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1675582

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date	05/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the potential merits of re-opening additional crossings into Gaza for humanitarian access.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	5322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO is actively engaging with international partners and those operating on the ground to do all we can to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary engage regularly and closely with regional counterparts including Israel and Egypt on the humanitarian response. However, the flow of aid into and through Gaza continues to be insufficient and we are urgently exploring all diplomatic options to increase this, including urging Israel to open other existing land border crossings such as Kerem Shalom. Fuel remains a critical component and without sufficient aid, fuel cannot be distributed by humanitarian organisations and hospitals, bakeries as well as desalination plants cannot operate. We are also actively exploring other routes for aid to get into Gaza. The UK Government has already announced £60 million in humanitarian funding and has sent more than 74 tonnes of emergency relief for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/12/2023 15:04:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1675583

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the humanitarian pause in the conflict between Israel and Hamas on the provision of humanitarian aid to people in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	5323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The recent humanitarian pause demonstrated what can be achieved to get vital aid into Gaza including the levels of aid that is possible and it is important that this level of aid is now, at a minimum, sustained. The UK is supportive of humanitarian pauses as part of measures to facilitate the flow of life-saving humanitarian aid and ensure civilians are safe. The FCDO is actively engaging with international partners and those operating on the ground to do all we can to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We will continue to use all the tools of British diplomacy and development to enhance the prospects of peace and stability in the region, working closely with our partners.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/12/2023 17:27:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1675586

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	West Bank: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of violence in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	5325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>We are clear that settler violence and the targeting of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank is completely unacceptable. It undermines security and stability at a time when Israelis and Palestinians are desperate for both and increases the risks of atrocities and intercommunal violence. Israel must prevent these acts and hold those responsible to account, ensuring any perpetrators are arrested and prosecuted. Ultimately, to prevent further conflict, there must be a political solution: a two-state solution which provides justice and security for both Israelis and Palestinians, ending the security threat posed by Hamas and with the Israelis taking more precautions regarding civilians and tackling settler violence.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/12/2023 17:40:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1675595

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Ceasefires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to the urgent question on Israel and Hamas: Humanitarian Pause in the House of Lords on 29 November 2023, Official Report column 1091 HL, what his Department's policy is on whether there should be a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	5329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Israel has a right to self-defence and needs to be able to address the threat posed by Hamas, in a manner that abides by International Humanitarian Law. The UK is supportive of humanitarian pauses, and the temporary cessation of hostilities, to enable humanitarian organisations to deliver aid and give respite to civilians. As noted in the response of 29 November, the recent pause was a welcome opportunity to get hostages out and to allow increased amounts of aid and fuel in. We continue to press, at the UN and with Israel, for unhindered humanitarian access and substantive, repeated humanitarian pauses.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/12/2023 17:44:07 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1628578

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	185684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO is liaising with Civil Service HR colleagues and other government departments to work through the details of the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance that was published on 17 April 2023. In line with Gender Pay Gap Reporting, the Civil Service is looking to develop a consistent methodology to produce the data and Ethnicity Pay Reports. The outcomes of this work will inform whether we are able to publish a report for 2023/2024. More generally the Civil Service is undertaking extensive work both centrally and within departments to promote diversity across its workplaces, including ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/05/2023 15:52:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1525029

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reserving posts in the Diplomatic Service and his Department to UK nationals on the (a) efficacy of and (b) recruitment of expertise for UK Official Development Assistance programmes.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	68551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Civil Service Nationality Rules (CSNR) set out who is eligible to be employed in the Civil Service. Under the CSNRs, all posts in the Diplomatic Service were reserved for British nationals only. When the FCDO was formed, the Foreign Secretary decided that a reserved model best meets with the FCDO's security and representational requirements.</p><p>FCDO continues to review workforce policies to ensure that it has access to the skills and experience to deliver its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/11/2022 17:26:52 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1399360

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child limit from universal credit as recommended by the Social Mobility Commission in its State of the Nation 2021 report.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	96898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been carried out since the Social Mobility Commission’s report. However, latest figures from April 2021 indicate that over 50% of those households with three or more children who are in receipt of Universal Credit, are not affected by the two-child policy, with over 4% of those being in receipt of an exception. Statistics relating to this policy are published annually, most recently on the 15 July 2021, and are available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that in 2020, of all families with dependent children, 85% had a maximum of two in their family. For lone parent families, this was 83%.</p><p> </p><p>The government therefore feels it is proportionate to provide support through Universal Credit for a maximum of two children. A benefits structure adjusting automatically to family size is unsustainable.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 July 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the judicial review of the two-child policy. The court found the two-child policy lawful and not in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights</p><p> </p><p>This policy ensures fairness by asking families on benefits to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves solely through work. We recognise that some claimants are not able to make the same choices about the number of children in their family, which is why exceptions have been put in place to protect certain groups.</p><p>.</p><p>Exceptions to the two-child policy are any child in a household who is:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Adopted, when they would otherwise be in Local Authority care;</li><li>Children living long term with friends or family, who would otherwise be at risk of entering the care system;</li><li>A child born to a young person under 16, who is living with their parents or carers (until they make a separate claim upon turning 16);</li><li>Third and subsequent children who are:</li></ul><p>- additional children in a multiple birth;</p><p>- likely to have been born as a result of non-consensual conception (which for this</p><p>purpose includes rape or where the claimant was in a controlling or coercive</p><p>relationship with the child’s other biological parent at the time of conception).</p><p> </p><p>More information regarding this policy and its exceptions, can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/01/2022 17:13:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain