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Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: I agree with much of what the hon. Gentleman has said about the NPT, but will he clarify one point? Is it Liberal Democrat policy not to replace Trident?

Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: The hon. Gentleman said that the Liberal Democrats were conducting a review.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Belarus: Capital Punishment (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: Vasily Yuzepchuk and Andrei Zhuk have been sentenced to death in Belarus this year. We, and EU partners, have raised their cases with the Belarusian authorities on a number of occasions. We also took part in a European Commission press conference on 12 October 2009 to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty. EU member states are working with local and international non-governmental...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: China: Fur (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: Given the very wide range of issues we pursue with China in our bilateral relationship, our ability to focus on animal welfare issues specifically with our Chinese counterparts is limited. However the UK has worked with our European partners to introduce an EU-wide ban on the trade in domestic cat and dog fur and products containing such fur, which came into force on 1 January 2009. We also...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Hanslope Park (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials meet Milton Keynes Council as and when necessary, for example on planning issues. The most recent meetings have been discussions about a Green Travel Plan for staff based at Hanslope Park. There have been no recent meetings with Hanslope parish council.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Morocco: British Nationality (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not had any discussions with the Government of Morocco on citizenship applications in the last 12 months.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nepal: Religious Freedom (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: Religiously motivated attacks against Christians and Muslims are rare in Nepal. However, the Nepal Defence Army (NDA), an extremist Hindu fundamentalist group, has carried out a number of attacks, including a bomb attack on a Catholic church in Kathmandu on 23 May 2009 in which three people were killed, the murder of a Catholic priest at Dharan in July 2008, and a bomb attack on a Muslim...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Western Sahara: Landmines (23 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: In his report of 13 April 2009, the Secretary-General of the UN detailed Moroccan efforts to destroy mines, unexploded ordnance and expired ammunition. The Royal Moroccan Army reported to the UN Secretary-General that its de-mining units had processed 420 square kilometres between 1 May 2008 and 28 February 2009 as part of a comprehensive mine clearance operation in Western Sahara, west of...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Afghanistan (12 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: Afghan farmers do not normally receive a regular wage from poppy or wheat farming. Their income comes from a number of different sources, including the cultivation of a number of crops simultaneously and other sources such as manual labour. Average national figures for farmers' income are currently not available; we have made estimates for Helmand. In 2008-09 the net returns on a jerib (one...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Africa: Foreign Relations (12 Nov 2009)

Ivan Lewis: The Government have regular contact with the African Union (AU) at official and ministerial level. My noble Friend, the former Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, Lord Malloch-Brown, attended the AU Summit in July this year where he met various AU representatives including the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Jean Ping, and his deputy, Erasmus Mwencha. He held wide-ranging discussions on...