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What steps will the British Government be taking, following the highly disputed result in Venezuela of the election of President Maduro, to work with our American colleagues over the disputed land in Guyana to prevent any incursion there?
What steps will the British Government be taking, following the highly disputed result in Venezuela of the election of President Maduro, to work with our American colleagues over the disputed land in Guyana to prevent any incursion there?
I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue. The disputed election in the last few days is of huge concern, and I issued a statement on it yesterday. There are ongoing discussions with our American friends, and indeed with the state of Guyana, given the threats from Maduro in the past.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to launch a publicity campaign on the introduction of new requirements for Voter ID for (a) local and (b) Parliamentary elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to launch a publicity campaign on the introduction of new requirements for Voter ID for (a) local and (b) Parliamentary elections.
Yes. The national communications campaign for voter identification is the responsibility of the Electoral Commission, including coordination of campaigns and supporting outreach and roll-out via partners. The Commission and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will work to ensure plans and timelines for communications and guidance can be aligned. The Government will continue working constructively with charities and civil society organisations to help people understand these changes and make sure that voter identification works for everyone.
May I, too, on behalf of those on the Conservative Benches, pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his actions last week?
Has my right hon. Friend made any representations to Zimbabwe’s SADC neighbours—South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia—to try to put pressure on the Zimbabwean Government to ensure free and fair elections?
May I, too, on behalf of those on the Conservative Benches, pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his actions last week?
Has my right hon. Friend made any representations to Zimbabwe’s SADC neighbours—South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia—to try to put pressure on the Zimbabwean Government to ensure free and fair elections?
Yes, we have done so, and continue to do so. I will be visiting South Africa in the very near future, and this will be on the agenda. We are also working with the African Union to place pressure on Zimbabwe.
(5) what reports he has received of the level of transparency in the elections to the Belarusian parliament on 23 September 2012; and if he will make a statement.
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown:
(5) what reports he has received of the level of transparency in the elections to the Belarusian parliament on 23 September 2012; and if he will make a statement.
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown:
There has been no significant change in the human rights situation in Belarus since the crackdown following the December 2010 presidential election. The authorities continue their harassment of the political opposition, civil society and independent journalists, denying individuals the right to freedom of expression and assembly. One political prisoner was released in September, but ten remain in jail. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) observer mission assessed Belarus's parliamentary election of 23 September to be neither free nor fair.
The Government constantly monitors the human rights situation in Belarus; Belarus continues to feature as a ‘country of concern’ in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) annual Human Rights Report. In a FCO statement on 26 September, we expressed disappointment with the conduct of the elections, called on the Government of Belarus to work constructively with the OSCE on electoral reforms and called again
for the release and rehabilitation of the political prisoners. We make regular representations to the Belarusian authorities in Minsk and London about the human rights situation, in particular about the political prisoners. A senior FCO official raised the case of Andrzey Poczobut with the Belarusian ambassador to London on 20 July.
The UK strongly supported the establishment of a UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on Belarus. I issued a statement on 5 July urging the Government of Belarus to cooperate fully with this new mechanism. Miklós Haraszti took up the mandate on 1 November and immediately wrote to the Belarusian Government requesting that they enter into an open dialogue with him and civil society. As yet, he has not received a reply.
The UK continues to work with EU, US and other international partners and groupings to maintain political pressure on the Belarusian authorities. The EU Foreign Affairs Council discussed Belarus on 15 October and agreed to roll over the existing sanctions regime for a further year. The UK discusses Belarus bilaterally with key EU partners on a regular basis. Most recently, I discussed Belarus with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on 2 October and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), discussed Belarus with Polish Foreign Secretary, Mr Sikorski, in Warsaw on 19 October. In addition there are regular UK/US exchanges of views on human rights issues, including in relation to Belarus.
The UK regularly contributes to EU discussions and statements on Belarus in the OSCE Permanent Council, such as the 15 October EU statement of concerns about the conduct of the elections, and will be prepared to discuss Belarus at the OSCE Ministerial Council due to take place in Dublin on 6-7 December. The UK contributed both funds and personnel to the OSCE/ODHIR mission that observed September's parliamentary elections in Belarus.
Motion that Mr David Amess, Mr David Anderson, Bob Blackman, Jane Ellison, John Hemming, Mr Marcus Jones and Ian Mearns be members of the Backbench Business Committee. Agreed to on question.
Motion that Mr David Amess, Mr David Anderson, Bob Blackman, Jane Ellison, John Hemming, Mr Marcus Jones and Ian Mearns be members of the Backbench Business Committee. Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on the ability of residents of Jaffna and Vavuniya who have been displaced and are being held in government clearing centres to vote in the forthcoming municipal elections in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on the ability of residents of Jaffna and Vavuniya who have been displaced and are being held in government clearing centres to vote in the forthcoming municipal elections in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to seek to ensure that independent observers monitor the forthcoming municipal elections in Jaffna and Vavuniya in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to seek to ensure that independent observers monitor the forthcoming municipal elections in Jaffna and Vavuniya in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance the UK is providing to Bangladesh to assist the electoral process.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance the UK is providing to Bangladesh to assist the electoral process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the progress made on voter list assembly and electoral reform in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the progress made on voter list assembly and electoral reform in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government have taken to ensure that elections in Sierra Leone are free and fair; for how long he expects international observers to remain in Sierre Leone; and whether they will remain there throughout the election process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government have taken to ensure that elections in Sierra Leone are free and fair; for how long he expects international observers to remain in Sierre Leone; and whether they will remain there throughout the election process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the conduct of the parliamentary election campaign in East Timor and its conformity with the Political Party Accord and Code of Conduct.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the conduct of the parliamentary election campaign in East Timor and its conformity with the Political Party Accord and Code of Conduct.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received (a) on the likelihood of Fiji holding elections by March 2009 and (b) the restoration of democracy in Fiji.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received (a) on the likelihood of Fiji holding elections by March 2009 and (b) the restoration of democracy in Fiji.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings the British ambassador in Jakarta has had with (a) the UN Mission in East Timor and (b) the East Timorese Government to discuss the conduct of the parliamentary elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings the British ambassador in Jakarta has had with (a) the UN Mission in East Timor and (b) the East Timorese Government to discuss the conduct of the parliamentary elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to assist in ensuring that parliamentary elections in East Timor are free and fair.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to assist in ensuring that parliamentary elections in East Timor are free and fair.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the recent reports from the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste on the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the recent reports from the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste on the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received from European Union election observers on the extent of (a) tampering with ballots and (b) voter intimidation in the recent presidential and gubernatorial elections in Nigeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received from European Union election observers on the extent of (a) tampering with ballots and (b) voter intimidation in the recent presidential and gubernatorial elections in Nigeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she has made representations to the Nigerian government following the recent presidential and gubernatorial elections on strengthening (a) the Anti-Corruption Commission and (b) the Independent Electoral Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she has made representations to the Nigerian government following the recent presidential and gubernatorial elections on strengthening (a) the Anti-Corruption Commission and (b) the Independent Electoral Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when she expects to receive reports from international observers following the recent presidential and gubernatorial elections in Nigeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when she expects to receive reports from international observers following the recent presidential and gubernatorial elections in Nigeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she (a) has made and (b) intends to make to her opposite number in Thailand on the conduct of elections scheduled for December in Thailand; and what international observers she expects to be present for the election...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she (a) has made and (b) intends to make to her opposite number in Thailand on the conduct of elections scheduled for December in Thailand; and what international observers she expects to be present for the election...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received of intimidation and undemocratic practices in gubernational elections in Nigeria; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received of intimidation and undemocratic practices in gubernational elections in Nigeria; and if she will make a statement.