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Intelligence and Security Committee Report on Russia (5 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: I pay tribute to the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve). He and I disagree on a wide range of issues, but his fairness and scrupulousness in holding to account both his own Government and others, such as me, is a credit to the entire House. The Russian Government’s greatest victims are their own people, with human rights abuses, and human rights and democracy...

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria (5 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: On behalf of the Scottish National party, may I be the first Scottish MP to welcome you to your place, Mr Speaker? On 16 October, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the hon. Member for South Derbyshire (Mrs Wheeler), told the Foreign Affairs Committee that the UK was failing to attend meetings to discuss the situation in Syria, not least the increase in...

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria (5 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: I am glad to hear that. The Brexit Secretary told us that the UK would only attend meetings of the EU Council where there was “a significant national interest in the outcome of discussions, such as on security”. The situation in Syria strikes me as something that affects security as well as foreign policy, so I ask the Foreign Secretary again: will he change his mind, given that there are...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria: Humanitarian Aid (4 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 1878, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that cross-border points remain (a) open and (b) accessible to humanitarian aid (i) workers and (ii) supplies.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan: Peace Negotiations (4 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the implementation of the Revitalised Peace Agreement in South Sudan.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan: Peace Negotiations (4 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to address the key concerns of international observers and the people of South Sudan on potential difficulties in the formation of a Government of National Unity in that country.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan: Peace Negotiations (4 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government can take with its Troika partners to ensure the continued engagement of all parties to the Revitalised Peace Agreement in South Sudan.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan: Politics and Government (4 Nov 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to improve the political and humanitarian situation in South Sudan.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Bahrain: Foreign Relations (31 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of diplomatic relations between UK and Bahrain.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Bahrain: Human Rights (31 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) human rights issues and (b) human rights abuse cases the Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa raised with his Bahraini counterpart at the UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group on 17 October 2019.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Bahrain: Foreign Relations (29 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what matters the Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa and the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed at the UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group on 17 October 2019.

Restoring Nature and Climate Change — [Stewart Hosie in the Chair] (28 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: The hon. Gentleman has touched on something that is important in our approach to the debate. When we talk about rewilding and climate change, we often talk about the challenges. Would not it sometimes be better to talk about the opportunities, for jobs, the economy and the social fabric?

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Ilois: Overseas Aid (24 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the £40 million fund for Chagossians has been allocated to date by his Department; for what purposes that money has been allocated; and how much of that spending has been classified as Official Development Assistance.

Cabinet Office: Topical Questions (23 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: The withdrawal agreement will have the most profound effect on devolution, and I do not trust the Tories with devolution. Does the Minister agree with the First Ministers of Wales and Scotland, who are meeting across the road, that they must give legislative consent?

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Burma: Genocide (23 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the adequacy of the evidence available for the purpose of taking a case to the International Court of Justice on the ground that the situation in Burma represents a violation of the UN genocide convention.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Malaysia: Capital Punishment (23 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Malaysian counterpart on the (a) consistency with international human rights laws and conventions and (b) application to people on death row of alternative sentences to the mandatory death penalty in that country.

British Children: Syria (22 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: I thank the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) for securing this incredibly important urgent question. I also pay tribute to the aid agencies working in some extraordinarily difficult circumstances. One of the most chilling briefings I have ever received came in at the weekend, when I read that children—small children—have died on their way to and in the camps from...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria: Islamic State (22 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department’s assessment is of when the Government of Syria will assume administrative control of Al Hol and Roj camps in north east Syria.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria: British Nationals Abroad (22 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department’s timetable is for the evacuation of British children and their mothers from north east Syria.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Foreign Relations: Scotland (22 Oct 2019)

Stephen Gethins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he last met the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Culture and External Affairs; and when he next plans to meet her.

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