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1487984

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Kashmir: Armed Conflict
	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 her Department is taking with its international counterparts to help resolve conflict in Kashmir.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	33914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The long-standing position of the UK is that it is for India and Pakistan to find a lasting, political resolution to the situation in Kashmir, taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people. It is not for the UK to prescribe a solution or to act as a mediator. We encourage both sides to maintain positive dialogue and find lasting, diplomatic solutions, but the pace and scope is for them to determine.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/07/2022 16:15:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1487986

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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: Lobbying
	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 (a) she or (b) any ministers in her Department have met with Russian=based companies since 24 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	33928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>Neither the Foreign Secretary, nor any other Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office ministers, have met with Russia-based companies since the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The former Minister for Europe had an interview with TV Rain on 21 June, an independent media company forced out of Russia by the Kremlin's crackdown on media freedom.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/07/2022 15:17:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1487987

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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: Lobbying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban lobbying of UK government officials by firms based in Russia.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	33929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>We do not have a policy to ban lobbying by firms based in specific countries. We do however have robust measures to provide transparency and powerful tools to deter illicit or harmful activity when that arises. The National Security Bill, currently before Parliament, will provide a range of additional tools and powers to tackle state threats, including activity which amounts to foreign interference in UK public life.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/07/2022 15:12:15 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1488068

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Pakistan: Maternal Mortality
	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 her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of rising temperatures caused by climate change on maternal health in Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	33878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>UK funding is supporting a portfolio of climate activities in Pakistan focussing on three core priorities: Clean Energy, Adaptation and Resilience, and Climate Finance. This work underlines the UK's commitment to tackling climate change, building on the outcomes of COP 26.</p><p>Pakistan is one of 57 countries that made a commitment at COP26 to develop climate resilient, low carbon health systems. The UK, along with the Government of Pakistan and other local and international development partners have recently convened a climate and health policy forum to support Pakistan to build capacity and develop relevant public health policies to address the impacts of climate change on population health.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/07/2022 16:14:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1488069

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Bangladesh: Maternal Mortality
	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 her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of rising sea levels and flooding caused by climate change on maternal health in Bangladesh.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	33879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Through our £636,548 contribution to the Bangladesh flood response in recent months, we have supported access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services to help reduce the risk posed by the rise in sea levels.</p><p>We are also working with the Government of Bangladesh to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. In January 2020 we launched a UK-Bangladesh climate partnership to share expertise and have hosted a series of virtual exchanges on adaptation, mitigation, climate finance and nature. Our six year £120 million Bangladesh Climate and Environment Programme, announced at COP26, also has a focus on resilience and improving WASH access in climate vulnerable areas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/07/2022 16:12:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1488036

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
	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 the Government plans to sign the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	33942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not believe the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons. The UK will therefore not sign or engage with the Treaty.</p><p>The Government firmly believes that the best way to achieve our collective goal of a world without nuclear weapons is through gradual multilateral disarmament negotiated using a step-by-step approach, under the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The UK looks forward to working with all states to strengthen the NPT at the Tenth Review Conference in August.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 33943 question first answered 20/07/2022 15:04:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1488037

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
	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 discussions the Government has had with United Nations representatives on the implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	33943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not believe the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons. The UK will therefore not sign or engage with the Treaty.</p><p>The Government firmly believes that the best way to achieve our collective goal of a world without nuclear weapons is through gradual multilateral disarmament negotiated using a step-by-step approach, under the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The UK looks forward to working with all states to strengthen the NPT at the Tenth Review Conference in August.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 33942 question first answered 20/07/2022 15:04:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1488107

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
	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 the cost to the public purse has been of legal advice sought by the Government in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	33909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>It is longstanding government policy, accepted by governments of all parties, not to comment on legal advice provided to the government.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/07/2022 10:20:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1487861

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
	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 the Government plans to publish the impact assessment for the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill before the commencement of the Committee of the Whole House debate on the Bill on 13 July.
	tabling member constituency	North Dorset
	tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
	uin	33868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Bill provides specific powers to make new laws where we are disapplying the EU regime and where such laws are considered appropriate. The full details of the new regime will be set out in regulations alongside and under the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/07/2022 16:10:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare