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819991

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	North Korea: 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 information his Department holds on the degree of religious freedom in North Korea, and what steps he is taking to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion and belief in that country.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	122063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>​We are aware of reports, including the UN Commission of Inquiry report (2014), that people in North Korea who are involved in religion (outside of state-controlled organisations), face severe punishment for practising their beliefs, including summary executions, torture, lack of judicial process and forced labour. Officially recognised places of worship are effectively under state control. Given the closed nature of the regime it is difficult to verify reports.</p><p>We shall continue to work bilaterally and with partners in international fora, such as in the UN General Assembly and Human Rights Council, to raise our concerns on human rights issues with the DPRK government at every opportunity. We continue to urge the DPRK to uphold its human rights obligations and engage substantively with the international community on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/01/2018 17:43:13 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

713486

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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: Reconstruction
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 an assessment of the steps necessary to ensure the economic redevelopment of the Gaza Strip; and what steps can be taken to facilitate such redevelopment without affecting the security of Egypt and Israel.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	68966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>​We have frequent discussions with the Government of Israel about the need to ease restrictions on Gaza. Easing restrictions would alleviate the suffering of ordinary Palestinians, advance construction, and allow the Gazan economy to grow. We are also urging Egypt to show maximum flexibility in opening the Rafah crossing. A durable agreement is necessary to safeguard Egypt and Israel’s security; it must include Hamas and other terrorist groups permanently ending rocket fire.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/03/2017 13:47:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

600642

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	PKK
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 of the (a) extent, (b) effectiveness and (c) sources of financing of PKK terrorism in Turkey; and what support the Government has offered to the government of Turkey to help tackle such terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	48259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>​The PKK, and the linked Kurdistan Freedom Falcons are proscribed terrorist groups in the UK and within the EU, which makes the provision of financial support to them a criminal act. We continue to take action against their terrorist activity domestically and to encourage international partners to do the same. The UK and Turkey continue to work closely together to address terrorism in all its forms, on a bilateral basis and through international forums such as the Global Counter - Terrorism Forum, and the international Coalition Against Daesh. We continue to express our view that PKK violence must cease, and to encourage a peace process to bring the ongoing violence in the south east of Turkey to an end.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/10/2016 14:59:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

533375

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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	Gibraltar: Spain
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 ensure (a) the territorial integrity and (b) improved border arrangements with Spain of Gibraltar.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	42024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom will continue to stand by Gibraltar. We are confident of the United Kingdom’s sovereignty over the whole of Gibraltar, including British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, and have been firm in our commitment to the double lock. We will continue to protect the rights of the people of Gibraltar to remain British, for as long as they wish to do so.</p><p>Maintaining a well-functioning Gibraltar-Spain border is one of our top priorities. We welcome the overall downward trend in border delays since their height in 2013, but we are alive to the risk of a return to disproportionate delays at any time. Her Majesty’s Government is working closely with Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar and European partners ahead of proposed changes to the Schengen Border Code later this year to ensure that delays due to security checks are not disproportionate. As we prepare for the process to exit the EU, we will fully involve Gibraltar to ensure that its interests are taken properly into account.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/07/2016 14:59:18 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

511374

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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	Greece: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on when Greece will have taken steps to ensure that its asylum system is compliant with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on 21 January 2011 in the case of MSS vs Belgium and Greece.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	33712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Asylum Agency in Greece was founded in 2011 in response to criticism of the previous system and the case of MSS v. Belgium and Greece. The same law adapted Greek legislation to Directive 2008/115/EC on returning illegally residing third country nationals and related issues.</p><p>The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe monitors the case of MSS v. Belgium and Greece under the “enhanced supervision” procedure. They last considered it in December 2015 and will do so again in December 2016. There was no debate in 2015, which means the Secretariat were satisfied with the information Greece had provided.</p><p>The UN’s Universal Periodic Review of Greece will take place in early May. The review will cover the full range of human rights in Greece, including the asylum system. Greece’s self-assessment will be available on the website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/04/2016 13:23:28 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

453729

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
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 have been taken during the Government's negotiations on the UK's membership of the EU to restore the UK's rebate to its full previous value.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	903716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear that the four priorities of our renegotiations are: economic governance; competitiveness; sovereignty; and benefits to EU migrants.</p><p>The EU budget financing system was agreed in 2013, when we secured an historic real-terms cut and protected the rebate. Parliament ratified that deal last year.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/02/2016 15:38:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

442962

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
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 restore the full value of the UK's rebate from the EU as part of the process of renegotiating the UK's membership.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	21277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear about the four objectives at the heart of our renegotiations: economic governance, competitiveness, sovereignty and migration/welfare. These were explained in the Prime Minister’s letter of 10 November to President Tusk and, as the Prime Minister explained in his statement on 5 January, were discussed in detail during the December European Council meeting.</p><p>The financing system for the EU budget, which determines the UK’s contributions to the EU from 2014 to 2020, including the rebate, was agreed in 2013 when the Government secured an historic real-terms cut to expenditure and protected the rebate. Parliament ratified that deal last year.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/01/2016 16:45:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

388604

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Gibraltar
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 illegal incursions there have been into Gibraltarian waters from Spain by (a) official Spanish vessels and (b) civilian and other vessels in 2015 to date.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	6277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Between 1 January and 8 July, there were 234 unlawful incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) by Spanish State vessels. Unlawful incursions are violations of international law by foreign State vessels. The Government does not record the numbers of non-State vessels entering BGTW. They would not, in any event, constitute unlawful incursions.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/07/2015 14:46:20 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

349654

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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	Iran: Nuclear Power
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 of the proposal by Iran under a nuclear deal for a 24-day notification period for access to nuclear facilities in that country by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	1789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>A comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran that addresses our proliferation concerns will need to be fully verifiable by the International Atomic Energy Agency. This must include robust monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities, and Iran’s implementation of it's Additional Protocol, in order to reassure the international community that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/06/2015 15:27:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

348264

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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, what assessment he has made of the threat to the security of Israel from the cross-border tunnel system and the rocket arsenal Hezbollah has developed in southern Lebanon.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>We are concerned by continuing reports that Hizballah maintains a cross-border tunnel system in Southern Lebanon and significant stockpiles of missiles which could threaten Israel. These weapons are in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which mandates that “there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state”. Following fighting which took place between Hizballah and the Israel Defence Forces in January, we have continued to urge all parties to cooperate with UN Interim Force in Lebanon in order to maintain calm along the border and to refrain from further provocative acts. We continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/06/2015 13:14:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone