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1148984

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Catalonia: Sovereignty
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 Spanish counterparts on the jailing of Catalan politicians.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Government has been clear that the situation in Catalonia is a matter for Spain. The United Kingdom supports the rule of law. Questions related to the issue of Catalan independence should be resolved within the proper constitutional and legal channels. Political leaders, like anyone else, have a duty to abide by the law. I outlined this position to the Spanish Ambassador and in Parliament on 15 October.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 17/10/2019 15:50:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1148985

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Catalonia: Sovereignty
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 counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Belgium, (c) Bulgaria, (d) Croatia, (e) Cyprus, (f) the Czech Republic, (g) Denmark, (h) Estonia, (i) Finland, (j) France, (k) Germany, (l) Greece, (m) Hungary, (n) Ireland, (o) Italy, (p) Latvia, (q) Lithuania, (r) Luxembourg, (s) Malta, (t) Netherlands, (u) Poland, (v) Portugal, (w) Romania, (x) Slovakia, (y) Slovenia and (z) Sweden on the jailing of Catalan politicians.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Government has been clear on the issue of Catalonia. This is a matter for Spain. The United Kingdom continues to support the upholding of the Spanish Constitution and the rule of law. The conviction of the separatist leaders in Catalonia is a matter for the Spanish courts. The Foreign Secretary has had no discussions on this with his counterparts in the countries cited.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 17/10/2019 15:52:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1148986

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Catalonia: Sovereignty
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 President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, on the jailing of Catalan politicians.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Government has been clear on the issue of Catalonia. The United Kingdom continues to support the upholding of the Spanish Constitution and the rule of law. The conviction of the separatist leaders in Catalonia is a matter for the Spanish courts. The Foreign Secretary has had no discussions with the President of the European Council on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 17/10/2019 15:54:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

753464

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have the word trade in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Building the UK’s prosperity is a key priority for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (FCO). Our network of Posts overseas work to deliver the goals of the whole of Government, including in support of the objectives of the Department for International Trade. A significant proportion of FCO officials both in the UK and overseas support this agenda but do not necessarily have the word “trade” in their job title, including for example Ambassadors and other Heads of Missions.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 26/07/2017 16:10:24 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

724147

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Republic of Ireland: Territorial Waters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any areas of sea between the UK and the Republic of Ireland have changed jurisdiction in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	71856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland establishing a Single Maritime Boundary between the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of the Two Countries and parts of their Continental Shelves was presented to Parliament in June 2013 (Cm 8666) and subsequently came into force on 31 March 2014 (Treaty Series No. 21 (2014)).</p><p>The Explanatory Memorandum presented to Parliament alongside Cm 8666 stated that the Agreement firstly amended the existing delimited continental shelf boundary between the UK and Ireland as defined in a 1988 Agreement, a supplementary Protocol of 1992 and an Exchange of Notes of 2001. The effect of the amendment was to transfer part of what was previously Irish Continental Shelf to the UK, in exchange for an area of the UK's Continental Shelf. In amending the existing Continental Shelf boundary the 2014 Agreement superseded both the 1988 Agreement and the 2001 Exchange of Notes, which were terminated.</p><p>The Agreement then provides for the coordinates of the amended Continental Shelf boundary, up to 200 nautical miles, to delimit also the EEZ boundary between the two states.</p><p>In negotiating to align a new EEZ boundary with the existing Continental Shelf boundary it was discovered that there were two small areas on the Irish side of the boundary that were more than 200 nautical miles from Irish baselines on their coast. As these could not be incorporated into an Irish EEZ, it was agreed to swap these two areas of Irish Continental Shelf for areas of the UK's Continental Shelf, the areas being of equal size and potential exploitability e.g. for the purposes of hydrocarbons and fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/04/2017 09:41:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

724148

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Republic of Ireland: Territorial Waters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the jurisdiction of any seas in the northern and southern maritime borders of the UK and the Republic of Ireland have been exchanged in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	71857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland establishing a Single Maritime Boundary between the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of the Two Countries and parts of their Continental Shelves was presented to Parliament in June 2013 (Cm 8666) and subsequently came into force on 31 March 2014 (Treaty Series No. 21 (2014)).</p><p>The Explanatory Memorandum presented to Parliament alongside Cm 8666 stated that the Agreement firstly amended the existing delimited continental shelf boundary between the UK and Ireland as defined in a 1988 Agreement, a supplementary Protocol of 1992 and an Exchange of Notes of 2001. The effect of the amendment was to transfer part of what was previously Irish Continental Shelf to the UK, in exchange for an area of the UK's Continental Shelf. In amending the existing Continental Shelf boundary the 2014 Agreement superseded both the 1988 Agreement and the 2001 Exchange of Notes, which were terminated.</p><p>The Agreement then provides for the coordinates of the amended Continental Shelf boundary, up to 200 nautical miles, to delimit also the EEZ boundary between the two states.</p><p>In negotiating to align a new EEZ boundary with the existing Continental Shelf boundary it was discovered that there were two small areas on the Irish side of the boundary that were more than 200 nautical miles from Irish baselines on their coast. As these could not be incorporated into an Irish EEZ, it was agreed to swap these two areas of Irish Continental Shelf for areas of the UK's Continental Shelf, the areas being of equal size and potential exploitability e.g. for the purposes of hydrocarbons and fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/04/2017 09:39:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

422621

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	Sombath Somphone
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 reports he has received on the whereabouts of Sombath Somphone who disappeared in Laos in December 2012; and what representations his Department has made to the Laos government on Mr Somphone.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	12609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>We remain very concerned as to the whereabouts of Mr Sombath Somphone. We regularly raise his disappearance with the Lao government. Laos underwent its second UN Universal Periodic Review under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council, earlier this year. The United Kingdom’s recommendation calling on the Lao government to conduct a thorough, transparent and impartial investigation into Mr Somphone’s disappearance was formally accepted by the Lao government. On 11 September, 1000 days since Mr Somphone’s disappearance, I wrote to the Lao Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to urge the Lao government to rapidly proceed with conducting an investigation. Next month, at the EU-Laos Human Rights Dialogue in Vientiane, the United Kingdom, along with our EU partners, will highlight the lack of progress in the investigation into Mr Somphone’s disappearance.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 28/10/2015 16:32:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

387403

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Colombia: 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 reports he has received on human rights abuses in Colombia.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) and non-government organisations (NGOs), such as Amnesty International, regularly report on the human rights situation in Colombia. <br><br>Our officials received an update of figures from the Office of the UNHCHR on 22 June, when they reported that 21 human rights defenders (HRDs) had been murdered this year. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will publish its in-year update to the annual Human Rights Report on Colombia later this month. This will contain the most recent data collected from a wide range of official sources, such as Human Rights Watch and other NGOs, as well as the UNHCHR. <br><br>The FCO will publish its in-year Human Rights update on Colombia later this month. It will include a thorough update on the human rights situation in the country, with data regarding human rights abuses threats made against HRDs, journalists and trade unionists, minority and women’s rights and other issues. Once published, this report will be available on the FCO’s website at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/colombia-country-of-concern/colombia-country-of-concern" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/colombia-country-of-concern/colombia-country-of-concern</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 08/07/2015 13:58:43 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

387404

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Colombia: Detainees
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 the government of Colombia on the imprisonment of civil society activists and trade unionists in that country.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Our Embassy regularly raises concerns about the violence and intimidation suffered by human rights defenders in Colombia, which includes trade unionists, with the Colombian government. Our officials continue to make representations to the government of Colombia regarding imprisoned trade unionists Huber Ballesteros and David Ravelo, to ensure due process and appropriate conditions. Our officials visited Huber Ballesteros last November, and continue to lobby prison authorities to ensure that conditions are appropriate for his medical needs. They have also recently requested access to visit Mr Ravelo in prison, having visited him previously just after he was sentenced in December 2012. <br><br>Human rights form a core part of the United Kingdom’s engagement with Colombia and we continue to raise these issues at the highest levels.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 08/07/2015 14:05:52 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

387405

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Colombia: Homicide
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 implications for his policies of the recent Human Rights Watch report on alleged senior military involvement in false positive cases in Colombia.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>On 25 June, our Ambassador in Colombia hosted a lunch for other ambassadors from EU Member States at which the Americas Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, presented HRW’s report ‘On Their Watch’. We take seriously the allegations in this report pertaining to false positives and I welcome President Santos’ pledge to ensure that they are investigated thoroughly. We attach importance to his firm commitment that there will be no impunity for human rights abuses in Colombia. <br><br>The UK works with the Colombian government and military as part of our joint efforts to improve the country’s human rights situation. We regularly discuss human rights and already have clear criteria in place to guide all bilateral defence engagement. We will, of course, continue to monitor this case as investigations proceed.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 08/07/2015 14:07:40 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil