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1090931

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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: BBC Persian 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 representations he has made in the last three months to (a) the Iranian Ambassador in London and (b) the Government of Iran on the reported ongoing targeting and harassment of BBC Persian Service journalists and their families.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	233577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>We continue to raise the issue of BBC Persian at all levels with the Iranian Government. Most recently, this was through the UK’s statement at the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, on 11 March.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:14:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1091039

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the long-term viability of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	233476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>Following US cuts in 2018, the international community was able to step up and meet the shortfall to UNRWA’s budget, allowing it to continue to provide essential basic services to Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. However, we recognise that these refugee populations need UNRWA to be on a more secure financial footing. To that end, the UK is working with UNRWA and other donors to help ensure its sustainability. This includes finding further cost savings reforms, diversifying donor income, and encouraging multi-year funding commitments. The UK is a leading donor to UNRWA and we plan to provide up to £80m to UNRWA overall over the next two years. However, a long-term solution requires a just, fair, agreed and realistic settlement for Palestinian refugees. Until that happens the UK remains firmly committed to supporting UNRWA and Palestinian refugees.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:35:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1091102

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of linking the 0.7 per cent spending target to the financial year instead of the calendar year to help make the budget easier to manage.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	233551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The 0.7% target is a UN target which the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) reports adherence to through its Official Development Assistance (ODA) statistics. ODA is the official international standard used to measure aid flows and is measured on a calendar year basis to allow international comparison of donor effort, since fiscal years vary across donor countries.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/03/2019 16:01:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1091103

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of her having sign-off and accountability for aid spending by other Government Departments.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	233552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Aid spending is subject to the same rules as all other public expenditure. In line with Treasury rules on Managing Public Money, departments through their accounting officers have ultimate and direct responsibility for their share of the aid budget and remain accountable to Parliament and UK taxpayers for how they spend it. The Government has well established mechanisms to govern aid spending and DFID provides support to other government departments to help strengthen the quality of their aid spending and maximise its impact on poverty.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/03/2019 16:00:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1088685

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Sayed Alwadaei
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question HL13127, whether his Department relies on the assurances provided by the Bahraini Government in assessing the case of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei’s family members; and what assessment the Government has made of information provided by independent bodies such as the UN, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on this matter.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	232533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Government takes note of a number of sources of information on these issues; including publications by the UN and other Non Governmental Organisations. We continue to encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to raise them with the appropriate Bahraini human rights oversight body. We encourage the oversight bodies in Bahrain to carry out thorough and swift investigations into any such claims.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:07:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1088686

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Sayed Alwadaei
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials from his Department attended the proceedings in Bahrain on 25 February 2019 in which the three-year prison sentences against family members of Sayed Alwadaei were upheld.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	232534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Manama attended the court session for the individuals in question. We continue to monitor the cases of these individuals.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:07:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1088687

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Sayed Alwadaei
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 Bahrain on the case of the family members Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	232535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>We continue to raise the cases of Bahraini nationals Hajer Mansoor Hassan, Sayed Nazar Al Wadaei and Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor at senior levels with the Bahraini Government.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:08:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1088688

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Farouk Hamadalla
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 they will take to escalate engagement with the Libyan authorities on securing justice for the descendents of Major Farouk Hamadalla who was forced off the British Overseas Airways Corporation VC10 en route from London to Khartoum on the 22nd July 1971.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	232536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>​The British Government has raised this case with the Libyan Government on a number of occasions, and stressed the need to address the events of 1971, and the complex issues involving the Libyan and Sudanese Governments. I raised the case with the Libyan Ministers of Justice and Foreign Affairs during my visit to Tripoli in April 2018 and followed up with letters to the Ministers on the subject, hand delivered by our Ambassador.</p><p>Raising legacy cases with the Libyan Government is challenging in the context of the ongoing political and security situation. However, we continue to raise this case with the Libyan authorities when there is an opportunity to do so and to provide regular updates to Major Hamadalla's family.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/03/2019 17:55:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1088790

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department was consulted on the decision to host a Myanmar Trade and Investment Conference in London; and what advice she gave on human rights violations in that country.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	232528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The visit by a Myanmar Business delegation has been led by the Department for International Trade. They have engaged closely with Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development officials, who have been consistent in ensuring human rights remain at the heart of British policy. We believe British businesses, investing responsibly, can play an important role in creating a more open and fairer economy which will be essential to driving positive change in Burma.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/03/2019 16:28:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1088271

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Gaza: Zoos
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 his counterpart in Gaza on the treatment of animals in Rafah Zoo.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	232054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>​We have not had any discussions on the specific issue, as the UK retains a no contact policy with Hamas in its entirety. We remain very concerned about the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza and regularly raise our concerns about Gaza with the Israeli authorities, urging them to work together with the Palestinian Authority and Egypt to see long-term improvements.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 232055 question first answered 21/03/2019 15:34:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns