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747046

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
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 had any meetings with Lord Patton of Barnes in the last year to discuss (a) human rights and the state of democracy in Hong Kong and (b) the Joint British-Sino Declaration.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>In the last year the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office has not received any requests from the Rt Hon. The Lord Patten of Barnes for a meeting.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/07/2017 14:04:19 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

747047

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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	Anson Chan
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 intends to meet Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, while she is visiting the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>​Senior officials at the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office plan to meet Anson Chan during her visit.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/07/2017 14:05:55 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

747048

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
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 state of democracy in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary issued a Written Ministerial Statement on 29 June to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/</a>) which outlined our assessment of the 'One Country, Two Systems' principle, as well as referencing specific concerns over its implementation. The UK continues to believe that it is in Hong Kong's best interests that discussion resumes between all parties in Hong Kong in order to make further progress towards a more democratic and accountable system of government, as provided for in the Basic Law.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/07/2017 14:08:00 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

746672

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy to help strengthen the United Nations, particularly in relation to supporting the new Secretary-General and encouraging the merit-based appointment of senior officials across the United Nations.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government aims to strengthen the United Nations through providing support to the UN Secretary-General's reform programme. We have encouraged the UN to improve in its leadership, efficiency, accountability and performance, and we have mobilised our broad range of relationships and networks in support of UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Guterres to give him the best chance of progress. We encourage appointments based on merit. We are also supporting the UNSG's policy of appointing more women to senior positions to help redress the gender imbalance at the UN.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/07/2017 16:42:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

746673

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that UK foreign policy is always underpinned by the objective of enhancing the wellbeing of the international order.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review sets out the UK's objective to &quot;help strengthen the rules-based international order and its institutions&quot;. This objective remains central to our foreign policy. As part of this we championed the more open and transparent process in the selection of António Guterres as the new UN Secretary-General and strongly support his vision for UN reform. We have maintained our commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income on Official Development Assistance. We have doubled the number of British troops deployed on UN peacekeeping missions and are leading international efforts to tackle modern slavery and conflict-related sexual violence. As we prepare to exit the European Union, the UK will continue to work closely with our allies and partners in Europe and across the world to promote and protect shared values and advance multilateral cooperation through a rules-based international order with the UN at its core.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/07/2017 16:41:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

746675

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enhance the level of public understanding of the relevance and value of international organisations and agencies to the wellbeing of the British people; including through both formal and informal education systems.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office conducts a variety of formal and informal outreach to promote the work of international institutions. We support the Model-UN initiative which reaches around 400,000 students from schools and universities every year, the civil-society led &quot;1 for 7&quot; billion campaign through our social and digital media platforms, which helped raise public awareness of the UN and the role of Secretary-General, and next year the UK will host the Commonwealth Summit and promote the importance of the Commonwealth to the British public in the run up and during the week of the Summit.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/07/2017 16:33:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

746717

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes in departmental structure the Government has made to promote closer working between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	1990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Following the General Election the Prime Minister appointed two Ministers of State, Alistair Burt and Rory Stewart, to serve across the FCO and DFID. The Ministers will develop their working practice to serve the interests of both departments and shape their priorities based on events and issues as they arise.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 05/07/2017 16:49:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

746757

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Russia: LGBT People
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 safety of (a) LGBT fans travelling to the World Cup and (b) other LGBT travellers to Russia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	1997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of the 'Be on the Ball' campaign, the FCO has published specific travel advice for the World Cup next year (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/russia2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/russia2018</a>). We recommend all British fans travelling to the World Cup in Russia in 2018 have a close look at this advice. FCO travel advice for Russia is clear on the need to be careful as an LGBT visitor to the country, particularly following the introduction of a law banning the promotion of 'non-traditional sexual relations' in June 2013, given its potential to legitimise homophobia and encourage violence against LGBT people. The issue of LGBT rights is one that we raise regularly with the Russian authorities.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/07/2017 12:59:56 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

746758

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Russia: Human Rights
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 made an assessment of the potential implications of the Human Rights Watch report on exploitation of construction workers building football stadiums in Russia on his policies towards that country; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	1998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>We regularly raise our concerns with the Russian authorities on their human rights record and we expect FIFA to do the same with regard to projects releated to the World Cup.</p><p>Tackling modern slavery is a priority for the British Government and the treatment of migrant workers in Russia, including those involved in the construction of World Cup sites, is a matter of concern. The British Embassy in Moscow is funding an International Organization for Migration project to improve the understanding and skills of social workers in Russia so they can better support the victims of modern slavery. This should also raise awareness of the problem within Russian society.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/07/2017 13:03:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

746760

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	USA: Climate Change Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what effect the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement may have on UK contributions to that agreement's goals.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>​The US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement will not impact in any way the UK's commitment to implementing it.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/07/2017 12:39:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty