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759568

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date	12/09/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose measures to improve the status quo for the people of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, for humanitarian reasons and to prepare the way for permanent peace negotiations.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly raises with the Government of Israel concerns about the situation for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, and pushes for an easing of restrictions. We are firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, and call upon all parties to abide by International Humanitarian Law. Ultimately peace will only come through fresh negotiations between the parties, which the UK fully supports, and it is critical that Israel and the Palestinians take advantage of any momentum gathered through international efforts.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 16:00:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

759569

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Saudi Arabia: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they made to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Abdel al-Jubeir, when he visited London on 4 September, concerning reports of financial and logistical support provided by Saudi Arabia to Daesh and other radical Sunni groups in the Middle East and Asia.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
uin	HL1539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2017 answer text <p>This was not discussed on 5 September. We have seen no evidence to suggest there has been any funding of Daesh by the Government of Saudi Arabia. Where we do have concerns we do not shy away from raising them. Saudi Arabia has had its own painful experiences as the victim of numerous Daesh attacks. It is a key ally in the fight against Daesh, participating in coalition airstrikes to fight it and speaking out against its poisonous ideology.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/09/2017 15:10:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

759570

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Saudi Arabia: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they made to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Abdel al-Jubeir, when he visited London on 4 September, concerning religious freedom, eliminating discriminatory enforcement of laws against religious minorities, and promoting respect and tolerance for minority Muslim and non-Muslim religious practices and beliefs.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
uin	HL1540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2017 answer text <p>Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights priority country, particularly because of the restrictions on freedom of religion or belief. Although not discussed on 5 September, we regularly raise our concern with the Government of Saudi Arabia.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/09/2017 15:09:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

759571

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Saudi Arabia: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of freedom of religion or belief in Saudi Arabia.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
uin	HL1541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>Saudi Arabia remains a human rights priority country because of the restrictions on the freedom of religion and belief, including the prohibition on publicly practising religions other than Islam. The UK Government strongly supports the right to freedom of religion or belief as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent international human rights instruments.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 16:00:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

759572

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guarantees, if any, they sought from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Abdel al-Jubeir, when he visited London on 4 September, that British arms sales to Saudi Arabia will only be used in accordance with international humanitarian law.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
uin	HL1542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2017 answer text <p>During his visit to London on 4-5 September, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir had meetings with the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary. Both raised the importance of Coalition compliance with their international humanitarian law obligations.</p><p>The UK Government takes its arms export licensing responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. Our defence exports to Saudi Arabia are kept under careful and continual review to ensure they meet the rigorous standards of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application.</p><p>We welcomed the High Court’s ruling in July this year that UK Government decisions on arms export licensing to Saudi Arabia are lawful. The judgment stated the Government was rationally entitled to conclude that Saudi Arabia has been, and remains, genuinely committed to compliance with international humanitarian law. We note the application to appeal and will continue to defend the decisions challenged.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/09/2017 16:03:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

759579

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which department is responsible for overseeing weather phenomena during the Caribbean hurricane season.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL1549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the lead Department for responding to crises overseas, including natural disasters. The Met Office, as the UK’s National Meteorological Service, monitors weather around the world, including hurricanes in the Caribbean, and provides the FCO and other departments with up to date meteorological advice. This ensures coordinated and timely cross government preparations and response.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/10/2017 12:53:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

759582

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Foreign Secretary intends to meet the Iranian Foreign Minister or members of his team at the next UN General Assembly; and if so, whether he will seek to ensure that the British Ambassador to Iran can visit the detained British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, particularly in the light of concerns about her health.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL1552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary met the Iranian Foreign Minister on 18 September and raised the cases of our British/Iranian dual-national detainees, including Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe. I also raised our dual national detainees with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, at the UN General Assembly in New York.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1553 question first answered 26/09/2017 16:00:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

759583

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make an appeal to Iran to release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, in the context of the theme of the General Debate of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, Focusing on people: striving for peace and a decent life for all on a sustainable planet.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL1553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary met the Iranian Foreign Minister on 18 September and raised the cases of our British/Iranian dual-national detainees, including Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe. I also raised our dual national detainees with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, at the UN General Assembly in New York.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1552 question first answered 26/09/2017 16:00:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

759584

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are taking forward the request from Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's legal representative that an independent medical commission should examine her for her fitness to remain in prison; and whether they intend to seek assurances that any such assessment will be objective.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL1554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>We are not aware of any request to assist on this matter from either the legal representative or family of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, but we will consider what assistance we may be able to offer should a request be made.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 15:56:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

759594

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Hamas leaders have offered the government of Israel a long-term ceasefire in exchange for the blockade on the Gaza Strip being lifted.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>​While we have not made any assessment of this issue, we have been clear that we believe that a durable ceasefire agreement should ensure that Hamas and other terrorist groups permanently end rocket fire and other terrorist attacks against Israel, and that all terrorist groups in Gaza should disarm. Our policy on Hamas remains clear: Hamas must renounce violence, recognise Israel and accept previously signed agreements. Hamas must make credible movement towards these conditions, which remain the benchmark against which its intentions should be judged. We call on those in the region with influence over Hamas to encourage them to take these steps.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 15:59:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge