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Dominic Raab
Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State
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Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
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| Nov. 24 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Dec. 16 | Urgent Questions | Uyghur Slave Labour: Xinjiang |
| Jan. 13 | Written Statements | Gibraltar: Future Relationship with the EU |
| Jan. 13 | Westminster Hall | Kashmir |
| Dec. 08 | Adjournment Debate | Arrest of Egyptian Human Rights Advocates |
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has not tabled any Bills during the current Session.
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Bank for International Settlements (International Development Act 2002 and Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972) (Amendment) Order 2021 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Made negative procedure |
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Laid 11 Jan 2021 In Force Not stated |
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Bank for International Settlements (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Draft affirmative procedure |
| This Order confers legal capacity and grants immunities and privileges on the Bank for International Settlements and certain of its officers, members of staff, secondees and experts. These privileges and immunities are conferred in accordance with a Host Country Agreement (CP 368) which has been negotiated between Her Majesty’s Government and the Bank. It will enable Her Majesty’s Government to give effect to that Agreement. | |||
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Implement sanctions against the Nigerian Government and officials Sign this petition Gov Responded - 11 Nov 2020 Debated on - 23 Nov 2020 |
20 Apr 2021 closes in 3 months |
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The Government should explore using the new sanctions regime that allows individuals and entities that violate human rights around the world to be targeted, to impose sanctions on members of the Nigerian government and police force involved in any human rights abuses by the Nigerian police. |
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Impose sanctions on China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims Gov Responded - 28 Jul 2020 |
6 Sep 2020 closed 4 months, 2 weeks ago |
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The UK Government plans to introduce “Magnitsky law”, a law which targets people who commit gross human rights violations. Through this law or alternative means, this petition urges the UK Government to impose sanctions on China for their human rights violations on the Uyghur people. |
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30,349 Petition Closed |
Impose Financial sanctions on the State of Myanmar (Burma). Gov Responded - 4 Oct 2017 Debated on - 16 Apr 2018 |
14 Mar 2018 closed 2 years, 10 months ago |
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Impose harsh financial sanctions on the State of Myanmar due to the current ongoing ethnic cleansing being pursued by elements of its security forces. |
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
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| Jan. 16 | Presidential elections in Uganda 2021: UK statement | News and Communications |
| Jan. 16 | E3 Statement on the JCPoA: 16 January 2021 | News and Communications |
| Jan. 15 | Call for bids 2021 to 2022: support for British detainees overseas facing the death penalty | Guidance and Regulation |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 1 Sep 2020, 5:59 p.m. | Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) | Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) |
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Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: 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. Answered by James Cleverly - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The British Government has made its position on boycotts/sanctions clear. We are firmly opposed to boycotts/sanctions against Israel. We believe that open and honest discussions, rather than supporting anti-Israeli boycotts, best supports our efforts to help progress in the peace process and achieve a negotiated solution. |
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