Formal Minutes
Tuesday 11 November 2014
Members present:
Sir Richard Ottaway, in the Chair
| Mr John Baron
Sir Menzies Campbell
Ann Clwyd
Mike Gapes
| | Sandra Osborne
Sir John Stanley
Nadhim Zahawi
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Draft Report (The FCO's human rights work in 2013),
proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 12 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 13 read.
An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, to leave out from "Rajab"
in line 21 to the end of the paragraph, and to add "Elections
for the lower house of the National Assembly will be held in November
2014 on new more representative constituency boundaries. There
will be about 400 candidates including 48 women. However the main
Shia Al Wefaq opposition party is calling for a boycott of these
elections. Although there has been some progress in implementing
political reform and safeguarding human rights, we believe that
the FCO should continue to focus attention on the situation in
Bahrain and to press for the full implementation of the recommendations
of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry".—(Mike
Gapes.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 3
Sir Menzies Campbell
Mike Gapes
Nadhim Zahawi
| | Noes, 4
Mr John Baron
Ann Clwyd
Sandra Osborne
Sir John Stanley
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Question accordingly negatived.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 14 to 16 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 17 read.
Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, in line 9, to leave out
the words "democratic and".—(Ann Clwyd.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 0
| | Noes, 6
Mr John Baron
Sir Menzies Campbell
Mike Gapes
Sandra Osborne
Sir John Stanley
Nadhim Zahawi
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Question accordingly negatived.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 18 to 38 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 39 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 40 to 44 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 45 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 46 to 63 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 64 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 65 and 66 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 67 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 68 to 70 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 71 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 72 to 75 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 76 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 77 to 98 read and agreed to.
Summary read.
An Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, in line 16, at end, to
add the words "We believe that the Government should play
a more prominent part in helping to resolve the conflict between
Israel and the Bedouin community".—(Ann Clwyd.)
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Summary, as amended, agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report
be the Sixth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the following
written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the
internet:
Supplementary evidence from the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office (HRS 0036)
Supplementary evidence from Professor Malcolm
Evans, University of Bristol (HRS 0037)
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 November at 1.45 pm
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