Written questions

1,470 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Mauritania: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Mauritanian government of the death sentence imposed for apostasy on Mohamed Mkhaitir in that country.

13 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of what the primary sources of finance for Daesh are; and what steps the Government is taking to disrupt those sources.

13 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent bilateral discussions he has had with members of the International Syria Support Group on achieving a ceasefire in Syria.

13 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria the Government has undertaken.

13 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the Kurdish Peshmerga in their efforts against Daesh.

13 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to disrupt and prevent the sale of antiquities by Daesh to finance their terrorist activities.

12 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish the next quarterly progress report to the House on Syria.

12 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Abdullah Hasan al-Zaher

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Saudi Arabia about the death sentence of Abdullah al-Zaher.

12 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received any reports of any potential breaches of international humanitarian law from UK personnel working with the Saudi military.

12 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Arms Trade: International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 March 2014, 9WS, whether it is still the Government's policy not to grant an arms license if there is a clear risk that the items might be use

12 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there have been any changes to the Government's policy on arms export licences since the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 March 2014, 9WS.

7 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 January 2016 to Question 15523, what assessment he has made of the credibility of assurances by Saudi Arabia that it is in compliance with international humani

7 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 January 2016 to Question 15523, what assessment he has made of whether incidents of alleged violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen have been inv

7 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 January 2016 to Question 15523, when he last reviewed alleged violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen.

7 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 January 2016 to Question 15523, when he last discussed alleged violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen with his Saudi counterpart.

7 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the international legal implications of reports of Saudi Arabia bombing the Iranian Embassy in Sana'a; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Imports: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what marketing standards conformity checks are applied to produce from settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

6 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Imports: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of fruit and vegetables imported into the UK have postcodes that show that the produce originated from the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

6 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Imports: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of goods imported into the UK labelled as products of Israel that are from the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

6 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Imports: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marketing standards conformity checks for consignments of fresh fruit and vegetables exported to the UK by Israel have not been accepted on the grounds that the products in th

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Mortgages: Occupied Territories

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice the Financial Conduct Authority provides to UK banks and building societies offering mortgages on properties in the Occupied Palestinian. Territories.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

World Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14770, when she plans to publish the contribution the UK will make to the World Food Programme for 2016.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

Indonesia: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's summary of its work in Indonesia 2011-15, published in June 2013, how many hectares of natural forest have been saved since the programme to protect forests in

10 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average cost to a local authority of taking in a Syrian refugee under the UNHCR VPR scheme in year (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five; and how much ad

10 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14380, what (a) number or (b) proportion of referrals under the UNHCR VPR scheme translate into arrivals.

10 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Russian airstrikes on (a) ISIL/Daesh targets on (b) non-ISIL/Daesh targets in Syria to date.

9 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's expenditure against Departmental Expenditure Limits is in 2015-16; and what his Department's Annually Managed Expenditure in 2015-16 was (a) at the time of the March

9 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's counter-extremism budget was for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and how much has been budgeted for (i) 2015-16 and (ii) future f

9 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 219424, what financial support the Government has (a) provided since 1 January 2015 and (b) budgeted to provide in the future to sup

9 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14485, whether he has made an assessment of whether aerial bombing of Hayden Hospital in Yemen could represent a breach in internatio

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