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1104765

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Indian Ocean Territory
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 19 March 2019 to Question 230785, whether the Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory plans to be accompanied by Mauritian Government officials on future visits to the Chagos Archipelago.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	236513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We are continuing to keep our visit programme under review throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:52:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1104845

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Guantanamo Bay: Detainees
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 policy is on (a) the transfer of detainees to the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and (b) the closure of that detention facility.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	236248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government's long-standing position remains that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay should close and therefore does not support any transfers to it.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:07:52 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1104892

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
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 it his policy to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	236290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We assess arms exports to Saudi Arabia against strict criteria. The key test for our arms exports to Saudi Arabia is whether there is a clear risk that those items subject to the licence might be used in the commission of a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:09:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1104908

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Cuba: Overseas Investment
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 (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) his Cuban counterpart and (c) his counterpart in the US Administration on banking measures to support British businesses in Cuba.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	236547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>​The UK is aware that banking challenges remain an issue for British companies interested in doing business in Cuba; the low risk appetite of banks continue to be influenced by risks associated with potential enforcement of the US embargo and Cuban compliance standards. The Chancellor and the Secretary of State for International Trade discussed the banking challenges faced by British companies with senior Cuban officials, during the President's visit to the UK in November 2018. The UK raises its opposition to the embargo and potential further tightening of it with US counterparts regularly, including via two recent EU demarches in Washington.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:53:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1104988

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Treaties
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 22 March 2019 to Question 234199 on Treaties, if he will provide a full list naming each of the 52 multilateral treaties from which the UK has unilaterally withdrawn since 1 January 1988.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	236572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>A full list of those 52 multilateral treaties from which the UK has unilaterally withdrawn since 1 January 1988 is attached.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:55:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan attachment 1 file name PQ TREATIES THE UK HAS WITHDRAWN FROM SINCE 1 JANUARY 1988.docx title Treaties the UK has withdrawn from since 01.01.88
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1092590

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit
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 members of staff of his Department have been seconded to other government departments to work on preparations for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	235286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>​Since the 2016 Referendum 65 staff have been transferred to other government departments to support preparations for the UK's withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 15:42:56 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1092735

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cambridge Analytica
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings were held between (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and Alexander Nix of Cambridge Analytica in December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	235339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>I met Alexander Nix on 7 December 2016. The Foreign Secretary met Alexander Nix on 8 December 2016. FCO officials in London, Washington and New York occasionally met Alexander Nix and representatives from Cambridge Analytica starting in 2016. These meetings were part of normal diplomatic business aimed at understanding the 2016 presidential election in the US, the ensuing political environment, and the Trump Presidential campaign and transition team.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2019 16:15:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock