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1523912

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Afghanistan: Hazara
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) protect Hazara Muslim communities in Afghanistan from violence and (b) support Hazara Muslims refugees to help them to travel to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	65764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>We regularly press the Taliban to respect the human rights of all Afghans and to protect minority groups, including Hazaras, from attacks. On 7 October, we co-sponsored a Human Rights Council resolution to extend the UN Special Rapporteur's mandate to monitor and report on the situation for another year.</p><p>The Government is working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to resettle refugees through UNHCR's standard resettlement categories, based on an assessment of protection needs and vulnerabilities. The first arrivals have already been welcomed to the UK and we will continue to receive further UNHCR referrals for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 21/10/2022 13:37:41 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1543564

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2022
	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: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that the people convicted of the murder of people on Flight MH17 are brought to justice.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	90795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The conviction of three individuals in relation to the downing of Flight MH17 is an important step in securing justice for the victims and their families. We thank the Dutch authorities and the Joint Investigation Team for their work on this complex case. The downing of MH17 was a violation of international norms, which keep our societies safe, and serves as a reminder of the human cost of Russia's actions in Ukraine over many years. The UK Government will continue to support the Dutch authorities in their efforts to ensure those responsible are held to account.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 24/11/2022 10:35:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1552149

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2022
	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: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to engage with Russian LGBTQ+ (a) activists and (b) civil society, in the context of the new law banning LGBT propaganda among adults in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	111583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Gender Equality (encompassing LGBT+ rights) is a priority for the FCDO, including in Russia. Despite the challenging environment, we will continue to support LGBT+ activists and other civil society groups working on gender-related issues. Russia's updated anti-&quot;propaganda&quot; law aims to create a climate of fear and restrict the freedoms of all Russians. As a member of the Equal Rights Coalition, the UK has worked with international partners to make clear to Russia that we all stand with all LGBT+ people in Russia following these amendments.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/12/2022 14:52:01 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1565171

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	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	Afghanistan: Home Country Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure the safety of Afghans who worked for the UK Government.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	119045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) is for Afghan citizens who worked for or with the UK Government in Afghanistan in exposed or meaningful roles and may include an offer of relocation to the UK. The ARAP scheme launched on 1 April 2021 and remains open. The MOD is the lead department for the ARAP scheme, but the FCDO assesses eligibility for a small number of applicants who state that they worked for or alongside the FCDO. FCDO missions overseas support through providing accommodation in third countries until eligible persons (EPs) travel to the UK. To date, the UK has relocated over 12,000 ARAP EPs and their families to the UK, including over 5,000 since Operation PITTING concluded at the end of August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 23/01/2023 17:08:14 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1645177

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	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	Afghanistan: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Taliban regime to enable (a) women and girls to have a full education including university, (b) women to take up employment and (c) women and girls to (i) visit parks and (ii) engage in normal activities outside their homes.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	189798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government strongly condemns the restrictions the Taliban have imposed on Afghan women and girls. We are working with our mission in Doha and the international community, including through the G7 and UN, to press the Taliban to reverse their harmful policies.</p><p>Respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls are prerequisites for sustainable economic development in Afghanistan. We continue to support the delivery of education, including Community Based Education through our bilateral and multilateral contributions.</p><p>On 6 March, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad, Minister for South Asia, met UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, and the Director of UN Women, Sima Bahaus, after their visit to Afghanistan to discuss the Taliban's restrictions on women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/06/2023 16:49:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1654510

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	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	Afghanistan: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take in response to the report A/HRC/53/21: Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	195080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government is grateful for the report of the Special Rapporteur and the working group which sheds further light on the Taliban's severe restrictions on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Officials are considering the report's recommendations.</p><p>We have repeatedly condemned the Taliban's decisions to restrict the rights of women and girls, including through the UN Security Council, Human Rights Council resolutions and public statements. We continue to work with the international community to press the Taliban to reverse their harmful policies.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 04/09/2023 16:14:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1434334

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail connectivity for passengers travelling between the North of England and London.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	127404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>LNER services on the East Coast Main line (ECML) connect London, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland. These services help to support levelling-up and provide a key avenue of Union connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the Department is investing £1.2 billion in a programme of infrastructure enhancements for the ECML. These upgrades are vital to improve the service on the railway for tens of thousands of passengers who travel on the route. Alongside the brand-new Azuma trains, this will help to deliver journey time, reliability and capacity improvements. These upgrades have already enabled direct LNER services from London King’s Cross to Middlesbrough to commence in December 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review of the future timetable is considering the implementation of additional services to Bradford, Middlesbrough, Cleethorpes and Huddersfield, as well as aiming to deliver more services and faster journey times to Leeds and Edinburgh, improving connectivity between London, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, following publication of the Integrated Rail Plan in November 2021, the Department will ask Network Rail to take forward interventions on the East Coast Main Line to deliver improved journeys to Leeds and the North East. This will consider upgrades to allow higher speeds, including up to 140mph on some sections, longer trains and measures to tackle bottlenecks that limit speed and capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 127405 question first answered 01/03/2022 14:52:51 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1434335

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department is working with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to ensure that improvements to rail connectivity between the North of England and London delivers economic prosperity for local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	127405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>LNER services on the East Coast Main line (ECML) connect London, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland. These services help to support levelling-up and provide a key avenue of Union connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the Department is investing £1.2 billion in a programme of infrastructure enhancements for the ECML. These upgrades are vital to improve the service on the railway for tens of thousands of passengers who travel on the route. Alongside the brand-new Azuma trains, this will help to deliver journey time, reliability and capacity improvements. These upgrades have already enabled direct LNER services from London King’s Cross to Middlesbrough to commence in December 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review of the future timetable is considering the implementation of additional services to Bradford, Middlesbrough, Cleethorpes and Huddersfield, as well as aiming to deliver more services and faster journey times to Leeds and Edinburgh, improving connectivity between London, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, following publication of the Integrated Rail Plan in November 2021, the Department will ask Network Rail to take forward interventions on the East Coast Main Line to deliver improved journeys to Leeds and the North East. This will consider upgrades to allow higher speeds, including up to 140mph on some sections, longer trains and measures to tackle bottlenecks that limit speed and capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 127404 question first answered 01/03/2022 14:52:51 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1434336

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment he plans to make in the east coast main line to (a) improve capacity and (b) enable more frequent services between the North of England and London.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	127406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The government published the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP) in November 2021, which outlined plans for the delivery and phasing of major rail investment in the North and Midlands over the coming decades. The IRP confirmed aspirations to upgrade and improve line speeds on the ECML, and the Department will ask Network Rail to take forward interventions on the route to deliver improved journeys to Leeds and the North East.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/02/2022 14:17:09 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1486718

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Season Tickets: London and Newcastle
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a flexible season ticket between Newcastle and London has not been introduced in line with changes on other lines in England.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	31109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>Prior to the launch of flexible season tickets, we asked train companies to identify significant commuter routes where flexible seasons might be needed.</p><p>We encourage those who feel their route has been missed to raise this with the relevant train operating company.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/07/2022 08:21:36 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah