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1127759

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Elections: Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for UK participation in non-European country election monitoring after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	256940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>​UK officials and private citizens take part in electoral observation missions organised by international organisations such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Commonwealth and the EU. The Government does not organise such missions unilaterally. After the UK has left the EU, UK officials and private citizens will continue to take part in electoral observation missions organised by international organisations of which the UK is a member or is otherwise eligible to participate.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/05/2019 12:08:31 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1127830

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
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 the extent of damage to facilities funded by British NGOs of the bombing campaign by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	256987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>We take all reports of facilities damaged by airstrikes in Yemen very seriously and regularly meet with NGOs to discuss their concerns. We use every opportunity to raise the importance of complying with international humanitarian law with the Saudi Arabian government and other members of the Coalition, including requesting investigations into alleged incidents of concern. Most recently we raised concerns about the airstrikes in Sana’a on 16 May and the Coalition confirmed they are taking steps to investigate the incident.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 256988 question first answered 30/05/2019 15:31:10 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1127831

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
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 has taken to respond to reports from Oxfam of airstrikes against their facilities in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	256988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>We take all reports of facilities damaged by airstrikes in Yemen very seriously and regularly meet with NGOs to discuss their concerns. We use every opportunity to raise the importance of complying with international humanitarian law with the Saudi Arabian government and other members of the Coalition, including requesting investigations into alleged incidents of concern. Most recently we raised concerns about the airstrikes in Sana’a on 16 May and the Coalition confirmed they are taking steps to investigate the incident.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 256987 question first answered 30/05/2019 15:31:10 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1127840

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Women's Rights
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 Government is taking to promote women's rights issues at the forthcoming G7 summit in Biarritz.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	256949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>​The French Government has chosen to focus on inequalities throughout their G7 Presidency this year. We are working across the G7 workstreams to ensure continued progress on gender equality, particularly in the Sahel and across Sub-Saharan Africa. We will push for ambitious Summit outcomes that tackle violence against women and girls, promote girls' education and women's economic empowerment, and support movements to end child marriage and FGM. Our focus is on accelerating the pace of change to ensure that all women and girls are empowered and play an active part in all aspects of society.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/05/2019 15:29:14 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1127843

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has investigated reports of attacks on (a) an Oxfam-supported water supply system and (b) Oxfam-supported cholera treatment centres in Yemen by Saudi-led coalition air strikes in (i) April and (ii) June 2018; and whether the UK Government has passed reports of those incidents on to the Joint Incidents Assessment Team for investigation.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	256991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>We take all reports of alleged incidents very seriously and monitor them using all available information. On the 16 January the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) publicly released a report on the incident in June 2018 relating to the Cholera Treatment Centre incident. We have requested JIAT examine the case further to address concerns about the report raised by Medecins Sans Frontieres. With respect to the incident in April 2018 on the Water Supply System we are seeking further details and will follow up with the Saudi Arabian government.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/05/2019 15:33:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1127862

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	China and India: Diplomatic Service
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 diplomatic staff employed by his Department on matters relating to (a) India and (b) China are stationed in (i) London, (ii) India and (iii) China.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Letwin
uin	256907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>In London as at 30 April 2019, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has 20-39 FCO diplomatic staff that work within South Asia and Afghanistan Directorate (SAAD) which includes India, and 40-59 diplomatic staff that work within Asia Pacific Directorate (APD), including China. This does not include home civil servants. We are unable to offer numbers working on inividual countries within these Directorates. In addition, there are officers in other areas of the FCO whose work relates to China or India but we do not hold this level of detail on our central Human resources management systems.</p><p>The Her Majesty's Government networks in India and mainland China are two of the largest in the world. There are nearly 700 UK government staff nationwide in China and around 1,000 UK government staff in India, in both cases representing a number of British government departments.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/05/2019 15:26:57 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin

1127884

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the key obstacles to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Colin Clark
uin	257106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>​We consistently call for an immediate end to all actions that act as key obstacles to peace and undermine the viability of the two-state solution, including terrorism, anti-Semitic incitement, settlement expansion, demolitions in the West Bank and the dire situation in Gaza.. We continue to believe the best way to achieve this is through direct negotiations between the parties, supported by the international community, leading towards a two-state solution with Jerusalem as a shared capital.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/05/2019 15:34:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

1127909

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Togo: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he has taken to develop the UK Government's relationship with Togo.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	257019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The British Government does not have diplomatic representation in Togo. Our non-Resident Ambassador – the British High Commissioner to Accra – provides our diplomatic representation and recently received accreditation from the Government of Togo. In March, our Honorary Consul also received accreditation. This progress demonstrates the strengthening of our bilateral relationship with Togo and enables us to progress our relationship further.</p><p>Our non-Resident Ambassador has discussed how the UK-Togo relationship can expand with President Gnassingbé, specifically concerning economic development and improved trade links.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/05/2019 14:29:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1127910

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Azerbaijan: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to improve the diplomatic relationship between the UK and Azerbaijan.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	257020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>​The United Kingdom and the Republic of Azerbaijan have enjoyed a strong diplomatic relationship for over a quarter of century. Through regular political and economic dialogue we work together to increase cooperation in all areas of mutual interest. Our annual strategic dialogue, which I last co-chaired in October 2018, provides opportunity for discussion of bilateral relations, multilateral issues and human rights.</p><p>Our regular UK-Azerbaijan Joint Intergovernmental Commission, which is co-chaired by the Minister of State for International Trade, was last held on 22 May. This is a forum for in-depth discussion of the UK and Azerbaijan's energy and trade relationship, and sets the agenda for future cooperation in new economic sectors.</p><p>We also strengthen bilateral relations through regular high-level visits, most significantly when the Prime Minister welcomed President Aliyev to the UK in April 2018. We have forged close partnerships in the educational, cultural and creative sectors. Every year we welcome new Chevening scholars from Azerbaijan to the UK, and thousands of Azerbaijani students have studied at UK universities.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/05/2019 15:35:50 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell