United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 59827
Colombia: Environment Protection
Introduced
20 October 2021
Last action
26 October 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Environment
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26 October 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect environmental defenders in Colombia who may face threats and attacks for protecting their lands from corporate activity.
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20 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect environmental defenders in Colombia who may face threats and attacks for protecting their lands from corporate activity.
Source: Commons
26 October 2021
Answer
UK ministers and senior officials regularly raise human rights issues, as well as specific cases of concern, with the Colombian Government. Most recently, the UK's Minister for the Environment, Lord Goldsmith, raised our concerns around violence and threa...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-20/59827
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1361724
- uk · wq-1361724 · source updated 26 October 2021