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1700953

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict initiative to help support Ukrainian officials to investigate alleged acts of sexual violence by Russian forces since 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	21674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK is working with Ukrainian authorities to hold those responsible for gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, in Ukraine to account. The UK has committed up to £6.2 million to enhance Ukraine's domestic capacity for war crimes investigations and to help embed international guidelines and best practice into the work of Ukrainian prosecutors and investigators, including on survivor-centred approaches. This assistance has been largely delivered through projects via the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine, established with the US and EU, and deployments of UK experts, including the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 15:52:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1699001

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the attack on Crocus City Concert Hall in Moscow on terror threat levels in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK condemns in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack at the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow and we express our deepest sympathy to the families of the many victims. We support the US assessment that Da'esh or their so-called Islamic State Khorasan Province branch is responsible. The threat level for the UK from terrorism is set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre. It is kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 16:02:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1699116

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the return of Ukrainian children unlawfully deported by the Russian authorities.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Nicola Richards
	uin	20819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>We call upon Russia to cease these deportations immediately and return all Ukrainian children. In June 2022, we sanctioned the Russian Children's Rights Commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, and in June 2023, we announced new sanctions against 10 Russian officials and one entity involved. We have provided funding to the International Criminal Court and support to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The UK is also now a member of the 'International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children'. We are determined to hold to account those responsible for forcibly deporting and attempting to indoctrinate Ukrainian children.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 15:59:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4868 label Biography information for Nicola Richards

1698672

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Balkans: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the regional security of the Balkans of the (a) meeting between the President of Serbia, the President of Republika Srpska and Patriarch Porifirije and (b) planned joint Easter Assembly between Serbia and Republika Srpska.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	uin	20453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Following the 18 March meeting between Serbian President Vucic, the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik and the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, President Vucic announced an Easter Assembly in Serbia on 5-6 May, with participants from Serbia and ethnic Serb communities across the region. A similar initiative was held in 2017. We are following developments closely. We encourage Serbia, and all involved, to promote good neighbourly relations across the region, and to avoid divisive and inflammatory rhetoric. The Prime Minister's Western Balkans Envoy did so most recently during his 8 April visit to Belgrade.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2024 16:29:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1698127

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	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: Freezing of Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of EU proposals to send profits generated from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with allies, including the EU Commission, to explore all lawful routes by which immobilised Russian sovereign assets can be used to support Ukraine. G7 Leaders reaffirmed this on 24 February, instructing relevant ministries to continue their work to that end and report back ahead of the G7 Summit in June. We will keep the House updated as this work develops.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 02/04/2024 15:35:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1697840

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled DBT inward investment results 2022 to 2023, published on 27 June 2023, if she will publish a breakdown by technology of the 67 Foreign Direct Investment renewable energy projects.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	19876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade does not publish value and type information in the annual foreign direct investment publication at sector level due to data availability and confidentiality issues.</p><p> </p><p>As there are gaps in the completeness of the value information across projects across sectors, DBT excludes value information to the publication. The impact of these gaps is greater when the data is divided into specific sector areas. However, at an aggregate level it is possible to add value related data.</p><p> </p><p>Additional breakdowns describing the type or nature of an investment increase the opportunity to identify individual companies, to which DBT offer full confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 19877 19878 question first answered 26/03/2024 06:35:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1697841

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled DBT inward investment results 2022 to 2023, published on 27 June 2023, if she will list the 67 Foreign Direct Investment renewable energy projects by value.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	19877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade does not publish value and type information in the annual foreign direct investment publication at sector level due to data availability and confidentiality issues.</p><p> </p><p>As there are gaps in the completeness of the value information across projects across sectors, DBT excludes value information to the publication. The impact of these gaps is greater when the data is divided into specific sector areas. However, at an aggregate level it is possible to add value related data.</p><p> </p><p>Additional breakdowns describing the type or nature of an investment increase the opportunity to identify individual companies, to which DBT offer full confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 19876 19878 question first answered 26/03/2024 06:35:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1697843

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's Inward investment results 2022 to 2023, published on 27 June 2023, what the value of the 67 foreign direct investments into renewable energy were, by technology type.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	19878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade does not publish value and type information in the annual foreign direct investment publication at sector level due to data availability and confidentiality issues.</p><p> </p><p>As there are gaps in the completeness of the value information across projects across sectors, DBT excludes value information to the publication. The impact of these gaps is greater when the data is divided into specific sector areas. However, at an aggregate level it is possible to add value related data.</p><p> </p><p>Additional breakdowns describing the type or nature of an investment increase the opportunity to identify individual companies, to which DBT offer full confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 19876 19877 question first answered 26/03/2024 06:35:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1697903

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) impact of trends in the level of Chinese steel exports in the first two months of 2024 on the UK steel industry and (b) merits of taking additional steps to help protect the industry from potential global oversupply pressures.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	19932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>HMRC Trade Information (<a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/</a>) currently provides data up to and including January 2024. In the first month of 2024, China represented c.6% of all UK steel imports in volume terms.</p><p>We recognise that global economic conditions continue to be challenging for the steel industries across the globe.</p><p>This is why we have put in place a robust trade remedies framework to provide appropriate protection for domestic industries, including steel, against surges of imports and unfair practices. The UK has 10 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on 8 different steel products from China.</p><p> </p><p>This year, the UK is chairing the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, which seeks to find shared international solutions to the issue of over-capacity.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/03/2024 16:56:14 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1697904

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) sustainable growth and (b) competitiveness of the steel sector in the context of recent trends in the level of Chinese steel exports.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	19933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Our support to the UK steel sector is clear, we have introduced effective safeguards against non-market economies, helped public projects procure more UK made steel and we are launching the British Industry Supercharger to bring energy costs closer in line with those charged across the world’s major economies.</p><p>This Government has agreed a £500m grant as part of a larger £1.25bn commitment by Tata Steel to transform and secure a sustainable future at their Port Talbot works. We have also offered a generous support package to British Steel.</p><p>More widely, the UK has a highly skilled workforce, a supportive tax and business environment which is more competitive than our EU neighbours, an increasingly decarbonised energy grid for green steel, and plentiful supplies of steel scrap.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/03/2024 16:58:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi