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723131

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Diplomatic Service: Qualifications
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 murder and manslaughter teams in Consular Directorates are required to have particular qualifications to handle the cases they deal with; and what training such staff receive to carry out that work.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	71543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>All members of the Murder and Manslaughter Team complete the mandatory training for all front line consular staff at the start of their roles. They then complete a further programme of assessed learning specifically designed for those handling murder/manslaughter cases. The team also take opportunities for wider learning and development on trauma and crisis work to ensure they provide the best support to families of those murdered and killed overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/04/2017 14:52:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

723132

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to seek the agreement of the (a) OPCW Executive Council, (b) Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention and (c) UN Security Council on punitive measures against the Government of Syria in the event that the use of chemical weapons by that Government in Khan Sheikhoun on 4 April 2017 is confirmed by the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	71566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>​​The UK has been at the forefront of those making the case that those found responsible for chemical weapons attacks must be held to account. A UK-US-French attempt to agree UN sanctions in response to previous chemical weapons attacks was vetoed by Russia and China in the UN Security Council on 28 February. In March we helped secure agreement from the EU to add 4 Syrian military officials to the sanctions list for their role in carrying out chemical weapon attacks. We welcome the further sanctions Canada and the US have introduced in recent days. We will continue work with partners to take action against those responsible for chemical weapons attacks.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 26/04/2017 11:29:49 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

723134

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's priorities were for the 54th Special Session of the OPCW Executive Council on 13 and 19 April 2017; what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the outcome of those meetings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	71568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">​The UK has been at the forefront of those making the case that those found responsible for chemical weapons attacks must be held to account. A UK-US-French attempt to agree UN sanctions in response to previous chemical weapons attacks was vetoed by Russia and China in the UN Security Council on 28 February. In March we helped secure agreement from the EU to add 4 Syrian military officials to the sanctions list for their role in carrying out chemical weapon attacks. We welcome the further sanctions Canada and the US have introduced in recent days. We will continue work with partners to take action against those responsible for chemical weapons attacks. </del><ins class="ministerial">The UK’s priority for the recent session of the OPCW Executive Council was to make clear international condemnation of the 4 April Khan Sheikhoun attack and to confirm our support for the OPCW investigation which began immediately following that attack. We welcome the Executive Council’s overwhelming vote on 20 April to reject a Russian-Iranian proposal which would have distracted from and undermined the OPCW expert investigations which are already under way. We will continue to support the work of the OPCW Fact Finding Mission and the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 26/04/2017 13:30:31 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:35:02 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson previous answer version 45979 answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

723136

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
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 the Government has made of the (a) size of the chemical weapons stockpile and (b) number of chemical weapons production facilities not formally declared to the OPCW by the Government of Syria.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	71567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>​The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(OPCW) is responsible for verifying Syria's declaration and its Director General has reported to the Executive Council that despite a significant amount of time and resource devoted to engagement with the Syrian authorities over the last three years, &quot;gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies remain in the Government of Syria's declaration to the OPCW&quot;. These gaps and continuing attacks mean that the OPCW, with our strong support, continues to investigate Syria's declaration to seek to uncover the full picture.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 26/04/2017 11:25:16 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

723139

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans for the OPCW Executive Council to convene in Special Session when the Fact finding Mission in Syria completes its investigation of the attack of 4 April 2017 in Khan Sheikhoun; and what priorities the Government has planned for such a meeting in the event that the use of chemical weapons in the attack is confirmed by the Fact Finding Mission.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	71570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>​The Government's priority is that the Khan Sheikhoun attack is investigated and that those responsible are held to account. Once the Fact Finding Mission has determined that chemical weapons have or have likely been used in Syria, it is for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism to seek to attribute responsibility. We will work with partners to support that process.</p><p>The OPCW Executive Council met in special session on 13, 19 and 20 April to discuss the response to the Khan Sheikhoun attack and we will consider whether a further meeting of the Executive Council could usefully support that process.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 26/04/2017 13:32:06 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

723141

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Democratic Republic of Congo: 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, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned by the continuing violence in many parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We frequently raise the issue with the Government of DRC who are ultimately responsible for providing security for their citizens. We also recognise the need for the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) to deliver more, especially since its mandate was renewed in March. We have pushed hard in the UN Security Council for the protection of civilians to be the mission’s first priority. A growing body of evidence implicates elements of the Congolese security services in killings and other human rights violations. We have made clear that those who commit such violations, will face consequences for their actions. EU sanctions are currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/04/2017 15:12:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

723143

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Chechnya: Homosexuality
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 in response to reports of the imprisonment and abuse of homosexual men in Chechnya.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	71594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>​I refer the Hon. Member to my response to written question 70842, and the answers I gave when replying to an Urgent Question in the House on 20 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/04/2017 15:45:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

723144

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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 Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are estimated to be living abroad, by country.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	71595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The FCO does not record the volume of British citizens living abroad. The United Nations in their report on <em>'Trends in International Migrant Stock: Migrants by Destination and Origin' </em>estimated in 2015 that 4,917,460 British citizens were living outside of the UK. The report can be found at <a href="http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates15.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates15.shtml</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/04/2017 14:53:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

723145

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many non-frontline UK-based Consular Regional Directors are based overseas; in which countries those directors are based; and what the total cost is of those posts.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	71588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>​We have six Consular Regional Directors in our overseas network providing strategic leadership to our front line consular services around the world. They are based in the Netherlands, Oman, Singapore, South Africa, Spain and the USA at a total cost of £761,349 per annum.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/04/2017 14:47:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

723146

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
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	Sri Lanka: 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 discussions he is having with his counterpart in Sri Lanka on implementation of UN Human Rights Council resolutions relating to human rights in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	71609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>I met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Samaraweera at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 28 February. I also wrote to both the Foreign Minister and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on 20 April. In the meeting and subsequent letters, I recognised the Sri Lankan government's efforts to improve the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. I also welcomed their co-sponsorship of UN Human Rights Council Resolution 34/1. I encouraged accelerated progress towards fulfilling the commitments their government made in co-sponsoring Resolution 34/1 and raised the importance of the return of all military-held private land, the delivery of devolution through constitutional reform, the establishment of credible transitional justice mechanisms and the development of new counter-terrorism legislation in line with international human rights standards.</p><p>The UK is committed to the full implementation of Resolution 34/1 and will continue to support the Government of Sri Lanka in its efforts to promote reconciliation and human rights.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/04/2017 09:01:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting