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date	27/10/2014
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	Financial Services: Islam
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 Ministers in his Department have had on UK Islamic finance initiatives since 15 July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	211992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>My right hon. and noble Friend the former Minister of State (Baroness Warsi) met Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials to discuss UK Islamic Finance initiatives on 30 July. I wrote to all members of the Global Islamic Finance and Investment Group on 20 October, and to the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on 29 September, to progress the agenda on our Islamic Finance initiatives. In addition, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, my hon Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Ms Leadsom), represented the UK at the World Islamic Economic Forum in Dubai between 27-29 October 2014.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 30/10/2014 16:11:19 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

101132

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Colombia
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 reports he has received of allegations of state-sponsored violence in Colombia.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	211978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We remain concerned by recent reports of violence in Colombia and the reported increase in threats against human rights defenders there, in particular those detailed in the “Somos Defensores” report published in August. I recently held a meeting with the hon. Gentleman and other parliamentary colleagues where I received further reports of violence in the country.</p><p>During my visit to Colombia in June, I set out our concerns about the reported rise in attacks against human rights defenders in my meetings with Colombia’s Deputy Foreign Ministers and the heads of the Colombian government’s major human rights agencies. I also met representatives from Colombian and international human rights organisations, including Oxfam and Christian Aid, to discuss the issue. The former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) also raised the issue of violence against trade unionists and human rights defenders, and cases of impunity for those responsible, with the Colombian government during his visit to Bogota in February.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 30/10/2014 16:05:29 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

101135

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to meet President Santos of Colombia in London in November.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	211979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>President Santos is visiting the UK in a private capacity. His agenda has not yet been confirmed.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 30/10/2014 16:08:22 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello