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1054588

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	China: Climate Change
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 his Department has had with its counterpart in China on reducing the effects of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	216248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>I met leading energy and climate change experts to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by China’s transition to a low carbon economy when I visited China in July. More recently, I gave a keynote speech on Carbon Capture Usage and Storage in the Chinese Pavilion at COP24, where I also met Sun Zhen, Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change met with a range of Chinese ministers and officials in late 2018. Additionally, my officials, in particular through our Embassy in Beijing, regularly engage on climate change with their Chinese counterparts.​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/02/2019 16:06:44 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054595

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Pakistan: Foreign Relations
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 the Government of Pakistan since the last election in that country; and what recent (a) military and (b) economic assistance has been offered to improve co-operation between the UK and Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	216255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>We have had regular discussions with the Government of Pakistan since the election in July 2018. This includes contact by the Foreign Secretary and other Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers. We maintain regular contact with the Government of Pakistan at all levels in Pakistan, the UK and international fora on a range of bilateral and multilateral issues. These include security cooperation; work on anti-corruption; and bilateral trade.</p><p>We maintain defence training exchanges and senior bilateral defence meetings with Pakistan’s Armed Forces. We help strengthen Pakistan institutions responsible for upholding the rule of law and advancing the rights of women and minorities. The British government also works with the Government of Pakistan on improving education, healthcare, infrastructure, gender equality, economic growth and jobs, and peace, justice and institutions, including through Department for International Development-supported projects and programmes.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/02/2019 16:11:25 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054602

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Pakistan: Human Rights
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 his counterpart in Pakistan on the maintenance of human rights in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	216258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>We remain concerned about the human rights situation across Pakistan. The British Government regularly raises its concerns about human rights at the highest levels with the Government of Pakistan. The Foreign Secretary discussed freedom of religion or belief and the role of civil society with the Foreign Minister of Pakistan when they spoke in December 2018.</p><p>We advocate greater tolerance, and action against human rights violations and abuses. We remain fully committed to working in partnership with the Government of Pakistan to help achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/02/2019 16:04:08 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1054647

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) budget and (b) costs have been for his Department's offices on King Charles Street, London in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	216182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) pays business rates on the King Charles Street building, calculated on a financial year basis. In the current financial year (1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019) the total cost of rates payable is £4,304,070. On a pro rata basis, the rates cost so far for 2019 (1 January to 5 February) is £424,511. The FCO has not yet been informed of its business rates liability for the financial year beginning 1 April 2019. The FCO does not pay rent on the King Charles Street building, which it owns outright.</p><p>The total expected utilities costs for the King Charles Street building for the current financial year (including actual spend to the end of December 2018, and forecast spend for January, February and March 2019) is £1,752,611. These costs are broken down into the following:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitehall District Heating</p></td><td><p><strong>676,607</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>954,999</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>42,001</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>79,004</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 15:57:39 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1054648

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which properties on his Department's assets register were worth over £5 million at 31 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	216183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>There are 86 properties valued in existing use with a net book value over £5 million as at 31 March 2018 in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Asset Register, as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Properties</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abu Dhabi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abuja</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accra</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Addis Ababa</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algiers</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amman</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Athens</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgrade</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berlin</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berne</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgetown</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brussels</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buenos Aires</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cairo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caracas</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dublin</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geneva</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harare</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helsinki</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Istanbul</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jakarta</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kampala</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Khartoum</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kinshasa</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuala Lumpur</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lagos</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lilongwe</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manila</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mogadishu</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moscow</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mumbai</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nairobi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Delhi</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New York</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oslo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ottawa</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paris</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rabat</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rangoon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rome</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Francisco</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Santiago</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seoul</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockholm</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tbilisi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tel Aviv</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hague</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tokyo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vienna</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warsaw</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 16:00:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1054654

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Papua: Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of reports that the Indonesian Armed Forces used Chemical weapons on West Papuan civilians on 15 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	216381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The British Government condemns the attack on construction workers by an armed group on 2 December in Nduga district in Papua. We have called on the Indonesian authorities to ensure that the security response is proportionate. Our Ambassador has discussed this with senior officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We are aware of a media claim about the possible use of white phosphorus. This has been strongly denied by the Indonesian authorities. We have been in touch with NGOs and others who have looked into the allegation; they have not found any evidence to support it.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/02/2019 13:44:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1054694

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	USA: INF Treaty
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 his Department has made of the potential effect on the security of the UK of the US suspension of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	216390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>We support the US decision to suspend its participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and start the treaty’s formal withdrawal process. A situation where the US was respecting the INF Treaty and Russia was not, was not sustainable.</p><p>Through the development and deployment of its SSC-8 cruise missile system, Russia has put European security at risk. We are working closely with all NATO Allies to review the security implications of Russian intermediate-range missiles and will continue to take the necessary steps to ensure the credibility and effectiveness of the Alliance’s overall deterrence and defence posture. This was reaffirmed by NATO Allies on 2 February.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/02/2019 16:28:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1054759

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Italy: Refugees
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 has had with his Italian counterpart on the rescue of the 47 migrants by the Sea-Watch 3 vessel.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	216411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>​As part of our bilateral relationship with Italy we regularly discuss migration issues at ministerial and official level. Sea-Watch 3 disembarked the 47 rescued migrants on board at Catania (Sicily) on 31 January. While the vessel was awaiting permission to disembark, the UK Government both engaged with Italian officials and authorities and, through its local Honorary Consul, contacted the vessel to ensure that the four British nationals amongst the crew knew how to seek consular assistance if required.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 17:00:53 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1054760

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Russia: INF Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of violations by Russia of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>NATO Allies first expressed concerns about Russian non-compliance with its Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty obligations in 2014. These concerns have been repeated many times, including at the NATO Summit in July 2018. In December 2018, NATO Foreign Ministers offered strong support to the finding of the US that Russia was in material breach of the Treaty, citing its covert testing, production and fielding of 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile systems.</p><p>The UK monitors Russian missile programmes very carefully. While we cannot go into details on matters of intelligence, we are confident in our assessment that Russia is in violation of the INF Treaty. That assessment is shared by all NATO Allies.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/02/2019 16:53:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1054762

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	USA: INF Treaty
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 has had with the US Administration on their recent decision to suspend the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>We have been discussing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the US for a number of years as part of our continuous dialogue on security issues. The US also initiated a series of meetings on INF with close Allies in 2017 and 2018, during which we discussed the US approach and exchanged detailed information on the Russian violation and how we might best achieve our shared policy objectives.</p><p>We support the US decision to suspend its participation in the INF Treaty and start the treaty’s formal withdrawal process. A situation where the US was respecting INF Treaty and Russia was not, was not sustainable.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/02/2019 17:01:33 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching