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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

759317

	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	Burma: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Burma on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' assessment of Burma's operations against Rohingya Muslims constituting a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	10010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Since the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights' statement on 11 September, our Ambassador has raised the situation in Rakhine with Burmese Ministers and has set out our concerns about the violence, the large scale displacement of civilians, and the need for improved humanitarian access. The Foreign Secretary had earlier spoken to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 7 September in similar terms and to underline the need for any allegations of human rights abuses to be investigated. Subsequently, at his press conference on 14 September, the Foreign Secretary described the situation in Rakhine as an “abomination”, and urged the displaced Rohingya to be allowed back and for the abuse of their human rights and killings to stop.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 18/09/2017 15:24:07 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 11904 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

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

759338

	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the numbers of UK based staff receiving a pay award increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>​</td><td>(​a) above 1%</td><td>​(b) 1%</td><td>(​c) less than 1%</td></tr><tr><td>​2014</td><td>2,152</td><td>0</td><td>2,457</td></tr><tr><td>​2015</td><td>2,042</td><td>0</td><td>2,427</td></tr><tr><td>​2016</td><td>​2,764</td><td>​5</td><td>1,526</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/09/2017 15:49:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

759315

	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	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, what discussions he has had with the Governments of (a) the Netherlands and (b) France on the response to Hurricane Irma since the Oral Statement made by the Minister for the Americas on 7 September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	9834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary discussed the response to Hurricane Irma with his Dutch and French counterparts at the EU Foreign Affairs meeting in Tallinn on 7 September. He also spoke to the Dutch Foreign Minister on 11 September to discuss the UK and Dutch response to the crisis. Our Embassies in Paris and the Hague are in regular contact with their host Governments on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/09/2017 15:17:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

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