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1055823

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses
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 Russia on the religious freedom of Jehovah's Witnesses in that country.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	217459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Russia, including the treatment of Jevovah's Witnesses and the recent case of Denis Christensen.</p><p>The Minister for Human Rights Lord Ahmad has previously issued a statement urging Russia to uphold its international human rights obligations to protect citizens who may be at risk of persecution. Our Ambassador to Moscow has raised concerns directly with the Russian Government.</p><p>We continue to prioritise the promotion and protection of human rights, and will continue to make our concerns clear in bilateral interactions at all levels, where appropriate. Lord Ahmad remains in close touch with Jehovah's Witnesses to discuss concerns.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 16:59:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1055006

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Venezuela: Politics and Government
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 representatives of Mercosur on the implications of the current political instability in Venezuela on their continued suspension from that organisation.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	216946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We have had no discussions about Venezuela with Mercosur.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/02/2019 14:46:43 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1054587

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Ecuador: Foreign Relations
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 his Department has had with its counterpart in Ecuador on building economic ties with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	216247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade leads on this issue. Most recently, the Secretary of State for International Trade met his Ecuadorean counterpart, Mr Pablo Campana, on 24 January. Discussions focused on replicating the current broader EU-Andean Free Trade Agreement into a bilateral agreement with the UK, to ensure there is no disruption to our trading relationship as we leave the EU. More widely, British Government officials, including our Ambassador in Quito, are in regular contact with the Ecuadorean government on a variety of bilateral issues, including the economic relationship. UK goods exports to Ecuador more than doubled following the entry into force of the EU Ecuador Trade Agreement in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 17:04:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054593

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Turkey: Economic Situation
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 his Department has had with the Government of Turkey on the strength of its (a) economy and (b) currency.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	216253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with the Turkish government and the Central Bank of Turkey over economic and monetary issues as part of our normal day-to- day diplomatic engagement.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/02/2019 14:49:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054607

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	UK Relations with EU
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 his Department has for future cooperation and collaboration on security and defence policy with the EU27 nations in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	216263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Delivering the deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government's top priority. This has not changed. As set out in the Political Declaration on the future relationship between the UK and EU, the Government has offered to cooperate closely on defence and security as part of an ambitious Security Partnership. This would be on a case-by-case basis, where of mutual benefit.</p><p>While our focus remains on securing agreement with the EU, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, like the rest of Government, is also preparing for &quot;No Deal&quot;. In a No Deal scenario, the UK would have to withdraw from Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operations - both military and civilian - and withdraw associated personnel seconded to the EU institutions. The UK would continue to act through other multilateral fora, including through the UN and NATO, and the UK’s cooperation and collaboration on security and defence with individual EU Member States will continue.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/02/2019 14:51:38 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1054608

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	UK Relations with EU
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 is his Department taking to maintain capacity for effective diplomatic relations with EU27 countries after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	216264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Maintaining relations with the EU and bilaterally with EU Member States when we leave is a priority. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) network of Posts are the Government's primary tool to influence and engage EU Member States and will play a key role in our future relations with Europe. Staffing levels are kept under constant review to help deliver the Government's objectives and ensure the FCO is adequately resourced. This includes ongoing planning to deploy additional resource across the UK Representation to the EU, the 27 EU Posts and within the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/02/2019 14:53:40 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1054647

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) budget and (b) costs have been for his Department's offices on King Charles Street, London in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	216182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) pays business rates on the King Charles Street building, calculated on a financial year basis. In the current financial year (1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019) the total cost of rates payable is £4,304,070. On a pro rata basis, the rates cost so far for 2019 (1 January to 5 February) is £424,511. The FCO has not yet been informed of its business rates liability for the financial year beginning 1 April 2019. The FCO does not pay rent on the King Charles Street building, which it owns outright.</p><p>The total expected utilities costs for the King Charles Street building for the current financial year (including actual spend to the end of December 2018, and forecast spend for January, February and March 2019) is £1,752,611. These costs are broken down into the following:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitehall District Heating</p></td><td><p><strong>676,607</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>954,999</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>42,001</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>79,004</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 15:57:39 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1054648

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which properties on his Department's assets register were worth over £5 million at 31 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	216183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>There are 86 properties valued in existing use with a net book value over £5 million as at 31 March 2018 in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Asset Register, as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Properties</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abu Dhabi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abuja</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accra</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Addis Ababa</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algiers</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amman</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Athens</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgrade</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berlin</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berne</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgetown</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brussels</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buenos Aires</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cairo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caracas</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dublin</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geneva</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harare</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helsinki</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Istanbul</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jakarta</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kampala</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Khartoum</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kinshasa</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuala Lumpur</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lagos</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lilongwe</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manila</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mogadishu</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moscow</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mumbai</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nairobi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Delhi</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New York</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oslo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ottawa</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paris</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rabat</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rangoon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rome</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Francisco</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Santiago</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seoul</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockholm</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tbilisi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tel Aviv</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hague</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tokyo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vienna</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warsaw</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 16:00:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1054694

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	USA: INF Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the security of the UK of the US suspension of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	216390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>We support the US decision to suspend its participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and start the treaty’s formal withdrawal process. A situation where the US was respecting the INF Treaty and Russia was not, was not sustainable.</p><p>Through the development and deployment of its SSC-8 cruise missile system, Russia has put European security at risk. We are working closely with all NATO Allies to review the security implications of Russian intermediate-range missiles and will continue to take the necessary steps to ensure the credibility and effectiveness of the Alliance’s overall deterrence and defence posture. This was reaffirmed by NATO Allies on 2 February.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/02/2019 16:28:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1054759

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Italy: Refugees
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 Italian counterpart on the rescue of the 47 migrants by the Sea-Watch 3 vessel.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	216411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>​As part of our bilateral relationship with Italy we regularly discuss migration issues at ministerial and official level. Sea-Watch 3 disembarked the 47 rescued migrants on board at Catania (Sicily) on 31 January. While the vessel was awaiting permission to disembark, the UK Government both engaged with Italian officials and authorities and, through its local Honorary Consul, contacted the vessel to ensure that the four British nationals amongst the crew knew how to seek consular assistance if required.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 17:00:53 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West