering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with (a) Kenyan and (b) Ugandan banks to close the financial and banking loopholes which enable money laundering in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	186979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Addressing the corruption that enables the conflict in South Sudan is crucial for tackling the culture of impunity that prevails. We welcome the recent release of the documentary The Profiteers, which will help to raise the international profile of this important issue. The British Government continues to work closely with regional partners, including Kenya and Uganda, international financial institutions, and other British Government departments to address the illicit financial flows fuelling the conflict in South Sudan, and to clamp down on corruption and money laundering. We continue to raise the importance of tackling illicit financial flows through all our engagement at Ministerial and senior official level.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/11/2018 14:53:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

999553

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	Sudan: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to reports of the arrest and detention of 13 Christians in south Darfur in October 2018, what progress his Department has made through the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue on promoting freedom of religion or belief in Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	186980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The British Government is aware of reports of the detention of 13 Christians in Darfur last month, and welcomes their recent release. We continue to make clear to the Government of Sudan our expectation that all detainees are treated in accordance with international standards. Sudan remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and we discussed freedom of religion or belief at the sixth round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue on 7 November. I visited Sudan in September, and the Minister for the Commonwealth and UN visited in October. We both raised religious freedom issues with senior members of the government and with Christian and Muslim religious leaders.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/11/2018 14:58:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

999554

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	South Sudan: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the October 2018 report by The Sentry entitled The Profiteers: documentary shines new light on South Sudan's neighbours' role in the conflict, what steps his department is taking to improve the capacity of financial regulatory bodies in (a) Kenya and (b) Uganda.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	186981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Addressing the corruption that enables the conflict in South Sudan is crucial for tackling the culture of impunity that prevails. We welcome the recent release of the documentary The Profiteers, which will help to raise the international profile of this important issue. The British Government continues to work closely with regional partners, including Kenya and Uganda, international financial institutions, and other British Government departments to address the illicit financial flows fuelling the conflict in South Sudan, and to clamp down on corruption and money laundering. We continue to raise the importance of tackling illicit financial flows through all our engagement at Ministerial and senior official level.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/11/2018 15:04:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

999555

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	Sudan: Journalism and Radio
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has allocated (a) funding and (b) other support to (i) independent journalism and (ii) Radio Dabanga in Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	186982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not currently fund any media outlets in Sudan. The British Government has made clear our expectation that freedom of expression and of the media must be respected in Sudan. We continue to discuss this issue at senior levels with the Government of Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/11/2018 13:32:25 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham