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1003629

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Sudan: Military Attachés
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November Question 185485 on Sudan: Military Attachés, whether the UK military attaché has been present at a graduation ceremony for the Rapid Support Forces soldiers since May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	189533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>​The UK Defence Attaché has not been present at a Rapid Support Forces' graduation ceremony since May 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/11/2018 15:14:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1003716

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Sudan: Military Attachés
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2018 to Question 185485 on Sudan: Military Attachés, whether the UK Government recognises the Rapid Support Forces as a legitimate part of the Sudanese Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	189537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Rapid Support Forces Act of January 2017 removed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from the command of the National Intelligence and Security Service and set out that Sudan's president would appoint directly the commander of the RSF. The British Government acknowledges the links between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces, including the hosting of RSF personnel at Sudanese Armed Forces facilities, but seeks where possible to avoid active engagement with the RSF.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/11/2018 13:09:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010692

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Eritrea: Religious Freedom
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 level of religious freedom and tolerance in Eritrea.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	193383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>​The overwhelming majority of people in Eritrea can practise their religion peacefully and are allowed to do so. However, the detention of individuals and groups from proscribed religious groups, and senior individuals from religious organisations, is of concern. The UK regularly raises this matter at UN Human Rights Council dialogues on Eritrea.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/11/2018 14:44:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010697

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Eritrea: Emigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people seeking to leave Eritrea; and what steps the Khartoum Process is taking to reduce this.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	193384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no reliable figures for the number of people leaving Eritrea.</p><p>The UK plays a leading role in the Khartoum Process. It is a member of the steering committee, and has ensured the €46 million Better Migration Management (BMM) programme, which supports the Process, includes projects to improve the capacity of governments in the region to manage their borders, alongside the protection and support of migrants. The UK has offered its support to the Eritrean Government's Chairmanship of the Khartoum Process in 2019, drawing on our own experience as chair in 2016.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/11/2018 16:56:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1011668

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Mohamed Boshi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of Human Rights Watch reports that human rights activist Mohamed Boshi was forcibly returned from Egypt to Sudan on 13 October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	194053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of recent reports regarding Mohamed Boshi and are tracking the case. The UK regularly raises concerns about freedom of expression with both the Egyptian and Sudanese Governments both in public and private. On 18 September we issued a statement at the UN Human Rights Council in which we raised specific concerns about the 'arrests of activists, bloggers and journalists'. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa also raised concerns over freedom of expression with the Egyptian Foreign Minister during his visit to Cairo on 14 October. Freedom of expression and freedom of the media also remain a key focus of the human rights strand of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue. During the most recent round of talks, held in London in November, a wide range of human rights issues were discussed with the Government of Sudan, and the Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN specifically raised the importance that the UK places on improvements in freedom of the media.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/11/2018 16:17:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1015371

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Feed the Hungry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding she has allocated to Feed the Hungry and where in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	196081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) has no records that Feed The Hungry UK have received direct central funding by DFID.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 03/12/2018 16:26:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1017229

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	South Sudan: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to support peace-building in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	197322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>​I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I provided to question 196663, tabled on 29 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/12/2018 15:14:07 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1017455

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of humanitarian access in South Sudan; and what steps her Department is taking to support the transitional Government to improve humanitarian access in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	197576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Despite commitments made in the peace agreement signed on 12 September, physical and bureaucratic impediments continue to obstruct the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid in South Sudan.</p><p>All parties continue to obstruct aid delivery, including the Government of South Sudan, which the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates was responsible for nearly half (44%) of all incidents in October this year.</p><p>The continued obstruction of aid, whether physical or bureaucratic, is completely unacceptable and acts of violence against those delivering lifesaving assistance are barbaric. Alongside our international partners and the UN, Ministers and senior officials are engaging with South Sudan’s leaders at the highest level to emphasise that the immediate removal of all obstructions, physical and bureaucratic, must be a priority. The UK Special Representative also raises our concerns regularly as part of his engagement with the region. We continue to urge all parties to abide by the commitments they have made to ensure full, safe, unhindered humanitarian access throughout South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 197577 197578 question first answered 06/12/2018 17:21:51 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1017461

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has made to her counterpart in South Sudan on securing unhindered, safe, secure and uninterrupted humanitarian access as as a priority.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	197577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Despite commitments made in the peace agreement signed on 12 September, physical and bureaucratic impediments continue to obstruct the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid in South Sudan.</p><p>All parties continue to obstruct aid delivery, including the Government of South Sudan, which the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates was responsible for nearly half (44%) of all incidents in October this year.</p><p>The continued obstruction of aid, whether physical or bureaucratic, is completely unacceptable and acts of violence against those delivering lifesaving assistance are barbaric. Alongside our international partners and the UN, Ministers and senior officials are engaging with South Sudan’s leaders at the highest level to emphasise that the immediate removal of all obstructions, physical and bureaucratic, must be a priority. The UK Special Representative also raises our concerns regularly as part of his engagement with the region. We continue to urge all parties to abide by the commitments they have made to ensure full, safe, unhindered humanitarian access throughout South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 197576 197578 question first answered 06/12/2018 17:21:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1017462

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has made to her counterpart in South Sudan on tackling the bureaucratic impediments to humanitarian agencies in that country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	197578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Despite commitments made in the peace agreement signed on 12 September, physical and bureaucratic impediments continue to obstruct the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid in South Sudan.</p><p>All parties continue to obstruct aid delivery, including the Government of South Sudan, which the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates was responsible for nearly half (44%) of all incidents in October this year.</p><p>The continued obstruction of aid, whether physical or bureaucratic, is completely unacceptable and acts of violence against those delivering lifesaving assistance are barbaric. Alongside our international partners and the UN, Ministers and senior officials are engaging with South Sudan’s leaders at the highest level to emphasise that the immediate removal of all obstructions, physical and bureaucratic, must be a priority. The UK Special Representative also raises our concerns regularly as part of his engagement with the region. We continue to urge all parties to abide by the commitments they have made to ensure full, safe, unhindered humanitarian access throughout South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 197576 197577 question first answered 06/12/2018 17:21:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew