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713111

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date	21/03/2017
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	Lebanon and Tunisia: Travel Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will review their travel advice for (1) Tunisia, and (2) Lebanon, in the light of the economic development and democratic progress made by those countries; and what assessment they have made of the appropriateness of issuing blanket guidance for the whole of each country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>​Travel advice is kept under constant review. Risk to British nationals is our foremost consideration. The advice for each country is varied to reflect local conditions: there are two categories of overall advice in Tunisia, three in Lebanon plus detailed and specific guidance for each.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/04/2017 16:10:57 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

713112

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 20 March (HL Deb 10), whether they will cease giving political and practical support to armed insurgent groups in Syria in the interests of promoting the expulsion of Daesh from that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK supports the moderate opposition in Syria, which has repeatedly underlined its commitment to a negotiated political settlement in line with international agreements. We recognise that the brutality of the Syrian regime has been the primary driver of extremism and terrorism in Syria. In the long term, therefore, terrorism and extremism can only be sustainably defeated in Syria through a political transition.</p><p>We provide certain groups in the moderate opposition with political and practical support so that they can stand up to both the tyranny of Asad and that of Daesh. This has included communications, medical and logistics equipment and equipment to protect against chemical weapons attacks. The UK does not provide weapons to anybody in Syria. We will maintain this support, while continually and rigorously assessing all recipients to ensure that they are not involved in any extremist activity or human rights abuses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/04/2017 16:11:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

711993

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date	16/03/2017
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	Bahrain: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to help prevent renewed political violence in Bahrain, in the light of recent reports of executions, arrests and deprivations of citizenship in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>We continue to urge the Government of Bahrain to guarantee and protect political freedoms for all its citizens. We also work closely with the Government of Bahrain to encourage progress on human rights and to encourage the development of effective and accountable institutions, strengthening the rule of law and justice reform. In particular the UK continues to support oversight institutions, such as the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman and the Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission, in order to provide independent oversight of police behaviour and detention standards.</p><p>The Government of Bahrain is fully aware of our opposition to the use of capital sentences in all circumstances. The Foreign Secretary reiterated this in his public statement on 15 January. We will continue to raise this issue, and other human rights concerns, with the Bahraini authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 30/03/2017 15:01:31 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton