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DEBATES (COMMONS) | DEBATES (LORDS) | EARLY DAY MOTIONS | QUESTIONS (COMMONS) | QUESTIONS (LORDS)
HANSARD, the official British parliamentary record, is now available on the Internet. Yemen Gateway has searched the database for references to "Yemen" and provided links to relevant items.

Debates about Yemen
(House of Commons)
YEMEN: 16 February 1999
Introduced by Keith Vaz

YEMEN: 11 January 1999
Introduced by Robin Cook, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs


Yemen in other debates
(House of Commons)
The following debates were not specifically about Yemen. The links are to speeches in which Yemen was mentioned:

THE MUSLIM WORLD: 3 February 1999
George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin)
Derek Fatchett, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Mr Fatchett

GEORGE ATKINSON: 13 January 1999
(Mr Atkinson was a Briton detained in Dubai; his case was compared with that of Britons detained in Aden)
Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Derek Fatchett, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION: 13 January 1999
(Refers to Foreign Office advice for travellers to Yemen)
Dr Clark

BRITISH COUNCIL: 15 July 1998
Patricia Hewitt (Leicester, West)

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: 28 October 1997
William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

ANGLO-YEMENI RELATIONS: 12 February 1997
Jeremy Hanley

WORLD TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: 11 December 1996
Tony Banks (Newham, North-West)

MIDDLE EAST (SECURITY): 25 October 1996
Matthew Banks (Southport)
Jeremy Hanley, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office


Yemen in other debates
(House of Lords)
ARMS TRADE: 20 January 1999
Lord Hylton
Lord Redesdale
Lord Judd

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES: 20 May 1998
Lord Redesdale

IRAQ: 17 February 1998
Baroness Cox
Lord Moynihan

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS: 28 January 1998
Lord Janner of Braunstone

Early Day Motions
Early Day Motions are a device used by MPs to draw attention to matters that interest them. They are rarely debated.

YEMEN (No. 3) - 16 November 1998. Sponsor: Jeremy Corbyn

YEMEN (No. 2) - 16 June 1998. Sponsor: Jeremy Corbyn

REPUBLIC OF YEMEN - 12 March 1998. Sponsor: Jeremy Corbyn

YEMEN - 13 November 1997. Sponsor: Jeremy Corbyn

HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN - 24 July 1997. Sponsor: Jeremy Corbyn


Written parliamentary
questions (Commons)
(Figures in square brackets are the Hansard reference numbers.)
16 Feb 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will estimate how many British citizens are currently in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [70396]

16 Feb 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens are currently in detention in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [70397]

16 Feb 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from other countries concerning the situation in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [70398]

16 Feb 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he will take to ensure that British citizens arrested in Yemen receive a fair trial...... Ms Moran [69444]

11 Feb 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he will take to ensure allegations of torture of British prisoners held in the Yemen are investigated...... Ms Moran [69382]

4 Feb 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from the President of Yemen concerning Sheikh Abu Hamza al Misary...... Mr. Vaz [68794]

3 Feb 1999:
To ask the Prime Minister what recent communications he has received from the President of Yemen; and if he will make a statement...... Mr. Vaz [68846]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when and how he first learnt of the kidnap of two Britons in Yemen on 17 January...... Mr. Vaz [66938]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to gain access to a doctor for the five detainees in Aden...... Mr. Vaz [66941]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British nationals he estimates live in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [66944]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the British Consul General in Aden met each of the five detainees in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [66939]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department first learnt that the five detainees in Yemen had been charged...... Mr. Vaz [66940]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to increase the number of diplomatic personnel at the British mission in Yemen......
Mr. Vaz [66942]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of British visitors to Yemen in each of the last three years...... Mr. Vaz [66945]

25 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the British Consul General in Aden first learnt of the detention of the five British citizens being detained in Aden...... Mr. Vaz [66685]

21 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans his Department's ministers have to visit Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [66690]

21 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of Yemen's application to join the Commonwealth...... Mr. Vaz [66689]

21 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when (a) he and (b) a Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister first spoke to a member of the Yemeni Government to discuss the situation in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [66687]

21 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) when a representative of the British Embassy in Yemen first met with a member of the Yemeni Government to discuss the five detained British citizens;..... Mr. Vaz [66686] & [66688]

18 Jan 1999:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the British Consul in Yemen has been allowed to see the fifth British national detained; and if he will make a statement on the role of the Foreign Office regarding the detention of the five British nationals...... Mr. Godsiff [66089]

2 Dec 1998:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has for the future of the British Consulate in Aden, Yemen; and if he will make a statement...... Mr. Vaz [61476]

3 Nov 1998:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Malaysia, (ii) Spain, (iii) Qatar, (iv) Luxembourg, (v) Uraguay, (vi) the Philippines, (vii) Kuwait, (viii) Zimbabwe, (ix) Mali and (x) Guyana, indicating the purposes for which they are..... Mr. Swinney [57646], [57653], [57645], [57647], [57652], [57641], [57650], [57648] & [57649]

2 Nov 1998:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many nationals of (a) Morocco, (b) Mozambique, (c) Nepal, (d) Pakistan, (e) Peru, (f) the Philippines and (g) Romania applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv)..... Mr. Godsiff [57322], [57326], [57324], [57325], [57330], [57083], [57323], [57320], [57321], [57327], [57328] & [57319]

10 Jun 1998:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what representations he has made to the Government of Yemen in respect of the kidnapping of three BBC journalists; and what action he proposes to take to secure their release;..... Mr. Vaz [44995] & [44994]

1 Apr 1998:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions her Department has had with representatives of Tarmac plc in respect of bids to refurbish the port of Aden, Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [36755]

1 Apr 1998:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what measures she is taking to promote British investment in the development of the port of Aden, Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [36754]

23 Mar 1998:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans she has to visit (a) Yemen and (b) Oman...... Mr. Vaz [34553]

17 Mar 1998:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many staff there are on her Department's (a) Yemen desk and (b) Oman desk...... Mr. Vaz [34551]

17 Mar 1998:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings have taken place since 1 May involving representatives from his Department at which (a) Oman and (b) Yemen were discussed; and how many meetings he and his ministers have had with representatives of the (i) Oman and (ii) Yemeni Governments...... Mr. Vaz [34557]

17 Mar 1998:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit (a) Yemen and (b) Oman...... Mr. Vaz [34556]

16 Mar 1998:
To ask the Prime Minister how many ministerial visits there have been to (a) Yemen and (b) Oman in the last three years...... Mr. Vaz [34558]

16 Mar 1998:
To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has to visit (a) Yemen and (b) Oman...... Mr. Vaz [34559]

16 Mar 1998:
To ask the Prime Minister what meetings he has held since 1 May 1997 at which (a) Yemen and (b) Oman were discussed; and how many meetings he has had with representatives of the (a) Yemeni and (b) Omani Government...... Mr. Vaz [34560]

3 Mar 1998:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if Her Majesty's Government will increase aid to Yemen to alleviate poverty...... Mr. Vaz [32059]

12 Dec 1997:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the current level of British investment in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [14974]

17 Nov 1997:
To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with the President of Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [16471]

13 Nov 1997:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the current level of trade between Britain and Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [14973]

12 Nov 1997:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what action she is taking to promote trade and investment in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [14977]

12 Nov 1997:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will estimate the number of British firms which have offices in Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [14975]

10 Nov 1997:
To ask the Prime Minister what progress was made at the Commonwealth Conference on Yemen's application to join the Commonwealth; and when he estimates that Yemen will join the Commonwealth...... Mr. Vaz [14985]

4 Nov 1997:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the recent trade mission to Yemen led by HRH the Duke of Gloucester...... Mr. Vaz [14228]

30 Jul 1997:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on future levels of planned aid to Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [11289]

29 Jul 1997:
To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on UK-Yemen relations...... Mr. Vaz [11339]

25 Jun 1997:
16. To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proposals she has to improve the targeting of development aid programmes to Yemen...... Mr. Rhodri Morgan [3871]

20 May 1997:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the recent elections in the Republic of Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [291]

20 May 1997:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit the Republic of Yemen...... Mr. Vaz [290]

20 May 1997:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the application for membership by the Republic of Yemen at the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting...... Mr. Vaz [288]

7 Feb 1997:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the (i) value of inward investment located in Britain and (ii) number of inward investment jobs which have come to Britain from (a) Gibraltar, (b) Italy,..... Mr. Flynn [14424]

22 Jan 1997:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each year since 1991 the total aid support for Yemen, indicating the amount spent on (a) bilateral aid, (b) emergency aid, (c) pensions and (d) the United Kingdom contribution to multilateral aid programmes...... Sir Robert Hicks [11683]

22 Jan 1997:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the United Kingdom aid programmes to Yemen during the current financial year for (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid indicating the amount of funding; and if he will make a statement...... Sir Robert Hicks [11685]

22 Jan 1997:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests the United Kingdom Government have received from (a) the Yemen Government, (b) the Aden Port Authority and (c) other organisations (i) to tender for projects and (ii) to assist (1) financially and (2) technically with the Aden port redevelopment programme; and if he w..... Sir Robert Hicks [11684]


Written questions
(House of Lords)
18 Feb 1999: Yemen and Aden: British Representation
Baroness Park of Monmouth asked Her Majesty's Government: How many members of staff in British diplomatic and consular representation in the Yemen in (a) Sana'a and (b) Aden are United Kingdom-based; and how many of them are Arabic speakers.[HL906].....

23 Feb 1998: UN Subscription Arrears
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: According to the most recent complete data published by the UN, as at 31 December 1997, 85 member states owed a total of $474 million to the UN Regular Budget, and 170 member states owed $1,574 million to UN.....

27 Jan 1999: Carriers' Liability
Lord Williams of Mostyn: The following 50 countries are known to impose liability on carriers who bring inadequately documented passengers into their jurisdiction:.....

4 Nov 1998: United Nations: Funding
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean): The most recent complete data published by the UN, as at 30 September 1998, show 145 states with unpaid contributions owed from before the start of this year (our normal definition of arrears). Total outstanding contributions from member.....

30 Jul 1998: Diplomatic Missions: Outstanding Balances
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: Most missions meet their obligations. However, at 31 March 1998 the following owed over 10,000.00 for national non-domestic rates:.....

21 Jul 1998: Hong Kong
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: During 1997 the London diplomatic missions and organisations incurred a total of 2,480 unpaid parking fines....

1 Dec 1997: General Affairs Council, 24-25 November
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: At the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 24-25 November the nine A Points in Document 12483/97 were approved...

31 Jul 1997: Overseas Police and Military Training Commitments
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: New commitments in 1995-96 and 1996-97 of development aid for policing are listed below....

10 Jun 1997: European Union: Forthcoming Business
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: Details are shown below......

30 Jan 1997: EU Council: Forthcoming Business
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey: Monthly forecast of business for February 1997.....

20 Nov 1996: UN Dues: Arrears
Lord Chesham: At 31st October, 65 member states owed a total of 309 million dollars in assessed.....

  

Last revised on 23 February, 2000