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752118

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
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: Brexit
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 staff in his Department have responsibilities relating to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), along with other Government Departments, is working with the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU) to support the UK's exit from the EU. Within the FCO, the Europe Directorate provides advice to FCO Ministers on EU-related issues. This may sometimes include EU exit-related issues. There are some staff members in the FCO's Europe Directorate who work predominantly on the UK's exit from the EU. Staff in other London Directorates, as well as our diplomatic missions around the world, also on occasion work on EU-related issues and this may involve work related to the UK's exit from the EU. Therefore it is not possible to give precise figures.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/07/2017 14:39:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

751662

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
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 responses from the Joint Incident Assessment Team to incidents in Yemen referred to it by the Government he has received in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	4766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Saudi-led Coalition Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) has announced the findings of a total of 21 investigations, with the most recent announced on 2 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/07/2017 16:02:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

751663

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Idil Eser
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Turkish Government on the detention of Idil Eser, the Director of Amnesty International, in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	4772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We are concerned by the recent arrests of Amnesty staff in Turkey, and the Prime Minister raised the case of Idil Eser with President Erdogan at the recent G20 summit. We continue to encourage Turkey to work towards the full protection of fundamental rights, particularly in the area of freedom of expression.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/07/2017 16:22:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

751774

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Ascension Island: Aviation
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 effect the re-routing of the South Africa Air Bridge has had on (a) medical treatment and (b) aeromedical evacuation for residents of (i) Ascension Island, (ii) St Helena and (iii) the Falkland Islands.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Emergency medevacs are unaffected by the rerouting of the South Atlantic Airbridge. The existing runway on Ascension is still able to be used for this purpose. Cases from St Helena go direct to Cape Town and those on the Falkland Islands usually go to a country in the region.</p><p>More routine medical treatment remains possible on all the islands. For medical appointments off island those on Ascension have been able to use the Ministry of Defence tactical flights to the UK, those on St Helena travel via the Royal Mail Ship to Cape Town, and those on the Falklands continue to use the South Atlantic Airbridge.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/07/2017 12:16:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

751775

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Mexico: 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 Mexican counterpart; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	4798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary met the Mexican Foreign Minister, Dr Luis Videgaray, at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bonn on 16 February. Discussions focused on the strength of the UK-Mexico relationship, including future high-level visits. I met the Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister on 6 April during his visit to London. We discussed the UK's triggering of Article 50 and UK-Mexico relations.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/07/2017 16:34:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

751777

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 April 2017 to Question 69434 and pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 3308, on Yemen: military intervention, whether he is conducting any further investigations on where that helicopter was made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	4993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We have encouraged the Saudi-led Coalition to investigate this incident and publish the findings. The Saudis have their own internal procedures for investigations and they announced more detail of how they investigate such incidents of concern on 31 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/07/2017 15:46:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

751323

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	West Bank: Solar Power
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 Israeli Government on the alleged confiscation by the Israeli authorities of solar panels in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Whilst we have not raised the specific case with the Israeli authorities we are in close contact with our Dutch counterparts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories about this incident. We are gravely concerned by the continued confiscation and demolition of Palestinian property and regularly raise the matter with the Israeli authorities. Demolitions and evictions of Palestinians from their homes and confiscation of Palestinian property cause unnecessary suffering; call into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution; and, in all but exceptional cases, are contrary to International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/07/2017 16:46:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

751324

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Russia: LGBT People
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 (a) US, (b) French and (c) Chinese counterparts on the persecution of LGBT people in (i) Chechnya and (ii) the rest of Russia.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to raise the persecution of the LGBT community in Russia in international fora, doing so most recently at the June United Nations Human Rights Council. With the support of allies, we have also raised the issue in the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE). Our diplomats in Moscow are in close touch with other Embassies in Moscow and are monitoring the situation.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2017 16:12:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

751325

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Chechnya: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on reported (a) killings, (b) detention and (c) torture of LGBT people in Chechnya.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Moscow is aware of, and urgently looking into, recent reports of further persecution of the LGBT community in Chechnya. We know of the murder of at least three members of the LGBT community earlier in the year and the torture and detention of many others. In response, the Government has increased the support we provide to Non Governmental Organisations(NGOs) working in Russia on LGBT rights and continue to call on the Russian Government to hold a full investigation.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2017 16:11:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

751326

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he or any Ministers of his Department plan to visit Russia during the 2017 to 2019 Session of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has been invited to visit Moscow by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and hopes to do so in due course.</p><p>I hosted Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Titov in March and plan to make a return visit during the forthcoming session of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2017 16:09:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West