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1016394

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Royal Visits
	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 criteria are by which the Royal Visits Committee recommends a royal visit.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	196651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>There are a range of criteria which the Royal Visits Committee takes into account. These include:</p><p>Government priorities and objectives; timing of previous Royal visits; purpose, costs and benefits for each proposal; security; and the availability of members of the Royal Family.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/12/2018 17:50:48 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1016470

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Royal Visits Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the Royal Visits Committee met in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	196661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Visits Committee has met twice in the last 12 months, in June and November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/12/2018 17:41:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1027222

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	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, whether his Department is considering further sanctions on Russia after that country’s material breach of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	202685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The US and other NATO Allies have repeatedly raised their concerns about Russia's violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. On 4 December, NATO Foreign Ministers expressed strong support for the US finding that Russia is in material breach of the Treaty, and called on Russia to return to full, verified compliance. On the same day, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, announced that the US would suspend its participation in the INF-Treaty, effective in 60 days, unless Russia returns to compliance. We do not currently have plans for INF related sanctions, but will continue to use every opportunity to encourage Russia to take this final chance to preserve the Treaty, and we will consult closely with NATO Allies on the political and military implications of Russia's development and deployment of its new missiles.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/12/2018 17:22:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

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

1055065

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	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: 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 the (a) aims and (b) objectives are of UK policy towards China.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	216889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK-China relationship is strong, growing, and delivering benefits for both countries. The government’s aims and objectives include increasing bilateral trade and investment across the UK, as well as cooperating on matters of global importance such as health, climate change, development, and regional security. Maintaining strong people to people links in areas such as tourism, education and culture is also important. At the same time, our strong partnership allows us to have frank discussions on issues where we disagree.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 08/02/2019 10:34:28 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105940

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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 Overseas Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Overseas Territories have established exclusive economic zones.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Two British Overseas Territories, Pitcairn and Bermuda, have exclusive economic zones. Eleven British Overseas Territories have fisheries or other zones beyond the territorial sea, namely the British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Montserrat, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands all have fisheries or other zones.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/11/2014 14:16:44 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105941

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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	Territorial Waters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to declare a contiguous zone around the coastline of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to declare a contiguous zone. A working group of government officials, led by the National Crime Agency, will meet in December to start considering the case for introducing the domestic powers which would be required before any contiguous zone could be enforced.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 11:17:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

105943

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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	Arctic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the militarisation of the Arctic; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preserving the stability and security of the Arctic and works with others through a wide range of defence engagement and bilateral security cooperation initiatives. Whilst decisions on military presence in the Arctic are primarily the responsibility of the eight Arctic States, of whom five are NATO members, the UK advocates that any military presence should reflect the overwhelmingly peaceful position and needs of the region.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/11/2014 16:25:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

106294

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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	Argentina
	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 whether sale of Swedish Gripen fighters to Argentina would be contrary to the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	213299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK has not received any export licence applications related to the sale of Swedish Gripen fighters to Argentina.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/11/2014 14:15:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching