Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Jul 2016
Sri Lanka: Human Rights
"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing this really important issue to the House. Does he agree that we cannot accept the Minister saying that we will not push for international involvement because, after all, the President today may be better than the President before, but President Sirisena was still …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 28th June 2016
Asked by:
Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the further development of democratic non-sectarian governance in Iraq.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
We are supporting the Iraqi government as it works to deliver the non-sectarian governance and meaningful political reconciliation and reform needed to rebuild public trust in the Iraqi state and unite all Iraq’s communities against Daesh.
We welcome the commitments that the Government of Iraq has made to inclusivity, to protecting Iraqi citizens, addressing human rights abuses, holding those responsible to account and to delivering the public services and economic opportunities which Iraqis want and deserve.
Through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund we are contributing £6m to the UN’s Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilisation, to help the Iraqi government stabilise areas recently liberated from Daesh and re-establish security, basic services and inclusive local governance. These funds will contribute to a number of projects designed to support community cohesion and encourage reconciliation, acceptance and tolerance between communities at a grass roots level.
Written Question
Monday 11th January 2016
Asked by:
Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK Mission to the UN is taking to address the recent findings by Haiti's National Electoral Office of contestations of irregularities to acts of fraud aimed at changing the results of the presidential elections in October 2015.
Answered by Lord Swire
Officials at the UK Mission to the UN regularly discuss Haiti with international partners and the Secretary General’s Special Representative on Haiti. In addition, our (non-resident) Ambassador to Haiti and our (resident) Chargé d'affaires have met the European Observer Mission (EOM) to the Haitian presidential elections, as well as observer teams from the OAS and ParlAmerica, on several occasions to discuss their findings. While some irregularities did take place and are being investigated, none of the official observer groups has substantiated specific claims of fraud, or called the results of the election into question. The EOM's analysis has been shared with the Haitian Prime Minister, Evans Paul and relevant Ministries in Haiti. It was also shared with the Commission d’Evaluation Electorale (Electoral Review Commission, ERC). While the Commission’s report also pointed to some irregularities they concluded that the Presidential runoff should take place.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Dec 2015
International Human Rights Day
"I congratulate the hon. Members for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms), and my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (Ms Ahmed-Sheikh)—I am going to train everyone to say the “ch” in “Ochil” at some stage—on …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Dec 2015
International Human Rights Day
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. People have disappeared in Saudi Arabia and indeed across the world and nobody seems to know where they are. It seems that we will never find them, yet all that they have done is practise their own religion and their own faith.
The …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Deaths Abroad (Consular Assistance)
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered consular assistance for families of people who die abroad.
As the Minister is aware, the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs carried out an inquiry in 2013-14 into this very matter, and many of the people I will reference today contributed to …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Deaths Abroad (Consular Assistance)
"I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I was coming on to this, but I will say it now. There may be consular support staff listening to this debate who feel quite hurt by what I am saying, but obviously I am not referring to those who deal with …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Deaths Abroad (Consular Assistance)
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Deaths Abroad (Consular Assistance)
"I very much thank the hon. Lady. I will try to continue.
I will end by saying that Julie Love has been a tireless advocate for the families of British citizens who have died abroad. People such as Julie and Eve do this work not for themselves—it is too late …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Deaths Abroad (Consular Assistance)
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