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77143

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Middle East
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 to visit the Middle East to assist in de-escalating the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
uin	205249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) has no immediate plans to visit the Middle East. However, he will continue to build contacts/meet international partners/Ministers to discuss the resolution of the conflict.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 14/07/2014 12:59:08 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood

76773

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Palestinian Authority
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 reports he has received on the Palestinian Authority's policy of payment of salaries to the families of convicted terrorists; what information his Department holds on the basis and scale of such payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	204894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We receive no such reports. The Ministry of Finance publishes expenditure on its website on a monthly basis, including a breakdown by Ministry. The Palestinian Authority Prime Minister and other Ministers have been clear in both public and to us that their payments to families of prisoners are intended to sustain families whose primary breadwinner has been imprisoned. However, no UK money is used for payments to Palestinian prisoners or their families.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 14/07/2014 16:07:29 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

76776

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Seas and Oceans: Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policy statements were announced by the Government at the Our Ocean conference held on 16 and 17 June 2014; and what steps the Government plans to take to implement those proposals.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	204954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Sir David King, the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative on Climate Change represented the Government at the Our Ocean conference in Washington. He highlighted the UK's ongoing ocean conservation work, in particular the Marine Protected Areas already designated in the British Indian Ocean Territories and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. No policy statements were announced.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 14/07/2014 17:01:21 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

76780

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	China
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 discuss with his Chinese counterpart the case of Zhang Shaojie, a Christian leader in Henan Province, who has been jailed for 12 years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	204848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain concerned about restrictions on freedom of religion and belief in China. We are aware of the case of Pastor Zhang Shaojie, and raised it directly with Chinese officials during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 19-20 May. We continue to raise our concerns with Chinese counterparts, and we also highlight them publicly through the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 14/07/2014 08:54:20 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

76785

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Colombia
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 make representations to the Colombian government on the harassment of the Patriotic March leader David Florez in Colombia on 7 July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	204785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We are concerned about reports of threats and violence against members of opposition political movements. Our Embassy in Bogota has raised several cases with the Colombian government and continues to monitor the situation closely.</p><p>The British Embassy in Bogota continues to publicly support the work of human rights defenders. I met David Florez on 10 July. I raised the issue of their security with the Deputy Defence Ministers during my visit to Colombia in June.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 14/07/2014 11:22:58 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

76343

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Pakistan
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 steps he has taken to encourage the repeal of blasphemy laws in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	204618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We regularly raise the blasphemy laws and their misuse against those of all faiths at the highest levels in Pakistan. During the visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif in April, the Prime Minister, my Right Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), raised our concerns as well as the need for reforms. We will continue to press the Pakistani government to make progress in this area.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 14/07/2014 11:29:54 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

76344

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Terrorism
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 his Department has had with the European Commission's Radicalisation Awareness Network and its Working Group on Voices of Victims of Terrorism in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	204620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not had discussions with the European Commission's Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) and its working group on Voices of Victims of Terrorism in the last three years, but did send a representative to a RAN working group meeting in 2013 on a separate issue.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 14/07/2014 11:33:38 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

76345

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Religious Freedom
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 emphasise adherence to fundamental freedoms of religion and association as part of the UK's foreign policy.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	204616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Promoting and protecting the freedom of religion or belief is a priority for UK foreign policy. We pursue it in our bilateral work and lobbying of other Governments, and through our human rights programme funding. We have also stepped up training in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on the influence of faith, in many parts of the world, on governments, communities and individuals.</p><p>Our work is based on the full definition of freedom of religion or belief as set out in article 18 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This includes the right to manifest your faith, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, through teaching, practice, worship and observance.</p><p>The FCO Minister responsible for freedom of religion or belief, the Senior Minister of State, my noble Friend the right hon. Baroness Warsi, has convened meetings of international leaders to generate support for practical steps to promote freedom of religion or belief and to fight religious intolerance. At the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, Baroness Warsi chaired a dialogue between political and faith leaders, and supported a separate non-governmental organization (NGO)-led event, to explore the role faith groups play, and to enlist their support for the objectives of the summit.</p><p>Freedoms of association and peaceful assembly, enshrined in both the Universal Declaration and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, are fundamental for democratic societies, where people must be able to gather (formally or informally), to express themselves, and to have a meaningful say in issues that affect them. Though these rights are not among the FCO's six thematic human rights priorities, they feature prominently in our dialogue with individual countries and in international fora about governance, the rule of law and human rights in general.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 14/07/2014 15:07:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

76346

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Israeli counterpart to discuss the political situation in Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	204601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>On 3 July, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) discussed the political situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories with the Israeli Foreign Minister.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 14/07/2014 08:05:04 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

76347

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Zimbabwe
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 relations with the government of Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	204528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain committed to supporting the Zimbabwean people in achieving a prosperous and democratic future, including through engagement with the Government of Zimbabwe. The UK continues to hold regular high-level meetings with the government and others across the political spectrum to promote democracy and good governance and discuss a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 14/07/2014 17:21:31 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott