Emily Thornberry

16 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sahel and West Africa: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the remarks by UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel to the UN Security Council on 8 Janu

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government plans to reschedule the postponed conference on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish a report with accompanying evidence on the (a) work and (b) outcomes of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) monitoring, (b) analysis, (c) storing and (d) sharing of information in relation to the Government’s preventing sexual violence initiative.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent support his officials of his Department have provided to the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the development of a three-year strategy on preventing sexual violence in conflict.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Greece: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Greek counterpart on the (a) use and (b) effect on British victims of crime of the Paraskevopoulous law in that country.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse will be of his planned visit to Saudi Arabia.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the matter of upcoming executions in that country.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the matter of violence against women in that country.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the detention of minors in that country.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the human rights situation in that country.

4 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the cases of (a) Ali al-Nimr, (b) Abdullah al-Zaher, (c) Dawood al-Marhoun and (d) other prisoners sentenced to

3 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of advice to British citizens in prison overseas on limiting their risk of contracting

3 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made in contacting British citizens who are in prison in regions or countries where there has been a covid-19 outbreak.

3 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there are confirmed cases of British prisoners abroad who have contracted covid-19.

3 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are imprisoned in countries or regions where there is an increased risk of contracting covid-19.

2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Capital Punishment: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have been sentenced to death abroad in the most recent period for which figures are available.

2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are imprisoned abroad.

2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ahmed Mansoor and Nabeel Rajab

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) Bahrain and (b) the United Arab Emirates on the upholding of jail sentences to human rights activists (a) Nabeel Rajab and (b)

2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Mukhtar Dzanikishev

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Kazakhstani counterpart on the continued detention of Mukhtar Dzahakishev.

2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the next scheduled meeting is of the Commonwealth Ministerial Advisory Group; and which country’s or countries’ conduct will be the subject of that meeting.

2 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tanzania: World Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Tanzanian counterparts on the recent comments made by President Magufuli that We must take advantage of their problems. They fight at home and we g

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on the conviction of 35-year old Mohammad Monir to seven years in jail under the Information and Communication Technology l

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Zimbabwe: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Wang Quanzhang

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the conviction in Tianjin province of the human rights lawyer, Wang Quanzhang, to a four and a half-year jail term for subve

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Liu Feiyue

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the conviction in Hubei province of Liu Feiyue, of the human rights news website Minsheng Guancha, to a five-year jail term

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of President Buhari’s suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Nigerian chief justice on (a) judicial freedom and (b) democracy in Nigeria; a

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Australia: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Australian counterpart on press freedom in that country.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Cameroonian counterpart on the arrest and detention of (a) Théodore Tchopa and (b) David Eyengue Nzima following those journalists' reporting of th