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1144880

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	Zimbabwe: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of Zimbabwe about pension arrears owed to former Crown servants; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL17714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We regularly press the Government of Zimbabwe on the importance of fulfilling their responsibilities to all those who are entitled to a Zimbabwe Government pension. In 2016, we secured written confirmation from the Government of Zimbabwe of their responsibility for these payments. In April 2019, we raised the issue of pensions with Finance Minister Ncube and he confirmed Zimbabwe's commitment to resume payments when the economic situation allows.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:24:36 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:43:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133958 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1108838

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Zimbabwe: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in discussions with the government of Zimbabwe on the payment of pensions arrears owed to former Crown Overseas Servants.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL14945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>We regularly press the government of Zimbabwe on the importance of fulfilling their responsibilities to all those who are entitled to a Zimbabwe government pension. In 2016, we secured written agreement from the Government of Zimbabwe that payments would resume when the economic situation allows. This issue remains a key strand of the Government's dialogue with the government of Zimbabwe. We will raise it again in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/04/2019 15:16:35 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1015844

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Victor Mallet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received an explanation from the government of Hong Kong for the rejection of a visa for the British journalist Victor Mallett; and if so, what it was.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL11844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We remain concerned by the Hong Kong authorities’ unprecedented rejection of a visa for senior British journalist Victor Mallet. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific raised this issue with Hong Kong Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung during his visit to Hong Kong on 11 November. He sought an explanation for the visa refusal, but did not receive one. In the absence of an explanation from the authorities we can only conclude that this move is politically motivated. This undermines Hong Kong’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press, both guaranteed by the Joint Declaration, and the Basic Law, and increases the pressure on the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ framework. Confidence in Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms is an essential component of its future success.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/12/2018 15:39:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

994710

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Victor Mallet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what response they have received from the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to their representations about the denial of a visa to the British journalist, Victor Mallet.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL11026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We remain very concerned by the Hong Kong authorities’ unprecedented rejection of a visa for senior British journalist Victor Mallet. In the absence of an explanation from the authorities we can only conclude that this move is politically motivated. This undermines Hong Kong’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press, both guaranteed by the Joint Declaration, and the Basic Law, and increases the pressure on the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ framework. We urge the Hong Kong authorities to reconsider this decision. Confidence in Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms is an essential component of its future success.” We have sought an explanation for the visa refusal from the Hong Kong authorities, but we have not received one.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:22:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

969548

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
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	Zimbabwe: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in assisting the government of Zimbabwe to pay any arrears owing to former members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL10184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK does not have any legal responsibility for pension payments to former Southern Rhodesian civil servants. Responsibility sits with the Government of Zimbabwe, who confirmed this in writing in 2016. However, the UK regularly presses the Zimbabwean government to honour its obligation to pay the arrears. Eligible UK-appointed retired civil servants have been paid regularly from the Central African Pension Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/09/2018 14:24:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

833600

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Zimbabwe: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the most recent outcome of discussions with the government of Zimbabwe about pension payments owing to former Southern Rhodesia civil servants.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL5222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>​The Zimbabwe Government recognised their legal obligation to pay for pensions of former Southern Rhodesia civil servants in a letter from the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare on 28 October 2016. Representatives from the British High Commission in Harare regularly raise the requirement of the Government of Zimbabwe to pay these pensions with the Zimbabwean government and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/02/2018 15:32:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

833601

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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: Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in fulfilling the assurances about parity with crown servants in the UK given to overseas civil servants in Hong Kong, following enquiries by the Hong Kong Policy Association about the visa process for partners of officers who served in the Royal Hong Kong police.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL5223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, responded to a letter on this subject from the Hong Kong Police Association on 30 January 2018. That letter confirmed that we have no record that any assurances were given concerning present or future visa or nationality requirements for former or retired Royal Hong Kong Police officers, and their spouses, partners or children. In that context, any visa applications will be considered against the current legal framework in place in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/02/2018 17:05:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

778725

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
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	Hong Kong: Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 October (HL1889), what was their response to the letter from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association to the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mark Field MP, dated 16 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL2634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Minister for Asia and the Pacific will be replying shortly to the letter from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association which was received on 16 October.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/11/2017 14:47:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

768534

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Hong Kong: Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent representations they have received from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association; and what action, if any, has followed.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has received no representations from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/10/2017 15:47:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

768535

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Central African Pension Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current deficit in the Central African Pension Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Central African Pension Fund was last officially valued in July 2015 and was £200k in deficit. The next triennial valuation will be July 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/10/2017 15:45:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad