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868404

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	Colombia: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Colombian counterpart on not accrediting the new representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the UN Office in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	133624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>​​We welcome the appointment of Mr Alberto Brunori, who was announced as the new representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia on 21 March. We also thank the departing representative, Mr Todd Howland, for his leadership of the UN Office for Human Rights in Colombia since 2012. The office has played a vital role in supporting those working to improve human rights in Colombia. In December 2017, I was pleased to announce a package of support for Colombia’s peace process that included £400k in financial support for the UN Office for Human Rights.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/03/2018 12:30:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

855494

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	France: Foreign Relations
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 his oral contribution of 20 February 2018, Official Report, column 5, what the criteria is for the appointment of the membership of the comité des sages.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	130801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 March to PQ 130582.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/03/2018 11:48:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

852586

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	France: Foreign Relations
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 his oral contribution of 20 February 2018, Official Report, column 5, when the committee of wise people to consider future UK-French collaboration will be established.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	130582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The committee of wise people will be established as soon as it is practical to do so, once the modalities for its membership and its terms of reference are agreed and established.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/03/2018 17:43:53 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

827977

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Honduras: Violence
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 respond to Early Day Motion 825 on post-election violence in Honduras.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	123937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the fragile, political and security situation in Honduras. We continue to urge all sides to pursue a resolution through dialogue and to avoid violence. The Government condemns attacks and threats against journalists, peaceful protesters and human rights defenders.</p><p>Following confirmation on 5 January by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of the re-election of Juan Orlando Hernandez, the British Ambassador to Honduras issued a statement calling on the authorities to protect human rights and work to restore confidence in national institutions. We support the conclusions of the EU Election Observer Mission, and encorage the Government of Honduras to implement recommended reforms to the electoral system in advance of future elections.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/01/2018 16:29:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

822895

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	China: Falun Gong
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 respond to Early Day Motion 677 on the Falun Gong and harvesting organs.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	122578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by and condemn all restrictions placed on freedom of religion or belief in China, including on practitioners of Falun Gong. At the UK/China Human Rights dialogue on 27 June 2017 we discussed our concerns about restrictions placed on Falun Gong practitioners with the Chinese authorities. Furthermore, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in June 2017, the UK's statement highlighted our concerns about restrictions placed on religious freedoms in China.</p><p>The UK is concerned by any allegations that involuntary organ removal is taking place in China, and suggestions that minority and religious groups are being specifically targeted. However, it is our analysis that the evidence available to us, at this time, does not substantiate claims of systemic organ harvesting in China. We have raised this issue directly with the Chinese authorities and my officials continue to scrutinise new evidence on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 18/01/2018 15:34:23 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

818804

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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 respond to EDM 483, role of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	121568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is deeply concerned by Iran’s destabilising involvement in regional conflicts, including in Syria and Yemen, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and IRGC Qods Force, and by reported financial and military support to militant and proscribed groups, such as Hizballah, Hamas and Palestinian rejectionist groups, and the Houthis in Yemen. We are also seriously concerned by Iran’s ballistic missile programme. I raised these concerns directly during my visit to Iran in August 2017, as did the Foreign Secretary in December 2017. I also raised the UK’s serious concerns about the human rights situation in Iran. The September 2017 report of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran sets out the role of the IRGC in human rights violations in Iran – in particular in the harassment and detention of minority groups. The UK has shown its leadership in co-sponsoring the UN General Assembly’s Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Iran in November 2017. The IRGC as a whole remains subject to EU and US sanctions; a large number of associated individuals and entities are also designated. We continue to review the list of proscribed groups, but do not routinely comment on consideration of specific organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/01/2018 16:24:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

816881

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Colombia: 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 technical support the UK Government is providing to the Colombian Government to ensure the establishment of the proposed Truth Commission in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	121308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is the biggest contributor to the UN Trust Fund, which provides support to the Truth Commission. Through the UN Office for Human Rights in Colombia, we also provide financial support for projects to enable victims to participate in the Peace Agreement’s truth, justice and reparation process, which includes the Truth Commission.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:15:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

788500

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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 list the occasions on which Ministers or officials in his Department have met representatives of the Iranian Government to call for the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	112728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and I regularly raise all our dual national detainee cases, including Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, at the highest levels and at every opportunity. I last raised our cases with the Iranian Ambassador on 14 November. Officials in London and Tehran, including our Ambassador also regularly raise these cases.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/11/2017 16:47:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

782124

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Sudan: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is giving to human rights defenders working in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	110959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Sudan is a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, and we remain concerned about the human rights situation in Sudan. We used the fourth round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue to agree steps that the Government of Sudan would take to further progress on human rights issues, and to raise again our concerns.</p><p>We welcomed the recent release and pardoning of six human rights activists, including Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, an issue on which we actively lobbied the Government of Sudan. However, a number of human rights challenges remain. The UK will continue to be a strong advocate of the work that human rights defenders do in Sudan. Our Embassy in Khartoum maintains a regular dialogue with the Government of Sudan on human rights issues, and we will continue to lobby them on individual cases of particular concern.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/11/2017 14:31:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

773182

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Mauritius
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 16 October 2017 to Question 105948, on which occasions the Government of Mauritius has made known to the Government its claim that the British Indian Ocean Territory is part of Mauritius.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	108406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Mauritius amended its Constitution in 1982 to include the Chagos Archipelago (which the UK administers as the British Indian Ocean Territory) within its Territory. The Government of Mauritius repeatedly makes the claim both in public and private that the Chagos Archipelago is part of Mauritius. Most recently Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth made this point during his speech at the UN General Assembly in September. The UK is clear about its sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory and strongly rejects Mauritius' claim that the Territory is part of Mauritius.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/10/2017 15:54:17 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady