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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will implement further sanctions on Belarus for the imprisonment of Ales Bialatski and Andrzej Poczobut.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will implement further sanctions on Belarus for the imprisonment of Ales Bialatski and Andrzej Poczobut.
The UK Government is appalled by the brutal and ongoing repression that the Lukashenko regime conducts against its own people. We condemn the politically motivated sentencing and continued detention of Ales Bialiatski and Andrzej Poczobut. The UK Government keeps all sanctions regimes under review, however we do not speculate on future designations as to do so could reduce their impact.
Since 2020, the UK has imposed over 120 sanctions designations in response to the human rights violations and repression of civil society and democratic opposition that followed the flawed presidential election result in Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the imprisonment of (a) Ales Bialiatski and (b) Andrzej Poczobut by the regime in Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the imprisonment of (a) Ales Bialiatski and (b) Andrzej Poczobut by the regime in Belarus.
The UK Government is appalled by the brutal and ongoing repression that the Lukashenko regime conducts against its own people. We condemn the politically motivated sentencing and continued detention of Ales Bialiatski and Andrzej Poczobut and we have issued statements of support in both cases. We have already applied wide-ranging sanctions to Belarus in response to the regime's continued human rights violations and are supporting further accountability measures including the International Accountability Platform for Belarus. We continue to urge the Belarusian regime to immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners and to take action to protect the human rights of its citizens.
What diplomatic steps the Government is taking in response to the recent conflict on the Polish-Belarusian border.
What diplomatic steps the Government is taking in response to the recent conflict on the Polish-Belarusian border.
The Minister will have seen the appalling scenes on the Polish-Belarus border and the way the brutal dictator Lukashenko is instigating hybrid warfare against Poland by using these vulnerable refugees in trying to get them across the border. Will she give me an assurance that our Government are doing everything possible to help our Polish allies stand up against this absolutely appalling conduct by the Belarus authorities?
The Minister will have seen the appalling scenes on the Polish-Belarus border and the way the brutal dictator Lukashenko is instigating hybrid warfare against Poland by using these vulnerable refugees in trying to get them across the border. Will she give me an assurance that our Government are doing everything possible to help our Polish allies stand up against this absolutely appalling conduct by the Belarus authorities?
I completely agree, and the UK is absolutely standing side by side with Poland. The UK and Poland have a long history of friendship and are NATO allies. Already a small team of UK armed forces have been deployed, following agreement with the Polish Government. They are exploring how we can provide engineering support to address the ongoing situation at the Belarus border. The UK regularly deploys military personnel to work with partners and allies across the world. The UK also led on a G7 statement condemning the Belarusian
regime’s orchestration of irregular migration across the border, and as I have said, this will be discussed in Riga today.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her counterpart in the Republic of Belarus on the situation at the border of Poland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her counterpart in the Republic of Belarus on the situation at the border of Poland.
As the Foreign Secretary wrote on 14 November, the situation at the Polish border marks the latest step by the Lukashenko regime to undermine regional security. He is using desperate migrants as pawns in his bid to create instability and to cling on to power regardless of the human cost. We have made clear to the Belarusian authorities, including through their Ambassador to the UK, that this harmful, aggressive and exploitative behaviour must stop. We were pleased to send a small team of personnel to provide engineering support to ease pressure at the border. The Foreign Secretary discussed the situation with her Polish counterpart on 16 November. We will continue to stand in solidarity with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in dealing with this situation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of political asylums granted by UK to citizens of Belarus was in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of political asylums granted by UK to citizens of Belarus was in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.
The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the âImmigration Statistics Quarterly Releaseâ. Data on the number of the initial decision on asylum applications are published in tables Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets.
Please note, the data relates to all initial decisions on asylum applications, regardless of reason. The definition of asylum, as used by Immigration Statistics Quarterly release, can be found in the asylum section of the user guide.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the âNotesâ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to December 2020.
Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the âsummary tablesâ. The âcontentsâ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the âResearch and statistics calendarâ.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to enable opposition groups from Belarus to meet hon. Members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to enable opposition groups from Belarus to meet hon. Members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking in the UN Security Council with regard to sanctions on Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking in the UN Security Council with regard to sanctions on Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking at the United Nations to encourage action against Belarus on human rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking at the United Nations to encourage action against Belarus on human rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will adopt a total trade ban on Belarus in response to malpractice in the presidential elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will adopt a total trade ban on Belarus in response to malpractice in the presidential elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value of imports was from Belarus to the UK in (a) 1997, (b) 2000 and (c) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value of imports was from Belarus to the UK in (a) 1997, (b) 2000 and (c) 2005.
| UK imports of goods from Belarus | |
|---|---|
| £000 (current prices) | |
| 1997 | 15,615 |
| 2000 | 34,158 |
| January to November 2005 | 244,824 |
| Source: H M Revenue and Customs Overseas Trade Statistics, OTS1. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the British ambassador in Minsk about UK relations with Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the British ambassador in Minsk about UK relations with Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage a fair presidential election in Belarus in March.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage a fair presidential election in Belarus in March.
To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he has had with the President of Belarus on increasing democracy and accountability; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he has had with the President of Belarus on increasing democracy and accountability; and if he will make a statement.