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identifier	49762
answering dept id	16
max ddp modified	2016-11-03T13:00:05.234Z
max date tabled	2016-10-27
min ddp created	2016-10-19T21:30:07.300Z
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
max question first answered	2016-11-02T15:36:57.907Z

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21/10/2016

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to increase the number of officials of his Department who work on issues related to the Commonwealth.

tabling member constituency

East Devon

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Sir Hugo Swire

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

27/10/2016

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<p>We have already begun building up an enlarged Commonwealth team to deliver an ambitious, UK-hosted Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2018, both in policy and event management terms. We will continue to use our network of High Commissioners overseas in the other 51 Member States, bilateral desks in London, together with close cross-Departmental working to further our efforts on issues related to the Commonwealth.</p>

answering member constituency

Bournemouth East

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Mr Tobias Ellwood

question first answered

27/10/2016 10:42:02

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1487

label	Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

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1408

label	Biography information for Lord Swire