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What is their response to the criticisms of the Home Office made in the Medical Foundation's report on the treatment of 49 Tamil asylum seekers who survived torture in Sri Lanka, published in June. [HL 4804]. - Including ref to 6 July 2000, 614 c150-1WA.

Asked by
Earl of Sandwich (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 2000
Reference
HL 4804; 619 c172-3WA
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Tony Blair (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 November 2000
Reference
356 c935
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on Amnesty International campaign against torture and outlawing the broking of torture equipment.
Asked by
Julia Drown (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
15 November 2000
Reference
356 c935
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision he has made to meet the needs of asylum seekers who have been victims of torture before arriving in the UK.

Asked by
Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 October 2000
Reference
133823; 355 c44W
House
House of Commons

Whether they have made representations to the government of Burma (Myanmar) to ensure access by an appropriately qualified medical practitioner to James Maudsley in prison so as to access and treat injuries reportedly sustained during recent severe beatings. [HL 3894].

Asked by
Baroness Cox (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 October 2000
Reference
HL 3894; 617 c27WA
House
House of Lords

What representations they have made to the Burmese government following the beating of James Maudsley by Burmese prison officials; what is known of his physical condition; what progress is being made in processing his appeal against sentence; and what further action they intend to take to secure his release. [HL...

Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 October 2000
Reference
617 c27-8WA; HL 3895
House
House of Lords

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 6 July V614 c150-1WA, whether they will specify the caseworkers' grounds for disbelieving the testimony of torture given by Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka between January 1999 and December 1999. [HL 3773].

Asked by
Baroness Whitaker (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 September 2000
Reference
HL 3773; 616 c141WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they are satisfied with the protection offered to asylum seekers from Sri Lanka with a history of torture, in the light of the report published by the Medical Foundation, Caring for the Victims of Torture. [HL 3083].

Asked by
Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 July 2000
Reference
HL 3083; 614 c150-1WA
House
House of Lords

What issues they will be raising at the session of the United Nations Committee against Torture, starting on 19 May. [HL 2288].

Asked by
Lord Hylton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 May 2000
Reference
HL 2288; 612 c241WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations he has consulted concerning his proposed response to the 29th March 1998 communication from the President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture; if he will place a copy of the response in the Library; and...

Asked by
Kevin McNamara (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 April 2000
Reference
118978; 348 c419-20W
House
House of Commons

How many states have made a declaration under the Convention Against Torture so as to allow individual petition; and whether the United Kingdom will now make a similar declaration. [HL 1862].

Asked by
Baroness Whitaker (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 April 2000
Reference
HL 1862; 612 c50WA
House
House of Lords

That this House notes with concern that the UN's Human Rights Commissioner, Mary Robinson, was apparently denied permission by the Russians to visit several villages and a detention centre to investigate allegations of serious human rights abuses by Russian soldiers; is alarmed that, according to Amnesty International, the abuses against...

Primary sponsor
Ann Clwyd (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
3 April 2000
Reference
592
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
611 c901-2
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on the delay in responding to the recommendations of the report.
Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
611 c901-2
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
611 c901-2
House
House of Lords
When they will reply to the letter from the President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture dated 29 March 1998, which transmitted the committees report on their visit to the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man from 8 to 17 September 1997, and asked the Government to provide a report within six months on action taken to deal with the matters raised.
Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 2000
Reference
611 c901-2
House
House of Lords

What is the amount of the United Kingdoms contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture; and how does the rate of contribution compare with contributions made by other comparable countries. [HL 1539]. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 March 2000
Reference
HL 1539; 611 c17WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will raise issues concerning the reported killing of non-combatants, torture and rape, by Russian armed forces and police in and near Chechnya at the session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights starting on 20th Marsh. [HL 1328].

Asked by
Lord Hylton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 March 2000
Reference
610 c208WA; HL 1328
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Hain (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
14 March 2000
Reference
346 c164-5
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, If he will make a statement on human rights in Cameroon.
Asked by
David Chaytor (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
14 March 2000
Reference
346 c164-5; 112882
House
House of Commons