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1700809

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	France: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what plans he has to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the signing of the Entente Cordiale.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>On 8 April, the UK and France celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale with joint changing of the guard ceremonies at Buckingham Palace and the Élysée Palace. Throughout this anniversary year, our respective embassies are organising events reflecting the breadth of the UK-France relationship, showcasing our longstanding cooperation on issues including climate change, science, sport, culture, defence, education, and trade. In meetings last week, I reflected on this anniversary and positive state of the relationship with my French counterpart and with the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/04/2024 13:16:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700953

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict initiative to help support Ukrainian officials to investigate alleged acts of sexual violence by Russian forces since 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	21674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK is working with Ukrainian authorities to hold those responsible for gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, in Ukraine to account. The UK has committed up to £6.2 million to enhance Ukraine's domestic capacity for war crimes investigations and to help embed international guidelines and best practice into the work of Ukrainian prosecutors and investigators, including on survivor-centred approaches. This assistance has been largely delivered through projects via the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine, established with the US and EU, and deployments of UK experts, including the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 15:52:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1701158

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Olympic Games: Paris
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how many members of the Government will be attending the Paris Olympic Games.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	21836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We wish Team GB and ParalympicsGB every success at what promise to be very special Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. Attendance by members of His Majesty's Government at Paris 2024 remains under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/04/2024 13:11:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1701170

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Tajikistan: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what discussions he has had with counterparts in Tajikistan on reports of recent disappearances of activists and opposition leaders in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	21706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We discuss Tajikistan's human rights situation both bilaterally and in international fora, including during the Foreign Secretary's visit this week, and during Minister Docherty's visit to Tajikistan in 2023 and through the British Embassy in Dushanbe.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/04/2024 16:07:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1699958

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Russia: Cereals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the EU's proposals to impose tariffs of up to 50% on Russian grain imports.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are closely following the EU's proposals to impose tariffs on Russian grain and oilseed imports, which are subject to adoption by the European Council.</p><p>The UK imposed 35 per cent additional tariffs on Russian cereals and oilseeds in March 2022, following which imports fell by over 99 per cent and are now negligible.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/04/2024 09:32:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700163

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Czechia: Whooping Cough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to support the Czech Republic, in the context of the pertussis outbreak in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the pertussis outbreak in the Czech Republic. No request for assistance has been made by the Czech Republic.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/04/2024 15:35:09 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1700420

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his Czech counterpart on the purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	21307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has discussed with his Czech counterpart how we can assist with their scheme. The UK will spend £245 million throughout the next year to procure and invigorate supply chains to produce urgently needed artillery ammunition for Ukraine.</p><p>We continue to engage in intensive bilateral and multilateral lobbying efforts to ensure Ukraine gets the military support it needs, leveraging the additional support we have announced this year to secure new commitments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/04/2024 16:07:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1699001

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the attack on Crocus City Concert Hall in Moscow on terror threat levels in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK condemns in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack at the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow and we express our deepest sympathy to the families of the many victims. We support the US assessment that Da'esh or their so-called Islamic State Khorasan Province branch is responsible. The threat level for the UK from terrorism is set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre. It is kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 16:02:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1699116

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the return of Ukrainian children unlawfully deported by the Russian authorities.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Nicola Richards
	uin	20819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>We call upon Russia to cease these deportations immediately and return all Ukrainian children. In June 2022, we sanctioned the Russian Children's Rights Commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, and in June 2023, we announced new sanctions against 10 Russian officials and one entity involved. We have provided funding to the International Criminal Court and support to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The UK is also now a member of the 'International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children'. We are determined to hold to account those responsible for forcibly deporting and attempting to indoctrinate Ukrainian children.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 15:59:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4868 label Biography information for Nicola Richards

1698672

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Balkans: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the regional security of the Balkans of the (a) meeting between the President of Serbia, the President of Republika Srpska and Patriarch Porifirije and (b) planned joint Easter Assembly between Serbia and Republika Srpska.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	uin	20453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Following the 18 March meeting between Serbian President Vucic, the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik and the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, President Vucic announced an Easter Assembly in Serbia on 5-6 May, with participants from Serbia and ethnic Serb communities across the region. A similar initiative was held in 2017. We are following developments closely. We encourage Serbia, and all involved, to promote good neighbourly relations across the region, and to avoid divisive and inflammatory rhetoric. The Prime Minister's Western Balkans Envoy did so most recently during his 8 April visit to Belgrade.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 16:29:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns