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Written questions

Emily Thornberry

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Togo: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Togo on reports of the use of excessive force against people participating in peaceful demonstrations in that country.

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Madagascar: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in Madagascar urging the Government of that country to lift its embargo on the public release of a report of the extraordinary sessions

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Madagascar: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in Madagascar urging the Government of that country to lift its ban on political demonstrations in that country.

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Madagascar: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states on a potential role for that organisation in mediating dialogue between th

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Madagascar: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help promote dialogue between the Government of Madagascar and members of the opposition on the electoral laws recently adopted by that country's Pa

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Madagascar: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of electoral laws adopted by the Parliament of Madagascar in April 2018 for the prospects of conducting the forthcoming President

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Madagascar: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Madagascar on the police response to protests held by opposition activists in Antananarivo on 21 April 2018.

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Crimes Against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Afghanistan urging the Government of that country to co-operate fully with the preliminary inquiries of the Chief Prosecutor of the

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Crimes Against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on her preliminary inquiries into alleged war crimes and crimes against humani

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Electoral Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of recent attacks by militant groups on voter-registration centres in (a) Kabul and (b) the Afghan provinces for the prospects of

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Electoral Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission towards completing the process of issuing the necessary ID documents to prospective vot

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Electoral Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the voter registration process in Afghanistan since the launch of that process by the country's Independent Election Commission on 14 April

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Afghan Government's progress on securing bilateral peace talks with the Taliban.

25 Apr 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 conference on peace in Afghanistan held in Tashkent on 26-27 March 2018.

16 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Indian Supreme Court’s ruling of 20 March 2018 on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act of 1989 on (a) levels of caste-b

16 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on recent protests against the ruling of that country’s Supreme Court on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act of 1989 date

16 Apr 2018 · Treasury

1MDB: Malaysia

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of investigations by UK authorities into financial crimes related to the 1MDB fund in Malaysia; what requests for information have been made to the Malaysian authori

16 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Malaysia: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of provisions in the Anti-Fake News Bill recently passed by the Malaysian Parliament, which apply to reporting by foreign media o

16 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Malaysia: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on freedom of speech and expression in Malaysia of the Anti-Fake News Bill recently passed by the Malaysian Parliament.

16 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Malaysia: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for free and fair elections in Malaysia of the re-drawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries in that country.

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote the imposition of a UN arms embargo on South Sudan.

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Darfur: International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding available to the ICC to carry out its work in Darfur pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1593.

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Darfur: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his UN Security Council counterparts and (b) the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on cases of (i) non-compliance and (ii) n

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

International Criminal Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on the application of (a) sanctions and (b) other punitive measures in response to cases of (i) non-compliance and (ii) non-cooperation with the execution

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Crimea: Tatars

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of the harassment and intimidation of Tatars in Russian-occupied Crimea in the run-up to the recent presidential election.

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission to eastern Ukraine.

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Peru: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in the Peruvian Government on the decision to pardon former President Alberto Fujimori for human rights abuses during his tenure as

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Peru: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Peru following the resignation of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burundi: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in the Burundi Government on the planned referendum on extending constitutional term limits for the Presidency of that country.

29 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tunisia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question , what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the prospects for transitional justice in Tunisia of the vote by that

Source: official written-questions record.