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1471787

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has offered any assistance to Bangladesh following recent flooding in that country.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>I [Minister Ford] am deeply saddened by the impact of the recent floods in Bangladesh. The UK provided £195,000 to the START Fund Bangladesh in May to help during the first wave of flooding. In response to the most recent wave of flooding, the UK has contributed a further £442,500 to the START Fund. This funding will support the provision of cash assistance, water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, search and rescue operations, shelter management and provisional education materials.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/06/2022 15:14:20 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1470154

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Jagtar Singh Johal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will raise the case of Jagtar Singh Johal in her next discussion with her Indian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	18001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations very seriously, and we regularly raise Mr Johal's case directly with the Government of India at official and Ministerial level. The Prime Minister raised Mr Johal's case with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 April as part of a wide-ranging discussion. The Foreign Secretary last raised Mr Johal's case with the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on 31 March 2022. Consular staff have attended a number of hearings in Mr Johal's case in an observer capacity, and did so on 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 June. This Government will continue to look to raise our concerns about Mr Johal's case at all appropriate opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/06/2022 11:32:54 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469866

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Jagtar Singh Johal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in India on the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	17067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations very seriously, and we regularly raise Mr Johal's case directly with the Government of India at official and Ministerial level. The Prime Minister raised Mr Johal's case with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 April as part of a wide-ranging discussion. The Foreign Secretary last raised Mr Johal's case with the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on 31 March 2022. Consular staff have attended a number of hearings in Mr Johal's case in an observer capacity, and did so on 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 June. This Government will continue to look to raise our concerns about Mr Johal's case at all appropriate opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/06/2022 14:27:45 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1464046

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	India and Pakistan: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her (a) Indian and (b) Pakistani counterparts on the effects of the current heatwave in those countries.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>India and Pakistan are facing significant environmental challenges, including heavy rainfall and flooding as well as heatwaves and droughts. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of these shocks. The UK is playing a leading role in tackling climate change, including through our COP Presidency. Ministers and officials regularly raise climate in discussions with their Indian and Pakistani counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/05/2022 10:40:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1464047

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	India and Pakistan: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to support (a) India and (b) Pakistan with climate adaption and mitigation measures in those countries.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK is fully committed to supporting India and Pakistan on both mitigation and adaptation.</p><p>Climate is one of the five pillars of the 2030 Roadmap for India-UK relations, signed in May 2021. During the Prime Minister's recent visit to India in April this year, the two Prime Ministers reaffirmed their personal commitment to accelerate the clean energy transition, including welcoming joint UK-India progress on offshore wind energy, electric mobility, and ongoing cooperation on the development and deployment of affordable green hydrogen. The UK is also supporting domestic adaptation action in India through for example, the Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth Programme which is integrating climate risk and adaptation into social protection.</p><p>Pakistan is predicted to be the country 8th most-affected by climate change. We are working with Pakistan on high-level climate change policy, and at grass-roots level on adaptation and resilience. The UK played a leading role in tackling climate change through hosting COP 26 in November 2021 and remains COP Chair until COP 27 in November 2022. Our COP26 commitments are at the core of the UK's International Development Strategy, launched on 16 May.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/05/2022 10:57:37 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1463087

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has discussed political violence in Sri Lanka with (a) the Sri Lankan Government and (b) other partners in that region.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is concerned by the outbreaks of violence that followed on from the attacks against peaceful protesters at Galle Face, in Colombo, on 09 May. The Minister of State for South Asia, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, has emphasised that violence against peaceful protestors is unacceptable. Those responsible for attacks should be held to account, and fundamental rights including the right to peaceful protest must be protected.</p><p>We discuss our concerns with the Government of Sri Lanka. Lord Ahmad raised the need to improve human rights and deliver justice and accountability with the Sri Lankan President and Foreign Minister when he visited Sri Lanka 18-20 January 2022. The Foreign Secretary raised the importance of upholding human rights when she met Foreign Minister Peiris on 26 October 2021.</p><p>The UK Government has urged all parties to explore constructive and democratic ways of resolving the current political and economic challenges. The UK High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton, has called for independent and transparent investigations into violence against peaceful protesters. My officials are engaging with counterparts in the region on this issue and will continue to closely monitor political, economic and security developments in Sri Lanka.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 19/05/2022 16:53:19 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1458348

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	India: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the accuracy of reports that Rohingya refugees are being returned to Myanmar by the Government of India; and whether she has made representations on those reports to her Indian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	155859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has been clear that any Rohingya returns to Myanmar must be voluntary, safe, dignified and in line with UNHCR principles. The Foreign Secretary engages regularly with her Indian counterpart, Minister for External Affairs Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, to discuss important global issues, including most recently during her March 2022 visit to Delhi.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 25/04/2022 15:28:50 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1455069

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions has she had with the Government on Sri Lanka; and whether she has raised the treatment of the Tamil people in those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	148304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly engages with the Government of Sri Lanka on a range of issues, including human rights concerns such as the targeting and marginalisation of minority groups. The Foreign Secretary raised the importance of upholding human rights when she met Foreign Minister Peiris on 26 October 2021. During his visit to Sri Lanka on 18-20 January when he travelled to the North and East as well as Colombo, the Minister for South Asia, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon met a range of civil society groups, including Tamil representatives, to discuss human rights.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 31/03/2022 14:05:09 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1455070

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	India: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of India; and what steps she is taking to further the relationship between the UK and India.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	148305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary is due to visit Delhi on 31 March, where she will meet the Minister of External Affairs and participate in the inaugural edition of the India-UK Strategic Futures Forum. She will discuss bilateral and international issues, building on our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the 2030 Roadmap for India-UK future relations.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary previously visited Delhi and Mumbai on 22-23 October 2021. During this visit, the Foreign Secretary held bilateral consultations with the Minister of External Affairs and the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. She also visited HMS Queen Elizabeth, part of the UK Carrier Strike Group, in Mumbai. Discussions focussed on technology and infrastructure cooperation with India, alongside forging stronger UK-India security and defence links.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary engages regularly with her counterpart, India's Minister for External Affairs. This reinforces ongoing Ministerial and official level cooperation between our two governments including on people-to-people links, trade, defence, climate and health.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 31/03/2022 14:10:38 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1433723

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Papua New Guinea: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) recent assessment has she made of press freedoms in Papua New Guinea and (b) steps is she taking to help support the independence of the press in that region.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	126755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text The UK remains fully committed to media freedom in Papua New Guinea, including as a platform for balanced political discourse in advance of national elections in June 2022. The UK referenced freedom of expression in its Universal Periodic Review of Papua New Guinea in November 2021. A free and independent media is an essential component of a functioning democratic society, in the Pacific as elsewhere. answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 24/02/2022 17:32:58 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West