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date	21/09/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what his policy is on loss and damage finance for countries particularly vulnerable to climate change at COP27.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	53500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, Parties recognised loss and damage is already impacting lives and livelihoods and agreed to scale-up support. The Glasgow Dialogue was established to discuss the arrangements for the funding of activities to avert, minimise and address loss and damage.</p><p>In June 2022, at the Bonn Intersessional meeting, the Glasgow Dialogue on loss and damage was launched to discuss the funding arrangements for addressing loss and damage. There will be further dialogues taking place every year to 2024, though these are not formal negotiations.This will continue to be a critical forum to discuss practical ways finance can be scaled up and effectively delivered. I regularly discuss Loss and Damage with international counterparts, including non-governmental organisations and the private sector.</p><p>The UK is committed to deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact working with Parties and Civil Society organisations to advance progress through the Glasgow Dialogue and operationalising the Santiago Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 51723 52051 52052 52053 52054 question first answered 28/09/2022 15:31:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

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date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Refugees: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether refugees resettled under the resettlement scheme will be subject to the two-child limit for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	270446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Refugees resettled under resettlement schemes are able to work and have access to some DWP benefits upon arrival.</p><p>In the same way as other claimants, they are included in the policy not to provide extra benefit entitlements for more than two children unless those children were born before 6 April 2017 or an exception applies.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/07/2019 14:50:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

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date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will refund local authorities the cost of ensuring that all existing housing stock is made safe as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	9326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider the removal of financial restrictions where financial barriers stand in the way of essential work being done. This would include circumstances where local fire services advise essential fire safety works are required to make a building safe. We are working with local authorities who approach us on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 10:59:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan