February 28, 2011 – 4:48 pm
BBC World Service: Finance John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely savings to accrue from the BBC World Service ceasing all radio broadcasting in the (a) Azeri, (b) Mandarin Chinese, (c) Russian, (d) Spanish for Cuba, (e) Turkish, (f) Vietnamese and [...]
February 28, 2011 – 4:47 pm
Southern Africa: Human Rights Lindsay Roy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to take steps to increase his Department’s monitoring of human rights abuses in southern Africa. [42813] Mr Bellingham: The Government work closely with partners to monitor human rights abuses and are committed to working to [...]
February 28, 2011 – 4:46 pm
Zimbabwe: Sanctions Mr Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the EU lifted restrictions on 35 people formerly affected by asset freezes and visa bans in Zimbabwe. [42343] Mr Bellingham: The decision by EU member states to remove 35 people from the list of those affected [...]
February 16, 2011 – 1:38 pm
Pope’s Visit (Costs) The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham): I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and 16 Feb 2011 : Column 82WS Commonwealth Office (FCO) is today publishing a report of the non-policing costs handled by the FCO on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government and [...]
February 15, 2011 – 1:56 pm
Lynn News Incinerator: Against . . . Published on Tue Feb 15 12:46:25 GMT 2011 Why I am urging people to vote “No” in the forthcoming Incinerator Referendum. Over the past few months I have been criticised for not immediately coming out against the proposed incinerator. However, I was keen to attend as many public [...]
February 11, 2011 – 1:37 pm
South Africa: Rape Mr Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has discussed with his South African counterpart measures to combat the practice of corrective rape in that country. [39580] Mr Bellingham: The UK opposes discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in all circumstances. We [...]