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1469768

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	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: Missguided
	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 she has had discussions with her Pakistani counterpart on the impact on Pakistani garment workers of the collapse of the fashion brand, Missguided.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	17066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text We are looking into reports of the negative impact on workers in Pakistan after the alleged collapse of the UK firm, Missguided. answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/06/2022 16:34:03 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1183566

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	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	Syria: Armed Conflict
	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 encourage de-escalation in northern Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	26966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the agreement for a ceasefire in north-east Syria reached by Russia and Turkey on 5 March. We have continually advocated for de-escalation in Idlib, and we will work to make the ceasefire permanent. Our priority is to end the conflict in Syria through a negotiated political settlement, in accordance with UNSCR 2254. We are active in pressing for de-escalation in Idlib, including by calling for an emergency UN Security Council discussion on 28 February. The Foreign Secretary also offered his support for Turkish efforts to secure a ceasefire in the north-west during his visit to Turkey on 3-4 March.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 12/03/2020 14:49:42 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1300828

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2021
	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	Cybersecurity: International Cooperation
	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 engagement his Department has had with international partners on cyber-espionage; and what international partnerships his Department has entered into to help tackle cyber-espionage practices.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	165625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>We engage continuously with international partners on all aspects of cyber policy and security to protect and uphold a free, open, peaceful and secure cyberspace. This happens in a range of settings and fora including the UN, NATO, OSCE and with the EU, and in smaller groups, particularly 'Five Eyes' partners. We also regularly raise issues of cyber policy and security through our cross-Government Cyber dialogues with 30 countries and globally through our growing network of 20+ cyber experts across six continents.</p><p>Malicious actors, both State and non-State, conduct activity that harms UK interests or those of our allies. We work closely with allies to deter, mitigate and respond to malicious cyber activity including by raising awareness, attributing attacks and sanctioning those responsible.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 12/03/2021 15:03:46 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1385497

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	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: Humanitarian Aid
	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 she is taking with international partners to help ensure that humanitarian organisations can access the Afghan population in need of support.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	87794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>We are providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through the UN, Non-Governmental Organisations and the Red Cross Movement on the ground, who are continuing to ensure vital aid reaches those who need it most. We have made the humanitarian situation and access a major subject of our engagement with the Taliban. They have assured us and the UN that aid workers are able to operate freely, and the UN is reporting that this is broadly happening. We continue to monitor this closely.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/12/2021 15:35:00 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469767

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	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: Missguided
	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 an assessment of the implications for her policies of reports that workers in Pakistan making clothing for the fashion brand, Missguided, have not received salaries for more than four months and as a result are destitute and starving.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	17065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>We are looking into reports of the negative impact on workers in Pakistan after the alleged collapse of the UK firm, Missguided.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/06/2022 16:36:14 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1385542

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	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: Humanitarian Aid
	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 she plans take to provide humanitarian relief to the people of Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	87796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>We are doubling our humanitarian and development assistance for Afghanistan this year, taking this up to £286 million. This will provide emergency humanitarian aid and help respond to the humanitarian need over the winter months. Between April and November 2021, we disbursed over £70 million for life-saving humanitarian support for Afghanistan, including for emergency food, health, nutrition, shelter, water and sanitation, and mine action. We are developing firm plans for the allocation of the remainder of the £286 million and will make further announcements in due course.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/12/2021 15:37:26 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1388705

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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: Homicide
	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 assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of extra-judicial killings in Afghanistan, including of former Afghan National Security Forces linked to the British military.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	94453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We are closely tracking allegations that the Taliban have engaged in the targeted killing of former members of the Afghan security forces. On 5 December, the UK, along with the EU and 20 countries, joined a US-led statement condemning the alleged killings and calling on the Taliban to honour their commitment to offer amnesty to former security forces and government officials. In our contacts with the Taliban, we have pressed them to take action against anyone engaging in reprisals. We will continue to work with international partners to hold the Taliban accountable for their actions, including through the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 05/01/2022 16:29:12 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1303034

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2021
	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	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the UK spent on its financial contribution to the OSCE Unified Budget in the financial years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20; and what the estimated contribution will be for the financial years (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	169933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK's assessed contributions to the OSCE Unified Budget for the years 2017-2020 are published in the OSCE Annual Reports, available at: https://www.osce.org/annual-reports. As the 2021 Unified Budget is still under negotiation and the 2022 Unified Budget will not be negotiated until the end of this year, we are not yet able to confirm the UK contributions for 2021 and 2022.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/03/2021 14:24:36 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1177703

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Motor Sports and Human Rights: 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, whether his Department has made representations to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile on plans for a Formula One race in Saudi Arabia and the human rights record of that country.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK has not made any representations to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) about plans for a Formula One race in Saudi Arabia, as this is a matter between the FIA and the Saudi Arabian Government. The UK and Saudi Arabia have a longstanding bilateral relationship, based on a number of pillars including trade; investment; defence; security; energy; and shared concerns about regional issues. No aspect of our relationship with Saudi Arabia prevents us from speaking frankly about human rights. We raise concerns regularly with the Saudi Arabian authorities through Ministerial and diplomatic channels, including our Ambassador and our Embassy in Riyadh.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 26/02/2020 15:15:57 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 7979 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1363226

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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	EU Countries: Asylum
	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 discussions she has had with her counterparts in EU members on the treatment of asylum seekers on Europe's borders.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	62803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The UK co-operates closely with our European partners to manage migration and strengthen our collective borders. We strongly support the principle that asylum seekers are entitled to decent, humane, fair treatment. We welcome the fact that Frontex has conducted an internal investigation into the allegations of pushbacks, and that the European Parliament has established a permanent standing committee in order to scrutinise Frontex. FCDO engagement includes frequent Ministerial conversations; most recently, the Foreign Secretary reiterated our opposition to Belarus' use of migrants and refugees to increase pressure on neighbouring states, in a Joint Communique issued following a meeting with her Baltic counterparts on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 28/10/2021 15:49:32 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West