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905478

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	Mexico: Religious Persons
	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 role that religious leaders play as human rights defenders in Mexico; and what representations he has made to the Government of Mexico on its complying with the recommendations it accepted in the last UN Universal Period Review cycle on ensuring the protection of religious leaders in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	144861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text The UK recognises the growing threats faced in Mexico by many Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), including those protecting religious freedom. Officials in the Embassy in Mexico City have regular contact with HRDs and Civil Society Organisations that support them. We work with international partners to monitor cases, observe trials and raise issues with the government. We are working closely with the government of Mexico to support a human rights agenda, including tackling corruption and strengthening the legal system, which some reports suggest are contributing factors to the challenges that HRDs face. Over the past four years, UK Ministers and officials at our Embassy in Mexico City have raised our human rights concerns with the Mexican Government and will continue to raise these, including as part of follow up to the last UN Universal Periodic Review. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/05/2018 16:14:04 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

873591

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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	Mexico: Election Observers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning to send election observers to the upcoming Mexican election.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	134705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>​​We are not sending a formal observers mission to Mexico for the elections. However, officials at our Embassy in Mexico City have attended briefings on the electoral process presented by the National Electoral Institute and by the Electoral Tribunal, and will also informally observe the elections as accredited visitors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2018 14:52:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1052434

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2019
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set out his Departments operations with a budget of more than £500,000 in (a) strategic programmes, (b) bilateral programmes and (c) FCO services in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	215559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>​We publish details of departmental spending over £25,000 on a monthly basis on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>, which includes expenditure under our departmental policy programme and expenditure to FCO Services.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/02/2019 17:28:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

968287

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	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	Venezuela: Refugees
	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 had had with his Latin American counterparts on their response to Venezuelan refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	170730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>​We are deeply concerned by this crisis, which is self inflicted and has caused huge pressure on the region. I spoke on 6 September with the Peruvian Foreign Minister, Nestor Popolizio, to discuss the situation, to receive an update on the recent Andean Community (Peru, Colombia and Ecuador) meeting in Lima, and on the Ecuador-convened &quot;regional technical meeting&quot; on Venezuela that took place in Quito on 3-4 September to discuss the migration crisis. The Foreign Secretary also discussed the crisis with the Colombian Foreign Minister in New York on 24 August.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/09/2018 15:40:07 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

795849

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	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	Colombia: Mining
	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 counterparts in the Colombian Government and US Administration on ending child labour in the mining of coal, and other minerals in Columbia.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	116182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>​There have been none on this specific issue.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2017 14:35:01 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

760680

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the £32 million allocated to relief and support following Hurricane Irma will be spent.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	105172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>​The £57 million allocated to the Hurricane Irma response is helping to meet the immediate needs of the Territories and to contribute towards early recovery. This includes the distribution of vital humanitarian supplies; the deployment of the UK military to service the relief operation; the provision of prison and police officers to meet basic security needs; and support to the public health system.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/10/2017 16:47:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

760676

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which departments contributed to the £32 million allocated to relief and support following Hurricane Irma; and how much each such Department contributed to that sum.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	105158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>​The £32million came from the Conflict, Security, &amp; Stability Fund, a cross Whitehall fund. The Government subsequently contributed a further £25million: this was comprised of £15million from Her Majesty's Treasury reserves and £10million from the Department for International Development's budget.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/10/2017 16:38:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1121772

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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 Virgin Islands: 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, what progress has been made on the individual project components of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund British Virgin Island Territory (BVITP) Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	245701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>​The aim of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) British Virgin Island Territory Programme (BVITP) is to support the Government of the Virgin Islands to ensure the successful long-term recovery and development of the British Virgin Islands, following the hurricanes of 2017.</p><p>The initial focus of the BVITP is to support the set-up and operation of the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA), enabling the RDA to attract investment and successfully deliver the Recovery to Development Plan of the British Virgin Islands Government (BVIG) in accordance with principles of accountability, transparency and good governance. The BVITP also directly supports the transition of early recovery projects into the long-term recovery plan as well as the implementation of priority activity from the Recovery to Development Plan in areas that are key enablers for the recovery process and constitutional responsibilities of the Governor. These include robust disaster preparedness, support to improve good governance in the recovery structures and strengthened justice and security.</p><p>Good progress is being made on all components of the BVITP: the RDA has been established and is now delivering projects from Phase One of the Recovery to Development Plan. A number of priority security and justice and disaster preparedness projects have been directly supported and are either complete or expected to complete to schedule. The majority of early recovery activity supported by BVITP has now been completed and incorporated into the BVIG's long-term recovery plan. All of the activity has been undertaken in partnership with the Government of the Virgin Islands.</p><p>A full assessment, with contributions by all UK Government departments involved in the CSSF programme in the British Virgin Islands will be made on completion of the programme in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/04/2019 16:12:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

806446

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Antarctic: Nature Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	119522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>​The UK achieved important objectives at the last Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meeting, which was held in October 2017. These included: agreement to sustainable fishing quotas in South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands in line with UK scientific advice; protection of the marine area exposed by the recent calving of the Larsen C iceshelf from any commercial fishing until 2028; and agreement to more effective paperwork to underpin the CCAMLR System of Inspection. The CCAMLR Commission also elected a British candidate to be the next Executive Secretary, commencing in April 2018. Following the successful agreement at the 2016 CCAMLR meeting to establish the world's largest Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea, discussions continued on the UK co-sponsored proposal for a marine protected area (MPA) in East Antarctica, and further scientific discussions took place about the design of future MPA proposals in the Weddell Sea and Antarctic Peninsula region.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/12/2017 16:55:38 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

932234

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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	South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Areas
	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 timetable is for completion of the review of the designation of the sea around the South Sandwich Islands; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	158705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>​The Government of South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands is undertaking the first 5 year review of the South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area. A review panel, comprising scientists, industry and environmental organisation representatives and independent members, are preparing a report, which will include advice and recommendations, which the Government of South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands expects to receive in final form by mid/late August.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/07/2018 12:12:18 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman