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914715

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Iran: BBC Persian Service
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 his Department has made of the criminal charges issued by the Iranian authorities against BBC Persian staff; and what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on that subject.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	148591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by the charges against BBC Persian staff. I call upon the Government of Iran to cease all such action against BBC staff and their families, and to end harassment of independent journalists, whether affiliated to the BBC or not. Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are essential to a free and open society.</p><p>We expressed our concern about Iranian treatment of BBC Persian staff at the UN Human Rights Council on 12 March and both the Foreign Secretary and I have raised the issue, including the criminal charges, with our Iranian counterparts on several occasions. Most recently I raised these issues during my visit to Tehran on 29 April. We will continue to raise the treatment of BBC Persian staff and their families with the Iranian government at all levels.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/06/2018 14:17:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

914716

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Iran: BBC Persian Service
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 personally raise the matter of criminal charges against BBC Persian staff during his next meeting with his Iranian counterpart or at the earliest opportunity.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	148592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by the charges against BBC Persian staff. I call upon the Government of Iran to cease all such action against BBC staff and their families, and to end harassment of independent journalists, whether affiliated to the BBC or not. Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are essential to a free and open society.</p><p>We expressed our concern about Iranian treatment of BBC Persian staff at the UN Human Rights Council on 12 March and both the Foreign Secretary and I have raised the issue, including the criminal charges, with our Iranian counterparts on several occasions. Most recently I raised these issues during my visit to Tehran on 29 April. We will continue to raise the treatment of BBC Persian staff and their families with the Iranian government at all levels.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/06/2018 14:19:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

915126

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 holds information on the number of (a) Palestinian (i) civilians and (ii) militants and (b) Israeli (i) civilians and (ii) militants killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	148986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>​Public reports suggest that from June 2017 until 4 June 2018, 6 Israelis, 2 of them soldiers, and over 190 Palestinians have been killed.</p><p>The British Government does not compile an independent assessment of whether those killed could be classified as civilians or militants. We call on the relevant authorities to ensure that any incident involving loss of life is investigated thoroughly and transparently.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/06/2018 14:25:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

915127

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 holds information on the number of (a) Palestinian (i) civilians and (ii) militants and (b) Israeli (i) civilians and (ii) militants wounded in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	148987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>​Public reports suggest that from June 2017 until 4 June 2018, <del class="ministerial">6</del> <ins class="ministerial">91 </ins>Israelis<del class="ministerial">, 2 of them soldiers,</del> and over <del class="ministerial">190</del> <ins class="ministerial">16,200 </ins>Palestinians have been<ins class="ministerial"> wounded</ins> <del class="ministerial">killed</del>.</p><p>The British Government does not compile an independent assessment of whether those <del class="ministerial">killed</del> <ins class="ministerial">wounded </ins>could be classified as civilians or militants. <del class="ministerial">We call on the relevant authorities to ensure that any incident involving loss of life is investigated thoroughly and transparently.</del></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/06/2018 14:27:02 question first ministerially corrected 21/06/2018 14:55:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 61635 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

911045

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Burundi: Politics and Government
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 Burundi following the Constitutional Referendum there on 17 May.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL8208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>​Officials, including our non-resident Ambassador, hold regular consultations with the Burundi Government. In UN Security Council consultations, following the referendum, the UK expressed concern over the restrictions imposed on the Opposition’s movement and on the media in the period leading up to the referendum. The UK also expressed concern that the referendum was held in a climate of intimidation and repression, with a lack of public information on the proposed reforms. The UK called on Burundi to ensure that the spirit of the Arusha Accords is respected when any constitutional reform is implemented. The UK believes that the crisis in Burundi can only be resolved by continuing an inclusive dialogue that preserves the Accords. We are working with UN, EU and African Union partners to support an inclusive, negotiated solution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:32:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

911128

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has spent on UN peacekeeping in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	147854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>​UK expenditure on UN peacekeeping includes the following: our assessed (mandatory) contributions for individual peacekeeping operations; funding for UK troop deployments to Cyprus, South Sudan and Somalia and a number of staff officers and police deployed to UN peacekeeping missions and UN headquarters. We have also funded projects in the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) with the purpose of making peacekeeping more effective and efficient. Our expenditure on UN peacekeeping comes from the Cross Government Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p><p>Our assessed (mandatory) contributions for individual UN Peacekeeping missions were £265m in 2017/18, £277m in 2016/17, £312m in 2015/16, £347m in 2014/15, £304m in 2013/14, £324m in 2012/13, £367m in 2011/12. FCO internal records do not cover earlier years: however, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report states that our assessed contributions for peacekeeping overall (including contributions to peacekeeping undertaken by other multilateral organisations) was £408m. The funded projects in DPKO, via the CSSF, cost £4.4m in 2017/18, £2.6m in 2016/17 and £3.1m in 2015/16. Our UK troop deployment to Cyprus costs £18m per year and our troop deployments to South Sudan and Somalia cost £15m in 2016/17 with figures currently not available for 2017/18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/06/2018 16:49:06 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

911159

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money the UN has reimbursed the UK for the provision of (a) personnel and (b) equipment for peacekeeping operations in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	147856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Our Government receives reimbursements from the UN for both personnel and equipment deployed on peacekeeping operations. For personnel (troop reimbursements) we received £5.5m in 2017/18, £3.7m in 2016/17, £3.1m in 2015/16, £2.9m in 2014/15, £3.5m in 2013/14, £2.7m in 2012/13, £1.1m in 2011/12 and £3.5m in 2010/11. These reimbursements are for our troop contributions to Cyprus (UNFICYP), Somalia (UNSOS) and South Sudan (UNMISS). For equipment contributions we received £121k in 2017/18, £59.2k in 2016/17, £17k in 2015/16, £16k in 2014/15, £45k in 2013/14, £0 in 2012/13, £0 in 2011/12 and £10k in 2010/11.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/06/2018 16:52:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

911269

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Somalia: Somaliland
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 his Department has taken to support a ceasefire in hostilities between Puntland and Somaliland.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Our Ambassador in Somalia has spoken to the Governments of Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland to underscore the importance of an immediate cessation of hostilities. Violence is taking place amid an already difficult humanitarian situation and clashes only add to the suffering of people in the area. In speaking to President Muse Bihi (Somaliland) and President Gaas (Puntland) our Ambassador has made clear that economic development, the delivery of better services and an effective response to the region's environmental pressures depend on an enduring cessation of hostilities leading eventually to an agreement underpinning a sustainable peace.</p><p><br>The UK continues to urge sustained, constructive and meaningful dialogue in the region and supports efforts to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/06/2018 15:29:50 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

911270

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Somalia: Somaliland
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 Government of (a) Puntland, (b) Somalia and (c) Swaziland on (i) recent hostilities between Puntland and Somaliland and (ii) threats made by Puntland to Somaliland.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Our Ambassador has spoken to the Governments of Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland to urge leaders on all sides to commit to an immediate cessation of hostilities, allow humanitarian access to conflict-affected communities and initiate dialogue to reduce tension and avoid miscommunication. The UK has also joined international partners in issuing a statement expressing our concern, which is available at <a href="https://unsom.unmissions.org/somalia%E2%80%99s-international-partners-gravely-concerned-over-clashes-near-tukaraq-call-ceasefire" target="_blank">https://unsom.unmissions.org/somalia%E2%80%99s-international-partners-gravely-concerned-over-clashes-near-tukaraq-call-ceasefire</a>.</p><p>It is imperative that all parties avoid rhetoric or actions that could increase tensions or hostility.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/06/2018 15:31:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

910206

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Moldova: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Moldovan counterpart; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	147319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Foreign Minister Ulianovschi is scheduled to visit the UK next month. I plan to meet with him as part of the visit programme. We have been supporting Moldova’s ambitious reform programme for a number of years and are working towards a strong post-Brexit relationship with Moldova including through the transition of the EU’s international agreements to ensure continuity in our partnership.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/06/2018 16:15:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham