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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning the use of rubber, and rubber-coated, bullets against civilians.

Asked by
Baroness Tonge (Non-affiliated)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 December 2016
Reference
HL3393
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the practice of Spain’s Guardia Civil firing rubber bullets into the sea and using similar tactics used to repel immigrants.

Asked by
Alun Cairns (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 March 2014
Reference
189729; 577 c415W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many plastic bullets are available to English and Welsh police forces; and what advice her Department has issued to police forces on their use.

[118386]

Asked by
Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Answering body
Home Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 September 2012
Reference
118386; 549 c212W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what reviews have been undertaken into the long-term medical effects of the use of plastic bullets in Northern Ireland; and what information her Department holds on the effects of their use in other jurisdictions;

[116426]

Asked by
Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Answering body
Home Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 July 2012
Reference
116426; 548 cc474-5W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Ministry of Defence
Type
Deposited papers
Date
16 May 2012
Reference
DEP2012-0857
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department issues to police forces on the deployment of baton rounds; and how any such deployment is authorised.

Asked by
Ian Jnr Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 March 2012
Reference
100598; 542 c787W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance is issued to police forces on the deployment of baton rounds; and how any such deployment is authorised.

Asked by
David Anderson (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 December 2011
Reference
81056; 537 c66W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured by the use of baton rounds since 1981.

Asked by
David Anderson (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 November 2011
Reference
80971; 536 c7W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people reported injuries from the police in Northern Ireland using plastic baton rounds in 2006.

Asked by
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2007
Reference
116891; 455 c1425-6W
House
House of Commons
Mr. Liberman, who is a Member of the Knesset, believes that all Palestinians should be cleared out, not only from the occupied territories but from Israel. What chance is there of establishing a Palestinian state when a Knesset Member with racist views is holding the coalition Government together in Israel?
Asked by
Brian Iddon (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
454 c152
House
House of Commons
Will the Minister raise the issue of glass fibre shells, which have allegedly been used in Gaza, with the Israeli Government because, as doctors in the House will know, they leave small fragments that cannot be detected by X-ray?
Asked by
Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
454 c152
House
House of Commons
I agree with my hon. Friend that it is an absurd situation, as that man holds views that are akin to those that prevailed under apartheid. He wants Palestinians to be driven out of Israel, but I am sure that that view is not held by most Israelis—it certainly is not held by most Palestinians. We should work wherever possible in our negotiations with the Israeli Government and generally in diplomacy to counteract such arguments.
Answered by
Kim Howells (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
454 c152
House
House of Commons
The hon. Lady is rightly concerned about what happened to her constituent, but she will acknowledge that rubber bullets are a hell of a lot better than ordinary metal ammunition, which tends to kill people or blow their arms off. There is not a general prohibition on the use of rubber bullets under international law—she will recall that the United Kingdom used them regularly in Northern Ireland. We expect the Israelis to use them only when necessary with proper control because, as she said, they are sometimes lethal. Our embassy in Tel Aviv raised that particular case with the Israeli authorities on 13 June, and our ambassador wrote on 15 June. The embassy pursued the case with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 30 August, and it asked the Israeli Government to clarify whether plastic or rubber bullets were fired at demonstrators and whether the crowd was beaten with batons. If so, it asked them to explain why such force was necessary, but it is still awaiting a response.
Answered by
Kim Howells (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
454 c151-2
House
House of Commons
I will certainly make inquiries, but it is the first that I have heard about such munitions being used. If that is the case, we would certainly deplore their use.
Answered by
Kim Howells (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
454 c152
House
House of Commons
A report in 2002 by a group of Israeli researchers, including the then chief physician of the Israeli police force, recommended that rubber bullets"““should…not be considered a safe method of crowd control.””" Despite that, on 4 August this year, my constituent, Margaret Pacetta, was shot in the back with a rubber bullet during a peaceful protest in the disputed village of Bilin, leaving her bruised and badly shaken. Will the Minister raise that issue again with the Israeli Government and ask them to follow the advice of the 2002 report?
Asked by
Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
454 c151-2
House
House of Commons
We last raised our concerns about the use of rubber bullets on 30 August.
Answered by
Kim Howells (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
454 c151
House
House of Commons
What discussions have taken place with the Israeli Government on the use of rubber bullets by the Israeli military against Palestinian protestors.
Asked by
Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
5 December 2006
Reference
107311; 454 c151
House
House of Commons

This fifth report marks another milestone in the work carried out by the UK Steering Group, currently chaired by the Northern Ireland Office, formed as a result of Patten to examine alternative policing approaches to the management of conflict. After consultation with ministerial colleagues in the Home Office and the...

Member
Paul Goggins (Labour)
Department
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written statements
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
450 c8WS
House
House of Commons

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Paul Goggins) has made the following Ministerial Statement. The publication of the UK steering group’s fifth report marks another milestone in the work carried out by the group, currently chaired by the Northern Ireland Office, formed as a result...

Member
Lord Rooker (Labour)
Department
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written statements
Date
9 October 2006
Reference
685 c36-7WS
House
House of Lords

Whether there is any evidence to suggest that weapons used to fire attenuating energy projectiles by the Police Service of Northern Ireland reduce in accuracy according to the age of the round or the condition under which the round is stored; and

Asked by
Lord Laird (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 March 2006
Reference
3951; 679 c95-6WA
House
House of Lords