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692549

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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	China: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese Government on the recent expulsion of missionaries from the Chinese border region with North Korea.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	64800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the expulsion of 32 South Korean missionaries from the Yanji region of China by the Chinese authorities.</p><p>We have no plans to raise these specific cases with the Chinese Government, as this is a matter for the South Korean Government.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2017 13:18:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

690320

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
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	China: Older 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 support his Department provides for care in the community for the elderly in China.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	64035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text ​<p>The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office does not provide direct support for care in the community for the elderly in China. However, this financial year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funded three projects that relate to the provision of care to the elderly in China, which all involve collaboration between UK and Chinese partners in the healthcare sector.</p><p> </p><p>The three projects amount to £200,000. It is worth noting that in December British organisations signed deals worth in excess of £100 million during the largest ever healthcare trade mission to China. Given wider demographic trends, the elderly care sector in China is an area of potential future commercial opportunity, to which UK providers are well-placed to respond. Sharing world class British expertise in public healthcare will therefore help to create further commercial opportunities for UK companies in China, which in turn will help safeguard and create jobs in the UK and strengthen the healthcare sector in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/02/2017 17:32:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

690321

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
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	China: Clothing and Film
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides for projects to develop the Chinese fashion and film industry.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	64036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>This financial year, the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office has funded one project in China working with the fashion industry, with £65,420 funds allocated. This project involves UK cultural institutions and Higher Education providers working with Chinese policymakers and fashion professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The FCO has funded three projects working with the TV and film industry in China. These projects are all implemented by British organisations working with China's film industry and television production companies and policy makers improve skills, expertise, and policy frameworks for operating in international markets. One project, with £80,000 funds allocated, is designed to enhance UK-China collaboration, including on co-productions and film exports. Another project, with £79,325 funds allocated, supports building of capacity building in the Chinese TV industry. The third project, with £28,390 funds allocated, is designed to strengthen skills and Intellectual Property protection in Jiangsu's creative sector.</p><p> </p><p>All these projects aim to develop China's domestic and international creative and cultural industries, and to generate opportunities for international business, including UK companies already in China and other UK companies seeking access to the growing Chinese market. As an example, at the annual high-level People to People Dialogue between UK and Chinese Ministers in December, the UK agreed a TV Co-Production Treaty with China, which will deliver a boost of around £55m per year for the UK television industry by helping UK exporters access the Chinese market. FCO projects in these sectors help develop links between UK and Chinese companies.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/02/2017 17:35:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

687978

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2017 to Question 62602, what the number of security passes issued by his Department to people not employed by his Department is; what business needs suffice for such a security pass to be granted; and what the number of passes issued to people who work for private companies which have currently or previously been awarded government contracts or which are bidding for such contracts is.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) ensure that any contractual employees granted with a security pass hold the correct level of vetting. Security passes are issued to contractors from private companies on a case by case basis. As a matter of policy, the FCO does not publish the number of active security passes issued by the Department and we cannot provide a statistical breakdown of the passes issued. The FCO does not keep records of awards of all government contracts to private companies.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2017 13:14:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

687985

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	China: 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 representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the treatment of human rights activists in that country.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	63917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Ministers regularly raise the treatment of human rights activists directly with the Chinese authorities.</p><p>I discussed human rights, including our concerns about human rights lawyers and activists, with the Chinese Assistant Minister for Europe, Liu Haixing on 16 February during my visit to China. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson), also raised human rights issues with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi at the UK/China Strategic dialogue on 20 December 2016. We discussed the full range of our human rights concerns and individual cases directly with the Chinese authorities at the latest round of the UK/China Human Rights Dialogue, which I opened on 27 October 2016.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2017 13:11:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

687988

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's overseas-based staff work on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	63939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>As of January 2017, a full-time equivalent of 112 staff based overseas work on climate change and energy. 52 members of staff devote 100% of their time to these issues. These figures are based on activity recording data for all staff. Foreign and Commonwealth Office allocation of resource is kept under regular review as priorities and staff change, so there is often evolution in precise numbers and locations.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2017 13:20:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

687989

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	Afghanistan: Security
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 Afghan counterpart on the (a) security situation in the province of Jowzjan and (b) killing of International Committee of the Red Cross workers on 8 February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	63943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>I discussed the security situation in Afghanistan when I met the Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister, Hekmat Karzai, on 8 February. I reassured Mr Karzai of the UK's continued commitment to Afghanistan.</p><p>The Government strongly condemns the attack on members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jowzjan Province. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. We call for the safe release of the two members of the team who were abducted in the attack. The Secretary of State for International Development, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel), has written to the President of the ICRC to offer our condolences.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2017 13:25:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

687990

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	Afghanistan: Security
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 security situation in the Jowzjan province of Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	63954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The security situation in Afghanistan remains challenging. Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice already advises against all travel to Jowzjan Province.</p><p>We commend the resilience of the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) over recent weeks in combating a series of determined insurgent assaults. The Taliban continue to expand their influence in some rural areas and threaten some provincial capitals. However, with US assistance, ANDSF forces have repelled assaults on significant population centres.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2017 13:27:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

692248

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	China: 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 representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the treatment of human rights activists in that country.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	908826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2017 answer text <p>We regularly raise human rights in interactions with Chinese counterparts. During my visit to China last week I raised the case of the ‘709’ lawyers with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu. We held the China-UK human rights dialogue last October and will be holding another such discussion in April this year.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/02/2017 16:05:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

687019

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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	Philippines: Emergency Powers
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 promote stability and support the Philippines during its state of national emergency.
tabling member constituency	Devizes
tabling member printed	Claire Perry
uin	63561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>We have a strong and growing bilateral relationship with the Philippines, which covers a range of issues including peace and security, counter terrorism, counter extremism, and human rights. We remain actively involved in efforts to promote stability, particularly in the southern Philippines. During my visit to Manila last December, I met senior members of the Philippine Administration and discussed how we can strengthen our cooperation. We will continue to offer support, drawing in particular on UK expertise in these areas.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/02/2017 13:08:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry