Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

795117

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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	Bangladesh: Non-governmental Organisations
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 Government of Bangladesh on increasing the length of permits for NGOs to operate in that country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	115665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>I am aware of the limited length of formal permissions granted by Government of Bangladesh to NGOs operating as part of the Rohingya response, and of reports of the difficulty in obtaining these permissions. The International Development Secretary raised these specific concerns with the Government of Bangladesh during her visit to Bangladesh on 25-26 November. I raised our wider concerns regarding humanitarian access to Rohingya refugee camps with Bangladesh High Commissioner Quaunine and Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque on 2 November, and with Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam during my visit to Dhaka, 28-29 September. The High Commission in Dhaka maintains a regular dialogue with the Government of Bangladesh on the issue of NGO access and the broader effort to support Rohingya refugees.</p><p> </p><p>Bangladesh is playing a vital role in supporting the Rohingya refugees who have fled appalling violence in Burma. The UK has already​ committed £59 million to the Rohingya response to provide life-saving water, food, shelter and sanitation desperately needed by the Rohingya community in Bangladesh.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/11/2017 16:36:12 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

792992

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
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 his Department is taking to encourage countries yet to do so to join the ban on cosmetics animal testing and the sale of animal-tested cosmetics.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	114777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>​Since 2013 the Home Office and the FCO/BEIS Science &amp; Innovation Network in Beijing has continued to support China to bring an end to unnecessary cosmetics testing on animals, advising on a science based approach for alternative testing.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/11/2017 14:21:17 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

793010

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	GCHQ: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much GCHQ spent from the public purse on sponsorship of the National Diversity Awards 2017; and how many full-time equivalent GCHQ staff worked on that project.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	114795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Any law enforcement or intelligence agency must represent the diverse communities it serves to enable them to gather the intelligence they need to keep us all safe. Diversity is therefore recognised as a crucial component of the intelligence agencies' workforce. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament recognised as much when they carried out an inquiry on Parliament's behalf into women in the intelligence agencies.</p><p>It has been the longstanding policy of successive Governments not to reveal details of the budgets or spending of the intelligence agencies. Statutory oversight for budgets and expenditure of the intelligence agencies is provided by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2017 14:13:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

793030

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Diplomatic Service: Unpaid Fines
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 he is taking to recover monies owed in parking tickets unpaid by diplomats.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>​We continually press diplomatic missions and international organisations to pay their outstanding parking fines. The Director and Deputy Director of Protocol raised this issue with all new heads of non-paying missions at their introductory meetings, and officials have held meetings with a number of missions about their outstanding parking debts. In addition, in April this year (as in previous years) we wrote to diplomatic missions and international organisations concerned giving them the opportunity to either pay their outstanding fines or appeal against them if they considered that the fines had been issued incorrectly.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2017 14:15:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

793060

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Pakistan: 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, when he last discussed civil society in Pakistan with the Government of Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>We frequently raise the importance of maintaining the space for civil society at senior levels within the Government of Pakistan. As I did on my visit to Pakistan in November of this year. ​We are concerned by some of the restrictions the Government of Pakistan has placed on NGOs, who are important development partners for the UK government and reach an estimated 19 million of the poorest people in Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/11/2017 14:17:13 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

793062

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Pakistan: Non-governmental Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Government of Pakistan the important role that NGOs play in countering extremism and promoting development and human rights.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>​The Government recognises the important contribution which INGOs and NGOs make in Pakistan. They are important development partners for the UK, reaching an estimated 19 million of the poorest people. During my visit in November I continued our record of actively raising the importance of their development, humanitarian and human rights work, as well as work to counter the drivers of violent extremism, with the Government of Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/11/2017 14:18:26 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

793063

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	Pakistan: Non-governmental Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will encourage the Government of Pakistan to consult NGOs on the effect of its policies.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>We are concerned by some of the restrictions placed on NGOs in Pakistan. Recognising the important contribution INGOs and NGOs make, we regularly lobby the Government of Pakistan,​ most recently during my visit on 7-10 November, to ensure that their new system of regulation of NGOs is implemented swiftly and allows continuation of their important development and humanitarian work. We actively encourage the Government of Pakistan to engage NGOs on policies that affect them.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/11/2017 14:20:18 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

793115

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	British Virgin Islands: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
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 effect of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the tourism industry in the British Virgin Islands.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	114900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Tourism is a delegated responsibility to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Government. Within their 'Territorial Recovery and Development Plan', the BVI Government have made an assessment, of the steps required, working alongside the private sector to support the tourism sector's recovery.</p><p>The British Government remains committed to working with the Governments of the BVI and other affected Overseas Territories as they develop their longer-term recovery plans.</p><p>At the World Bank meetings last month the UK announced a private sector task force to mobilise business to play a prominent role in the reconstruction of the Overseas Territories. The task force will identify and implement practical steps to increase flows of private sector financial support for reconstruction in the region.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2017 14:22:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

789893

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	George Papadopoulos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which official George Papadopoulos met during his visit to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2016; when that meeting was held; what was discussed; what position in the Trump presidential campaign that official was informed that George Papadopoulos held; and whether he met officials from any other Government departments.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The then Head of the FCO’s North America Department held a brief introductory meeting with George Papadopoulos, one of the Trump campaign’s named foreign policy advisors, in September 2016. A written record of this meeting was not produced. The FCO’s Americas Directorate is not aware of officials from any other Government departments meeting Papadopoulos.</p><p>A critical part of sustaining the strong UK-US relationship is outreach to figures in potential future US administrations, particularly during election campaigns. The British Embassy in Washington and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office held a range of meetings with figures in both the Democrat and Republican presidential campaigns in the run up to November 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/11/2017 16:39:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

789894

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Myanmar regarding reports of atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Tula Toli on 30 August.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is deeply concerned by the many reports of atrocities following the military's violent operation that prompted more than 600,000 Rohingya people to flee into Bangladesh. I strongly condemned the violence when I spoke at the Human Rights Council on 11 September. <br>The Foreign Secretary has spoken to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi about the crisis three times, most recently on 21 October, to make clear this situation is completely unacceptable and to call on her to resolve the crisis. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific pressed Burma's Defence Minister to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of human rights violations when they met on 20 November. <br>The Foreign Secretary secured on 6 November the first UN Security Council Presidential Statement on Burma in a decade. This called for accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations including sexual violence. The Burmese authorities must heed the Security Council's call. The Foreign Secretary will lead further international action if they do not. <br>​The UK has co-sponsored the UN General Assembly resolution on Burma and played a leading role in the creation of the UN Fact-Finding Mission in March 2017. We will ensure that the mission is aware of the reports of atrocities in Tula Toli.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/11/2017 16:33:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian