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1015828

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date	27/11/2018
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	Burma: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement targeted sanctions against the military in Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>​The UK was instrumental in delivering the EU's targeted sanctions on seven individuals responsible for human rights violations in Rakhine, adopted at the Foreign Affairs Council on 25 June. We have focused on those who were directly responsible for the units that have been identified by multiple reports from credible international organisations as committing human rights violations in Rakhine. We are currently in discussion with EU partners on adding other individuals to this sanctions listing.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/12/2018 15:37:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1015844

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Victor Mallet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received an explanation from the government of Hong Kong for the rejection of a visa for the British journalist Victor Mallett; and if so, what it was.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL11844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We remain concerned by the Hong Kong authorities’ unprecedented rejection of a visa for senior British journalist Victor Mallet. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific raised this issue with Hong Kong Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung during his visit to Hong Kong on 11 November. He sought an explanation for the visa refusal, but did not receive one. In the absence of an explanation from the authorities we can only conclude that this move is politically motivated. This undermines Hong Kong’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press, both guaranteed by the Joint Declaration, and the Basic Law, and increases the pressure on the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ framework. Confidence in Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms is an essential component of its future success.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/12/2018 15:39:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1015872

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the reported detention of over 900 Palestinian children from January to October 2018, 270 of whom were still detained as of the end of October; and what assessment they have made of whether those children have been denied education, family visits, and medical attention.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL11867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>​The UK is extremely concerned about the treatment of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons. We continue to make representations to the Israeli authorities on this issue at senior levels, and did so most recently on 29 October with the Israeli Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 16:06:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1015873

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Jerusalem: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the number of evictions of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem to make way for Jewish settlers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL11868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We regularly make clear our serious concerns about the situation in East Jerusalem to the Israeli authorities and the Municipality of Jerusalem, both bilaterally and in co-operation with EU partners. These concerns include: the evictions of Palestinians and demolition of Palestinian property; the construction of illegal Israeli settlements; removal of residency rights from Palestinians; possible unilateral changes to the municipal borders; and severe difficulties of access to Jerusalem for Palestinians from the West Bank, or for those residents of Jerusalem who live beyond the Separation Barrier. The EU issued a statement on 24 November raising concerns over this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 16:03:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1015874

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Hebron: Pre-school Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the reported ban by Israeli authorities on the renovation of a Palestinian kindergarten near the Ibrahami Mosque in the Old City of Hebron.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL11869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>​We have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 16:02:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1015876

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about (1) its live fire policy towards protesters in Gaza, and (2) the number of wounded Palestinian adults and children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL11870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned at the high numbers of Palestinians killed and injured by the Israel Defence Forces in the West Bank and Gaza. We have repeatedly made clear to Israel our longstanding concerns about its conduct in its occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and we encourage the Israeli authorities to carry out transparent investigations into whether the use of live fire has been appropriate. We are also concerned that Hamas and its operatives have been exploiting the protests for their own purposes. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa regularly discusses the situation in Gaza with the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, and did so most recently on 11 October.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/12/2018 15:58:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge