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858582

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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	Armed Conflict: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to organisations which tackle the use of child soldiers in conflict in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	131837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The FCO has provided funding to both UN organisations and civil society groups, to tackle the use of child soldiers in armed conflict. This totals £1,864,000 since 2015.</p><p>This figure comprises funding to the UN Department of Peacekeeping to provide key child protection staff, totalling just over £1 million from 2016-19.</p><p>Between 2015 and 2019, we will have also given £620,000 to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, making the UK the number one donor to this Office. We have lobbied others to increase their contributions.</p><p>We have also provided £75,000 in both financial years 2015/16 and 2016/17, as well as £85,000 in financial year 2017/18, to the NGO Children and Armed Conflict Watch List.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 19/03/2018 15:13:40 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

914766

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of UK ODA spending has been spent on UN peacekeeping in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	148703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>UK ODA spending as part of our assessed (mandatory) contributions to the UN peacekeeping budget, in each of the last eight years has been: 2010 0.25%; 2011 0.24%; 2012 0.23%; 2013 0.22%; 2014 0.16%; 2015 0.16%; 2016 0.38%; and 2017 data will be published in Autumn 2018 in the &quot;Statistics on International Development: Final UK aid spend 2017&quot; report.</p><p>The UK has also given other voluntary ODA funding to UN peacekeeping on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK's ODA Assessed Contributions to UN Peacekeeping Missions as a proportion of total UK ODA 2010-2016</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total UK ODA (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total core contributions to UN Peacekeeping Missions (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of total UK ODA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>8,529</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td><p>0.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>8,629</p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td><td><p>0.24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>8,802</p></td><td><p>20.3</p></td><td><p>0.23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11,407</p></td><td><p>25.6</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11,700</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12,138</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>13,377</p></td><td><p>50.9</p></td><td><p>0.38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Statistics on International Development 2017</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 06/06/2018 16:27:12 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

914956

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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 Overseas Territories: Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress he has made on ensuring that Overseas Territories establish public registers for company beneficial ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	148666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Provisions to this effect are included in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/06/2018 16:29:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

964604

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Burma: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle religious and racial discrimination in Burma.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	169558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>​The British Government continues to be deeply concerned by religious and racial discrimination against minorities in Burma. The Government has repeatedly raised concerns about the treatment of minorities in Burma in the Human Rights Council in September 2017 and March 2018. The Minister for the Commonwealth and the United Nations raised the UK's concerns about the persecution faced by minority groups in Burma in his speech to the Human Rights Council of 27 February 2018. Our Embassy continues to support projects in Burma addressing the drivers of prejudice and inter-communal violence.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/09/2018 16:45:33 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

858581

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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	Armed Conflict: Children
	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 representations he has made to his counterparts in the (a) EU and (b) UN Security Council on stopping the practice of using child soldiers.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	131836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is an active member of the United Nations Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, which consists of Security Council members, and which leads the international response on the issues of child soldiers and child protection. We work particularly closely with allies and like-minded states on the Council, notably France, the Netherlands and Sweden, to advance common efforts and UK objectives in this area.</p><p>In November 2017, my colleague Lord Ahmad, the Minister for the Commonwealth and the United Nations, participated in an open debate of the UN Security Council on Children in Armed Conflict, focused on the findings of the UN Secretary-General's 2017 Annual Report. Lord Ahmad welcomed the work of the UN and of the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict, and reiterated our concern about the continuing grave violations committed against children in conflicts around the world.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 19/03/2018 15:07:50 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

915067

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Rendition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs agreed to meet the legal expenses incurred by the al Saadi Family and Abde​​l Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	148645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>​The Government agreed to pay reasonable legal costs in respect of the Belhaj and Al Saadi cases.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/06/2018 17:03:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

869356

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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: Facebook
	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 counterpart in the US administration on the role of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) Strategic Communications Laboratories, (c) Global Science Research and (d) Aleksandr Kogan obtaining personal data from Facebook.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	133870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>​Neither the Foreign Secretary nor I have had discussions with the US Administration on these subjects.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/03/2018 15:04:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

862261

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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: International Criminal Court
	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 representations he has made to his counterpart in the Philippines on the potential withdrawal of that country from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	132680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by the decision of the Government of the Philippines to withdraw the Philippines from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Our Embassy in Manila is raising concerns with the Administration. The ICC has an important role to play in ending impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern by holding perpetrators to account and achieving justice for victims. ​</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/03/2018 15:44:45 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

931582

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	Cambodia: 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, what recent discussions he has had with his Cambodian counterpart on the political and human rights situation in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	157694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The government remains deeply concerned about the actions taken by the Cambodian authorities and its Supreme Court, which undermines freedom of expression and destroys any likelihood that Cambodia’s July 2018 elections will be free and fair.</p><p>We take every opportunity to raise these issues. I first expressed our concerns to Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn at the Asia-Europe Meeting in November last year. I also reiterated these in a meeting with the Cambodian Ambassador to the UK Dr Soeung earlier this year. At the June UN Human Rights Council the UK highlighted concerns at the “continued democratic deterioration”, impact on freedom of speech and the ongoing detention of Kem Sokha.</p><p>We work closely with EU and other like-minded partners to press the Cambodian authorities to reverse these actions. We will continue to liaise with our partners on further possible steps ahead of, and subsequent to, the July elections, including calling for the release of opposition leader Kem Sokha.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/07/2018 17:03:40 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 67024 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

892321

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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: Plastics
	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 has taken to reduce its use of single-use plastics .
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	138550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>​On 27 February , the Foreign Secretary announced that the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (FCO) would eliminate avoidable single-use plastics from its UK operations by the end of 2018, and from its global operations by 2020. It is the first British Government Department to announce such a ban. This ambitious target makes the FCO a leader in the fight against plastic pollution not just in the UK, but globally too. Since January the FCO has taken steps to remove avoidable single-use plastic from its UK catering outlets. For example, in its UK canteens, the FCO has switched plastic cutlery and food packaging and cups to biodegradable alternatives and provided additional glasses and china mugs to reduce waste. In early April in the UK we introduced a 50p 'latte levy' on single-use coffee cups which has increased the use of reusable cups from 3% of total hot drinks sales to 46%. In the year to date, our actions have reduced plastic waste from our UK catering operations by about 40% compared to the same period last year. We have requested all Heads of Mission overseas take similar action and are working with our suppliers to further reduce avoidable single-use plastics to enable us to meet the Foreign Secretary's target.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/05/2018 13:04:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker