To ask His Majesty's Government following Canada's decision to proscribe the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, whether they also plan to proscribe it; and if so, when.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the situation facing the Hazara community in Afghanistan, particularly with regard to the findings of the 2022 Hazara Inquiry and the February report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan; ...
To ask His Majesty's Government what human rights concerns they raised during the meeting between the Foreign Secretary and the Foreign Minister of China at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting held in Vientiane on 26 July, and whether they raised the case...
To ask His Majesty's Government what security concerns they raised during the meeting between the Foreign Secretary and the Foreign Minister of China at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting held in Vientiane on 26 July, and whether they discussed the use o...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the House of Commons Resolution passed in April 2021 that Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are suffering Crimes Against Humanity and Genoci...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the situation in Darfur, particularly with regard to the findings of the Darfur Inquiry published in April 2023 and subsequent concerns raised, including by the UN Special Adviser of the Secretar...
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking across all departments to ensure that British supply chains are free of slave labour.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prescriptions for trazodone have been issued in each year since 2014; how many 'Yellow Card' reports of sexual dysfunction and persistent sexual dysfunction in respect of trazodone the MHRA has received each year s...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy with regard to British judges serving in Hong Kong courts.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health of British citizen Jimmy Lai, imprisoned in Hong Kong, and whether they have sought his release on grounds of compassion.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are planning to review the approaches taken to address the involvement of UK citizens and residents in the Yazidi genocide; and whether they are initiating and pursuing judicial proceedings for genocide, crimes...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of reports that more than 2 million people are now at risk of starvation in Tigray and what action are they taking to support the affected communities.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the humanitarian situation in Tigray since the end of the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia; and how they are monitoring the situation now that no other ...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to reform visa fees, and tax and pension contributions for those on Seasonal Worker visas (Temporary Work) to reduce the financial burden on such workers.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that intergovernmental agreements on safe and ethical work migration are in place before operators are allowed to recruit from new territories under the Seasonal Worker visa (Temporary Work) scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect all workers on the Seasonal Worker visa (Temporary Work) from exploitation.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will meet with the Seasonal Worker Interest Group to discuss structural reforms to the visa scheme to protect workers from exploitation such as the charging of recruitment fees for those on a Seasonal Worker vi...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Ethiopia’s adequacy of draft transitional justice policy in safeguarding human rights; and how they are supporting their counterparts in Ethiopia to ensure that justice and accountability f...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 26 March (HL3163), in each year since 2014, how many prescriptions for vortioxetine were issued; what was the annual cost to the National Health Service of those prescriptio...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are supporting efforts by the United States to encourage the warring parties in Sudan to enter ceasefire talks; and if so, what progress has been made in those talks, and in finding a resolution to the conflict...