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Written questions

Emily Thornberry

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Amazonia: Forests and Indigenous Peoples

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Brazilian counterpart on the protection of the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous tribes.

11 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hong Kong: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the banning of the Hong Kong National Party; and what assessment he has made on whether the decision to ban that part

11 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chan Kin-man

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the prosecution of Professor Chan Kin-Man; and what assessment he has made on whether the potential imprisonment of P

11 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on the use of that country’s Specialised Criminal Court to prosecute and convict individuals seeking to protest

11 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israa al-Ghomgham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the planned execution of Israa al-Ghomgham for demanding greater rights for women in that country.

11 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Government of Saudi Arabia's compliance with international agreements on the use of torture, forced confessions and capital punishment in the sentencing

11 Dec 2018 · 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 planned execution of Abbas al-Hassan and 11 other individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of rel

6 Dec 2018 · Department for International Development

UN Population Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to increase its financial contributions to the UN Population Fund in light of the shortfall caused by the withdrawal of US funding from that agency.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for International Development

UN Population Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount of UK funding provided to the UN Population Fund was in each financial year since 2010.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for International Development

USA: UN Population Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the withdrawal of US funding from the UN Population Fund on that agency’s HIV/AIDS prevention work.

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on whether the preconditions for implementing an EU special purpose vehicle enabling European companies to trade with Iran while avoiding US sanctions shou

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of international efforts to secure Iran’s accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; a

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ukraine: Navy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Russia on the detention and prosecution of Ukrainian sailors taken into custody off the Crimean peninsula on 25 November 2018.

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Eritrea: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Eritrea on the persecution of members of Christian denominations banned by the Government of that country.

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Eritrea: National Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Eritrea on (a) ending forced conscription and (b) demobilising those currently subject to forced conscription in that country

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Eritrea: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the total number of political prisoners in Eritrea.

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cosmas Omboto

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the circumstances in which Fr Cosmas Omboto Ondari was killed in the South West Region of Cameroon on 21 November 2018; and what discussions he ha

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Cameroonian counterpart on the decision by the Government of that country to refuse authorisation for the Anglophone General Conference which had b

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Selahattin Demirtas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the order of the European Court of Human Rights of 20 November 2018 for the release of Selahattin Demirtas by the Turkish authorities, what recent assessment he has made

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Selahattin Demirtas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on the continued detention of Selahattin Demirtas in violation of an order of the European Court of Human Rights for his

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Central African Republic: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the work of the Special Criminal Court established in the Central African Republic in November 2018.

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Gambia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of Gambia’s Truth, Reparations and Reconciliation Commission in carrying out its mandated tasks; and what steps the Government is taking

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Algeria: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for (a) political stability and (b) the security situation in Algeria of (i) the removal from office of the speaker of the ANP in

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Morocco: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Morocco on (a) reports that security forces opened-fire on a boat carrying migrants on 25 September and (b) the two-year prison sent

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Western Sahara: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the UN Security Council’s decision to limit its recent extension of the mandate for the MINURSO

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Western Sahara: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for a resumption of formal, UN-facilitated talks on a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Western Sahara; and what steps the Governm

6 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Western Sahara: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of UN-facilitated roundtable discussions on Western Sahara, held in Geneva on 5-6 December 2018.

5 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Political Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Egypt on the arrest and detention of non-violent political activists by the Egyptian Government.

5 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the validity of recent reports from Human Rights Watch that over 40 political activists have been arrested in Egypt without warrants since Octob

5 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Egypt on recent arrests and investigations of (a) writers and (b) publishing houses under laws criminalising the spread of false new

Source: official written-questions record.