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Written Question
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Monday 1st September 2014

Asked by: Jim Sheridan (Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings in the last year between chemical sector professionals and Ministers or Senior officials in his Department the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed.

Answered by Lord Swire

Details of meetings held by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found at Gov.uk.

Information requested in respect of other officials’ meetings is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Middle East and North Africa

"Order. Interventions are getting a bit long. Can we cut them down, please?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Middle East and North Africa

"Order. Colleagues, seven Members have indicated that they wish to speak. Therefore, to get everyone in and give both Front-Bench spokesmen ample time to respond, I must limit speeches to eight minutes. I apologise for being a bad cop, but that is life...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Middle East and North Africa

"Order. Before calling the Front-Bench spokesmen, I point out that Mr Burt has indicated that he would like three minutes to wind up the debate after both Front-Bench spokesmen have spoken, if that time can be factored in...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 17 Jul 2014
Middle East and North Africa

"Order. I am sorry to stop the hon. Gentleman, but the Minister needs time to respond...."
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Written Question
Sudan
Friday 13th June 2014

Asked by: Jim Sheridan (Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the president of Sudan regarding the death sentence given to Meriam Yehya Ibrahim.

Answered by Mark Simmonds

The President of Sudan is indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and has refused to cooperate. In common with other EU countries, we have a policy of having no contact with fugitives from the ICC unless it is essential. However, we have raised Meriam's conviction in the strongest terms with Sudanese Ministers, including by summoning the Chargé d'Affaires to the Foreign Office on 19 May, at the request of the Foreign Secretary. Immediately following her conviction, I released a statement describing her conviction as barbaric and calling upon the Government of Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion and international human rights laws as enshrined in its own constitution. The Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, my Hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Ms Featherstone), also raised this issue with the Foreign Minister of Sudan on 20 May.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Nov 2013
Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Programme

"Order. I ask colleagues to keep in mind during their speeches that I intend to call the Front Benchers at about 3.40 pm...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Nov 2013
Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Programme

"Order. Can we keep interventions short? I hope to call the Front-Bench speakers at 3.40 pm...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Nov 2013
Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Programme

"I am sure that Hansard will have recorded the hon. Gentleman’s constituency correctly...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Nov 2013
Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Programme

"I remind colleagues that although there are a number of issues involving Iran that could be discussed, today we are talking about its nuclear weapons programme...."
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