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1037126

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Iran: Females
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 Iranian counterpart on the protection of human rights of women in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>​Iran's human rights record continues to be of serious concern to the UK, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has designated it as one of its Human Rights Priority Countries. Women do not enjoy the same rights and privileges as men in Iran and continue to face discrimination. We regularly raise the human rights of women with the Iranians at all levels, including at ministerial level, and we continue to take action with the international community through the EU and UN to press Iran to improve its poor record on the human rights of women in Iran.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:10:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1015011

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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: Life Expectancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to increase the life expectancy of people in deprived regions throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	195598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>Ensuring access for all to quality essential health and nutrition services is critical to increasing life expectancy and leaving no one behind. DFID assists countries to strengthen their health systems to ensure access to quality health services, medicines, and other essential commodities; save lives and improve women’s and children’s health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; protect communities from health threats such as disease outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance; prevent and treat malnutrition; and tackle diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria that cause death and disability. As the second largest donor to the Global Fund, our funding contributed to the distribution of 197 million mosquito nets and the treatment of 108 million cases of malaria in 2017. Our investment to Gavi between 2016 and 2020 will vaccinate 76m children and save 1.4m lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/11/2018 16:33:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984345

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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	Iran: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that Iran is using its embassies in Europe as cover for terrorist activity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We are clear that the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations requires that the premises of a diplomatic mission are not used in any manner incompatible with the functions of the mission as described in the Convention or by other rules of general international law. We are aware that France has frozen the assets of an Iranian individual who is reported to have been accredited to a diplomatic mission in Europe and arrested in connection with an alleged attack plot.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/10/2018 17:04:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

973163

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 Norwegian Refugee Council on Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	174719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials regularly meet with the Norwegian Refugee Council to discuss the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to get updates on the progress of the British funded legal aid programme. The programme supports Bedouin communities and Palestinians facing demolition or eviction in Area C of the West Bank to challenge decisions in the Israeli legal system.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/10/2018 14:50:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

944727

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Financing Facility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has plans to support the the allocation of additional funding to the Global Financing Facility for Every Woman and Every Child.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	166175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>At last year’s Family Planning Summit in London, we announced £30m over 3 years to enable the Global Financing Facility to pilot innovative financing mechanisms. This investment will increase domestic and private sector resources for sexual and reproductive health and rights. It will save lives and enable women and girls to thrive, helping transform their countries. Decisions about potential future support will be taken in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 16:26:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

942440

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 trends in the level of violence in Israel and the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	164431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains concerned about violence in Israel and the West Bank, which makes the goal of peace harder to achieve. We press the parties to refrain from incitement and unhelpful rhetoric, and call on all parties to act with restraint, reject violence, and work together to ensure calm and stability.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:14:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

942510

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 141795, what are the terms of engagement for the independent financial audit into DFID's project spending in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	164436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Financial audits are carried out on all individual DFID programmes operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The body carrying out the audits, and the terms of reference vary depending on the DFID programme, however all independent financial audits provide assurance to DFID that funds are spent and managed in line with agreed programme activities. The overall DFID OPTs portfolio is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:12:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

934694

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Iraq: Human Rights and Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affiars, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on freedom of religion and human rights for (a) Jewish people and (b) other ethnic groups in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	160744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>​The UK is firmly committed to protecting religious and ethnic minority communities in Iraq. We consistently urge the Government of Iraq, at all levels, to uphold fundamental human rights including the right to freedom of religion or belief and the rights of all minorities across Iraq. The Prime Minister underlined this message with Prime Minister Abadi during her visit to Iraq in November 2017, and both the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN and I reiterated it during our visits in March and April 2018 respectively. Our Embassy in Baghdad and Consulate-General in Erbil continue to raise the issue with Iraqi and Kurdish officials. We will encourage the new Iraqi Government to support the needs of all of their communities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/07/2018 15:47:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

933858

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Prosthetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to programmes providing prosthetic limbs to people in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	159605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not fund any programme specifically providing prosthetic limbs to people in Yemen. However, between 2010 and 2018, DFID has funded the Yemen Social Fund for Development (SFD) with over £108 million. This includes support to SFD’s disability programme, which has supported more than 2,500 children with disabilities, trained over 300 community-based rehabilitation workers, and equipped more than 80 community-based rehabilitation facilities for children with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:08:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

931785

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Lebanon: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provided to refugees in Lebanon in winter 2017-18 to help tackle winter conditions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	158249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK provides sustainable, lifesaving support to refugees in Lebanon all year round, including through the winter period. UK aid is providing unrestricted cash assistance to meet the basic needs of 60,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees; improved shelter accommodation for over 30,000 vulnerable refugees; legal assistance and advice (e.g. to obtain birth/marriage registration and civil documentation) to over 100,000 individuals; and clean water and sanitation facilities for over 250,000 Syrian and poor Lebanese. Last winter, DFID also provided 380 heating stoves to vulnerable Syrian refugee households in need of specific wintertime support. Since the start of the crisis, DFID has allocated £608 million in humanitarian and development funding to Lebanon.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/07/2018 16:23:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon