To ask His Majesty's Government what is their Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment of the situation in Iran; how this is affected by the reports that Russia has been sending advanced military equipment to Iran in exchange for drones; and wh...
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that women in Afghanistan will no longer be allowed to continue their university education.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis published by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on 20 December suggesting that, despite the peace deal in Ethiopia, civilians are still at heightened risk of atrocities; and what...
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the BBC concerning Persian Radio transmissions to Iran; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh; and if so, what steps, if any, they have taken as a result.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the refusal of the authorities in Hong Kong to allow imprisoned British citizen Jimmy Lai to meet with his legal representative Timothy Owen KC.
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey regarding the sentencing of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, to two years and seven months in prison for the crime of "insulting public officials".
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of warnings of (1) genocide, and (2) other atrocities, being committed against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recent protests at the Chinese Consulate in Manchester, what representations they have made to overseas governments on sharing information about the six Chinese diplomats recently withdrawn from the UK by th...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they expect BBC World Service transmissions to the Korean Peninsula will continue; if so, whether they expect that there will be a reduction in output; what discussions they or BBC management have had with the staff...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of the BBC Korean Service (1) in real terms, and (2) as a percentage of (a) the BBC World Service budget, and (b) the total BBC annual budget.
To ask His Majesty's Government what were their aims when they provided funding for the BBC World Service to start transmitting to the Korean Peninsula; whether these transmissions have proved successful in meeting those aims; and what has been the annual...
To ask His Majesty's Government why they did not expel the diplomats who allegedly assaulted pro-democracy protestor Bob Chan in the Chinese Consulate in Manchester.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 8 December (HL Deb, col 252), what plans they have to hold discussions with major technology companies regarding the use of child labour in cobalt mines in the Dem...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of testimony by Hervé Diakiese Kyungu to a US Congressional hearing on 14 July that 40,000 children, some as young as six years old, are working in mines in the Democratic Republic of the Cong...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Haiti, including reports of hunger and acute food insecurity in the Cité Soleil neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that children who have experienced sexual violence in conflict are prioritised in the implementation of their new Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Strategy; and what steps they are ...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine that sexual and gender-based violence has been committed against children as young as four; and what steps th...
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total reduction in Official Development Assistance to the poorest countries in (1) Asia, and (2) Africa, last year; and how many projects saw a (a) reduction, or (b) elimination, of development funding.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of attacks on villages in northern Syria, including Derik, Rotan, Um Harkan, Shalhomya, and Malla Abbas, on or around 20 November, resulting in civilian fatalities, including journa...