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529822

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
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	Europe: Embassies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any UK embassies in Europe are temporarily closed.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	41477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2016 answer text <p>No UK embassies in Europe are currently closed.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/07/2016 13:35:46 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

529823

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
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	EU Staff
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 the EU institutions on the job security of UK citizens employed by those institutions.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	41481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>We are still a member of the European Union and there will be no immediate changes in the circumstances of British citizens elsewhere in the EU. EU institutions have communicated directly to British staff that they continue to have the same rights as other officials of the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/07/2016 14:37:57 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

528894

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	EU Staff
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 trade union officials on the job security of UK citizens employed by EU institutions.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	41326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text We are still a member of the European Union and there will be no immediate changes in the circumstances of British citizens elsewhere in the EU. EU institutions have communicated directly to British staff that they continue to have the same rights as other officials of the European Union. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/07/2016 13:46:40 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

528895

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Brexit: British Nationals Abroad
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 potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the rights of UK citizens living and working elsewhere in the EU to continue to benefit from freedom of movement in the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	41327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) and I have been holding, and are continuing to hold, discussions with our EU counterparts since the referendum. As the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) said in his statement to the House on 27 June, there will be no immediate changes in the circumstances of UK citizens living in the EU. Future arrangements will be something for the next Prime Minister and their Cabinet to decide in the context of negotiations with EU Partners.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/07/2016 13:49:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

514039

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
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	Nagorno Karabakh
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 EU counterparts on tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	34533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned about the recent upsurge in fighting on the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact. I issued a statement on 2 April calling for the sides to halt the fighting and to exercise restraint. While the UK has no direct role in negotiations, we strongly support the work of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chairs. On 18 April, I raised Nagorno-Karabakh at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg and expressed my desire to see the Co-Chairs inject new energy into the process. We will continue to urge the sides to work with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to reach a negotiated peace settlement.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/04/2016 15:12:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

514040

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
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	Nagorno Karabakh
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 the government of the Russian Federation on tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	34534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>On 11 April, the National Security Adviser (NSA) discussed the recent upsurge in fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh with senior Russian officials in Moscow. The NSA expressed concern about the recent violence and support for the OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts to reach a negotiated peace settlement. The British Embassy in Moscow will follow up these discussions with Russian counterparts at working level.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/04/2016 15:17:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

513001

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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	Nagorno Karabakh
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 his Department has made to the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	33950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text The UK is deeply concerned about the recent upsurge in fighting on the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact. I issued a statement on 2 April calling for the sides to halt the fighting and to exercise restraint. After four days of intense fighting, a ceasefire was announced on 5 April; although the situation remains tense. While the UK has no direct role in negotiations, we strongly support the work of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chairs, who have recently visited the region. We will continue to urge the sides to work with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to reach a negotiated peace settlement. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/04/2016 15:32:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

475708

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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	Overseas Aid
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 his Department has made towards meeting the International Aid Transparency Initiative's standards to date.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	31129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text In March 2013 the Government published an implementation plan outlining how we intended to achieve International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) compliance without compromising the safety and security of the UK, our staff and our partners or without compromising our diplomatic relations with other countries. Since then we have been working towards achieving compliance with the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee. All published Foreign and Commonwelath Office Official Development Assistance information can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-development-assistance-oda--2 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/03/2016 16:51:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

475711

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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	Overseas Aid
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 a proposed timeline by which it will publish all data on contractors and suppliers used in the disbursement of ODA in accordance with the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	31130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>As stated in our International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) implementation plan published in March 2013 we are committed to complying with the IATI standards and UK Aid Guarantee whilst maintaining the safety and security of the UK, our staff our partners or compromising our diplomatic relations with other countries. This duty of care extends to our contractors and suppliers and whilst we are keen to be as transparent as possible we do not wish to jeopardise the lives and security of people or companies we work with. At present there is no timeline for publication as we are still determining if and how we can do this in a safe, secure and sustainable manner.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/03/2016 16:56:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

452008

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
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 times the UK has voted against an EU proposal at final adoption since 8 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	26875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Voting records on EU proposals are available on the Council of the European Union website. This includes the legislation, the voting rules and how Member States voted.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/03/2016 17:35:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins