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1184737

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date	12/03/2020
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	Guyana: Violence
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 counterpart in Guyana on the recent outbreak of violence in that country; and what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure a peaceful and democratic resolution in that country.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is deeply concerned by the events following the elections in Guyana on 2 March 2020. The Foreign Secretary issued a statement on 10 March, calling upon President Granger to preserve the principle of free, fair and credible elections. A fair and free process is vital for the maintenance and reinforcement of peaceful democracy in Guyana, and we call upon the president to ensure that proper procedures are followed before embarking upon a transition of government. Failure to do so will have implications for leading figures in Guyana and for the country as a whole.</p><p>We remain in close contact with the Guyanese authorities about the situation, and stand ready to offer assistance to ensure a credible election result is produced.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 17/03/2020 13:11:48 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1184743

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the £150 million of Official Development Assistance to the International Monetary Fund’s Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust is an additional contribution above the annual 0.7 percent of Gross National Income.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	28702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>Funding will be allocated from the UK ODA Crisis Reserve which is built into our annual 0.7% budget allocation. The UK ODA Crisis Reserve was established as part of the UK Aid Strategy in 2015, to respond to unforeseen urgent priorities.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 17/03/2020 17:37:12 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1184755

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
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	Owner Occupation: Brexit
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 are being taken to protect the rights of British property owners in the EU after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The rights of UK nationals who own property in the EU will not change after the end of the transition period. All EU Member States are bound by Article 1 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which obliges them to respect property rights. This includes those who own property, own property shares and those who own a property and let it to tenants.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is providing UK Nationals living in the EU with the most up to date information about their rights on the &quot;Living In&quot; country guides on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 17/03/2020 17:23:13 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1184418

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Budget March 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to footnote 1 on page 28 and footnote 2 on page 29 of the Budget 2020 Red Book on Capital DEL and Resource DEL, if she will publish the detailed proposals for transfers of spending to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other Government Departments for 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	28070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>My Department will provide details of all budget transfers to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other Government Departments in our Memorandum to the International Development Committee on the publication of the department’s Main Supply Estimate.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 16/03/2020 17:58:20 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1184450

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Integrated Review of foreign policy, defence, security and international development, announced by the Prime Minister on 26 February 2020, whether her Department plans to consult (a) civil society and (b) the communities that Official Development Assistance is designed to support as part of that review.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	27995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy is the deepest review of its kind since the end of the Cold War. We will utilise expertise from both inside and outside government for the review, ensuring the best minds feed into its conclusions and challenge traditional Whitehall assumptions and thinking as needed.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 17/03/2020 17:34:30 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1183977

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Greece: Turkey
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 EU counterparts on the recent EU discussions with the Government of Turkey over tensions at the Turkey-Greece border.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	27527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned by the situation on the Greece-Turkey border. We remain committed to supporting Greece and Turkey's efforts to manage migration effectively and are working both bilaterally and with our international partners to this end. On 3 March, the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary discussed the issue with their Turkish counterparts and we have discussed it with the Greek Foreign Minister. We welcome ongoing discussions between the EU and Turkey and continue to support the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal, which is crucial in effectively managing migratory flows.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 16/03/2020 16:42:06 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1184031

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Guyana: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of and (b) support he has offered to resolve the ongoing accusations of fraud during the recent presidential election in Guyana.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	27628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned by events following the elections in Guyana on 2 March 2020, as set out in a statement by the Foreign Secretary on 10 March. We call upon the President to preserve the principle of free, fair and credible elections. Allegations of electoral fraud and premature declarations of victory prior to the completion of a credible process pose a grave threat to the democratic principles of Guyana.</p><p>We stand ready to offer assistance to ensure a credible election result is produced.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/03/2020 14:06:59 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1184032

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Guyana: Press 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 steps he has taken to help ensure that freedom of the press is maintained in Guyana.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	27629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The British Government is fully committed to promoting freedom of expression and freedom of the press in Guyana. Indeed, Guyana has a variety of print and online media who express divergent views. We believe that media freedom is vital for healthy societies everywhere and that journalists ought to be able to investigate and report without undue interference. The UK and Guyana have a close dialogue on a number of bilateral and global issues of mutual interest, including on freedom of expression and freedom of the press. On 10 March, the Foreign Secretary released a public statement calling for the preservation of free, fair and credible elections, and offered assistance to ensure that a credible election outcome is produced.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/03/2020 12:05:41 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1183525

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's press release entitled, UK will step up efforts to end preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children in the developing world by 2030, published in October 2019, whether preventable (a) HIV acquisitions and (b) AIDS related deaths will be included in those priorities.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	26832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Ending new HIV infections and preventing AIDS-related deaths is a critical part of the UK government’s renewed focus on ending preventable deaths of mothers, new-borns, and children by 2030.</p><p>The UK is a world leader in efforts to end the AIDS epidemic. Last year the UK made a £1.4 billion pledge to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria for the 6th replenishment covering 2020 to 2022. This supports the commitment to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. In 2018 alone, the Global Fund provided 18.9 million people with treatment in 2018 and protected nearly 700,000 babies from being infected by their mothers.</p><p>We are working to expand access to treatment, while reducing new infections, particularly among adolescent girls, women, and other marginalised populations, who face stigma and discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/03/2020 15:49:09 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1183253

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Refugees: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to improve access to education for refugees in other countries; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	26126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>DFID is a world leader in global education and the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 4. In particular, the UK prioritises education in conflict and crises for the world’s most vulnerable children, supporting quality education as well as the protection of children.</p><p>We are the largest donor to Education Cannot Wait, the global fund for education in emergencies, which the UK helped found. Our unprecedented £85 million contribution announced by the Prime Minister last year will support 600,000 children living in conflict areas and areas of protracted crises. We also run major country-level programmes supporting refugee education in countries including Bangladesh, Uganda, Lebanon, and Jordan.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/03/2020 15:52:16 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas