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1670237

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable ratification of the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	2107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK was pleased to be among the first signatories to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement when it opened for signature at the UN on 20 September 2023 and the Agreement was laid before Parliament for scrutiny on 16 October 2023. Work is in hand on the legislation and other measures needed to translate the detailed and complex provisions of the Agreement into UK law before we can ratify the Agreement, which will be taken forward when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/11/2023 14:11:09 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1670245

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, , with reference to the World Health Organisation's 2023 Global Tuberculosis report, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the cost of treatment for people with tuberculosis globally.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	2121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ending the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. Through our £1 billion funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's seventh replenishment, the UK will help to provide treatment and care for more than one million people with tuberculosis. In addition we also fund catalytic interventions through Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess to bring down the prices of new TB products and tackle barriers to widespread access. We also provide funding to TB Reach to support innovative projects towards finding missing Tuberculosis cases.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/11/2023 14:26:06 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1669845

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the level of humanitarian need in (a) Nagorno-Karabakh and (b) Armenia since September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	1945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK remains concerned for the welfare of those in Nagorno-Karabakh affected by limited access to supplies following September's military action in the region. We welcome Azerbaijan's decision to grant UN access into Nagorno-Karabakh and encourage them to continue supporting international efforts to address humanitarian need. We also welcome Armenian and international assistance provided to the 100,000 or more people displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenia. The UK is providing £1 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide life-saving medication, healthcare and other essential support. We are liaising with the UN, ICRC and others to further assess humanitarian need in the region.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/11/2023 15:27:12 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1669853

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Tuberculosis: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the World Health Organisation's 2023 Global Tuberculosis report, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis globally.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	1855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ending the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. Through our £1 billion funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's seventh replenishment, the UK will help to provide treatment and care for more than one million people with tuberculosis. In addition we also fund catalytic interventions through Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess to bring down the prices of new TB products and tackle barriers to widespread access. We also provide funding to TB Reach to support innovative projects towards finding missing Tuberculosis cases.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 1856 question first answered 20/11/2023 14:26:57 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1669854

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the World Health Organisation's 2023 Global Tuberculosis report, what steps Government is taking to help increase global access to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis treatments.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	1856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ending the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. Through our £1 billion funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's seventh replenishment, the UK will help to provide treatment and care for more than one million people with tuberculosis. In addition we also fund catalytic interventions through Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess to bring down the prices of new TB products and tackle barriers to widespread access. We also provide funding to TB Reach to support innovative projects towards finding missing Tuberculosis cases.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 1855 question first answered 20/11/2023 14:26:57 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1669855

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the World Health Organisation's 2023 Global Tuberculosis report; and whether his Department plans to take steps to help support the WHO's End TB Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	1857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government was pleased to see that the 2023 Global Tuberculosis report showed 7.5 million people were diagnosed and treated for Tuberculosis (TB) in 2022, the highest number since WHO started collecting the data in 1995, and also a slight reduction in the number of people dying from TB, from 1.4 million in 2021 to 1.3 million in 2022. The UK supports the WHO's End TB Strategy through our £1 billion funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, other complementary investments to bring down the prices of key TB products and tackle barriers to access, funding to the TB Reach Initiative, and funding for Research and Development, including to the TB Alliance Product Development Partnership.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/11/2023 14:25:42 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1669881

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Raymond Koh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with the Malaysian authorities on the forthcoming trial relating to the abduction and disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh in 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to defending Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all, and promoting respect between different religious and non-religious communities. We work with the UN, G7, and other multilateral fora to promote FoRB. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for FoRB, Fiona Bruce MP, has written to the Malaysian High Commissioner to the UK about the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh, lodging her interest on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/11/2023 08:32:10 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1669897

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Algeria: Migrant Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the ACAPS Briefing Note: Algeria: Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf, published on 9 January 2022, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help ensure (a) independent and (b) continuous human rights monitoring in the Tindouf camps in Algeria.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	1847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide, including in Western Sahara and the Tindouf refugee camps, as we regularly make clear to the parties. We have consistently supported language in the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions which encourages the parties to continue their efforts to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights in Western Sahara. The UK Government consistently urges all states to uphold international law and international human rights standards and to avoid any action that may endanger human life. We regularly discuss migration and treatment of refugees with partners, including through our embassies, and we remain committed to supporting them to manage this effectively.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2023 15:22:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1669899

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Western Sahara: Conflict Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to UNSC resolution 2703, if his Department will act as a mediator with (a) Algeria and (b) other stakeholders to help find a solution to the Western Sahara conflict.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	1848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK supported United Nations Security Council Resolution 2703 on 30 October, which renewed the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) mandate for 12 months. The UK supports UN-led efforts to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution, based on compromise, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. We strongly support the work of Staffan de Mistura, Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General and welcome the recent efforts of all concerned to engage with the Envoy and to facilitate his recent visits to the region, including to Western Sahara. We will continue to engage key partners to encourage constructive engagement with the political process.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/11/2023 17:58:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1669911

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral Official Development Assistance has been spent in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	1952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) is provided in the FCDO &quot;Statistics on International Development (SID)&quot; publication. Table 1 provides a breakdown of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) by bilateral and multilateral channels between 2010 and 2022. This information is also available on GOV.UK.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Total UK ODA: by type (bilateral, multilateral), 2010 - 2022 (£ millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Bilateral ODA</strong></p></td><td><p>5,190</p></td><td><p>5,260</p></td><td><p>5,560</p></td><td><p>6,721</p></td><td><p>6,822</p></td><td><p>7,662</p></td><td><p>8,534</p></td><td><p>8,795</p></td><td><p>9,229</p></td><td><p>10,403</p></td><td><p>9,532</p></td><td><p>7,234</p></td><td><p>9,640</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Multilateral ODA</strong></p></td><td><p>3,339</p></td><td><p>3,369</p></td><td><p>3,242</p></td><td><p>4,686</p></td><td><p>4,878</p></td><td><p>4,473</p></td><td><p>4,843</p></td><td><p>5,256</p></td><td><p>5,313</p></td><td><p>4,772</p></td><td><p>4,945</p></td><td><p>4,189</p></td><td><p>3,156</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total UK ODA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,529</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,629</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,802</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,407</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,136</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,377</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,051</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,176</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,477</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,423</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,795</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Statistics on International Development</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/11/2023 14:27:22 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan