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Written questions

Emily Thornberry

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Raed Fares and Hamoud Jneed

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of which individuals or groups were responsible for the assassination of Raed Fares and Hamoud Jneed in Idlib, Syria on 23 November 2018.

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the recent trials of Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife in Nigeria were conducted in line with international standards on the right to a fair trial as set

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Nigeria on the response of that country’s security services to recent demonstrations by members of the Islamic Movement of Niger

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of protestors killed during demonstrations held by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in Abuja in October 2018.

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Hazara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the threats posed to Hazaras in Afghanistan by attacks against their communities by Taliban fighters; and what recent discussions he has had with his

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the international conference on the Afghan peace process held in Moscow on 9 November 2018.

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of involvement of representatives of the Government of Afghanistan in negotiations between the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconcili

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Afghanistan on negotiations between the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation and members of the

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Afghanistan on the potential postponement of the presidential election due to take place in that country in April 2019.

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of the conduct of the parliamentary election held in Afghanistan on 20 and 21 October 2018 on the prospects for ensuring that the

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of Afghan voters prevented from casting their ballot in the parliamentary election of 20 and 21 October 2018 as a result of the closure

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Afghanistan on concerns on the electoral process in that country identified by (a) the Afghan Independent Election Commission, (b) the

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) Facebook, (b) WhatsApp and (c) other social media platforms in contributing to recent incidents of intercommunal violence in India.

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sri Lanka: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) Facebook, (b) WhatsApp and (c) other social media platforms in contributing to recent incidents of intercommunal violence in Sri Lanka.

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

WhatsApp

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Facebook on the use of Whatsapp in the spread of hate speech in (a) Myanmar and (b) other countries.

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Facebook

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Facebook’s credible violence policy in tackling misinformation with the potential to contribute to imminent violence or physical

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recommendations made by the Business for Social Responsibility in its report entitled Human Rights Impact Assessment: Facebook in Myanmar published in October 2018,

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recommendation made by Business for Social Responsibility in its report Human Rights Impact Assessment: Facebook in Myanmar of October 2018, what discussions he has

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jamal Khashoggi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the veracity of allegations by the Government of Saudi Arabia that Jamal Khashoggi was (a) a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and (b) an enemy of the state

21 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jamal Khashoggi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK intelligence shares the conclusion of the US Central Intelligence Agency that the recent murder of Jamal Khashoggi was carried out on the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sa

20 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Korea: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the imposition of secondary sanctions against governments that fail to comply with UN sanctions against North Korea.

20 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rules of engagement are for coalition forces operating inside Syria on military advances against such forces by the Assad regime.

20 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Ivory: Seized Articles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons there has been a decline in average quarterly seizures of ivory in the last four years; and if he will make a statement.

19 Nov 2018 · Treasury

Buckingham Palace: Honours

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what net profit has accrued to the public purse from (a) the filming and sale of digital versatile discs and (b) the capture and sale of photographs whose images were taken during the presentation of official honour

19 Nov 2018 · Treasury

Buckingham Palace: Honours

To ask the ,Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse from sales of (a) digital versatile discs and (b) photographs of the presentation of official honours at Buckingham Palace in the financial years (i

19 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jamal Khashoggi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the US State Department’s latest assessment of the involvement of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in ordering the murder of Jamal K

19 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Official Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any of the 17 Saudi officials and agents subjected to Magnitsky sanctions by the United States on 15 November 2018 were among the entourage who accompanied Crown Prince Mohammed B

19 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jamal Khashoggi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department heard a copy of the audio recording from Turkish authorities of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

19 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jamal Khashoggi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date subsequent to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department were made aware of the existence of evidence that Saudi officials had been invol

19 Nov 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jamal Khashoggi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date subsequent to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department were made aware of the existence of evidence that Saudi officials had been seeki

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