Found: Correspondence to Lord Ahmed Minister of State (Middle East, N Africa, S Asia, UN and Commonwealth) Foreign

Found: On 4 May 2023, Lord Ahmed tweeted about his productive meeting with the Tunisian Foreign Minister

Found: market” by the Defence and Security Exports unit of Britain’s trade ministry.35 In April 2023, Lord

Found: It took several months, and the help of Lord Ahmed of Wimbledon, to persuade DfID to revert

Found: Lord Ahmed was in Israel and the occupied territories in January, and I know the Foreign Secretary

Found: Interests ) updated the C ommittee on the European Court of Human Rights cases that had been initiated by Lord

Found: Lord Ahmed said that he wanted the conference to have a survivor-centred approach.

Found: ˝is is one of several models the UK could discuss with other donors and the aid community. 44 Lord

Found: devised with 41 Themrise Khan Q12 42 Heba Aly Q200 43 Themrise Khan Q14 44 Lord

Found: subsequently admitted in a letter to the JCNSS, that fi[b]oth Mark Field, [former] Minister for Asia, and Lord

Found: explained that following the agreement of the report on Thursday 19 November a letter was sent to Lord

Found: explained that following the agreement of the report on Thu rsday 19 November a letter was sent to Lord

Found: The Committee looks forward to discussing these matters further at its meeting in January 2021 with Lord

Found: regular meetings with civil society representatives and members of GAPS10 on WPS with FCO Minister, Lord

Found: welcomes regular meetings with civil society representatives and members of GAPS on WPS with FCO Minister, Lord

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help de-escalate recent violence in Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh.

Answered by Leo Docherty

The UK Government was clear in publicly calling for an end to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, and has called on all parties to avoid any future escalatory actions. Ministers have raised the importance of de-escalation directly with Azerbaijani counterparts. Lord Ahmed met Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Bayramov on the 23 September in New York, I [Minister Docherty] called Bayramov on 28 September and the Foreign Secretary spoke with Bayramov on 17 October. Ministers have also engaged with Armenia on issues relating to the conflict. I [Minister Docherty] spoke to Armenian Foreign Minister Mirzoyan on the 28 September, and the Foreign Secretary called Mirzoyan on 10 October.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Colombian counterpart on the recent (a) attacks against and (b) surveillance of members of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective.

Answered by Vicky Ford

UK ministers and senior officials regularly raise human rights issues, as well as specific cases of concern, with the Colombian Government and in multilateral fora. Most recently, Lord Ahmed discussed human rights and the security situation in Colombia in his meeting with President Duque on 12 April. I also discussed human rights concerns with Vice-President and Foreign Minister Ramírez on 10 February.

Colombia is a UK 'Human Rights Priority Country,' and we also consistently raise our concerns regarding violence against human rights defenders, including social leaders and indigenous leaders at the UN Security Council, as we did on 12 April. We look to the Colombian Government to further integrate its presence in conflict-affected areas, and strengthen the institutions that can investigate and prosecute the criminal actors responsible.

Last April, officials from our Embassy in Bogotá met with Wayúu Indigenous leaders to discuss concerns and FCDO officials in London met with a member of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective on 25 May. Through our Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) programme, which has provided £69 million in support of peace agreement implementation, security, and stability in Colombia since 2015, we will continue to prioritise funding interventions to protect human rights defenders, social leaders and indigenous communities

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Colombian counterpart on the recent attacks against Wayúu Indigenous leaders in La Guajira.

Answered by Vicky Ford

UK ministers and senior officials regularly raise human rights issues, as well as specific cases of concern, with the Colombian Government and in multilateral fora. Most recently, Lord Ahmed discussed human rights and the security situation in Colombia in his meeting with President Duque on 12 April. I also discussed human rights concerns with Vice-President and Foreign Minister Ramírez on 10 February.

Colombia is a UK 'Human Rights Priority Country,' and we also consistently raise our concerns regarding violence against human rights defenders, including social leaders and indigenous leaders at the UN Security Council, as we did on 12 April. We look to the Colombian Government to further integrate its presence in conflict-affected areas, and strengthen the institutions that can investigate and prosecute the criminal actors responsible.

Last April, officials from our Embassy in Bogotá met with Wayúu Indigenous leaders to discuss concerns and FCDO officials in London met with a member of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective on 25 May. Through our Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) programme, which has provided £69 million in support of peace agreement implementation, security, and stability in Colombia since 2015, we will continue to prioritise funding interventions to protect human rights defenders, social leaders and indigenous communities

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward legislation to provide for the rescinding of the peerage held by Lord Ahmed.

Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords

Nazir Ahmed retired from the House of Lords as a result of a complaint before the House of Lords Conduct Committee in 2020, which recommended he be expelled from the House. He is therefore no longer a member of the House of Lords, retains no privileges and may not return.

Whilst Peers may voluntarily stop using their titles, there is currently no formal mechanism for revoking their titles, which would require bespoke primary legislation. The Government currently has no plans to bring forward such legislation.

The Government is firmly committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, whether it takes place online or in families, institutions or communities, here in this country or overseas.

Found: That is as true in Pakistan as it is in othe r areas, and it is an issue that my noble Friend Lord Ahmed

Found: Moreover, in his closing statement to the 49th session of the Human Rights committee, in April 2022, Lord

An honour to meet Martin Griffiths @UNReliefChief at @FCDOGovUK briefing hosted by Lord Ahmed on need to secure resilient humanitarian relief in the most difficult geo-political areas of the world. Joined by cross Party MPs including my @Conservatives colleague Flick Drummond https://t.co/b9Ve6CkjfB

Found: ( SI 2015/20041), the signature reads ‘ Ahmad of Wimbledon’ to avoid any possible confusion with Lord

Found: Ministers David Rutley and Lord Ahmed made a written ministerial statement in Parliament.

Found: -UK Economic Partnership’ (June 2023). 69 Cf the observations of FCDO Minister Lord Ahmed in Hansard

Found: Labour Lord Ahmed: " There are long-established historic and Commonwealth links between some of these