Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to de-escalate tensions between the Kurdistan regional government and the Iraqi Government.

2 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what projects his Department is supporting in Iraq through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.

2 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to offer some form of monitoring of the recount of the Iraqi elections.

2 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of Russian influence in negotiations between the Kurdistan regional government and the Iraqi Government; and if he will make a statement.

2 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to appoint a dedicated global ambassador for religious freedom; and if he will make a statement.

2 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Religious Freedom and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has raised the issues of sexual violence against women and the persecution of Christians in his recent discussions with his Indian counterpart; and if he will make a statement.

2 Jul 2018 · Home Office

State Visits: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the police and security operation during President Trump's planed visit in July 2018.

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Entry Clearances: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provided to the Home Office on the decision to exclude India from the countries that qualified for the recent relaxation of Tier 4 visa requirements for oversea

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provided to the Home Office on their criteria to determine the countries that qualified for the recent relaxation of Tier 4 visa requirements for overseas stude

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rohingya: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative experts have been deployed to assist Rohingya refugees since August 2017.

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative experts are providing assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many projects led by his Department and funded through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund have been terminated as a result of concerns about funding being diverted to terrorist

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many projects supported by his Department and funded through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund have been terminated as a result of concerns about human rights violations.

21 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers did not proceed with assistance projects proposed for Conflict, Stability and Security Fund funding in 2017-18 as a result of human rights risks identified through the Overseas Security

21 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many projects funded through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in 2017-18 were escalated to Ministers for approval after an Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance assessment concluded that

21 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of aid and assistance projects funded through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in 2017-18 received human rights risk assessments using the Government’s Overseas Security and

21 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Government has allocated through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund to states classified as countries of concern/priority in relation to human rights.

21 Jun 2018 · Cabinet Office

Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) level of funding and (b) projects the Government has provided to each country through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund in 2017-18.

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the involvement of French Special Forces in the conflict in Yemen.

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the use of UK-manufactured (a) weapons and (b) planes by the United Arab Emirates in the military campaign in Yemen.

21 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Qatari government on the blocking by that country of VoIP communications software, including Skype and the effect of that on expatri

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Cameroonian counterpart on reports of forced repatriation of Nigerian refugees by the Government of that country.

1 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Nigeria: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy of providing military assistance to the Nigerian armed forces of the Amnesty International Report, They betrayed us, published on 24 May 2018.

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department’s policies of the findings of the Amnesty International report on human rights and the Nigerian military, They betraye

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Conflict Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the August 2015 agreement on the resolution of the conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, what recent representations he has made to his South Sudanese counterpart on

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on the establishment by the UN Security Council of an adhoc international tribunal in the event of a failure to establish hybrid court for South Sudan.

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Crimes Against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in South Sudan on the establishment of a hybrid court; and when he expects that court to begin adjudicating cases of alleged wa

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Ceasefires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to (a) his counterparts in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development member states and (b) officials from that organisation on the publication of all

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Ceasefires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and (b) African Union member states on (i) the compliance of parties to t

1 Jun 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Ceasefires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of violations of the cessation-of-hostilities agreement on South Sudan since December 2017; and what information his Department

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