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890035

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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: Nuclear Weapons
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 the (a) US administration, (b) Japanese Government and (c) South Korean Government on the planned talks between the US and North Korea.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	137087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary regularly speaks to his counterparts from the United States, Japan and Republic of Korea to encourage a diplomatic solution to the threat posed by North Korea. The UK welcomes that President Trump has agreed to hold direct talks with Kim Jong Un. We also welcome the positive developments from the inter-Korean Summit held on 27 April.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary most recently met with US Secretary of State Pompeo at the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on 27 April. The Foreign Secretary met with Japanese Foreign Minister Kono and the then acting US Secretary of State Sullivan at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Toronto on 24 April. The G7 meeting focused on tackling global security issues, such as the threat posed by North Korea. Ministers agreed the importance of the upcoming inter-Korean and US-North Korea Summits as an important step to achieve the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary last met ROK Foreign Minister Kang at the 19 March EU Foreign Affairs Council where they agreed the importance of maintaining the maximum pressure campaign to support talks.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 01/05/2018 16:21:53 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

890036

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the criteria are for the Government deciding to review the sanctions which the UK imposes on North Korea.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	137088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The UN Security Council (UNSC) has imposed ten resolutions on North Korea in response to its illegal pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile programmes since 2006 (most recently UNSCR 2397 on 23 December 2017). The EU has introduced its own additional autonomous measures. The sanctions contained within these measures, together with a strategy of maximum pressure, are designed to bring North Korea to the negotiating table with the aim of achieving the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of North Korea. Until North Korea takes concrete steps to bring this about we will continue working with our international partners to keep up pressure and strictly enforce existing sanctions. Any sanctions the UK imposes on North Korea result from UNSC and EU decisions and we would review them within the UNSC and EU frameworks.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/04/2018 14:15:35 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

845785

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Proscribed Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2018 to Question 124805, what organisations the Government maintains relations with which include factions actively involved in terrorist activity.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	128757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is the long-standing policy of the Government not to comment on matters relating to national security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/02/2018 18:36:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

828138

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on Turkish military action against the YPG in northern Syria.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	124098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>​The UK recognises Turkey's legitimate interest in the security of its borders. We are closely following developments in Afrin in north-western Syria. Both the Foreign Secretary and Minister Burt have been in contact with Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu over the past days to urge them to avoid any escalation in violence and to seek to protect civilians. It remains in our shared interest to focus on achieving a political settlement that ends the war and suffering, and provides stability for all Syrians and the wider region.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/01/2018 15:11:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

828142

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Uganda: Capital Punishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Government of Uganda on that government’s possible reintroduction of the death penalty; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	124102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The death penalty was never abolished in Uganda and it remains on the statute books for 28 crimes. However, no civilian executions have been carried out since 1999 and none under court martial since 2002. The British Government continues to urge the Government of Uganda not to implement death sentences and to move towards a formal moratorium. We have taken note of President Museveni's comments and will monitor developments in country.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/01/2018 16:48:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

828143

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
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 the Government has had with the governments of Ukraine and Russia on the implications for security in that region of the Ukrainian Parliament’s declaration of 18 January 2018 that Russia is an aggressor state.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	124103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>​Russia's territorial aggression in the Donbas and Crimea, and its broader efforts to undermine and destabilise Ukraine, represent a fundamental challenge to the rules-based international order and a threat to regional security. We make this clear in discussions with both Ukrainian and Russian interlocutors. It is for the Ukrainian government to determine how it organises its response to this aggression.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/01/2018 15:13:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

822930

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Hezbollah: Weapons
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 Hezbollah’s weapons arsenal.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	122613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of reports that Hizballah continues to amass an arsenal of weapons in Lebanon. The UK remains concerned about the threat that this poses to regional stability and the direct contravention of UN Security Council Resolutions 1559 and 1701.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:51:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

758167

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	North Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the implications are for the Government's policies on North Korea of the C4ADS Report Risky Business, published in June 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	9070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>​The UK is working in collaboration with UN and EU partners to make it harder for the DPRK to develop processes to procure, through illicit trade and finance activities, the technologies used to support its illegal weapons programmes. This includes sanctioning individuals, entities and items associated with those sectors responsible for funding its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 14/09/2017 15:24:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

757658

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	North Korea: Guided Weapons
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 he has had with the Governments of (a) Japan, (b) South Korea and (c) the US since the launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile by North Korea on 29 August 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	8900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the statement made by my Rt Hon Friend the Foreign Secretary (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula</a>)</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/09/2017 16:07:14 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

757659

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	North Korea: Sanctions
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 assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UN sanctions regime against North Korea.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	8901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>As the Foreign Secretary made clear in his statement (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula</a>), it is crucial that the international community maintains pressure on the North Korean regime, both diplomatically and through sanctions. Measures against the financial sector and commodity exports make it harder for the DPRK to fund its illegal programmes. The unanimous adoption of UNSCRs 2371 on 5 August and UNSCR 2375 on 11 September, with the toughest package of sanctions on DPRK yet, demonstrates the level of consensus among the international community on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/09/2017 16:19:02 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton