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531444

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date	01/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to meet with the (a) Australian, (b) New Zealand and (c) Canadian governments to discuss the potential effect on trade with those countries of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	41618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/08/2016 answer text <p>Until we have left the EU, the UK will remain a member of the EU with all of the rights and obligations that membership entails. In due course, Britain will be leaving the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate, in time, our own trade agreements and to be a positive and powerful force for free trade. We recognise the need for a smooth transition which minimises disruption to our trading relationships. It would be wrong to set out unilateral positions at this stage. Already though we have seen expressions of interest in future trade deals with the United Kingdom, such as from the Prime Minister of Australia.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 26/08/2016 12:20:26 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

531445

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Trade: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to establish a Department for Trade.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	41617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced during his statement to the House on the 27th June, the Cabinet will create a new EU unit in Whitehall, which will bring together officials and policy expertise from across the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 05/07/2016 10:00:12 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

531452

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring at least 50 per cent of the licence fees raised in each region to be spent in that region on programme commissioning.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	41604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The recently published White Paper addresses concerns that were raised during our public consultation by the devolved nations and some English regions. The Government has made detailed proposals which ensure that the BBC is accountable to licence fee payers in all nations and regions in the UK through a clear focus on the BBC’s obligations in the new operating licence regime, clear board-level responsibilities, and a continued commitment to the out-of-London production targets.</p><p>Budgeting and commissioning decisions are editorial matters for the BBC.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/07/2016 14:36:54 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

531453

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish a response to the finding of the National Union of Teachers survey, published in March 2016, that 70 per cent of school leaders believed that a lack of school funding was affecting education standards in their schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	41603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Funding for education is a priority for this government. As announced at the Spending Review, we have protected the core schools budget in real terms. This year the schools budget will total around £40 billion. We are also committed to making funding fairer by introducing a national funding formula. A national funding formula will ensure that all schools are on an even starting point from which to build educational excellence. This is because a national funding formula will recognise pupil need, and pupils with similar needs will attract the same amount of funding wherever they are in the country.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/07/2016 16:40:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

531461

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
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	Israel: Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to paragraph 19 of the concluding observations on the fifth period report of Israel by the UN Committee against Torture, published in May 2015, what steps he is taking to encourage the Israeli government to adopt the recommendations of that committee relating to documentation of suspect interrogations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	41623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Tel Aviv regularly raises our concerns about detention of Palestinians. These concerns were raised with the Israeli authorities most recently on 27 June. We continue to push for the implementation of measures such as the mandatory use of audio-visual recording of interrogations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/07/2016 13:51:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

531462

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
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	Israel: Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to work with Israel to support the formulation of the criminal offence of torture in that country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	41620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK is firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, as well as compliance with international humanitarian law. We regularly discuss implementation of those obligations with the Israeli authorities. We have confirmed with the Israeli authorities that Israel is in the process of incorporating the crime of torture into national legislation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/07/2016 13:48:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

531463

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
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	Giulio Regeni
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department most recently raised the case of Giulio Regeni with the Egyptian government.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	41610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2016 answer text <p>We have consistently raised our concerns and the need for a full and transparent investigation with the Egyptian authorities both in Cairo and with the Egyptian Ambassador in London. We support the Italian and Egyptian efforts to investigate.</p><p>Most recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Cairo, John Casson, met with the Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights at the Egyptian Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 29 June. He raised our concerns about the lack of cooperation with Italian investigators and stressed the need for full cooperation and an investigation that considered all possible scenarios.</p><p>On 25th April the Government published a more detailed response on the actions it has taken regarding Mr Regeni’s case in response to a public petition: <a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/120832" target="_blank">https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/120832</a></p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 41607 41611 question first answered 08/07/2016 12:35:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

531464

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
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	Israel: Detainees
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 Israeli counterpart on ending the practice of administrative detention in that country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	41622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Tel Aviv regularly raises concerns about detention, including Israel's extensive use of administrative detention. These concerns were raised with the Israeli authorities most recently on 27 June. Administrative detention should, according to international law, be used only when security makes it absolutely necessary rather than as routine practice, and as a preventative rather than a punitive measure. We will continue to call on the Israeli authorities to comply with their obligations under international law, and either charge or release detainees.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/07/2016 15:55:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

531465

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
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	Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the British embassy in Tel-Aviv is taking to monitor the case of Palestinian circus performer Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	41621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>While we have not made representations regarding Mr Abu Sakha’s case, our officials in our Embassy in Tel Aviv monitor Israel's use of administrative detention and raise our concerns associated with its use with the Israeli authorities at regular intervals. These concerns were raised with the Israeli authorities most recently on 27 June.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/07/2016 13:48:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

531466

registered interest
date	01/07/2016
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: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian government on the alleged political imprisonment of orphanage worker Maryam Zaragaran.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	41616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Whilst we have not specifically raised the case of Maryam Zargaran, we regularly raise our concerns on human rights issues, both in London and Tehran, including our concerns about the treatment of religious minorities. We call on Iran to cease harassment of all religious minorities and to fulfil its international and domestic obligations to allow freedom of religion to all Iranians.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/07/2016 13:47:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day