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724141

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date	25/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to prevent female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and is child abuse that requires domestic and international action. Recent work to prevent it includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Changes to the law via the Serious Crime Act 2015, including extended extra-territorial jurisdiction over FGM offences committed overseas, a new failure to protect offence, and the creation of a mandatory reporting duty for known cases in under 18s;</li><li>the introduction of FGM Protection Orders in July 2015 – the most recent figures show 94 orders have been made;</li><li>the launch of the Home Office’s FGM Unit which carries out awareness raising and outreach work with professionals and communities; and</li><li>the Department for International Development’s £35m programme to support the Africa-led movement to end FGM overseas.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/04/2017 09:43:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

724142

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Middle East: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support asylum seekers fleeing Middle Eastern countries due to being persecuted because of their religious belief.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>We are doing our utmost to provide assistance to all those in need in the region. The UK has now allocated £2.3 billion since 2012 to meet the immediate needs of vulnerable people in Syria and of refugees in the region making it one of the largest donors. Since summer 2014, we have committed £169.5 million in humanitarian assistance to help those affected by Daesh in Iraq.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK operates four resettlement schemes (Gateway, Mandate, the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) Scheme and the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS), working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on each to identify those most in need of resettlement, prioritising the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>The UK works according to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality which means that we do not take into consideration the ethno-religious origins of people requiring assistance as we assist solely on the basis of needs, identified by UNHCR.</p><p> </p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK, including claims based on religious persecution, are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention. Those who demonstrate a well founded fear on return to their country are normally granted protection.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/04/2017 09:38:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

724144

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Turkey: EU Accession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the implications for his Department's policy on Turkey's bid to become a member of the EU are of the result of the recent Turkish referendum.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Turkey continues to be a Candidate Country of the EU. The UK remains of the view that the EU accession process is important to delivering security, stability and prosperity in Turkey. We encourage Turkey to continue to engage constructively with the accession process. As and when candidate countries have met the requirements for accession in full, it will be for those countries and EU members at the time to decide on membership. That point remains some way off.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/04/2017 11:03:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

724145

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Paraguay: Gangs
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 has had with the Government of Paraguay on recent gang violence in that country; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>​British Embassy officials in Asuncion regularly discuss security issues with the Paraguayan authorities.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/04/2017 10:37:55 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

723957

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government plans to publish a regulatory impact assessment for the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been conducting a programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work that will help define our partnership with the EU, and inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks. Parliament has voted repeatedly not to publish detail which could undermine UK's position in our negotiations with the EU and the Government will repeat repeat that decision.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/04/2017 09:19:55 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond

723110

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to provide superfast broadband in (a) rural communities and (b) Gordon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>As a result of the government's Superfast Broadband Programme and roll-out by the private sector, superfast broadband with speeds of more than 24Mbps is now available to more than 92% of homes and businesses in the UK and the government expects this to reach 95% by the end of 2017. This coverage includes rural areas. The delivery programme in Scotland including the Gordon constituency is delivered by the Scottish Government.</p><p>Thinkbroadband estimate that current coverage of superfast broadband in the Gordon constituency is 79%, which DCMS estimate will rise to 83% by the end of 2017. This compares to a UK average of over 92%. The Scottish Government is responsible for delivering broadband in Scotland.</p><p>Take up in the Rest of Scotland Project area is 28% and as a result of the UK Government's contract management, further funding can be returned to the Scottish Government for reinvestment in more superfast coverage as take-up rises. It would be for the Scottish Government to decide where funding returned by suppliers under the contracts is allocated to increase coverage.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/04/2017 14:15:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond