Joe Powell MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial CouncilForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to publish the results of the UK and Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council on 19-21 November 2024.
Answer: The conclusions of the Joint Ministerial Council will be published through a communiqué jointly agreed by the UK and the Overseas Territories. We will also make a Written Ministerial Statement.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: HinduismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of Hindus in Bangladesh.
Answer: The UK has a long-standing commitment to the protection of human rights. We are committed to Freedom of Religion or Belief for all. In July, the Foreign Secretary and I raised concerns publicly and privately about the unprecedented levels of violence and ...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAzerbaijan: PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the arbitrary detention of prisoners in Azerbaijan.
Answer: The UK remains concerned at the increased number of detentions of independent journalists, human rights defenders and civil society representatives over the last year, and we continue to urge Azerbaijan to improve human rights protections for all its citi...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeorgia: ElectionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support free, fair and peaceful elections in Georgia.
Answer: On 9 October, I [Minister Doughty] made clear to Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili that Georgia's parliamentary elections must be held in accordance with international democratic standards. We have allocated £500,000 to support independent elec...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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