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776880

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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 outcome of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty held on 20 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. While we cannot predict when other States will take the decisions necessary to ratify the Treaty, we will continue to press all states who have not yet ratified it, including the US, to do so. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Asia made a statement pressing for the entry into force and universalisation of the Treaty at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force on 20 September 2017. More recently, during the current 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, the UK co-sponsored a resolution pursuing these goals for the Treaty.</p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). We are one of the leading players in the design, maintenance and development of the Treaty's Verification regime. We also contribute funding and extensive UK expertise to the CTBTO, as well as contributions-in-kind for exercises.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 16:18:39 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

776881

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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 the Government is taking to support the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. While we cannot predict when other States will take the decisions necessary to ratify the Treaty, we will continue to press all states who have not yet ratified it, including the US, to do so. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Asia made a statement pressing for the entry into force and universalisation of the Treaty at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force on 20 September 2017. More recently, during the current 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, the UK co-sponsored a resolution pursuing these goals for the Treaty.</p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). We are one of the leading players in the design, maintenance and development of the Treaty's Verification regime. We also contribute funding and extensive UK expertise to the CTBTO, as well as contributions-in-kind for exercises.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 16:20:16 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

776882

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	USA: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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 representations he has made to his US counterpart on ratification by that country of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; and what assessment he has made of the prospects for such ratification under the current US Administration.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. While we cannot predict when other States will take the decisions necessary to ratify the Treaty, we will continue to press all states who have not yet ratified it, including the US, to do so. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Asia made a statement pressing for the entry into force and universalisation of the Treaty at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force on 20 September 2017. More recently, during the current 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, the UK co-sponsored a resolution pursuing these goals for the Treaty.</p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). We are one of the leading players in the design, maintenance and development of the Treaty's Verification regime. We also contribute funding and extensive UK expertise to the CTBTO, as well as contributions-in-kind for exercises.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 16:12:33 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

776883

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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 the Government is taking to help facilitate the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. While we cannot predict when other States will take the decisions necessary to ratify the Treaty, we will continue to press all states who have not yet ratified it, including the US, to do so. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Asia made a statement pressing for the entry into force and universalisation of the Treaty at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force on 20 September 2017. More recently, during the current 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, the UK co-sponsored a resolution pursuing these goals for the Treaty.</p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). We are one of the leading players in the design, maintenance and development of the Treaty's Verification regime. We also contribute funding and extensive UK expertise to the CTBTO, as well as contributions-in-kind for exercises.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 16:16:57 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

776985

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Domestic Service: Conditions of Employment
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 representations he has made to his counterparts in other countries on ratification of the International Labour Organisation Convention on Domestic Workers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>I have not raised the International Labour Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). The UK has not seen the need to ratify this Convention, given the effective provisions in our domestic law, but supports the Convention’s principles. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not have primary policy responsibility for this Convention.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 15:23:44 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

776986

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	USA: 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 made with his US counterpart on that Government's current Nuclear Posture Review.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>​I speak regularly to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to discuss a range of issues, including nuclear issues, as part of our strong bilateral cooperation on security and defence policy. As I set out in my Chatham House Conference speech on 23 October, the Government remains determined to continue to work with partners across the international community to address threats to our security, to prevent proliferation and where possible to make progress on multilateral nuclear disarmament.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 15:25:44 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

776988

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Weapons of Mass Destruction: Proliferation
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 the Government is taking to help facilitate implementation by UN member states of their obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 1540.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports UN Security Council Resolution 1540, including by helping States to implement their obligations under the resolution to take effective measures to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery. We are assisting several African countries to report on their implementation of the resolution, and support lobbying by the EU and G7 to encourage more States to submit such reports. We support work by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to promote chemical safety and security, and work bilaterally, with the OPCW and in other fora to address the safety and security of toxic industrial chemicals, including through the OPCW’s Programme for Africa. We worked with partners to secure an OPCW Decision on 16 October encouraging States to take measures to combat the threat of chemical terrorism. We are assisting States to adopt legislation and regulations to implement their obligations under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, and have supported work to promote biological security education globally. Through the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism we provide advice on how to implement measures to address the threat of nuclear terrorism. And through the Global Threat Reduction Programme we support substantial international efforts to secure vulnerable nuclear and radiological materials.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 15:30:18 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

776989

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Weapons of Mass Destruction: Proliferation
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 the Government is taking to support the work of the committee established pursuant to UN Security Resolution 1540.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	109437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the work of the Committee established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1540, and is a vice-Chair of the Committee. We worked particularly closely with Spain, Chair of the Committee in 2016, on the five-yearly Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the Resolution. The review concluded in December 2016 that significant progress had been made in addressing the risk of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-state actors, and proposed a number of measures to improve implementation further, partly as a result of our work. These included proposals to address new and emerging challenges from the evolving terrorist threat and advances in science and technology; to improve the process to match requests for technical assistance with offers of assistance; to strengthen cooperation and outreach to industry and civil society; and to strengthen the UN structures which support the resolution’s implementation. UN Security Council Resolution 2325, adopted on 15 December 2016, endorsed the review and its proposals. We are now working with Bolivia, Chair of the Committee in 2017, and other Committee members to implement the review.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/10/2017 15:33:09 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

768070

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2017 to Question 9881, on North Korea: sanctions, if he will list the (a) specific outreach activities undertaken by the 1718 DPRK Sanctions Committee with direct financial support from the Government and (b) total amounts of funding provided by the Government for each such activity.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	106943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK has funded a series of regional outreach activities to raise awareness and strengthen the effective implementation of UN Security Council resolutions related to the DPRK. The projects brought the UN Panel of Experts together with governments from each region and were delivered by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Events were held in Dubai and Hong Kong (in 2013, for a total amount of £90,005), Addis Ababa (2014, £77,707), and Johannesburg (2016, £58,422). The UK also supported a project focused on South East Asia, though it was only partially delivered (2015, £12,569).</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 16/10/2017 14:25:28 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

768072

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2017 to Question 9872, what the Government's policy is on the circumstances under which it would consider imposing secondary sanctions on individuals, entities and governments found to have violated UN sanctions on North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, in addition to existing sanctions under the relevant UN Security Council resolution.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	106896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to explore with its international partners additional measures to increase pressure on North Korea to comply with its international obligations and abandon its illegal nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, as well as working to ensure existing measures are fully implemented. Additional measures could include measures against those found to have violated UN sanctions where there is an adequate legal basis.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 18/10/2017 16:07:39 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry