May. 10 2022
Source Page: The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office Country Information Products on RwandaFound: variety of nationalities in the last 3 years (DRC, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Cameroon
Found: The Commonwealth and Human Rights
Inquiry Publications Mar. 02 2022
Inquiry: Gender Sensitive ParliamentFound: At 34%, the House of Commons ranks joint 38th internationally, alongside Cameroon, and below comparable
Asked by: Claudia Webbe (Independent - Leicester East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to support an organised referendum for the people of former British Southern Cameroons on their future national status.
Answered by Vicky Ford
The UK remains concerned about the crisis in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon, and those affected by the crisis. The UK works closely with international partners and the Government of Cameroon to promote a peaceful resolution to the crisis. It would not be appropriate for the UK to interfere with national civil and democratic processes.
Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (LAB - Life peer) politicians divide societies into “the people versus the corrupt elite” and argue that politics should - Speech Link
2: Viscount Eccles (CON - Excepted Hereditary) I think our Government’s reaction is that Cameroon is too complicated for us to have an opinion about - Speech Link
3: Lord Hain (LAB - Life peer) I am asking that the UK Government and the US Government immediately suspend all government contracts - Speech Link
4: Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick (CB - Life peer) She continued:“This was not the normal cut-and-thrust of politics; it was an inappropriate and partisan - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Feb. 03 2022
Committee: International Relations and Defence CommitteeFound: inclusive politics in Africa.
Written Evidence Feb. 02 2022
Inquiry: Promoting dialogue and preventing atrocities: the UK government approachFound: DPA0005 - Promoting dialogue and preventing atrocities: the UK government approach School of Politics
Found: LGBT+ rights and issues in sub-Saharan Africa
Mentions:
1: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) I strongly encourage the Government to think again and to fund global vaccination efforts over and above - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) stability, and in co-ordinating all conflict work right across government? - Speech Link
3: Viscount Eccles (CON - Excepted Hereditary) On the Commonwealth member Cameroon, is there going to be some hard information in this strategy about - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) The Government need to end the contradictions and inconsistency between their words and actions, and - Speech Link
5: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) We believe that Afghanistan needs inclusive politics that properly represent the country; I acknowledge - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) , dog-whistle politics when it comes to refugees and asylum seekers, it provides an opportunity to right - Speech Link
2: Tulip Siddiq (LAB - Hampstead and Kilburn) What I would say to everyone is that I am not trying here to flame tensions or to play politics. - Speech Link
3: Johnny Mercer (CON - Plymouth, Moor View) from people who really do not like to get involved in politics. - Speech Link
4: Paul Blomfield (LAB - Sheffield Central) During our inquiry, we spoke to a young man who had been trafficked from the Cameroon-Nigeria border. - Speech Link