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864374

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Cleaning services to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) UK Estate, are provided by Interserve, as part of a facilities management contract. Interserve are responsible for setting rates of pay for their staff and have informed the FCO that they currently pay £9.75 per hour to staff for cleaning the FCO’s London buildings and the National Living Wage at an hourly rate of £7.50 out of London.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/03/2018 14:12:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

845574

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Saudi Arabia: Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he and his ministerial colleagues have to discuss further sales of BAE Systems' Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during his visit to the UK in March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	128546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>​Discussions with the Saudi Arabian authorities on a further purchase of Typhoon aircraft remain ongoing. British Ministers have supported these discussions when appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/02/2018 14:18:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

839186

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Gaza: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on fuel supplies for back-up generators in Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	127744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of reports that Israel has resumed supplying additional electricity to Gaza following an official request by the Palestinian Authority. This has increased supply from an average of four hours a day to six hours per day. We remain concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and continue to monitor it closely. The UK will continue to urge all the parties to take the necessary practical steps to improve conditions in Gaza, including restoring the availability of electricity as a matter of urgency.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2018 16:24:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

839191

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza and West Bank: Health Services
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 improve health provision for communities in (a) the West Bank and (b) Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	127749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>UK financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority helps to pay the salaries of vetted health public servants in the West Bank, providing up to 3,700 immunisations for children and around 185,000 medical consultations annually. The UK is a long-term supporter of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides basic services, including basic healthcare, to over 800,000 Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and 1.3 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza. In addition, the UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by providing clean water, rehabilitating sanitation facilities and promoting hygiene standards to stop the spread of disease through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2018 14:25:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

837403

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Ahed Tamimi
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 has he had with his Israeli counterpart on the case of Ahed Tamimi since 8 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	126522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>​While the Foreign Secretary has not raised this issue, officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv most recently raised the case of Ahed Tamimi with the Israeli authorities on 7 February.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2018 17:52:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

837404

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Detainees
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 made representations to the Government of Israel on the implementation of the recommendations of the UNICEF report, Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations, published in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	126523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>​Children in Israeli military detention remains a human rights priority for the UK. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised the issue with the Israeli authorities most recently on 7 February. Senior officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office raised this issue with the Israeli Ambassador to the UK on 8 January. We also raised the issue as part of the UK’s national statement during Israel’s universal periodic review in the UN Human Rights Council.</p><p>We welcome progress made in recent Israeli policy amendments, and remain committed to working with Israel to secure improvements to its practices surrounding children in detention.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2018 17:55:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

837405

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Palestinians: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his steps the Government is taking to tackle extremism in the Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	126524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>​As the architect of the British Government’s first ever Counter-Extremism Strategy, the Prime Minister has reaffirmed this Government’s unwavering commitment to tackling extremism in all its forms. In Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the UK’s goal is to preserve the viability of the two-state solution and support peace efforts - a lack of progress towards peace can contribute to regional tensions and extremism. To that end, our support is helping to maintain stability, and we are committed to supporting the institutions of a future Palestinian state to ensure it can effectively deliver services and act as a partner for peace with Israel</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2018 17:59:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West