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654836

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
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	Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on the raid of the publications office of the Ahmadi Muslim community headquarters in Rabwah, Pakistan on 5 December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	56697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the raid on the Ahmadiyya offices and of the arrest of four Admadiyya in Rabwah, Pakistan. The Government strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of people based on their beliefs. Our concerns are reflected in the latest update to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual human rights report.</p><p>We regularly raise our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. During his visit to Pakistan in November, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson), raised religious tolerance and the importance of safeguarding the rights of all Pakistan's citizens. We continue to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious minorities, and to uphold the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 56698 56699 question first answered 13/12/2016 16:49:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

654391

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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: Serbia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he or his Department had with representatives of the Serbian newspaper Danas on his visit to Serbia on 11 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	56506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Neither the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) nor his officials had any interaction with the Serbian newspaper Danas about the visit to Serbia on 11 November 2016. The Foreign Secretary spent approximately 45 minutes at the bookstore for a roundtable on media freedom with a small number of journalists and editors. The Foreign Secretary issued a tweet following the roundtable, highlighting the need for strong independent media in any democracy. There will be no further public record of the discussions. The Serbian government offered the use of their protocol vehicles, free of charge, to transport the Foreign Secretary for the duration of the visit. As is standard practice for official ministerial visits, the Embassy in Belgrade provided transport for some of the visiting delegation and Embassy staff to attend meetings.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 56560 question first answered 12/12/2016 16:49:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

654392

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
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 British ex-patriots residing in EU countries have contacted (a) UK embassies and (b) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding visa rights since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	56536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>​From June to November, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's global network, including our Diplomatic Posts overseas, received 1,572 telephone enquiries in relation to the EU Referendum. These enquiries were not necessarily on visa related issues but did concern the potential impacts of the result of the referendum.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2016 16:01:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

654394

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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: Serbia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2016 to Question 55856, if he will publish any record made of discussions held during his visit to the Geca Kon bookstore, Serbia, on 11 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	56531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Neither the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) nor his officials had any interaction with the Serbian newspaper Danas about the visit to Serbia on 11 November 2016. The Foreign Secretary spent approximately 45 minutes at the bookstore for a roundtable on media freedom with a small number of journalists and editors. The Foreign Secretary issued a tweet following the roundtable, highlighting the need for strong independent media in any democracy. There will be no further public record of the discussions. The Serbian government offered the use of their protocol vehicles, free of charge, to transport the Foreign Secretary for the duration of the visit. As is standard practice for official ministerial visits, the Embassy in Belgrade provided transport for some of the visiting delegation and Embassy staff to attend meetings.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/12/2016 16:34:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

654395

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Norway: Fisheries
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 held discussions on the future of the UK fishing industry with the Norwegian Foreign Minister during his recent visit to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	56447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) and the Norwegian Foreign Minister discussed a range of foreign and bilateral policy issues. The future of the UK fishing industry was not discussed.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/12/2016 16:54:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

654396

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Seafood: Overseas Trade
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 held discussions on the potential effect of tariffs on the seafood trade between Britain and Norway with the Norwegian Foreign Minister during his recent visit to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	56448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary met Børge Brende, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, in London on 5 December. Børge Brende, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, did not raise the subject of fishing, and neither did the Foreign Secretary. Most of their discussion focused on the US election, and Brende’s impression of a what a Trump administration may look like. They also discussed Brexit and the protection the UK’s membership of the EU had provided against the growth of red tape. Brende had a separate meeting with Sir Alan Duncan on a similar range of issues and fishing was not raised.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/12/2016 16:53:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

654399

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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 Policy: Anniversaries
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 his Department is taking to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration.
tabling member constituency	Surrey Heath
tabling member printed	Michael Gove
uin	56622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Firm plans have not yet been made for how we will mark the Balfour Declaration's centenary in November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2016 16:03:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1571 label Biography information for Michael Gove

654400

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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: Serbia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2016 to Question 55857, what the cost to the public purse was of the official government car used during the state visit to Serbia on 11 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	56560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Neither the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) nor his officials had any interaction with the Serbian newspaper Danas about the visit to Serbia on 11 November 2016. The Foreign Secretary spent approximately 45 minutes at the bookstore for a roundtable on media freedom with a small number of journalists and editors. The Foreign Secretary issued a tweet following the roundtable, highlighting the need for strong independent media in any democracy. There will be no further public record of the discussions. The Serbian government offered the use of their protocol vehicles, free of charge, to transport the Foreign Secretary for the duration of the visit. As is standard practice for official ministerial visits, the Embassy in Belgrade provided transport for some of the visiting delegation and Embassy staff to attend meetings.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 56506 question first answered 12/12/2016 16:49:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

652651

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2016 to Question 49936, what the names are of the six projects funded through the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund during the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	56246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>​The six projects mentioned in the answer to Question 49936 have no specific names and we refer to them through the descriptions already provided.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/12/2016 15:52:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

652652

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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: Bedouin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's news story on plans to demolish a Bedouin village in Israel, published on 23 November 2016, whether he has raised concerns on behalf of the Government with the Israeli ambassador in addition to the concerns he has raised on behalf of the House; and what the outcome of such discussions have been.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	56402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>​I raised concerns about plans to demolish the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran when I spoke to the Israeli Ambassador on 23 November. Although the demolition did not happen before the 30 November the threat remains. The UK continues to call on the Israeli authorities and Bedouin community to work together to find a solution that meets the needs and respects the rights of the people affected.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/12/2016 15:50:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy