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Commons Chamber
International Women’s Day - Thu 11 Mar 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Mhairi Black (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) When we have a Budget that will not implement a real living wage, we know that the consequences of that - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) In Nigeria, officials have in recent months raised with the Nigerian Government the case of Christian - Speech Link
3: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) Action is desperately needed, so I implore the Government to consider sanctions and follow in the footsteps - Speech Link
4: Janet Daby (LAB - Lewisham East) I call for the Foreign Secretary to impose sanctions on the Chinese officials committing these abuses - Speech Link
5: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) against in Government schemes. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) What progress he has made on identifying and applying sanctions against senior Chinese Government officials - Speech Link
2: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) Can he explain why it is taking the Government so long to sanction Chinese officials? - Speech Link
3: Tom Tugendhat (CON - Tonbridge and Malling) will he raise with the Nigerian Government, when he next has the opportunity to do so, the likelihood - Speech Link
4: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) Action is needed, not just words, so when will the UK Government implement trade bans on goods from illegal - Speech Link
5: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) , but the reality is that it was this Government, and me, who introduced Magnitsky sanctions on 20 Saudis - Speech Link


Deposited Papers

Feb. 10 2021

Source Page: The economics of biodiversity: the Dasgupta Review [Full report, Abridged version, Headline messages] (3 docs.)
Document: dasgupta_Review_Full_Report.pdf (PDF)

Found: The economics of biodiversity: the Dasgupta Review [Full report, Abridged version, Headline messages


Departmental Publication (Research and Statistics)
HM Treasury

Feb. 02 2021

Source Page: Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
Document: Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review (PDF)

Found: Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review


Select Committee
Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), Saferworld, and Amnesty International UK
Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), Saferworld, and Amnesty International UK

Oral Evidence Dec. 22 2020

Inquiry: Arms export controls: Initial review
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Committees on Arms Export Controls

Found: Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), Saferworld, and Amnesty International UK Campaign Against the


Westminster Hall
International Development and Gender-based Violence - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Anthony Mangnall (CON - Totnes) , we have a unique opportunity to implement an organisation that would support so much of the work that - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) the Government should use their new Magnitsky-style global human rights sanctions regime to target those - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) for her release, is raised with the Nigerian Government at every possible opportunity. - Speech Link
4: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) element in the battle against violence against women and girls. - Speech Link
5: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) In some countries, there have been reports of sexual exploitation by those Government officials tasked - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nigeria: Sanctions Regime - Mon 23 Nov 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) sanctions against known individuals within the Nigerian Government and security forces. - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (LAB - Erith and Thamesmead) calls for sanctions against the Nigerian Government and officials. - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
E-petition 554150, relating to Nigeria and the sanctions regime - CDP-2020-0148
Nov. 19 2020

Found: E-petition 554150, relating to Nigeria and the sanctions regime


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Christians and Freedom of Religion or Belief - Wed 21 Oct 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rehman Chishti (CON - Gillingham and Rainham) top priority for the Government, and I thank all the excellent officials who I worked with on the FORB - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) ask the UK Government to implement recommendation 8, which is to be“prepared to impose sanctions against - Speech Link
3: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) to the recommendations in the report that we must impose sanctions against those who persecute Christians - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) and their counterparts in the Nigerian Foreign Ministry? - Speech Link
5: Nigel Adams (CON - Selby and Ainsty) Our high commissioner in Abuja has raised that with the Nigerian Government. - Speech Link


Closed Petition closed 20th April 2021

Implement sanctions against the Nigerian Government and officials - Final Signatures: 221,258

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.

Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 23rd November 2020

The Government responsed to this petition on 11th November 2020 (View Full Response)
We were concerned by violence during recent protests and await the outcome of Nigerian investigations into reports of police brutality. We do not publicly speculate on future sanctions designations.

Found: There have been deeply concerning reports of a Nigerian police force unit (SARS) engaging in illegal