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106289

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many commercial fishing licences have been sold to UK-registered vessels to fish in the waters of Ascension Island in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	213324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text Fisheries management is a devolved issue and as such is the responsibility of the Ascension Island Government. A pilot commercial fishery was set up in October 2010. Data from before this period is unavailable. From 2010-2013 no commercial fishing licences had been sold to UK-registered vessels to fish in the waters of Ascension Island. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 14:26:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

106290

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turks and Caicos Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much income the Turks and Caicos Islands government derived from (a) tourism and (b) fisheries in the last five financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	213321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text The Turks and Caicos Islands government is responsible for deciding how to raise revenue from tourism and fisheries and how it makes this information available. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 14:24:38 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

106291

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turks and Caicos Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the expenditure of the Turks and Caicos Islands government was spent on health and health-related debts in the last five financial years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	213323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Turks and Caicos Islands government is responsible for its own budget, including expenditure on health and health-related debts and how it makes this information available.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 14:19:23 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

106292

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turks and Caicos Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the annual operating budget of the Turks and Caicos Islands government Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs has been in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	213332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Turks and Caicos Islands government is responsible for its own budget, including how much it apportions to the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs and how it makes this information available.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 14:17:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

106293

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ascension Island
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of Chikungunya disease being introduced from the Caribbean into Ascension Island.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	213322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>At the present time, Ascension Island Government (AIG) assesses that there is a low risk of Chikungunya disease being introduced to Ascension Island from the Caribbean. AIG continues to monitor the situation, with the United States Air Force Base on Ascension, and will keep its precautionary measures under review.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/11/2014 14:19:20 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

106294

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Argentina
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether sale of Swedish Gripen fighters to Argentina would be contrary to the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	213299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK has not received any export licence applications related to the sale of Swedish Gripen fighters to Argentina.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/11/2014 14:15:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

106298

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Vietnam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Vietnamese counterpart on the effect on the international reputation of Vietnam of the killing of domestic dogs in that country for the dog meat industry.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	213305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>In Vietnam, the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat is legal. In the absence of international norms, laws or agreements governing the trade and consumption of dog meat, it is a matter for the authorities in each country to introduce and enforce the necessary legislation to end the ill treatment of animals. However, the UK takes seriously reports of animal cruelty throughout the world and is committed to raising standards of animal welfare at home and aboard. I will make my views known during my forthcoming visit to Vietnam.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 11/11/2014 15:57:06 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

106299

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Public Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what targets have been set for the release of his Department's records to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in his Department are engaged in reviewing records for this purpose.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Beith
uin	213243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), like all government departments, is required to comply with the statutory timetable for the review of its files under the Public Records Act (PRA). Currently the FCO has a backlog of annual departmental files awaiting review as a result of the review and release of colonial administration files over the 2011-2013 period. The FCO’s Special Collection files, which consist primarily of older historical records, also form part of our review programme.</p><p>The FCO has agreed a review timetable with The National Archives. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Mr Grayling), approved the timetable upon the advice of the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, who reviewed and considered the timetable for transfer. Our review plans as well as the projected release dates for FCO files at The National Archives are published at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/archive-records" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/archive-records</a>.</p><p>A team of 41 FCO part-time sensitivity reviewers (former senior diplomats) is responsible for the appraisal and selection of FCO files for permanent preservation and the subsequent sensitivity review of those files prior to release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 15:46:57 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

106300

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has raised the cases of Farshid Fathi and Alireza Seyyedian with his Iranian counterparts.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	213225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>We have not raised these cases specifically with the Iranian Government. However, we remain deeply concerned by the detention and ill treatment of all prisoners of conscience in Iran, and the ongoing discrimination against Christians and other minority religious groups. We have called for the Iranian government to protect the rights of all minority groups in Iran and end the persecution of individuals on the basis of their faith.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/11/2014 14:50:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

106394

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy that the new Conflict, Stability and Security Fund implement the report of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the Conflict Pool, published in July 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	213407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>We welcomed the 2012 Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) report into the Conflict Pool (CP), which made a number of recommendations to improve its governance. ICAI’s recommendations have been factored into the design phase of the new Fund. As the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund will operate under a different governance structure from the CP, not all of the recommendations ICAI have made for the CP will be relevant to the Fund.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 14:34:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton