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1177737

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Somalia and Somaliland: Travel Information
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 decouple Somalia from Somaliland in relation to his foreign travel advice.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2020 answer text <p>Travel advice takes account of local/regional differences and is kept regularly under review. As the UK does not recognise Somaliland as an independent state, it is presented as part of the travel advice for Somalia.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 20/02/2020 15:44:19 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1177747

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	International Religious Freedom Alliance
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 challenge International Religious Freedom Alliance members' approaches to (a) LGBT, (b) non-Christian and (c) women's rights.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK is proud to be a member of the new Alliance, and joining reflects our ongoing commitment to working with other countries on Freedom of Religion or Belief. As a founding member of the Alliance, the UK will be able to shape its work in line with our Freedom of Religion or Belief for all policy, in which we defend the rights of members of all faiths, beliefs, and people of no belief. We will use our membership of the Alliance to enhance joined up working with like-minded countries, as well as to highlight the importance of considering the intersectionality of human rights. Our membership of the Alliance will not prevent the UK from continuing to raise specific concerns bilaterally with other states, including concerns about discrimination on the grounds of gender identity or sexual orientation.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 25/02/2020 15:57:34 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1177861

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Philippines: 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 he has had recent discussions with his Filipino counterpart on the potential effect on human rights of revoking the broadcast licence of ABS-CBN; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned by any actions that seek to curtail freedom of expression or freedom of speech in the Philippines, or elsewhere. Senior UK officials discussed media freedom in the Philippines with Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Enrique Manalo, during High Level Talks in London in November 2019. Our Embassy in Manila continues to follow developments in the case of ABS-CBN closely.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 19/02/2020 16:59:43 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1177862

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Coronavirus
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 met (a) the Commonwealth Secretariat and (b) other Commonwealth institutions to discuss health system strengthening as a response to the recent outbreak of coronavirus.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not met with the Commonwealth Secretariat or affiliated institutions on this matter. However, the UK recognises that strong health systems are vital to ensuring health security and we support the Commonwealth's ambition to move towards achieving Universal Health Coverage, enabling countries to prevent, detect and respond to global outbreaks like Coronavirus. Commonwealth Health Ministers will next meet in the margins of the World Health Assembly to discuss a range of health matters, including Universal Healthcare Coverage. Separately, the UK is providing £5 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help prevent the spread of this outbreak by helping rapidly identify and care for patients with symptoms, as well as £40 million for research into the virus.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 20/02/2020 16:46:56 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1178628

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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 discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	14976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with international partners including the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel, strongly advocating a two state solution and encouraging a return to meaningful negotiations. The US has offered proposals for breaking the current deadlock. We do not believe these proposals are the end of the road, but we hope that they may lead to a first step towards resolving the conflict. The UK consistently calls for an immediate end to all actions that undermine the viability of the two-state solution, including terrorism, incitement, settlement expansion, and the demolition of Palestinian property in the West Bank. Steps to transform the situation in Gaza are also needed. We are encouraging both sides to avoid taking actions which make peace more difficult to achieve.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/02/2020 17:07:29 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1178632

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much and what proportion of total departmental spending his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	14980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>From 2016-17 the figures requested form part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's annual report submitted to Parliament. The research and development amount is separately disclosed in Standard Operating Procedures Note 2.1. Outturn for the 2019-20 financial year will be available when the 2019-20 accounts are laid in July 2020. Prior to 2016-17 there was no disclosure requirement and the numbers were not collected.</p><p>The figures are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>3,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>6,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>6,447</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Prior to 2017-18 staff costs were measured on a different basis.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 26/02/2020 15:13:49 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1178634

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Egypt: Christianity
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 security situation of Christians in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	14982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>We regularly raise the rights of religious minorities with the Egyptian authorities, and make the case for them to be accorded the necessary protections under Egyptian law. We welcome positive developments concerning religious freedom, including President Sisi's consistent calls for peaceful coexistence and the Government of Egypt's expression of support for the rights of all minorities and for religious tolerance. The UK has always been clear that the rights of minorities, wherever they exist, should be protected in line with international standards. During the former Minister for the Middle East and North Africa's visit to Cairo last September he met Pope Tawadros II, whose Coptic Orthodox Church plays such an important part in Egyptian society.</p><p>We are committed to supporting the Egyptian Government's fight against terrorist groups, including those who seek to target minority groups such as Coptic Christians. We are providing counter-terrorism assistance to the Egyptian authorities and counter-IED training for the Egyptian security forces as part of our UK-funded projects and programmes in Egypt.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/02/2020 17:04:52 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1177350

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah
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 his Department has made to the Indian Government and the Indian High Commission on the arrest of (a) Mehbooba Mufti and (b) Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act that allows for detention for two years without trial; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	14748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to comment on these specific cases. We are monitoring the situation in Kashmir closely. We are concerned by reports of ongoing detentions and call for these to be lifted as soon as possible. We have raised our concerns with the Government of India. Most recently, the Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth (Lord Ahmad), discussed the situation in Kashmir and our concerns, including political detentions, with a senior representative from the Ministry of External Affairs on 25 February.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 28/02/2020 10:29:05 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1177452

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Middle East: Peace Negotiations
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 discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the US Administration's Middle East peace plan proposal.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	14711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister discussed the United States' proposal with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on 6 February. The former Minister for the Middle East and North Africa also met with the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, on 4 February. They discussed a range of issues, including the US proposal.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 20/02/2020 15:42:51 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1177462

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Marine Environment: Conservation
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 help to protect the oceans; what role the Government will have in the forthcoming UN global ocean treaty negotiations; and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials will be involved in those negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	14806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK is leading the way on ocean protection. The Blue Belt Programme is on track to protect over 4 million square kilometres of ocean around the Overseas Territories before the end of the year. The Government has committed to extend this programme. We are also working closely with Commonwealth partners through the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme (CMEP) to support sustainable development of their marine economies; and the Commonwealth Clean Ocean Alliance (CCOA) to reduce marine plastic pollution, amongst other initiatives. The Government is committed to further action to protect the ocean including through the £500 million Blue Planet Fund.</p><p>My Department and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have been closely involved in the negotiation of a new Implementing Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction - the BBNJ Agreement - as an important step forward in addressing the challenges that the ocean faces. The UK is pressing for an ambitious Agreement to be concluded in 2020. It will be a key mechanism in enabling the designation of at least 30 per cent of the global ocean as Marine Protected Areas by 2030. A joint FCO-DEFRA team of officials will represent the UK in these talks based on positions agreed by ministers.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 26/02/2020 17:11:55 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie