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date	16/11/2017
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	Zimbabwe: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 November (HL Deb, col 2028) that Robert Mugabe’s “followers were looting and plundering that richly endowed country”, and in the light of sanctions having previously been imposed on Robert and Grace Mugabe, why financial sanctions have not been imposed on other persons involved or connected with the Mugabe regime.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL3306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>EU sanctions were imposed on others in the Mugabe regime in the past, but successively lifted over the years, except for Mugabe, his wife and Zimbabwe Defence Industries. There are suspended sanctions on five security chiefs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/11/2017 12:19:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

789895

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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 long it will take to determine whether to offer Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The question of whether it is possible to offer diplomatic protection to Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a complex one involving a range of both legal and other considerations. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is considering all aspects of the issue and will discuss it with her husband in the first instance.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/11/2017 16:20:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

788857

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia in relation to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen; and to what effect.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL3166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Addressing the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a priority for the UK and we continue to raise the issue with our regional and international partners. The Foreign Secretary has raised his concerns about the impact of the access restrictions on the humanitarian situation with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, most recently on 23 November. The Minister for the Middle East did the same with the UAE Deputy Foreign Minister on 13 November and the Saudi Foreign Minister on 21 November. The Foreign Secretary has also discussed the humanitarian crisis in Yemen with the UN Secretary General.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/11/2017 16:11:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

788267

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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: Military Attachés
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what duties the UK’s Defence Attaché to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has undertaken since their appointment; how often they have visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and what is the estimated cost of maintaining that post.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s non-resident Defence Attaché to the Democratic People’s Republic for Korea has held two meetings with his counterparts since taking office. The issues were related to the accreditation process required by the UK’s non-resident Defence Attaché. The Defence Attaché has not visited the Democratic Republic of Korea. There are no identified costs associated with maintaining this post.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/11/2017 16:07:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

788268

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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: Military Attachés
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the current Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Defence Attaché has visited the UK; whether any of those visits were fully, or in part, subsidised by any publicly funded body; and what assessment they have made of the possibility that that Defence Attaché may have been trained by the intelligence services of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The current Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Defence Attaché to the UK, who is non-resident and based in Moscow, has not visited the UK in an official capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/11/2017 16:03:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool