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1484922

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Guantanamo Bay: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the humanitarian resettlement of Guantanamo Bay detainees, including by signalling support for countries willing to receive those detainees cleared for transfer.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
uin	HL1339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government's long-standing position remains that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close. We will continue to engage with the US Government on this issue, as we do on a range of national security issues, and in the context of our joint determination to tackle international terrorism and combat violent extremism.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/07/2022 16:48:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

1169903

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Guantanamo Bay: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last discussed indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay with the government of the United States; what was the outcome of that discussion; and whether they discussed the failure to release prisoners who have been cleared.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The British Government has made numerous representations to the United States Government over a number of years about indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay, most recently in September 2019. The United Kingdom's long-standing position remains that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close. We continue to engage with the US Government on this issue, as we do on a range of national security issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/01/2020 15:04:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1138636

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
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	Guantanamo Bay: 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 his Department has made to the US Administration on releasing Guantanamo Bay inmates who have been cleared for release by the Periodic Review Board.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	276506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The British Government's long-standing position remains that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close and we continue to engage with the US Government on this issue to make this position clear. The UK continues to work closely with the US on a wide range of national security issues.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2019 16:16:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1104845

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Guantanamo Bay: 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 his policy is on (a) the transfer of detainees to the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and (b) the closure of that detention facility.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	236248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government's long-standing position remains that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close and therefore does not support any transfers to it.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:07:52 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

837301

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Guantanamo Bay: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make representations to the government of the United States calling for the release or charging of the remaining 41 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The British Government’s long-standing position is that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close. We continue to engage with the US Government on this issue, as we do on a range of national security issues and in the context of our joint determination to tackle international terrorism and combat violent extremism.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/02/2018 16:29:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

772170

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Guantanamo Bay: Detainees
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 make representations to his counterpart in the US to reconsider the alleged practice of officials not medically monitoring hunger striking in Guantanamo Bay detainees.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	108280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>It is the Government's understanding that US practice on medically monitoring hunger striking detainees in Guantanamo Bay has not changed. Detainees continue to be monitored carefully on medical grounds. On 17 October, a Pentagon Spokesperson said that the practice of permitting the involuntary feeding of hunger-striking detainees in Guantanamo Bay will continue, if US medical officials decide that artificial feeding is required to prevent death or serious self-harm.</p><p>The Government believes that mentally competent adults are entitled to take decisions to hunger strike.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/10/2017 15:55:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

772175

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Guantanamo Bay: 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 recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US on the UK's support for the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	108281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The US Government is well aware of our long-standing position that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close. Her Majesty's Government has made this clear to successive US Administrations, including to the Trump Administration, and we will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/10/2017 15:56:47 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

772195

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Guantanamo Bay: Detainees
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 his Department's press release entitled Foreign Secretary meets representatives of Guantanamo detainee, of 1 March 2012, whether it is the Government's policy that indefinite detention in Guantanamo Bay is wrong; and that the UK will continue to call for Guantanamo Bay to be closed.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	108323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government (HMG) has stated repeatedly our long held view that indefinite detention without review or fair trial is unacceptable and this remains our position. HMG has long supported the closure of the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. We have made this clear to successive US Administrations, including to the Trump Administration, and we will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/10/2017 15:57:55 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

694336

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Guantanamo Bay: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British citizens have received compensation following a period of detention at Guantanamo Bay; and how much has been paid out in total.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2017 answer text <p>In November 2010, the Government secured a mediated without prejudice settlement of the civil damages claims brought by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay (<em>Official Report </em>col. 752).</p><p>The details of that settlement were made subject to a legally binding confidentiality agreement. We are therefore unable to confirm the terms of that settlement agreement, including the number of individuals involved, their nationalities, or the level of payments made.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/03/2017 11:09:08 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird