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225904

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Maldives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Maldives on the trial of former President Mohammed Nasheed.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	226639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>We have a number of serious concerns about increasing political tensions in the Maldives and the arrest of former President Nasheed, who has now been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for forceful abduction. As I said in my statement of 13 March, despite calls from the international community for due process to be followed, we are concerned that the former President's trial has not been conducted in a transparent and impartial manner nor in accordance with due legal process. <br><br>I made my concerns very clear when I discussed this issue with the Foreign Minister of the Maldives, Dunya Maumoon, on 6 March. As I also said in my statement of 13 March, should Mr Nasheed decide to appeal, we will watch that process closely and hope that Mr Nasheed will be properly and transparently accorded the rights that every citizen of the Maldives is entitled to.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 16/03/2015 17:11:35 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

170690

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the British Embassy in Pyongyang has had with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials on reports to the UN Commission of Inquiry of widespread use of sexual violence against women within the Workers' Party of Korea, the government of the DPRK and the Korean People's Army.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	219046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>We welcome the spotlight shone by the Commission of Inquiry report on horrific and systemic violations of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), not least with regard to sexual violence against women. We have urged the DPRK authorities, through both our Embassy in Pyongyang and the DPRK Embassy in London, to respond in detail to the contents of the report and to address the violations that it documents. The DPRK continues to reject the Commission’s findings and will not engage on the detail of the Commission’s report.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 05/01/2015 15:40:55 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

156028

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has been able to choose where to implement its projects within North Korea; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	214689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office runs a range of programmes in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) which support our country objectives. When we discuss project proposals with the DPRK authorities, we identify locations in the DPRK where we assess our project work is likely to have the most impact. However, it is not possible to conduct projects in the DPRK without the agreement and cooperation of the DPRK authorities. We retain the right to reject locations and to withdraw funding if we are not satisfied.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 24/11/2014 16:00:23 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

156029

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) UK-contracted organisations have been able freely to choose the participants in UK-funded projects in North Korea.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	214688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office runs a range of programmes in the DPRK which support our country objectives. It is not possible to run projects in the DPRK without the agreement and cooperation of the DPRK authorities. When project proposals are discussed with the DPRK authorities, we identify which organisations we judge would be the most appropriate participants in the project. The DPRK authorities then nominate individual participants. We of course retain the right to reject participants and to withdraw funding if we are not satisfied.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/11/2014 12:23:39 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

156030

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	North Korea
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 estimate the number of North Koreans who have taken part in UK-funded projects in North Korea in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	214687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>During the 2013-2014 Financial Year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) funded a range of programmes in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in support of our country objectives. We estimate that during the last Financial Year, over 650 North Koreans participated in FCO-funded programmes. Our largest commitment, a programme of English Language teaching and training delivered through the British Council, trained approximately 450 teachers. In 2013, we also supported a number of small-scale projects which we estimate benefitted the lives of around 40,000 ordinary DPRK citizens.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/11/2014 12:20:32 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

99837

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	North Korea
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 findings of the United Nations Panel of Experts that many of the component parts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) Unha-3 rocket were manufactured in the UK; and what steps are being taken to tighten existing UN sanctions on the DPRK's weapons programmes.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	211075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>HMG welcomes the UN DPRK Panel of Experts' 2014 Final Report. As highlighted in the report, we are cooperating fully with the Panel's investigation, whose preliminary conclusions were that all UK-origin parts used in the Unha-3 rocket were uncontrolled (i.e. off-the-shelf) items. These items do not contravene UN sanctions, MTCR control listings or UK trade restrictions and were not sold directly to the DPRK or its entities.</p><p>This highlights the lengths the DPRK takes to avoid direct purchases in favour of acquisitions through intermediaries based in third countries. HMG remains fully committed to upholding the UN-imposed sanctions on the DPRK and monitors UK activity closely to control the DPRK’s access to proliferation-sensitive material and collaborates with partners to minimise the risk of goods being diverted.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/10/2014 14:22:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

99839

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	North Korea: Iran
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 of bilateral co-operation between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of nuclear weapons technology.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	211074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The nuclear programmes of Iran and the DPRK are both of significant concern to the UK and to the international community. We continue to carefully monitor all developments, and to support and lead international efforts to prevent WMD proliferation, including the spread of related knowledge and technology.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/10/2014 14:16:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown