Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"12. When he last discussed the use of the death penalty with his counterpart in the UAE; and if he will make a statement. ..."Fiona Mactaggart - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"Jennifer Dalquez is an overseas domestic worker working in the Emirates to provide for her two children in the Philippines. In a struggle with her employer, who was trying to rape her, she killed him, and she now faces either execution or a fine of 100 camels’ value, over $60,000, …..."Fiona Mactaggart - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Dec 2016
UK Nationals Imprisoned Abroad
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Written Question
Tuesday 29th November 2016
Asked by:
Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his counterparts in China on that country's organ transplant programme; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Sharma
We continue to engage the Chinese authorities on our concerns surrounding their organ transplant programme. I opened the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 27 October, where my officials raised these concerns, and also allegations of forced organ removals, with the Chinese delegation. My officials have raised the issue separately with the Chinese Embassy and our Embassy in Beijing has received information from the National Health and Family Planning Commission in China about their handling of organ transplants.
As my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan MP), the Minister for Europe and the Americas, stated in a Westminster Hall debate on 11 October 2016: "Although I do not doubt the need to maintain close scrutiny of organ transplant practices in China, we believe that the evidence base is not sufficiently strong to substantiate claims about the systematic harvesting of organs from minority groups. Indeed, based on all the evidence available to us, we cannot conclude that this practice of "organ harvesting" is definitely happening in China."
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2016
Aleppo
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2016
Aleppo
"I was distressed by the implication in the Minister’s remarks that those of us who voted against airstrikes in Syria were somehow responsible for his decision not to put forward airdrops for aid. Frankly, at that point, we were not convinced that the balance of harms was being sorted in …..."Fiona Mactaggart - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"Thank you, Mr Speaker. The reason I was steamy is that I spoke this morning to my constituent whose husband, Nawaz Khan, has been detained in South Sudan since 18 June without charge. It seems to me that in view of the situation and the turmoil there, it is urgent …..."Fiona Mactaggart - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"Does the Minister share my horror that the United States remains in the top five countries for executing people, despite a reduction in the number of executions last year? When did he last speak to his American counterpart about the US record on executing people?..."Fiona Mactaggart - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jan 2016
Saudi Arabia
"Is not the problem that the Saudi authorities are prepared to ignore diplomatic niceties, the Minister’s disappointment and a statement in the Foreign Office’s report in July about its continued concern over death penalty use in Saudi and the fact that the Foreign Office regularly raises the issue with the …..."Fiona Mactaggart - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 19th October 2015
Asked by:
Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to raise the human rights of ethnic and religious minorities in India during the visit of Prime Minister Modi to the UK in November 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Swire
India and the UK have a rich, wide-ranging and mature bilateral relationship. We will discuss a broad spectrum of issues during Prime Minister Modi's visit.
The UK raises a range of human rights matters with India, including religious freedom and the treatment of ethnic minorities, both bilaterally and through the EU. This includes meeting Union and State level government institutions, such as the Indian National Commission for Minorities, which the British High Commission in New Delhi met earlier this month. The High Commission also stays in regular contact with civil society organisations and senior faith leaders working on religious freedom across India.