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1180900

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Suicide: Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to require coroners to record an opinion as to gambling addiction and other relevant factors in cases of death by suicide.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	21261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Expecting coroners to assess the motivation for individual suicides in all cases would take the coroner’s role fundamentally beyond its legal parameters. The coroner’s role and, in particular, what they are required to ascertain and determine is a matter of both statute and case law and cannot be extended administratively. Any legislative change would have to be considered very carefully.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 04/03/2020 15:54:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1182188

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on the effective protection of families from domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	24350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice, alongside our partners on this agenda at the Home Office, have engaged extensively with the devolved administrations on the development of the Domestic Abuse Bill.</p><p>The measures in the Bill relate to devolved matters in Scotland and Northern Ireland, however, with the agreement of the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice and the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice, the Bill as introduced on 3 March 2020 includes measures extending the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the criminal courts in Scotland and Northern Ireland to certain violent and sexual offences. The Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice and the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice have confirmed that they will seek approval from the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly respectively for a legislative consent motion in relation to these provisions.</p><p>The matters to which the provisions of the Bill relate are not within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales. Nonetheless, there has also been extensive engagement with the Welsh Government, particularly over the remit of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/03/2020 15:04:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186954

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review the eligibility for legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	33519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced a review of the legal aid means test on 7 February 2019, as part of the Legal Support Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The review is in progress, bringing together data, evidence and expertise, and liaising with experts from across the field to explore potential improvements to the system.</p><p> </p><p>The review is considering the full range of means-testing criteria, including the applicable thresholds for legal aid entitlement and their interaction with wider criteria.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 31/03/2020 12:37:40 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054589

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Algeria: Undocumented Migrants
	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 Algerian counterpart on illegal immigration from that country to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	216249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>I chaired the UK/Algeria Strategic Security Partnership meeting in July 2018 during which migration was discussed.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/02/2019 16:53:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054590

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Persian Gulf: Shipping
	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 (a) US and (b) Saudi Arabian counterparts on the effect of Iranian activity on the accessibility to shipping of the Persian Gulf.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	216250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>​The UK regularly speaks to the US about Iran at official and ministerial level, most recently during the Foreign Secretary's visit to Washington last month. We regularly discuss Iran with Saudi Arabia at ministerial and official level, most recently this month. The UK remains concerned by Iran's destabilising activity throughout the region and we continue to maintain a permanent military presence in the Gulf to underpin our enduring contribution to regional security. The deployment of UK maritime assets in the Gulf protects shipping lanes which are important for the world's energy supply.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/02/2019 15:57:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054591

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Tunisia: Tourism
	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 had recent discussions with the Government of Tunisia on encouraging increased UK tourism to that country.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	216251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>​We recognise the significance of tourism to the Tunisian economy, and the importance of security in enabling tourism.</p><p>We are helping the Tunisian Government to build their capacity to deal with security challenges – our support has more than doubled since 2014/15, and this coming financial year will exceed £12 million. 120,000 UK tourists visited Tunisia in 2018 - up from 25,000 in 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/02/2019 16:14:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1058682

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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: Tourism
	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 his Egyptian counterpart on increasing the number of UK tourists to that country.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	219431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Numbers of UK tourists to Egypt continue to increase – last year an estimated 415,000 British citizens visited Egypt compared to 319,000 in 2017. Ministers and officials have discussed the increasing number of UK tourists to Egypt with counterparts and we continue to work in partnership with the Egyptian authorities to mitigate risks to travellers' safety and security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/02/2019 15:41:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1059724

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian support her Department has provided to Afghanistan as a result of the drought in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	220216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>We are extremely concerned about the impact of the deadly drought last year in Afghanistan. The UK is providing life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of Afghans affected by one of the worst droughts the country has ever faced, including vital food and shelter. We provided emergency food aid in July last year to 432,000 people to enable them to remain in their homes. UK Aid has also supported tents and urgent relief items for up to 260,000 people who are facing a severe winter away from their homes; cash transfers for 190,000 people to buy essential items; and special nutritious food for 90,000 children and pregnant women to prevent malnutrition. And, by contributing to the UN appeal, UK funds are reaching more people in need with food assistance. As the scale of the drought became clear over the course of the year, we increased our funding for the drought response to £35 million, bringing DFID’s total spend on the humanitarian response in Afghanistan to £67 million in 2018. This support is helping some of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/02/2019 17:09:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1077131

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners
	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 representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the indefinite detention of senior political opponents in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	225515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary visited Saudi Arabia last weekend, where he raised a series of human rights issues. We regularly raise our concerns about human rights with Saudi Arabia, which remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights priority country, particularly because of the use of the death penalty, women’s rights and restrictions on freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion or belief.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/03/2019 17:43:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1077682

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to collect data on marginalised religious or belief groups in countries in which her Department operates in a way which does not put those groups at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	226110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Through UK Aid Connect, DFID will provide funding to a consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies to collect data on marginalised religious or belief groups in a way which does not put those groups at risk. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is supporting a project to explore models for better data on Freedom of Religion or Belief through the Magna Carta Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 14:57:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon