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date	12/06/2019
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	International Law
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 strengthen the rules-based international order.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	263920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The rules-based international system has made the world collectively more prosperous and safe than ever before. Making the case for effective multilateralism is the responsibility of all those who believe in the opportunities that co-operation brings. Upholding and strengthening this system is a priority for the government. We are reinvigorating and expanding the UK's diplomatic network in order to reinforce our friendships and alliances, to defend the values of democracy and human rights, to reform the multilateral architecture where needed and to reach agreement on new rules in evolving policy areas. This will allow the UK to play a leading role in shaping a rules-based international system fit for the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 19/06/2019 09:57:52 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

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registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	International Law
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 strengthen the rules-based international order.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	197482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The rules-based international system has made the world collectively more prosperous and safe than ever before. Today, upholding and strengthening this system is a priority for the government. We are reinvigorating and expanding the UK's diplomatic network in order to reinforce our friendships and alliances, to defend the values of democracy and human rights, to reform the multilateral architecture where needed, and to reach agreement on new rules in evolving policy areas. This will allow the UK to play a leading role in shaping a rules-based international system fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2018 14:20:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

992774

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	International Law
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 discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US administration on the maintenance of international (a) law and (b) institutions.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	182109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary speaks regularly to his US counterparts on issues related to international law and institutions. During his speech in Washington in August the Foreign Secretary called on all states to work together to uphold the rules-based international order and restore confidence in international institutions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/10/2018 14:32:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

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registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	International Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 25 November (HL Deb, col 840), what assessment they have made of the legal implications of (1) the United Kingdom's invasion of Iraq, and (2) Russia's annexation of Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>(1) The UK took military action in Iraq in 2003 on the basis of UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) dating back to Resolution 678, and culminating in UNSCR 1441 which was passed unanimously on 8 November 2002. <br><br>(2) The UK does not, and will not, recognise the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia. This action violated the UN Charter, was illegal under international law and breached a number of commitments Russia had made. It is for these reasons that Russia has subsequently been isolated in the Security Council and in the wider international community.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/12/2014 16:58:46 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch