asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they intend to sign the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they intend to sign the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Russian Federation's laws and practices are compatible with its obligations as a member of the Council of Europe as regards respect for democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Russian Federation's laws and practices are compatible with its obligations as a member of the Council of Europe as regards respect for democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What steps they will take to encourage other states in the Council of Europe to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings so that it may enter into force.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What steps they will take to encourage other states in the Council of Europe to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings so that it may enter into force.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Which Council of Europe member countries, other than the United Kingdom, have not ratified Protocol 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Which Council of Europe member countries, other than the United Kingdom, have not ratified Protocol 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many Council of Europe member countries have ratified Protocol 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many Council of Europe member countries have ratified Protocol 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their response to the allegation in the Guardian on 24 April concerning their representatives and the chairman of the anti-corruption watchdog of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Professor Pieth.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their response to the allegation in the Guardian on 24 April concerning their representatives and the chairman of the anti-corruption watchdog of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Professor Pieth.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have refused to grant a transit visa to the Iraqi scientist, Riyadh Lafta; if so, what were the grounds for the refusal; and whether, as alleged in the Guardian of 26 April, they have received complaints from Canadian scientists about the refusal to grant a...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have refused to grant a transit visa to the Iraqi scientist, Riyadh Lafta; if so, what were the grounds for the refusal; and whether, as alleged in the Guardian of 26 April, they have received complaints from Canadian scientists about the refusal to grant a...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews on 26 March (WA 247–8), why it is not relevant to their foreign policy decisions in relation to Muslim countries to know approximately the proportion of Sunni and Shia Muslims in the United Kingdom.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews on 26 March (WA 247–8), why it is not relevant to their foreign policy decisions in relation to Muslim countries to know approximately the proportion of Sunni and Shia Muslims in the United Kingdom.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will make urgent representations to the Government of Angola, on behalf of Dr Sarah Wykes, a campaigner for Global Witness, seeking her release from custody and safe return to the United Kingdom.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will make urgent representations to the Government of Angola, on behalf of Dr Sarah Wykes, a campaigner for Global Witness, seeking her release from custody and safe return to the United Kingdom.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What representations they are making to the Government of Chad concerning the growing violence and fears of genocide in Chad.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What representations they are making to the Government of Chad concerning the growing violence and fears of genocide in Chad.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their assessment of the extent to which the corrupt looting of public assets in developing countries has been and is being facilitated by United Kingdom citizens and United Kingdom companies.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their assessment of the extent to which the corrupt looting of public assets in developing countries has been and is being facilitated by United Kingdom citizens and United Kingdom companies.

Whether the Gaddafi Development Foundation is sufficiently independent to qualify as a monitoring body in relation to the memorandum of understanding signed with Libya.

Whether the Gaddafi Development Foundation is sufficiently independent to qualify as a monitoring body in relation to the memorandum of understanding signed with Libya.

What assessment they have made of the independence and suitability of the Gaddafi Foundation for Development as an independent monitor for the memorandum of understanding signed with Libya.

What assessment they have made of the independence and suitability of the Gaddafi Foundation for Development as an independent monitor for the memorandum of understanding signed with Libya.

Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Triesman on 20 June (WA 73) and 28 June (WA 160) and in view of statements reported in the Times of 24 July, whether they will reconsider their decision not to create a criminal offence of forcing someone into wedlock without consent.

Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Triesman on 20 June (WA 73) and 28 June (WA 160) and in view of statements reported in the Times of 24 July, whether they will reconsider their decision not to create a criminal offence of forcing someone into wedlock without consent.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 10 July (WA 89), how many assistants currently support special advisers to Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and what is the nature of their services.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 10 July (WA 89), how many assistants currently support special advisers to Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and what is the nature of their services.

Whether they will make representations to the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe about the reported persecution of journalists in Azerbaijan, including (a) the recent arrest of the journalist Sakit Zahidov and his detention after having published poems critical...

Whether they will make representations to the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe about the reported persecution of journalists in Azerbaijan, including (a) the recent arrest of the journalist Sakit Zahidov and his detention after having published poems critical...

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 20 June (WA 73–4), what is the best practice and what are the guidelines for tackling the problem of forced and child marriages; and what practical support they will give forced marriage victims who bring private prosecutions.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 20 June (WA 73–4), what is the best practice and what are the guidelines for tackling the problem of forced and child marriages; and what practical support they will give forced marriage victims who bring private prosecutions.

Whether they intend to introduce criminal sanctions or other dissuasive measures to combat forced and child marriages.

Whether they intend to introduce criminal sanctions or other dissuasive measures to combat forced and child marriages.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 29 March (WA 126), on how many occasions since 1997, and in respect of which specific recommendations, the British Council has refused or omitted to give effect to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 29 March (WA 126), on how many occasions since 1997, and in respect of which specific recommendations, the British Council has refused or omitted to give effect to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 29 March (WA 126), on how many occasions since 1997, and in respect of specific recommendations, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has refused or omitted to give effect to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 29 March (WA 126), on how many occasions since 1997, and in respect of specific recommendations, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has refused or omitted to give effect to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.