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765248

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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: Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department provides on accessing diplomatic assistance in Caracas during the ongoing political situation in Venezuela.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	105662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Caracas provides a full diplomatic service in Venezuela and remains open. It continues to deliver consular assistance and Travel Advice to British Nationals. Anyone requiring consular assistance should continue to contact the Embassy in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 105663 105793 question first answered 13/10/2017 15:26:21 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

765249

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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: Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the British Embassy in Caracas will be able to offer a full diplomatic service again.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	105663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Caracas provides a full diplomatic service in Venezuela and remains open. It continues to deliver consular assistance and Travel Advice to British Nationals. Anyone requiring consular assistance should continue to contact the Embassy in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 105662 105793 question first answered 13/10/2017 15:26:21 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

765260

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Poland: Timber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Polish Government on logging in the Bialowieza forest.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	105587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been a long-standing advocate of environmental protection. This case is in the hands of the EU Court of Justice, whose meeting is awaited. As such, we have made no formal bilateral representation to the Polish Government or European Commission. Our Embassy in Warsaw are monitoring developments and have been in touch with the Environment Ministry at a working level.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/10/2017 15:29:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

765443

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Catalonia: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support has been provided to British nationals affected by recent events in Catalonia.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	106299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated its travel advice to inform British nationals of the recent demonstrations and strikes in Catalonia. We keep our travel advice under constant review. We stand ready to provide consular assistance to any British people caught up in these events, although we have so far received no requests to do so.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/10/2017 15:05:56 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

765458

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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: British Nationals Abroad
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 the Government is taking to assist dependents of British citizens who live in Venezuela.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	105793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Caracas provides a full diplomatic service in Venezuela and remains open. It continues to deliver consular assistance and Travel Advice to British Nationals. Anyone requiring consular assistance should continue to contact the Embassy in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 105662 105663 question first answered 13/10/2017 15:26:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

765898

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Cyprus
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 (a) the UN and (b) his counterpart in Cyprus on the UN-Cyprus talks.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	106024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>It is disappointing that the Conference on Cyprus in Switzerland ended without agreement in July. FCO officials regularly discuss how the UK can work towards a just and lasting settlement with their Cypriot and UN counterparts. We are urging all sides to take time to reflect calmly on the outcome of the talks and in the meantime to refrain from rhetoric or actions that limit the possibility of future talks towards a settlement. The Government will continue to work to support a settlement in Cyprus that will benefit all Cypriots.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/10/2017 14:58:55 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

765899

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Cyprus
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 steps he has taken to support UN-Cyprus talks.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	106025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is strongly supportive of a just and lasting settlement in Cyprus that will benefit all Cypriots. For that reason, the UK fully supported the UN-facilitated Conference on Cyprus this summer. The Foreign Secretary and I had productive discussions with all parties at the Conference to help resolve the remaining issues. In the end it was not possible to bridge the gaps between all parties. It will be up to all parties concerned to agree next steps. We are encouraging both Cypriot communities to reflect calmly on the way forward. We are also urging all parties to refrain from rhetoric and actions that limit the possibility of future talks towards a settlement. In the meantime, the UK is continuing to support a settlement, including through our deployment of military personnel to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), and through practical assistance to help the two sides move towards a settlement.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/10/2017 15:02:10 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

760682

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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: 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 (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	105205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>Neither the Foreign Secretary nor I held meetings with the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser over this period.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/10/2017 12:40:03 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760685

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Malaysia: Religious Freedom
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 representations he has made to the Government of Malaysia on that government's treatment of atheists and apostates.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	105105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>​The UK remains committed to standing up for the freedom of all individuals, both religious and non-religious, so that they may practice their beliefs free from fear. We are aware of, and concerned by, the recent response to a meeting of the Atheist Republic in Malaysia, which included death threats being made on social media. We regularly discuss human rights with the Malaysian government, including at Ministerial level. Officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London meet periodically with representatives of Malaysian Civil Society to hear their concerns. We will continue to monitor human rights issues and internal developments in Malaysia, working with the EU and other foreign missions in Kuala Lumpur, raising our concerns as appropriate. We actively promote Freedom of Religion or Belief at the UN Human Rights Council, where we support resolutions designed to foster greater tolerance.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/10/2017 12:33:28 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

760874

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Embassies: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Embassies flew the rainbow flag to mark the (a) Pride day of the local country, (b) International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 May 2017 and (c) public demonstration of support for the rights of LGBT people between 5 August 2016 and 4 August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	105291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>​The promotion and protection of LGBT rights is a UK foreign policy priority and our Embassies and High Commissions overseas are encouraged to use the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia and local Pride events to support efforts to promote equality and non-discrimination. The rainbow flag is flown to mark these occasions at the discretion of the Head of Mission.</p><p>UK missions also support the rights of LGBT people through other means, including through private messaging to host governments, joint statements with like minded countries, and by supporting the activity of local LGBT civil society organisations.</p><p>Missions are not required to inform London of whether or how they mark international days, and no central records are kept.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/10/2017 12:43:10 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt