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627357

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	Honduras: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Honduras on human rights activists and the right to peaceful protest in that country.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	51593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The British Government continues to call on the Honduran Government to uphold all human rights, including the right to peaceful protest. I raised the importance of human rights with the President of Honduras' Congress during his visit to London in September. Our Ambassador to Honduras (based in Guatemala City) also discusses human rights issues with the Honduran authorities during her frequent visits to the country.</p><p>We encourage all governments to create a safe and enabling environment for all civil society. Whilst we recognise that some progress has been made by the Honduran Government, recent high profile cases, including that of Berta Cáceres, have shown that more still needs to be done.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2016 16:08:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

625954

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Working Hours
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 officials of his Department have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold details of how many officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive. To provide you with this would require us to gather information from the personnel file of each staff member and the cost of doing this would be disproportionate and exceed the appropriate limit. Managers in the FCO are however, expected to reorganise and reprioritise work rather than ask staff to sign voluntary opt outs.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2016 16:07:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

625955

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Venezuela: 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, which projects in Venezuela have received funds from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	51145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no projects in Venezuela that have received, or are currently receiving, funding from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:36:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

625957

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Diplomatic Service: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on UK embassies, high commissions and consulates accepting donations from private companies and for hosting events.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>British embassies, high commissions and consulates around the world may accept corporate sponsorship for events that they host from a range of organisations and companies, in order to reduce the cost to the British taxpayer. The Foreign and Commonwelath Office (FCO) provides guidance to Heads of Mission on assessing the suitability of potential sponsors for events. Our missions must act with integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality and consider value for money. Acceptance of sponsorship must not create any expectation or obligation of influence.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:19:10 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

625964

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by what date he expects all UK Overseas Territories to have adopted central registers of beneficial ownership accessible to UK Law enforcement.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	51267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Those Overseas Territories with financial centres that concluded bilateral arrangements with the UK in April 2016 have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems by June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2016 15:51:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

625967

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Companies: Ownership
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 leaders of UK Overseas Territories on publicly accessible central registers of beneficial ownership since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	51266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, my noble Friend, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, and the Solicitor General, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Member for South Swindon discussed the implementation of the bilateral arrangements on beneficial ownership with leaders of the OTs at the Joint Ministerial Council on 2 November.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2016 15:47:48 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

623421

registered interest
date	28/10/2016
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	Diplomatic Service: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK embassies, high commissions and consulates are required to declare donations they have received in their annual accounts.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	50890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office publishes details of all sponsorship contracts awarded by UK embassies, High Commissions and Consulates valued over £5,000 in the FCO Annual Report and Accounts. This information is disclosed in a table in the accounts (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539413/FCO_Annual_Report_2016_ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank">Annex A, page 119</a> ), setting out corporate sponsorship by post and activity, and whether it is cash or benefit-in-kind.</p><p>With regards to gift donations that are not classified as corporate sponsorship, the FCO maintains a register detailing all gifts received, their estimated value and what happened to them. &quot;Managing Public Money&quot;, HM Treasury's official guidance, does not set out a requirement for gift donations to be noted in the accounts unless HM Treasury or the Department concerned considers there is a special need for them to be brought to Parliament's attention.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/11/2016 16:28:47 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

622587

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, for what reasons the Government has not ratified the Convention for extension to the British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The British Government's ratification of the UN International Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been extended to all of the permanently inhabited Overseas Territories. It has not been extended to the British Indian Ocean Territory as there is no permanent resident population.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:15:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622588

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, what plans he has to provide a response to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's recommendation (CERD/C/GBR//CO18-20) on the British Indian Ocean Territory and the Chagossians.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK has not extended its ratification of the UN International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to the British Indian Ocean Territory, and therefore considers questions relating to the Territory to be outside the remit of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:14:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622591

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Ilois: Resettlement
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, what steps he plans to take to update Parliament, Chagossians and others on progress on the issues discussed in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government will announce developments to Parliament and the public before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:27:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan