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1504478

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Pakistan: Floods
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 support her Department is providing to Pakistan to assist that country in tackling floods.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	46183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Pakistan, as it faces the consequences of the recent devastating flooding. The UK was one of the first countries to announce funding (£1.5m) to respond to the humanitarian need. We have now increased this to £16.5 million to support flood relief efforts. The UK contribution is also now over 10% of the joint UN and Government of Pakistan emergency appeal ($160m). This flooding demonstrates how climate change is making extreme weather events both more intense and more frequent.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/09/2022 16:24:17 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1490657

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
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	China: Carbon Emissions
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 counterparts in the Chinese Government on cutting carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	40011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text The Foreign Secretary spoke to her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi shortly before COP26 in Glasgow and pressed for China to submit an ambitious Chinese nationally determined contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ahead of the Summit. In March this year, the Prime Minister reiterated the importance of action and cooperation on climate change in his call with President Xi Jinping. COP President Alok Sharma has engaged regularly with China's Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs, Xie Zhenhua, most recently in a bilateral meeting in June, where they discussed progress in implementing our respective climate commitments. This included the Glasgow Climate Pact, and how to deliver further climate action and ambition ahead of COP27. The Minister for Pacific and the Environment, Lord Goldsmith, has also discussed climate and biodiversity issues with the Chinese Ambassador to the UK. answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 26/07/2022 13:16:44 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1485970

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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	Jim Fitton
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 steps her Department has taken to help ensure the safety and welfare of Jim Fitton in detention in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	30172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Consular officials in Iraq and the UK are continuing to provide consular assistance to Mr Fitton and his family. We cannot interfere in the judicial process of another country, just as we would not expect interference in our own. The British Ambassador in Baghdad has raised and will continue to raise our interest in Mr Fitton's case with the Iraqi Government. While he is detained, we will continue to register our interest in Mr Fitton, including that the conditions of the prison where he is detained are in line with international standards. Mr Fitton's safety and welfare remain of the upmost importance.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 12/07/2022 15:07:14 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1464497

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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	Disease Control: Treaties
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 she has plans to sign a global pandemic treaty.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	5502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government supports a new international legally-binding instrument as part of a comprehensive approach to pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The Prime Minister joined other world leaders calling for a pandemic treaty in March 2021. The current target date for agreeing the text of the new instrument is May 2024 at the World Health Assembly (WHA). This is made up of representatives of World Health Organization Member States, including the UK. Over the next two years the UK will work towards building a consensus on how the global community can better prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics and will actively shape, develop and negotiate the text.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 26/05/2022 15:09:26 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1463578

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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	Disease Control: Treaties
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 she plans to agree to an international treaty on pandemic prevention.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	3753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>COVID-19 has demonstrated that no-one is safe until we are all safe, and that effective global cooperation is needed to better protect the UK and other countries around the world from the detrimental health, social and economic impacts of pandemics and other health threats. The UK supports a new international legally-binding instrument as part of a comprehensive approach to pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The Prime Minister joined other world leaders calling for a pandemic treaty in March 2021.</p><p>The current target date for agreeing the text of the new instrument is May 2024 at the World Health Assembly (WHA). Over the next two years the UK will work towards building a consensus on how the global community can better prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics and will actively shape, develop and negotiate the text.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 24/05/2022 00:45:34 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1440769

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
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 financial support for the Ukrainian people is from the existing aid budget at the reduced level that was set in 2021; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	139595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK has committed £394 million in aid to the current crisis in Ukraine. This includes £220 million for humanitarian assistance; £100 million for energy security and reform and £74 million direct fiscal support through the World Bank. This will come from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget this year and over the next three financial years. The ODA budget is currently set at 0.5% of GNI as per the Spending Review settlement announced in November 2021. The UK stands ready to provide $500 million in loan guarantees from ODA to support Multilateral Development Bank lending. The UK has also provided both ODA and non-ODA support for Ukraine through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/03/2022 17:54:02 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1435328

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
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: Diplomatic Relations
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 diplomatic steps she took before 24 February 2022 to deter Russia from invading Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	129260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister made clear in his statement to Parliament on 25 January, we are working with Allies and partners to challenge Russia's threatening behaviour, and to make clear the severe costs to Russia of any further military incursion. The Foreign Secretary spoke to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba on 4 January, ahead of joining an extraordinary meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on 7 January. She met the NATO Secretary General in Brussels on 24 January, and spoke to US Secretary of State Blinken on 25 January and German Foreign Minister Baerbock on 28 January. I [Minister Cleverly] attended the NATO Russia Council on 12 January, and discussed Ukraine with the US, French and German Foreign Ministers in Berlin on 20 January. Former Minister of Europe, Chris Heaton-Harris, spoke to the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Poland and Ukraine on 18 January and the Ukrainian Ambassador to London on 27 January. The Foreign Secretary has also engaged in recent weeks with other Allies, including Poland, Slovakia and Turkey.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 04/03/2022 14:41:32 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1418068

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason a decision was made to fund from the public purse her travel on a private jet to Australia on the 20 January 2022; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	114961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Foreign travel is vital part of diplomacy. The work that ministers do overseas ultimately delivers for the British people. We have three government planes for Government business. They are used by the Prime Minister and Ministers for precisely this purpose. This is standard practice and in the national interest.</p><p>In accordance with the Ministerial Code, the FCDO publishes the costs related to all overseas Ministerial travel as part of the regular Cabinet Office Transparency Return https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data#2020.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 08/02/2022 15:08:37 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1366962

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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	Spain: Travel
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 she plans to hold discussions with her Spanish counterparts on allowing more flexible access to Spain for UK nationals than that access allowed under the Schengen Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	71494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>During negotiations with the EU, the Government discussed arrangements for British Citizens travelling to the Schengen Area. Regrettably, the EU consistently maintained that British Citizens will be treated as Third Country Nationals under the Schengen Borders Code as of 1 January 2021. This means that British Citizens are able to travel visa-free for short stays for up to 90 days in a rolling 180-day period. This is the standard length of stay that the EU offers to nationals of eligible third countries, in line with existing EU legislation. British Citizens who are planning to stay longer than 90 days in a rolling 180-day period will need permission from the relevant Member State. This may require applying for a visa and/or permit.</p><p>The UK's Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU notes that both the UK and EU currently provide for visa-free travel for short-term visits for each other's nationals in accordance with their respective laws. The detail of those arrangements is set by domestic law, reflecting the UK's position as a non-EU Member State. The Government does not typically enter into bilateral agreements on visa-free travel.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 19/11/2021 10:46:56 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1364902

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
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	Afghanistan: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the freezing of funds to the Taliban Government, what plans her Department has to ensure aid reaches people who require it in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	67289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has said that the Government will increase our overall assistance for Afghanistan to £286 million this financial year. On 31 October the Prime Minister announced the allocation of £50 million of that money for humanitarian purposes. The UK Government is providing life-saving humanitarian assistance through the UN and other trusted Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the ground, who are continuing to ensure that it reaches those who need it most. All aid that was being channelled through the Afghan Government has stopped. All UK aid is subject to strict monitoring and verification to ensure it is only used to help the vulnerable people it is intended for.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 08/11/2021 17:27:11 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols