Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: PPN 03/24: Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ)Found: For suppliers who are constituted or organised under the law of Russia or Belarus or their ‘Persons of
Oral Evidence Mar. 27 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: be in a much worse place if Putin somehow manages to snatch victory from defeat here in Ukraine, Belarus
Mar. 26 2024
Source Page: AUKUS Electronic Warfare Challenge: Competition DocumentFound: Contractor's supply chain is linked to entities who are constitute d or organised under the law of Russia or Belarus
Mar. 26 2024
Source Page: Belarus: medical facilitiesFound: Belarus: medical facilities
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking with international partners (a) through the UN and (b) in other fora to (i) tackle the use of nuclear rhetoric and (ii) promote disarmament.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
Alongside our NATO Allies and G7 partners, we have consistently condemned Russia's irresponsible nuclear rhetoric. In February 2024, G7 Foreign Ministers "condemned Russia's irresponsible nuclear rhetoric, its posture of strategic intimidation, its announcement that it has deployed nuclear weapons in Belarus, at an increasingly unstable and dangerous moment, and its undermining of arms control regimes". Our nuclear deterrent has protected the UK and our Allies from the most extreme acts of aggression and will continue to protect us for as long as it is needed. We remain committed to full implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
In 2023 G7 Leaders issued the Hiroshima Vision on Nuclear Disarmament, which reaffirms our commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons with undiminished security for all. The UK has also funded over £1.8 million worth of projects on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, including our annual conference to address the diplomatic, political and strategic challenges for the global non-proliferation regime. This sits alongside our work on verification and irreversibility of nuclear disarmament that uniquely connects key government representatives with non-government policy, scientific and technical experts.
Mar. 22 2024
Source Page: Shazia Choudhry: UK candidate for UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)Found: international standards on violence against women, gender equality , and access to justice in Armenia, Belarus
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: Consumer Council for Water annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023Found: exposure with any individual or entity on the published list that are subject to sanctions in Russia and Belarus
Mentions:
1: None exactly what we need for UK customs to bring in the corn.I also have a point on sanction controls for Belarus - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many UK nationals are detained in (a) Russia and (b) Belarus; and what consular support is provided to them.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The FCDO is currently aware of fewer than 5 British nationals detained in Russia, and are providing consular assistance. According to our records, there are currently no British nationals detained in Belarus. However, British nationals are not obliged to inform the FCDO of their detention. We provide tailored consular assistance in line with our public guidance, found on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/arrested-or-detained-abroad), which sets out the support British nationals can expect to receive. This can include meeting with the detainee; offering support to their family; providing a list of English-speaking lawyers and basic information about the local system in the form of our local prisoner pack; facilitating the transfer of funds for prison comforts; and raising concerns with the local authorities where the detainee is not treated in line with internationally-accepted standards.
Laid - 21 Mar 2024 In Force 11 Apr 2024
These Regulations amend the Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1435) (“the Suspensions Regulations”) and the Customs (Additional Duty) (Russia and Belarus) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/376) (“the Additional Duty Regulations”).
Found: issue that has arisen between His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of Belarus