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Law· Government BillBill 791enacted

European Union Act 2011

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2010

To make provision about treaties relating to the European Union and decisions made under them, including provision implementing the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23 June 2010 amending the Protocol (No. 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community; and to make provision about the means by which directly applicable or directly effective European Union law has effect in the United Kingdom.

Law· Government BillBill 252enacted

European Union (Amendment) Act 2008

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2007

A Bill to make provision in connection with the Treaty of Lisbon Amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community, signed at Lisbon on 13th December 2007.

Law· Government BillBill 986enacted

European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Act 2012

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 May 2012

A Bill to make provision for the purposes of section 3 of the European Union Act 2011 in relation to the European Council decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro.

Law· Government BillBill 1089enacted

European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Act 2013

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 October 2012

To make provision consequential on the treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, signed at Brussels on 9 December 2011, and provision consequential on the Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people on the Treaty of Lisbon, adopted at Brussels on 16 May 2012; and to make provision about the entitlement of nationals of the Republic of Croatia to enter or reside in the United Kingdom as workers.

Law· Government BillBill 1570enacted

European Union Referendum Act 2015

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 May 2015

A Bill To make provision for the holding of a referendum in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union.

Law· Government BillBill 383enacted

Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2008

To amend the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 so as to give effect to the Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 done on 8 December 2005; and to amend the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 so as to give effect to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 2005

Law· Government BillBill 45enacted

International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Act 2007

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2007

Confer power to make provision in relation to the Special Court for Sierra Leone corresponding to that made in relation to the International Criminal Court by sections 42 to 48 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001.

Law· Government BillBill 2166enacted

Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 October 2017

A Bill to make provision enabling sanctions to be imposed where appropriate for the purposes of compliance with United Nations obligations or other international obligations or for the purposes of furthering the prevention of terrorism or for the purposes of national security or international peace and security or for the purposes of furthering foreign policy objectives; to make provision for the purposes of the detection, investigation and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and for the purposes of implementing Standards published by the Financial Action Task Force relating to combating threats to the integrity of the international financial system; and for connected purposes.

Question· Written questionUIN 77582answered

Israel: Sanctions

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it remains the Government's policy not to support the boycott of Israeli (a) goods and (b) services.

Question· Written questionUIN 77846answered

Bahrain: Capital Punishment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will make its future assistance to Bahrain contingent on a decrease in or end to that country’s use of death penalty.

Question· Written questionUIN 76791answered

China: Sanctions

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is establishing an evidence base with the aim of introducing sanctions on Chinese nationals involved in (a) the human rights abuses committed against Uighur Muslims and (b) act

Question· Written questionUIN 77829answered

China: Uyghurs

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the drone footage released by War on Fear showing blindfolded Uighur communities in China being transferre

Question· Written questionUIN 78709answered

China: Muslims

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendation of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and use all available offices and legal means to investigate, apprehend a

Question· Written questionUIN 78708answered

China: Muslims

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to implement the recommendation of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales which has called on countries to give effect to their responsibilities under t

Question· Written questionUIN 77620answered

China: Diplomatic Relations

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his (a) Australian, (b) Malaysian, (c) Indonesian and (d) Japanese counterparts on diplomatic steps to help ensure that the Chinese Government uph

Question· Written questionUIN 78671answered

China: Sanctions

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to take account of the judgment of the Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China when making an assessment of the applicatio

Question· Written questionUIN 78838answered

India: Coronavirus

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76100 and 76099, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK residents stranded abroad in Punjab as a result of the covid-19 pande

Question· Written questionUIN 78837answered

India: Coronavirus

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2020 to Question 76100 on India: coronavirus, for what reasons repatriation flights from India did not initially include the Punjab; for what reasons (a)

Question· Written questionUIN 77848answered

Hong Kong: Christianity

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help protect Hong Kong's Christian community from the effects of the new National Security Law.

Question· Written questionUIN 78672answered

Huang Jiefu

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to include Huang Jiefu former Vice Minister for Health in China who has been held responsible for China’s practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience

Question· Written questionUIN 77810answered

Human Rights: Sanctions

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to co-ordinate the use of the Global Human Rights sanction regime with his counterparts overseas.

Question· Written questionUIN 76907answered

China: Uyghurs

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of including Chinese officials who have allegedly been implicated in the persecution of the Uyghur people i

Question· Written questionUIN 76719answered

China: Capital Punishment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of China on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months.

Question· Written questionUIN 77698answered

Sanctions

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he uses the principle of command responsibility when making decisions on whether to introduce sanctions on foreign nationals.

Question· Written questionUIN 78682answered

Yemen: Military Intervention

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of international humanitarian law breaches committed as a result of shelling in Yemen.

Question· Written questionUIN 78910answered

Iran: Espionage

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of Iranians espionage activity in Europe on the (a) national and (b) regional security.

Question· Written questionUIN 78909answered

Germany: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his German counterpart on that country’s detention of people suspected spying for Iran’s Quds Force.

Question· Written questionUIN 77766answered

Hezbollah and Yemen: Weapons

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) weapons arsenals and (b) origin of weaponry of (i) Hezbollah and (ii) the Houthis.

Question· Written questionUIN 77765answered

Hezbollah and Yemen: Weapons

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UN Security Council resolutions (a) 1540, (b) 1701 and (c) 2216 in prohibiting the proliferation of weapons to Hezbollah and the Houthi

Question· Written questionUIN 77825answered

Bahrain: Capital Punishment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on allegations of (a) torture and (b) due process violations in the case of (i) Mohammed Ramadhan and (ii) Husain Moos

Question· Written questionUIN 78804answered

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Development Aid

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's Official Development Assistance budget for each year of the 2019 Parliament.

Question· Written questionUIN 78597answered

Nigeria: Christianity

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which Nigerian national or state Government officials have been involved in either preventing or allowing incidences of persecution and

Question· Written questionUIN 76833answered

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance his Department has disbursed to (a) Least Developed, (b) Other Low Income, (c) Lower Middle Income and (d) Upper Middle Income countries in each o

Question· Written questionUIN 78595answered

Nigeria: Christianity

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has he made of the (a) extent of and (b) trends in the level of incidences of persecution and human rights abuses against Christians in Nigeria.

Question· Written questionUIN 77823answered

Ethiopia: Violence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Ethiopian counterpart on tackling ethnic and political violence in that country.

Question· Written questionUIN 77849answered

Nigeria: Christianity

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to help protect Christians in Nigeria following the death of nine Christians in an attack by Fulani Militants in March 2020.

Question· Written questionUIN 78596answered

Nigeria: Christianity

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential identities of the perpetrators of incidences of persecution and human rights abuses against Christians in Nigeria.

Question· Written questionUIN 78816answered

African Union

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with President Cyril Ramaphosa in his role as African Union Chair.

Question· Written questionUIN 77637answered

Hopewell Chin'ono

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussion he has had with his Zimbabwean counterpart on the recent arrest of the journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on the charge of inciting violence as a result of his reporting