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1007796

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	BBC World Service
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 is taking to support the work of the BBC World Service.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	191860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>BBC World Service provides accurate, impartial and independent news and analysis, and helps to promote Britain and our values around the world. Additional Government investment has helped World Service undergo the biggest expansion in 70 years.</p><p>In 2016, the Foreign Secretary agreed to fund new language and additional enhanced services. The World Service's 'World 2020' programme brings high quality and impartial news to an even larger global audience, by reaching some of the most remote places in the world. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office funding commitment to the programme amounts to nearly £291 million between 2016-2020.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 20/11/2018 17:25:47 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1005728

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Philippines: 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 recent assessment he has made of the protection of human rights in the Philippines.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	190341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK is fully committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, and reports of human rights abuses in the Philippines remain troubling. We are concerned by the high death toll associated with the 'war on drugs', the situation of land rights and human rights defenders, developments on media freedom, and moves to reintroduce the death penalty.</p><p>Our Embassy in Manila has made these concerns clear with senior officials and government figures and it is in regular contact with human rights groups and relevant UN bodies on a range of human rights issues. We also work closely with the wider international community, including our EU partners, to press for investigations into instances of abuse and to encourage the protection of human rights defenders.</p><p>I raised these issues with a number of Philippine Ministers during my trip to Manila in August 2018 and with the Philippine Ambassador in April 2018. In the UK item 2 statement at the UN Human Rights Council on 11 September 2018, we urged the Philippines to investigate killings associated with the &quot;war on drugs&quot; and to ensure the safety of Land Rights defenders.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/11/2018 14:13:32 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

999575

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Commonwealth: LGBT+ People
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 is taking to promote the protection of LGBT rights in each member state of the Commonwealth.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	186948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>​We continue to raise the importance of countering discrimination within the Commonwealth, including on grounds of gender identity or sexual orientation. In her speech to the Commonwealth Forums on 17 April, my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister set out the UK's readiness to support any member state wanting to reform outdated legislation that makes discrimination on the grounds of gender identity or sexual orientation possible. The Prime Minister was clear that while we must respect one another's cultures and traditions, we must do so in a manner consistent with our common value of equality, a value that is clearly stated in the Commonwealth Charter. We have since announced a £5.6m programme working with civil society organisations to support those countries who might wish to reform discriminatory legislation. Due to the highly sensitive and sometimes dangerous nature of this work, it would not be appropriate to name specific member states.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 06/11/2018 11:43:23 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

997624

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
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 his Sri Lankan counterpart on protecting the Tamil minority during the current political unrest in that country.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	185493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>​I am deeply concerned by the developing political situation in Sri Lanka. The FCO has called on all parties to ensure that the constitution is respected and due political and legal process upheld. I have urged the President on 29 October, in consultation with the Speaker, to reconvene parliament immediately to give the democratically elected representatives of the Sri Lankan people their voice.</p><p>The UK is committed to the full implementation of UN Human Rights Council Resolution 34/1, under which Sri Lanka committed to implement a range of measures to provide for human rights, truth-seeking and reconciliation following the end of its civil war. I encouraged Foreign Minister Marapana, officials and others to continue to make progress on these commitments when I visited Colombo in October 2018. Our High Commission in Sri Lanka regularly travel to the North and East and meet with local groups, and where we have specific human rights concerns we raise these with the Sri Lankan government.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/11/2018 16:43:09 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

969443

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
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	India: Floods
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 (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) his Indian counterpart on the flooding in Kerala state.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	171654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>​It was heart-breaking to see reports of so much loss of life and so many made homeless by flooding across Kerala in August. Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials in India have been in touch with the Indian Government and Kerala State Government, and continue to closely follow events in the region. Consular officials helped 77 British Nationals in difficulty. The Prime Minister and Her Majesty the Queen wrote to the Indian Government to offer condolences.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/09/2018 15:20:25 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

896348

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Burma: Minority Groups
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 counterpart in Myanmar on the treatment of minority communities in that country’s Rakhine and Kachin provinces.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	140569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary raised his concerns about the treatment of the Rohingya of Rakhine State when he met State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 February. He pressed her Government to take action in Rakhine to ensure Rohingya refugees would feel safe to return, and to investigate allegations of human rights violations. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific reiterated these messages in his meeting with the Burmese Ambassador on 6 March.</p><p>Following his visit to Kachin State in January 2018, the British Ambassador raised with the Burmese Defence Minister our concerns about renewed fighting and military restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian relief to ethnic Kachin communities. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific called on 28 April for the Burmese military to show restraint and to protect civilians in Kachin following the recent surge in fighting between the military and the Kachin Independence Army.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/05/2018 16:49:14 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

874699

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Philippines: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he most recently met his Filipino counterpart; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	135000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I met the Philippines Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in December 2017. We discussed the strong bilateral cooperation between our countries, including on trade and investment. I also raised my concerns over human rights in the Philippines and the high death toll associated with the “war on illegal drugs”, stressing the need for prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into killings. We also discussed the situation in Mindanao and broader security and terrorism concerns. I look forward to visiting the Philippines later this year where I hope to continue these discussions.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/04/2018 10:56:27 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

873680

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Philippines: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in the Phillipines; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I met the Philippines Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in December 2017. We discussed the strong bilateral cooperation between our countries, including on trade and investment. I also raised my concerns over human rights in the Philippines and the high death toll associated with the “war on illegal drugs”, stressing the need for prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into killings. We also discussed the situation in Mindanao and broader security and terrorism concerns. I look forward to visiting the Philippines later this year where I hope to continue these discussions.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/04/2018 11:49:02 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

818684

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Sri Lanka: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when last he met his counterpart in the Government of Sri Lanka and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>I met with Foreign Minister Marapana on 5 October 2017 during a visit to Colombo and Jaffna. We discussed in detail the importance of the Sri Lankan government implementing in full its commitments under UN Human Rights Council Resolution 34/1, including meaningful devolution through constitutional reform and the need for more progress on transitional justice commitments. The visit also reaffirmed the close bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka; the forthcoming Commonwealth Summit; and the importance of prosperity and regional security.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/01/2018 14:56:50 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810620

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Japan: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in Japan; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary last met Japanese Foreign Minister Kono on 14 December for the annual UK-Japan 2+2 security and defence talks. The focus was on tackling global security issues, such as the threat posed by the DPRK, and agreeing frameworks for greater bilateral security and defence cooperation.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 08/01/2018 15:01:06 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham