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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-04-28more like thismore than 2014-04-28
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 remove filter
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on developing international frameworks and forums to provide refugees from climate-induced displacement with legal protection, including legally-worded definitions for such cases. more like this
tabling member constituency Bristol East more like this
tabling member printed
Kerry McCarthy more like this
uin 196876 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The Government supports work to establish how existing international institutions and frameworks can be used to address climate change induced migration. Refugee status under existing international and EU legislation is based on the risk of persecution, and it is government policy to avoid developing separate frameworks that could duplicate or contradict this. The Government is also committed to securing an ambitious and legally-binding climate agreement next year at Paris COP 21 to limit the damage caused by anthropogenic climate change.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness remove filter
answering member printed Mark Simmonds more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-05-02T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-05-02T12:00:00.00Z
answering member
1393
label Biography information for Mark Simmonds more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy more like this