Asked by: John Nicolson (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings he or his ministers have had with pro-democracy activists in Bahrain.
Answered by James Cleverly - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
During my visit to Bahrain, I met with a number of Bahrainis, both governmental and non-governmental, with a range of opinions. The FCDO considers a range of information in making our assessment of the Human Rights picture in Bahrain, including meeting individuals or groups when we deem appropriate.
Asked by: John Nicolson (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the nature and content is of the files removed from the National Archive relating to the events of June 1984 at the Golden Temple at Amritsar.
Answered by Alan Duncan
Following concerns raised with ministers by the Sikh Federation UK (SFUK), the FCO re-examined its 1984 files from the National Archives to check whether they contained evidence to support the SFUK claims. The FCO found nothing to substantiate the SFUK concerns in these files, which have since been returned to the National Archives.