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928720

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Qatar: Telecommunications
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 Qatari government on the blocking by that country of VoIP communications software, including Skype and the effect of that on expatriate communities in Qatar.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>A free and open internet is a fundamental tool for both promoting freedom of expression and creating the conditions conducive to investment and stability. We are aware of reports about the unreliability of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications software in Qatar, although it does not appear to be a universal issue. Our Embassy in Doha continues to monitor and keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 29/06/2018 12:31:53 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928726

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the use of UK-manufactured (a) weapons and (b) planes by the United Arab Emirates in the military campaign in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has licensed the export of a variety of military items and components to the United Arab Emirates. Details are available in the official statistics published by the Department for International Trade at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a>. We cannot categorically state which, if any, items exported under these licences have been used in Yemen. All decisions to approve export licences are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU &amp; National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (Consolidated Criteria). We will not license the export of items to any country where we assess that there is a clear risk that they might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law. We keep our approach to all countries under continual review.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 29/06/2018 12:42:22 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928729

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
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 French counterpart on the involvement of French Special Forces in the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>It is longstanding policy of succesive governments that we do not comment on the activities of our Special Forces or those of our allies.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 29/06/2018 12:40:48 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928743

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 projects supported by his Department and funded through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund have been terminated as a result of concerns about human rights violations.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spent over 61% of the £1,182m Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) in FY 17/18, running programmes across the world. FCO-led foreign policy projects and programmes help advance our national security interests and the UK Aid Strategy’s objectives. Decisions on ending programmes are based on a wide range of factors. We take robust and swift action if there are allegations of funds being diverted to terrorist groups, and we continue to apply HMG’s Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) guidance. The OSJA guidance is designed to ensure that our assistance meets the UK’s human rights obligations and values.</p><p>Since the start of FY 17/18 we have made the decision to close two Conflict Stability and Security Fund projects in relation to which concerns of this nature had been raised.</p><p>The first of these is the Access to Justice and Community Service (AJACS) programme. We have recently made a decision to draw down funding to this programme by the end of September. The AJACS project supports security and stability in opposition-held regions of Syria by supporting the operation of the Free Syria Police. Over recent months, we judge the situation on the ground in those regions has become more difficult, shifting the balance between the potential gains and the risks of this project. Risks include those relating to proper use of programme funds, influence of armed groups, and human rights.</p><p>The second project is subject to post-contract due diligence, and as such I am unable to offer more information at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 156387 question first answered 04/07/2018 10:32:22 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928745

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 projects led by his Department and funded through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund have been terminated as a result of concerns about funding being diverted to terrorist groups.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spent over 61% of the £1,182m Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) in FY 17/18, running programmes across the world. FCO-led foreign policy projects and programmes help advance our national security interests and the UK Aid Strategy’s objectives. Decisions on ending programmes are based on a wide range of factors. We take robust and swift action if there are allegations of funds being diverted to terrorist groups, and we continue to apply HMG’s Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) guidance. The OSJA guidance is designed to ensure that our assistance meets the UK’s human rights obligations and values.</p><p>Since the start of FY 17/18 we have made the decision to close two Conflict Stability and Security Fund projects in relation to which concerns of this nature had been raised.</p><p>The first of these is the Access to Justice and Community Service (AJACS) programme. We have recently made a decision to draw down funding to this programme by the end of September. The AJACS project supports security and stability in opposition-held regions of Syria by supporting the operation of the Free Syria Police. Over recent months, we judge the situation on the ground in those regions has become more difficult, shifting the balance between the potential gains and the risks of this project. Risks include those relating to proper use of programme funds, influence of armed groups, and human rights.</p><p>The second project is subject to post-contract due diligence, and as such I am unable to offer more information at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 156386 question first answered 04/07/2018 10:32:22 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928746

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Bangladesh: Rohingya
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 Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative experts are providing assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>Four members of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Exerts (ToE) have been deployed to Bangladesh to date by this Department in support of survivors of sexual violence among Rohingya refugees. We are planning a further deployment by two experts in July. Their work will inform future UK-led capacity building for practitioners by experts, including members of the ToE. This forms part of the UK’s wider £129 million humanitarian response to the crisis.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 29/06/2018 13:14:09 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928747

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Rohingya: Sexual Offences
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 Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative experts have been deployed to assist Rohingya refugees since August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>Four members of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative Team of Experts (PSVI ToE) have been deployed to Bangladesh to date by this Department in support of survivors of sexual violence among Rohingya refugees. This forms part of the UK’s wider £129 million humanitarian response to the crisis that includes counselling and psychological support to more than 10,000 women, supporting 30 child-friendly spaces and training and deploying midwives to Cox’s Bazar to help provide 53,500 women with midwifery care. As independent experts, two members of the ToE have also been contracted by other organisations to deliver work in support of the Rohingya which has benefitted this department’s work.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 29/06/2018 13:16:07 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928748

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provided to the Home Office on their criteria to determine the countries that qualified for the recent relaxation of Tier 4 visa requirements for overseas students.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on changes to the countries included in Appendix H of the Immigration Rules were taken using established HMG criteria which are discussed from time to time among Departments.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 156391 question first answered 29/06/2018 12:38:02 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

928749

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Entry Clearances: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provided to the Home Office on the decision to exclude India from the countries that qualified for the recent relaxation of Tier 4 visa requirements for overseas students.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	156391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on changes to the countries included in Appendix H of the Immigration Rules were taken using established HMG criteria which are discussed from time to time among Departments.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 156390 question first answered 29/06/2018 12:38:02 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

914733

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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 assessment he has made of the prospects for a durable peace settlement to end the civil war in South Sudan following the Intergovernmental Authority on Development-mediated negotiations between the parties to that conflict.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The third phase of the High Level Revitalisation Forum closed on 23 May with the parties unable to reach agreement on the key governance and security issues that are essential for long term peace. However, following a meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)'s Council of Ministers, IGAD has decided to convene a further round of discussions between the parties to push for a viable agreement.</p><p>The UK continues to engage closely with IGAD and its member states to urge them to take clear, robust action against those who violate the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA). Violations have continued since the agreement was signed in December. The Minister for Africa, along with senior officials including the UK Ambassador to South Sudan and the UK Special Representative, consistently raise the UK's concerns about ongoing violations of the COHA with IGAD and its member states, and continue to urge swift action against spoilers.</p><p>We continue to provide financial and political support to the ceasefire monitoring body, the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM), to ensure that it is able to continue reporting on violations in a timely manner. We are nevertheless concerned that some CTSAMM reports have not been made public. The UK therefore continues to call on IGAD to ensure that reports are published in a timely manner and acted upon quickly.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson grouped question UIN 148692 148693 148694 question first answered 08/06/2018 12:05:25 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry