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759339

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Egypt: Saudi Arabia
	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 his Department has had with the Egyptian Government on the transfer of Tiran and Sanafir Islands to Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir is a sovereign matter between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The UK Government has not had any substantive discussions on the matter with the Egyptian Government.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/09/2017 10:38:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759425

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Commonwealth: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government was appointed as a member of the new Commonwealth Youth Ministerial Task Force following the 9th Commonwealth Youth Minister meeting in Uganda, as outlined in point 20 of the Final Communiqué.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	9738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>​The UK is not currently on the new Commonwealth Youth Ministerial Task Force. The Task Force is made up of 10 members representing the Commonwealth's regions; this includes Malta as the representative for Europe.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/09/2017 09:33:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759426

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that young people are represented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	9739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>In April 2018, the UK will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London and Windsor. The summit will involve three days of forums and the two day Heads of Government Meeting. The Commonwealth Youth Forum is a key part of this, providing an opportunity for the young people of the Commonwealth to debate the challenges they face and develop proposals that will be put to decision makers, ensuring they have a voice in the Commonwealth's future.</p><p>The agenda for the Commonwealth Youth Forum is developed by an International Taskforce, made up of young leaders from across the Commonwealth and the UK as Host country, working in partnership with the Commonwealth Youth Council.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/09/2017 09:57:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759314

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	North Korea: Oil
	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 proportion of North Korean oil imports linked to that country's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>​We judge that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) military, which runs the nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles programmes, is one of the major consumers of oil products in the DPRK.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/09/2017 10:29:00 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

759306

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	North Korea: Sanctions
	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 EU member states on the potential imposition of new EU sanctions on North Korea.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>I discussed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with my European counterparts at the EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Tallinn on 7-8 September. A peaceful solution to this crisis requires a concerted international effort to maximise political and economic pressure on the leadership in Pyongyang and bring the DPRK back to the negotiating table. The EU needs to play its part by stepping up this pressure.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/09/2017 10:26:01 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

759310

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	North Korea: Nuclear Weapons
	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 countries previously involved in the Six Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear programme; and what the likelihood is that such talks will reconvene in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working with our international partners, including the five other members of the Six Party Talks, on the need for North Korea to denuclearise and engage in a diplomatic resolution to current tensions. The UK stands ready to support negotiations, under the right circumstances, whether in the Six Party Talks or another agreed format.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/09/2017 10:15:02 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

759301

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	North Korea: Nuclear Weapons
	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 Government's policy is on whether the framework of the Six Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear programme provides the most appropriate framework for multilateral negotiations on that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK stands ready to support negotiations whether in the Six Party Talks or another agreed format. As I told Parliament in my statement on 5 September, just as North Korea has pursued nuclear weapons with single-minded determination, so the international community must show the same resolve in our pursuit of a diplomatic solution.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/09/2017 10:06:25 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

759312

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	North Korea: Guided Weapons
	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 estimate the Government has made of the time frame within which the Government of North Korea is likely to develop an operational nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>It is the long-standing policy of the Government not to comment on matters relating to intelligence or national security.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/09/2017 09:50:12 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

759309

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	North Korea: Nuclear Weapons
	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 Government's policy is on whether there should be pre-conditions for any resumption of multilateral diplomacy on North Korea's nuclear programme.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>We are focused on working with our international partners to increase pressure on the regime so that they change direction and open the way towards peaceful resolution. The international community has universally and repeatedly condemned North Korea's flagrant disregard for international rules and systems. We are united in increasing the pressure on North Korea's leaders to stop their destabilising actions, including their illegal ballistic missile and nuclear tests. The North Korean regime is the cause of this problem, and they will need to show a serious and measurable change in their behaviour to create the right conditions for talks.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/09/2017 09:40:47 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

759307

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	North Korea: Sanctions
	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 estimate he has made of the number of UN member states that have not submitted implementation reports on (a) UN Security Council Resolution 2270 and (b) UN Security Council Resolution 2321 to the 1718 DPRK Sanctions Committee; and what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in UN member states on their obligation to submit implementation reports to that committee.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The 1718 DPRK Sanctions Committee has received, as of 9 September 2017, implementation reports from 96 Member States on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2270 and from 80 Member States on UNSCR 2321. Of the 193 Member States, 97 are yet to submit a report on UNSCR 2270 and 113 on UNSCR 2321. The UK regularly raises the importance of the implementation of UNSCRs, which include the requirement for Member States to submit implementation reports.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/09/2017 09:37:20 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry