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62289

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Iraq: Overseas Aid
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 offers of assistance his Department has made to the government of Iraq.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK was the first to deploy a team to assess the humanitarian situation following the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant's attack on Mosul. On 14 June the Department for International Development (DFID) announced £3 million of emergency assistance to help around 500,000 displaced Iraqis, and a further £2 million was allocated on 17 June.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 23/06/2014 10:19:06 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62290

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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
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 complaints he has received on the handling of correspondence on passport delays by HM Ambassador to Italy.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	201003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text I am not aware of complaints on the handling of correspondence by our Ambassador in Rome. Passport renewal is the responsibility of Her Majesty's Passport Office under the responsibility of Home Office Ministers. Any related correspondence received in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is therefore transferred to that Office for response. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/06/2014 16:15:31 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

62048

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Iran
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 he has made of the progress made by the President of Iran towards granting greater civil rights to religious minorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Mr Robert Buckland
uin	200881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK welcomed President Rouhani's comments in 2013 that all Iranians, including religious minorities, should “feel justice.” Unfortunately, there has been little noticeable change in the approach taken by Iran's security and judicial authorities.</p><p>The UK has repeatedly called on the Iranian government to end all persecution of individuals on the basis of their faith, and to guarantee the human rights of all Iranians.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 23/06/2014 10:16:32 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

62052

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UN peacekeeping missions established since 1990 do not have a human rights mandate.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	200874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>21 out of 51 peacekeeping missions established since 1990 did not include a human rights mandate to monitor and intervene. Of these 21, only the Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is still in operation.</p><p>Human rights mandates or components in peacekeeping missions vary depending on the context, and are common in newer peacekeeping missions. The UK Government has supported these human rights mandates wherever possible. This is part of our broader efforts to mainstream human rights into the UN's peace and security work.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 23/06/2014 15:33:04 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

62053

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Chief Scientific Advisers
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 meetings he has had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	200788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in my capacity as Foreign and Commonwealth Office Science Champion. However, as was the case under previous administrations, details of these internal meetings are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/06/2014 10:34:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

62054

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	India and Pakistan
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 (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their (i) Indian and (ii) Pakistani counterparts on the increase of trade and transit between the two countries.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	200751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Ministers engage regularly with their counterparts in both India and Pakistan to discuss these and many other issues. We welcome the recent meeting between the countries two Prime Ministers in Delhi and subsequent exchange of letters.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/06/2014 10:41:21 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

61700

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Written Questions
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 parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office received 2,331 Commons written questions in the 2013/14 session. All received a substantive answer before Prorogation. Questions tabled just before Prorogation, which had invalid notice periods, were not able to be answered.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/06/2014 15:00:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck