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660124

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2016
	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	Zimbabwe: Bank Notes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for economic stability in Zimbabwe of the government in that country issuing bank notes in its own currency equivalent to the US dollar.
	tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
	tabling member printed	James Duddridge
	uin	58021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Zimbabwe faces a serious economic crisis. Bond notes have provided some short term liquidity, but they are not a sustainable solution to Zimbabwe’s economic challenges. Without fundamental reform, taking into account the advice of the International Financial Institutions, an economic collapse is a real prospect. The British Embassy in Harare continues to monitor the situation and we are keeping our travel advice under review.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/12/2016 11:30:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

658514

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	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	Ghana: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the government of Ghana.
	tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
	tabling member printed	James Duddridge
	uin	57629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom provides Ghana with support in a number of areas including help to improve its macro-economic management, deliver public services, improve the accountability of government and decision-makers to its citizens and transparency particularly in the oil and gas industry, reduce barriers to business creating an environment attractive to Foreign Direct Investment and small and medium enterprises. The UK is also helping Ghana to build its capacity and capability to tackle a wide range of crime, including human and drug trafficking, illegal migration, fraud, corruption, terrorism, piracy and training for the military.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2016 17:39:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

658515

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	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	Ghana: Elections
	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 the Government has had with the Ghanaian government since the general election in that country on 7 December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
	tabling member printed	James Duddridge
	uin	57630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner and his team met with Ghana’s President-Elect Nana Akufo-Addo on 13 December 2016, and handed over a letter of congratulations from the Prime Minister. The Foreign Secretary spoke to the President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo on 15 December to congratulate him. They discussed the bilateral relationship and enhancing cooperation on economic growth, trade and investment, anti corruption and security.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2016 17:38:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

660125

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2016
	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	Ghana: Customs
	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 efficiency of the customs service in Ghana.
	tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
	tabling member printed	James Duddridge
	uin	58023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Ghana's customs service falls under the responsibility of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) with whom we share a good relationship.</p><p>We support the World Bank's respected and influential annual Doing Business Survey, which reports on many of the key issues that businesses face in countries across the world. One important indicator that the report examines relates to trading across borders. The effectiveness of a country's customs procedures are highly relevant to this indicator. For Ghana, the 2016 survey indicated a small improvement in the country's relative ranking for trading across borders. However, burdensome procedures and corruption at borders are among the most problematic factors for trade in Ghana. Customs procedures lack efficiency and exporting and importing require time-consuming paperwork to clear goods at the border. Corruption and bribery in these processes are widespread. A recent report by US based GAN Integrity found that whilst Ghana performs best in the West African region for road governance in relation to customs services, controls and demands for bribes are increasing at the Tema port exit.</p><p>We continue to follow these matters closely and regularly raise concerns about the ease of doing business including corruption with the Government of Ghana.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/12/2016 11:26:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

637111

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	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	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, where he plans to hold the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in the UK in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
	tabling member printed	James Duddridge
	uin	53060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is working closely with Number 10 and other key stakeholders on where Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in 2018 and hope to be able to announce a location shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/11/2016 14:52:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge