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1217950

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	USA: International Criminal Court
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 potential implications for his policies of US sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	64959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK has always been, and remains, a strong supporter of an effective International Criminal Court (ICC). While we believe that positive reform is required for the ICC to fulfil its mandate as intended under the Rome Statute - and we are working with the Court and other States Parties to achieve this, we also believe that Court officials must be able to carry out their work independently and impartially, without fear of sanction.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 30/06/2020 17:01:09 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 33521 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1217951

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	USA: International Criminal Court
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 counterparts in (a) the US Administration and (b) the International Criminal Court on the US sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	64960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK has always been, and remains, a strong supporter of an effective International Criminal Court (ICC). While we believe that positive reform is required for the ICC to fulfil its mandate as intended under the Rome Statute - and we are working with the Court and other States Parties to achieve this, we also believe that Court officials must be able to carry out their work independently and impartially, without fear of sanction. We continue to speak to our international partners on these issues.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 01/07/2020 16:39:50 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 33524 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1218037

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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: Taxis
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 private hire cars his Department has used since 2015; how long each journey was; and what the cost was of those journeys to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	65006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>FCO policy states that staff should travel by the most efficient means of transport. Guidance on using private hire cars for official travel is set out in staff guidance and FCO policy is that public transport should be used whenever possible.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 02/07/2020 16:14:28 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 33526 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1217079

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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 Council: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) amount of revenue lost by the British Council in English teaching abroad programmes as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and (b) length of time it will take the British Council to return to pre-covid-19 revenue levels.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	63338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The British Council's commercial income has been heavily hit by Covid-19. We are currently finalising the terms of a £60m loan which will stabilize the Council's financial situation until mid-August 2020, while we conduct a strategic review of the Council's future strategy, operations and long-term sustainable funding models. Discussions are ongoing about the recommendations of this review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 63340 question first answered 30/06/2020 15:41:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 32953 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1217080

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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 Council: Coronavirus
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 assessment his Department has made of the ability of the British Council to provide English teaching programmes through digital platforms; and what additional resources his Department has made available to the British Council to continue English teaching abroad programmes digitally.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	63339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the British Council's ability to operate, with the majority of their English language centres closed. The British Council has adapted quickly to the crisis by moving to digital in many areas. For example, they are now delivering online English teaching to 85,000 students in 44 countries, and have created new digital products including the IELTS indicator test as an interim measure for international customers.</p><p>The FCO is finalising the terms of a £60m loan to support the British Council through to mid-August while we conduct a strategic review of their business. Conversations are ongoing about the recommendations of the review and how that will impact future services and funding.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 30/06/2020 16:11:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 32947 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1217081

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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 Council: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with representatives from the British Council on future service cuts resulting from reduced income during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	63340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The British Council's commercial income has been heavily hit by Covid-19. We are currently finalising the terms of a £60m loan which will stabilize the Council's financial situation until mid-August 2020, while we conduct a strategic review of the Council's future strategy, operations and long-term sustainable funding models. Discussions are ongoing about the recommendations of this review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 63338 question first answered 30/06/2020 15:41:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 32955 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1216161

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	China: Development Aid
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 Official Development Assistance his Department has been spent in China in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	62555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>All information on FCO ODA spending is available at GOV.UK link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 30/06/2020 15:39:01 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 32105 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1216163

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	India: Development Aid
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 Official Development Assistance his Department has spent in India in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	62557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>All information on FCO ODA spending is available at GOV.UK link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 03/07/2020 10:46:21 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 32107 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1205635

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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	Yu Wensheng
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 is making to the Chinese government about the imprisonment of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng following a secret trial.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	61718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by reports of lawyer Yu Wensheng's sentencing to four years in prison. Yu's detention, secret trial, and lack of access to a lawyer of his choosing, raise serious concerns over the rule of law, due process, and judicial transparency in China. We have raised Yu's case directly with Chinese officials, and issued multiple statements of concern about his sentence. The Foreign Secretary raised human rights concerns with his Chinese counterpart, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on both 9 March and 8 June.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 25/06/2020 07:56:02 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 31742 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1201726

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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	Hong Kong: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he plans to have with representatives of HSBC and Standard Chartered on recent statements of support from both companies for the introduction by China of new national security legislation for Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	57191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government speaks regularly with international financial services firms about a range of issues. It is for individual companies to make their own judgements. We have made our own position very clear on China's proposal to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong.</p><p>This proposal undermines the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework, under which Hong Kong is guaranteed a high degree of autonomy with executive, legislative and independent judicial powers. If China proceeds it would be in direct conflict with its obligations under the Joint Declaration</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 22/06/2020 14:06:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 28953 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy