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Written questions

Emily Thornberry

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jun 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on Qatar's food imports of the closure of the Abu Samra border between that country and Saudi Arabia.

21 Jun 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar: Liquefied Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of sanctions imposed by other countries on Qatar since 5 June 2017 on UK imports of liquefied natural gas from Qatar.

21 Jun 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many requests for consular assistance his Department has received from UK nationals in Qatar since 5 June 2017; and what support his Department is providing in response to such reques

21 Jun 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK nationals living in Qatar; and what assessment he has made of the effect on such UK nationals of sanctions imposed by other countries

21 Jun 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gulf Cooperation Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the terms of the Riyadh Agreement reached between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council in November 2014; and what assessment he has made of com

21 Jun 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) Saudi Arabia, (b) UAE, (c) Bahrain, (d) Egypt and (e) Yemen on the imposition of sanctions by those countries on Qatar s

21 Jun 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar: Overseas Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK businesses operating in Qatar; and what assessment he has made of the effect on such businesses of sanctions imposed by other countrie

24 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Export Control Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total operating budget of the (a) Export Control Joint Unit and (b) Export Control Organisation was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

24 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Export Control Organisation: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many people currently work within the (a) Export Control Joint Unit and (b) Export Control Organisation on secondment from (i) other Government Departments and (ii) outside the Civil Service.

24 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Export Control Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will list the responsibilities of the Export Control Joint Unit; and what the relationship is between that unit and the Export Control Organisation.

24 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Export Control Organisation: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department currently work in the (a) Export Control Joint Unit and (b) Export Control Organisation.

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of the export licence applications reviewed by his Department in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 in which Saudi Arabia was the recipient country were sent to the

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many export licence applications in which Saudi Arabia was the recipient country were assessed by his Department's Arms Export Policy Team in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17, and how many

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request an investigation by the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission into allegations of grave breaches or other serious violations of the Geneva Conventions or P

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since 26 March 2015 his Department's Arms Export Policy Team has received notification of another EU member state's decision to refuse arms export licence applicatio

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Muslim Brotherhood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the United States on the potential designation by that country of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation; an

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of designation by the United States of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary General Corps as a foreign terrorist organisation for co-oper

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of designation by the United States of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary General Corps as a foreign terrorist organisation for the imp

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Muslim Brotherhood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of designation by the United States of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation on regional co-operation on cou

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to Criterion Two of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, whether his Department's interpretation of a clear risk that items could be used in the

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to Criterion Three of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, whether his Department's interpretation of whether items would provoke or prolong arm

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to Criterion Four of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, whether his Department's interpretation of an adverse impact on regional peace and sec

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the potential designation by that country of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organisation; an

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total operating budget of the Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people currently work within the Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre on secondment from (a) other Government Departments and (b) outside the Civil Service.

24 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the responsibilities of the Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre; and what the relationship is between that unit and the (a) Export Control Joint Unit and (b) Exp

21 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his oral contribution of 18 April 2017, Official Report, column 551, when the Government decided that the Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons, agreed be

21 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the work of the (a) Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact Finding Mission in Syria and (b) UN-OPCW Joint Investiga

21 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether adequate steps are being taken to protect the security of personnel from the (a) Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact Finding Mission and (b) OPCW-UN Jo

21 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons Fact Finding Mission in Syria is being provided with adequate access to relevant (a) sites, (b) records and (c) personnel t

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