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date	17/05/2018
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	Turkey: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many representations they have made to the government of Turkey regarding individuals detained in prison in the last year.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL7961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2018 answer text <p>​We have made frequent representations to the Turkish government in the last year, including over the detention of Amnesty International staff and other human rights defenders as well as the imprisoned Cumhuriyet journalists. The Prime Minister raised the subject with President Erdogan during his visit to London in May.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/06/2018 13:11:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

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date	26/04/2016
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	European Convention on Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the obligations upon member states of the EU include any duty to observe the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL7961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The EU is not itself a party to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Any agreement for the EU to accede would need to be agreed unanimously by all EU Member States (including the UK) and all other contracting parties to the ECHR.</p><p>Our renegotiation deal reaffirmed that the Charter of Fundamental Rights does not extend the ability of the Court of Justice of the European Union or domestic courts to rule on compliance with fundamental rights.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/05/2016 13:12:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit