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1357415

registered interest
date	22/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Central Asia: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2021 to Question 49222 on Central Asia: Press Freedom, if she will raise press freedoms in discussion with her Central Asian counterparts.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>We will continue to raise media freedom and wider human rights with Central Asian authorities at every suitable opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/10/2021 15:59:56 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1357016

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Russia: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of allegations of electoral fraud in Russian legislative elections; and whether she has made representations to her Russian counterpart in response to those allegations.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p><em>We are disappointed by the undue limitations that Russia has placed on election monitoring, a key element of democratic scrutiny. We are aware of a number of allegations made in relation to the conduct of the Duma elections. In addition, the measures taken by the Russian authorities to marginalise civil society, silence independent media, and exclude genuine opposition candidates from participating in the elections undermine political plurality, and are at odds with Russia's international commitments. We assess that the conduct of these elections represents a serious step back for democratic freedoms in Russia.</em></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/09/2021 16:47:56 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1357017

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	EU Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts following the recent fires in Greece and Turkey on (a) the regional effects of climate change and (b) collaborative efforts to tackle climate change.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>Working together on climate change is a shared priority for the UK, Greece and Turkey, as well as our other European counterparts. We welcome the emphasis Greece has given to tackling climate change, boosting green energy, legislating for net zero 2050, enacting an ambitious green, sustainable Recovery Plan and a phasing-out of coal-fired power stations. We look forward to welcoming Greece and Turkey as active partners at COP26 in November in Glasgow, along with our other global partners. We are developing a major green finance conference with Turkey to be held in 2022, designed to support the development of a green finance eco-system in Turkey in support of COP26 objectives. We have also been working with partners in France, Germany and Italy on collaborative initiatives to support Turkey's climate change efforts. In 2020/21 we have proposed a major trade and investment initiative in Turkey targeted at developing Turkey's 'Green Bond' market in the run up to the COP26 conference. We will continue to work with our partners on these important issues.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/09/2021 14:20:14 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1357055

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure effective global efforts to prevent the waste of covid-19 vaccines as a result of expiration dates.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK is working with COVAX and its international partners, including the World Health Organisation and UNICEF in support of country governments, to allocate vaccines according to need, and ensure rapid rollout of doses to priority groups and prevent wastage. Individual countries will decide whether they wish to accept vaccines, whether donated bilaterally or allocated by COVAX.</p><p>The capacity of health systems in delivering doses, and their expiry dates are taken into account in these decisions. At country level, support includes strengthening secure and resilient supply chains for distribution, administering COVID-19 vaccines, including in hard-to-reach locations, and working with communities to build vaccine confidence. We are also engaging through our humanitarian networks to ensure that delivery planning and financing addresses the challenges of delivery in fragile environments. We monitor delivery progress and challenges through our country network and engagement with regional agencies.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/09/2021 14:26:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1357061

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Belarus: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2021 to Question 49228 on Belarus: Conditions of Employment, whether she has had discussions on those concerns with (a) British and (b) European trade unions.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government continues to engage with a wide range of interlocutors to discuss the situation in Belarus, and the ways in which we can get support to those who need it most. We are concerned about the increasing restrictions on workers' committees and trade unions in Belarus as a result of recent amendments to the law on mass events. We raised the issue of trade unions during our intervention on Belarus at the UN's International Labour Conference in June.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/09/2021 14:33:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1355328

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Central Asia: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with European partners on (a) freedom of press and (b) violence against journalists in countries in Central Asia.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO remains committed to the Global Media Freedom campaign launched in 2018. Through the UK's co-chairing of the Media Freedom Coalition we are working to improving media freedom domestically and internationally. Many European countries are members of the Coalition. The Foreign Secretary has not raised press freedom in Central Asia in his recent calls with European counterparts. However, The UK's diplomatic network champions media freedom, including in Central Asia, with Missions hosting and advocating on these issues on a regular basis, where media freedom is under attack. FCDO officials also engage regularly on this and other human rights issues relating to Central Asia with our European partners through our engagement with international organisations such as the OSCE the UN Human Rights Council.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/09/2021 16:47:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1355329

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Belarus and Russia: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle gender-based violence that is targeted at female journalists in Belarus and Russia.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK is committed to addressing violence against women and girls overseas. Gender Equality (encompassing LGBT rights, women's rights, and domestic violence) is a priority for the FCDO, including in Russia, and we continue to support civil society organisations working on gender-related issues. Impunity for attacks on journalists in Russia and Belarus remains a major problem. Journalists who seek to uncover issues like corruption are often faced with threats, violence and harassment. We continue to urge the Russian authorities to fully investigate these cases and ensure the safety of all activists and journalists, and have repeatedly called on the Belarusian authorities to release journalists who have been arbitrarily detained, and to hold to account those responsible for attacks on journalists.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/09/2021 16:45:04 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1355330

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Alexei Navalny
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on guaranteeing the health and well-being of Alexei Navalny, who is imprisoned in Russia.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>We are appalled by the politically motivated detention and sentencing of Mr Navalny and deeply concerned by reports of Mr Navalny's ill health. Mr Navalny is the victim of a despicable crime and he must be released without condition as a matter of urgency. The UK regularly raises Mr Navalny's case with the Russian government, at all levels of engagement. The Foreign Secretary raised our concerns with his counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov in June.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/09/2021 16:48:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1355449

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Belarus: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with trade unions in Belarus to increase awareness of workers’ rights.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government remains concerned by the Belarusian regime's continued repression and assault on civil society. Many workers and trade unionists have paid a heavy price for their support for democracy and freedoms in Belarus, including prison sentences and loss of employment. The UK continues to call on the Belarusian authorities to release all those imprisoned and facing politically motivated charges, and to engage in genuine dialogue with political opposition. The UK has imposed over 100 sanctions in response to the fraudulent elections, human rights violations, and repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/09/2021 16:45:49 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1355021

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Belarus: Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Belarusian Government on journalists currently under house arrest and awaiting criminal trials in the country.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government has repeatedly called on Belarus to release journalists who have been arbitrarily detained, and to hold to account those responsible for attacks on journalists. I did so most recently on 16 August in response to the Belarusian authorities' designation of content from TUT.BY as extremist. We raise our concerns publicly, through international fora, and in our bilateral discussions with the Belarusian authorities. We have been clear that continuing this destructive activity will only deepen the pariah status of the Lukashenko regime.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 16/09/2021 16:07:17 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West