Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) It is a war grave in Wantage gardens on North Road West in Plymouth, which has the headstones of child - Speech Link
2: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) military and civil sites around the world, from Canada, Belgium and France to Ukraine, Georgia and Papua - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Lord (Con - Woking) A plot in the west corner of the cemetery contains approximately 2,400 Canadian graves of the second - Speech Link
4: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) The most poignant one that I visited is in Papua New Guinea. - Speech Link
Report May. 01 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: Pauline Latham OBE MP (Conservative, Mid Derbyshire) Chris Law MP (Scottish National Party, Dundee West
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2023Found: Barbudan 1 0 1 West Indies Bahamian 1 0 1 West Indies Barbadian or Bajuns 20 3 23 West Indies Bermudian
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2023Found: 5 5 2 4 3 2 3 Oceania Norfolk Islander 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oceania Palauan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oceania Papua
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2023Found: Barbudan 1 0 1 West Indies Bahamian 1 0 1 West Indies Barbadian or Bajuns 20 3 23 West Indies Bermudian
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2023Found: 5 5 2 4 3 2 3 Oceania Norfolk Islander 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oceania Palauan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oceania Papua
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, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the number of internally-displaced people in West Papua since December 2018; and whether his Department is taking diplomatic steps to help support those people.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We continue to monitor the ongoing issue of internal civilian displacement caused by clashes between separatists and Indonesian security forces in Papua. We have raised our concerns with the Indonesian Embassy in London. Officials from the British Embassy in Jakarta have also visited Papua in March 2022 and met with officials, police, local business, human rights defenders, environmentalists and religious leaders. Embassy officials also visited the region again in February and July 2023.
The UK's longstanding position is to respect the territorial integrity of Indonesia, which includes the region of Papua. Within this framework, we strongly support the efforts of the Indonesian authorities and civil society to address the legitimate concerns of the people of Papua, including strengthening human rights protections, providing humanitarian assistance and ensuring that all Papuans benefit from the sustainable and equitable development of their province.
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed bio-ethanol food estate in West Papua on (a) the environment and (b) local (i) communities and (ii) ecosystems.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government is aware of proposals for the Food and Energy Estate programme in Merauke. We work closely with the Government of Indonesia to help increase the sustainability of commodity production, including by limiting deforestation and other environmental impacts, and supporting local communities' access to livelihoods.
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, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help promote freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in West Papua, in the context of recent reports of political imprisonment in that region.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government remains committed to upholding and defending human rights, freedom of speech and equality at home and oversees. We are aware of increased tensions in the Papua region and we continue to monitor developments closely. We have raised the issue of Papua with the Indonesian Embassy in London. Officials from the British Embassy in Jakarta visited Papua in March 2022 and met with officials, police, local business, human rights defenders, environmentalists and religious leaders. They also visited the region in February and July 2023.
Mar. 26 2024
Source Page: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office 1967 to 1991Found: Scaddan bec omes the first openly gay man to be appointed Head of Mission (High Commissioner to Papua