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971670

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	USA: International Criminal Court
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 US counterparts on the International Criminal Court.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	173538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK is clear that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has the capacity to play an important role in ending impunity for the most serious international crimes. It has our support in pursuing the mandate it was given under the Rome Statute. The Foreign Secretary raised the ICC with US Secretary of State Pompeo recently and highlighted the UK’s ongoing support for international criminal justice and accountability.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/10/2018 10:53:20 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

971671

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Burma: International Criminal Court
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 had with his US counterpart on a possible referral of the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	173539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Following the release of the UN Fact Finding Mission summary report on 27 August, UK officials urgently discussed the report and its recommendations with US officials. These include the recommendations that the Security Council refers to about the situation in Burma, to the International Criminal Court. The Foreign Secretary and I addressed accountability with the US and, a range of other counterparts at the UN General Assembly in late September. Our assessment is that there is still insufficient support within the Security Council for referral to the ICC. We will continue to keep this under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/10/2018 15:12:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

971672

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Cambodia: Human Rights
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 his counterpart in Cambodia on the political freedoms in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	173540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We take every opportunity to raise our concerns about political freedoms in Cambodia. I expressed my dismay about the recent elections and the fact that there was no credible opposition to Prime Minister Hun Sen, Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn during my visit to Cambodia from 21-23 August. I also met leading representatives of civil society during the visit, to hear about the ongoing challenges they face and what more we can do to assist them. At the 39th UN Human Rights Council on 11 September, the UK urged Cambodian authorities to lift restrictions on political debate and media freedom, drop all charges against and restrictions on opposition leader Kem Sokha, and create the conditions for a proper functioning democracy.</p><p>We shall continue to work closely with the EU and other like-minded partners, to press the Cambodian authorities to take further steps towards restoring the conditions for a fully functioning multi-party democracy.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/10/2018 11:58:24 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

971723

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Turkey: Forests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on the forest fires in the Turkish province of Tunceli.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	173498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>I have not discussed the recent forest fires in Tunceli province with the Turkish Foreign Minister. However, I am aware that the Governor of the province said in mid-August, that the authorities were doing all they could to put out the fires, which were later extinguished.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 09/10/2018 10:17:24 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

971725

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Turkey: Forests
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 effectiveness of the Turkish Government’s efforts to extinguish forest fires in (a) the Turkish province of Tunceli and (b) other Turkish regions with high ethnic minority populations; and if he will make an assessment of the effect of those fires on those ethnic minority populations.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	173499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>I have no reason to question the effectiveness of the Turkish authorities in tackling forest fires, in Tunceli or any other part of Turkey. Under the circumstances I am unable to assess the impact on local communities of the fires.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 09/10/2018 10:40:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

971726

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Turkey: Forests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government has provided to the Alevi community in the Turkish province of Tunceli following forest fires in that region.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	173500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We have not provided specific support to any part of Tunceli's community following the fires, and no Turkish request had been made to us for help.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 09/10/2018 10:47:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

971742

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Emergency Travel Documents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing emergency travel documents from UK embassies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	173638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>In line with HM Treasury (HMT) guidelines, we are required to recover the full cost of providing all of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) consular services, including the provision of Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs). Fees introduced in April 2016 took account, for the first time, of the full cost of providing consular services and forecast income over the Spending Review period. Consular services are funded through income received from the Consular premium (£14.93 on each standard passport issued) and fees charged for specific services provided to British nationals abroad (for example, the issue of ETDs) and legalisation services provided in the UK. Fees are differentiated between types of service. The fee for providing any individual service is the same throughout the overseas network.</p><p>We conduct an annual review of consular fees to ensure that the fees charged are appropriate and reflect the costs of providing consular services. The costs attributed to providing consular services fluctuate from year to year depending on the overall cost to Government of operating the overseas network and how these are shared amongst the different Government Departments and FCO services using the platform. The Consular Fees Model then further allocates costs across four categories of service (providing assistance, ETDs, notarial acts and legalisation of documents). For example, the increased cost in 2017-18 reflects changes to how the Consular Fees Model makes use of staff activity recording which should allow for more consistency in future, but does make comparison with prior years less relevant.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Cost of Issuing ETDs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£7,493,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£5,046,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£4,632,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£8,257,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£12,918,549</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/10/2018 15:41:46 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 77294 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

971896

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the report by Human Rights Watch Hiding Behind the Coalition: Failure to Credibly Investigate and Provide Redress for Unlawful Attacks in Yemen, published 24 August, that the Joint Incidents Assessment Team of the Saudi–UAE coalition lacks credibility and fails to provide credible, impartial and transparent investigations into alleged coalition laws-of-war violations; and whether, following that report, they intend to conduct their own investigation into the impact of air strikes and potential violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL10258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK regularly encourages Saudi Arabia to conduct thorough and conclusive investigations into reports of alleged violations of international humanitarian law. The Coalition Joint Incident Assessment Team (JIAT) is unparalleled in the region.</p><p>We welcome the release by the JIAT of the outcome of over 85 investigations into incidents of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law in Yemen. We continue to believe that Saudi Arabia has the best insight into their own military procedures, in line with the standards we set for ourselves and our allies.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/09/2018 15:42:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

971897

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Yemen: War Crimes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in its report Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014, published 17 August, that it has reasonable grounds to believe that individuals in the government of Yemen and the Saudi–UAE coalition may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution that may amount to war crimes.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL10259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2018 answer text <p>This UN report further underlines the deeply concerning human rights situation in Yemen and the importance of reaching a political solution to this conflict. We believe it is important to give the Group of Eminent Experts more time to fully examine the conflict and to ensure that its conclusions accurately reflect the conduct of all parties in future reporting. The UK joined the consensus on the Resolution that established the Group of Eminent Experts last year and we hope the UN Human Rights Council will renew its existing mandate this year.</p><p>We regularly raise the importance of compliance with international humanitarian law with the Saudi Arabian Government and other members of the Coalition. The Saudi-led Coalition Joint Incidents Assessment Team has so far announced the findings of over 85 investigations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/09/2018 15:38:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

971910

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, or intend to make, to the government of Bahrain about reports that the political prisoners Hajer Mansoor, Medina Ali and Najah Ahmed Yusuf are suffering in their cells from second-hand smoke and are banned from taking part in activities related to the Muharram religious festival; and, following any such representations, what assurances they have received that they will be moved to another cell and allowed to observe Muharram fully.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL10271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2018 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office continue to monitor the case of Hajer Mansoor, Medina Ali and Najah Ahmed Yusuf. We have raised the cases at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain.</p><p>We understand family members of Mrs Mansoor have been in direct contact with the oversight bodies. The UK continues to encourage the oversight bodies in Bahrain to carry out thorough and swift investigations into any claims of mistreatment or other concerns about treatment in detention.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/09/2018 15:43:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven