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1254661

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	909166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government takes the human rights situation in Sri Lanka very seriously.</p><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, raised a number of human rights concerns, including harassment of civil society and militarisation of civilian functions, when he spoke with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gunawardena on 5 November.</p><p>We have urged Sri Lanka to address concerns in our statements to the UN Human Rights Council in February, June and September.</p><p>The UK will continue to highlight our concerns to the Government of Sri Lanka, and we will support human rights through our programme work including resettlement of victims of conflict and improving responses to sexual and gender based violence.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/11/2020 15:51:53 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1254662

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	909170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government takes the human rights situation in Sri Lanka very seriously.</p><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, raised a number of human rights concerns, including harassment of civil society and militarisation of civilian functions, when he spoke with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gunawardena on 5 November.</p><p>We have urged Sri Lanka to address concerns in our statements to the UN Human Rights Council in February, June and September.</p><p>The UK will continue to highlight our concerns to the Government of Sri Lanka, and we will support human rights through our programme work including resettlement of victims of conflict and improving responses to sexual and gender based violence.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/11/2020 15:52:29 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1254663

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the extent of human rights violations in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	909176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government takes the human rights situation in Sri Lanka very seriously.</p><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, raised a number of human rights concerns, including harassment of civil society and militarisation of civilian functions, when he spoke with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gunawardena on 5 November.</p><p>We have urged Sri Lanka to address concerns in our statements to the UN Human Rights Council in February, June and September.</p><p>The UK will continue to highlight our concerns to the Government of Sri Lanka, and we will support human rights through our programme work including resettlement of victims of conflict and improving responses to sexual and gender based violence.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/11/2020 15:53:09 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1254664

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Rohingya: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the (a) political and (b) humanitarian situation of the Rohingya.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Sally-Ann Hart
uin	909168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>We are working to improve the situation in Myanmar by pushing for implementation of the Rakhine Advisory Commission’s recommendations. The Rohingya were disenfranchised in Myanmar’s recent elections and we have conveyed our concerns to the Myanmar government. We continue to push for accountability for the Rohingya. We are the second largest donor to the Rohingya response in Bangladesh, providing £293.5m since 2017. In Myanmar’s Rakhine state, we have provided over £44m since 2017, including over £25m for the Rohingya.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/11/2020 15:55:20 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4842 label Biography information for Sally-Ann Hart

1254665

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has for the publication of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	909169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister commissioned the Integrated Review as the most ambitious review of our foreign policy since the Cold War. The Prime Minister set out in his speech to the House on 19 November how the UK will support a world order in which open societies and economies flourish. The Indo-Pacific is of central importance.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister is clear: Global Britain will be more active and engaged around the world. The FCDO is central to delivery and we will integrate development and diplomatic expertise to maximise UK impact as a force for good. We will apply a more strategic lens to our use of ODA to ensure it delivers both for the ‘bottom billion’ and in the UK’s national interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/11/2020 17:10:51 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1254666

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Palestinians: Textbooks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress has been made on the international review of the content of Palestinian Authority school textbooks.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	909171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about allegations of incitement in Palestinian Authority textbooks. The Foreign Secretary raised this with the Palestinian Authority (PA) during his visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories in August.</p><p>An independent, EU commissioned, review of PA textbooks is ongoing. In July, an interim report was submitted to the EU. We have regular discussions with our European Partners to encourage them to finalise the report as soon as possible. Officials discussed the review with the EU most recently on 19 November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/11/2020 15:57:36 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1254667

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Poland: Females and LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent representations he has made to the Polish Government on (a) women’s and (b) LGBT+ rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	909172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>I raised LGBT rights with Deputy Foreign Minister Przydacz when I visited Warsaw on 8 October. Our Embassy in Warsaw works actively on this agenda with both the Polish government and civil society, in close cooperation with our diplomatic partners.</p><p>We are closely monitoring developments following a ruling on 22 October by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal that laws permitting abortion in most cases are unconstitutional and the protests across Poland that this has prompted.</p><p>Our Embassy in Warsaw is active on the gender equality agenda and in September ran a workshop for British and Polish NGOs engaged in promoting women’s rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 24/11/2020 16:06:26 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1254668

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What diplomatic steps he is taking to support peace between Israel and the Palestinian people.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	909181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>We have actively encouraged the parties back to dialogue. The Foreign Secretary visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in August and urged Palestinian President Abbas and Israeli PM Netanyahu to renew cooperation, and work towards further confidence-building measures and dialogue. The Foreign Secretary welcomed the recent decision by the Palestinian Authority &amp; the Government of Israel to restore cooperation. We encourage the parties to build on this momentum through further dialogue and compromise to move towards a lasting solution to the conflict. We also welcomed the announcement, on 13 August, of the suspension of annexation plans. Annexation would have been contrary to international law, counterproductive to peace and a severe blow to prospects for a two-state solution. We hope both of these developments can be used as a step towards direct talks between the two sides. The UK stands ready to support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/11/2020 16:01:49 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1254669

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Israel: West Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he made representations during his recent visit to Israel to his counterpart in the Israeli Government on proposals to annex parts of the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	909175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>We have actively encouraged the parties back to dialogue. The Foreign Secretary visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in August and urged Palestinian President Abbas and Israeli PM Netanyahu to renew cooperation, and work towards further confidence-building measures and dialogue. The Foreign Secretary welcomed the recent decision by the Palestinian Authority &amp; the Government of Israel to restore cooperation. We encourage the parties to build on this momentum through further dialogue and compromise to move towards a lasting solution to the conflict. We also welcomed the announcement, on 13 August, of the suspension of annexation plans. Annexation would have been contrary to international law, counterproductive to peace and a severe blow to prospects for a two-state solution. We hope both of these developments can be used as a step towards direct talks between the two sides. The UK stands ready to support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/11/2020 16:00:46 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1254670

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Poaching: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will provide additional aid funding for anti-poaching projects during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Epsom and Ewell
tabling member printed	Chris Grayling
uin	909182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The full extent of the impact of Covid 19 on the illegal wildlife trade is not currently known. However, it is a serious crime, often undertaken by organised criminal networks – and it decimates endangered species, undermines growth and deprives communities of resources. In 2018 the UK hosted the largest ever illegal wildlife trading Conference, at which 65 countries signed up to the London Declaration, committing to accelerating efforts to stopping the trade. Part of that involves significantly expanding the UK’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund which has already committed over £26 million to 85 projects since 2014. We also contribute £250 million to the Global Environment Facility which runs the world’s biggest programme tackling illegal wildlife trading.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/11/2020 16:04:33 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling