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1123059

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Diplomatic Service: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the Government has in the appointment of ambassadors to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	247663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>​The appointment of Heads of Mission, both Ambassadors and High Commissioners, to the Court of St. James's is governed in international law by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) 1961. Article 4(1) of the VCDR requires that the sending State must ensure that agrément for the person it proposes to accredit as Head of Mission has been granted by the receiving State, before that person may be permitted by the receiving State to undertake the role. Under the VCDR a receiving State is not obliged to give reasons to the sending State for refusal of agrément.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office reviews all requests for agrément from sending States. On the recommendation of the Secretary of State, Her Majesty The Queen gives formal approval of appointments and grants their credentials in a formal ceremony.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/05/2019 15:16:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1123114

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Sri Lanka: Terrorism
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 support the Sri Lankan security services as a result of the terrorist attack on Christians on 21 April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	247638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>​The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on the 23 April to express her condolences on behalf of the UK and to offer UK expertise and assistance. We are working closely with Sri Lankan authorities and partners on the ground, and are discussing with the Sri Lankan government what form of support would be most helpful and effective.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 03/05/2019 13:29:41 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1123146

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Israel: Hezbollah
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 Israeli counterpart on reports that the Israel Defense Forces recently exposed a Hezbollah cell preparing an attack on Israel.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	247742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Foreign Secretary has not had discussions with the Israel Defense Forces about this issue, the British Government routinely discusses concerns about the actions of Hizballah with the Israeli authorities.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/05/2019 15:33:05 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1123167

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit
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 estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	247549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury has allocated over £4.2 bn in additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><ul><li>£412m additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) at Autumn Statement 2016.</li><li>£286m additional funding for 2017/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</li><li>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 2018/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March 2018.</li><li>Over £2bn additional funding for 2019/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on the 18th December 2018.</li></ul><p>This funding is to cover all exit scenarios, and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK's departure from the EU. Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work. The Department is preparing for all eventualities and the resources available to support preparations are kept under constant review.</p><p>The FCO also received £5.6m additional funding in 2018/19 for no-deal civil contingency planning.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/05/2019 13:14:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1123226

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	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 diplomatic means the UK has within the Commonwealth to help countries tackle climate change.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	247594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Climate change has long been of concern to the Commonwealth. This concern has been reflected in Commonwealth statements as early as the Langkawi Declaration on the Environment in 1989. Under UK chairmanship at the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, leaders reaffirmed their commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government is now using it's diplomatic network to support mitigation and adaptation across the Commonwealth. For example:</p><p> </p><p>· In Asia, Malaysia has confirmed its interest in partnering with the UK to develop an emissions calculator. The calculator is an open source energy and emissions tool developed by the UK to allow countries to explore and develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p> </p><p>· In Africa, the UK has provided £500,000 to support the Commonwealth’s Climate Finance Access Hub based in Mauritius. The Hub will help small and vulnerable countries access international sources of finance to support adaptation and mitigation.</p><p> </p><p>· In the Caribbean, the UK is helping four countries – Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, and St Lucia – to prepare detailed disaster risk profiles to aid efforts to increase their resilience to natural disaster. This work builds on existing support from the World Bank and is expected to be extended across the region over the next year.</p><p> </p><p>· In the Pacific, the UK has pledged £1.2 million to support the establishment in Fiji of a Regional Nationally Determined Contribution Hub. The centre has been established in partnership with Australia, Germany and New Zealand, to help Pacific Island Countries implement national climate change policies and frameworks in response to the 2015 Paris Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 03/05/2019 13:31:27 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1123264

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 he has made of the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	247768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>We firmly believe a just and lasting resolution that ends the occupation and delivers peace for both Israelis and Palestinians is long overdue. We believe that negotiations will only succeed when they are conducted between Israelis and Palestinians, supported by the international community. We have encouraged the US Administration to bring forward detailed proposals for a viable peace agreement that addresses the legitimate concerns of both parties. We continue to believe the best way to achieve this is through substantive peace talks between the parties leading to a two-state solution with Jerusalem as a shared capital.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/05/2019 15:34:23 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1122625

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Iraq and Syria: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his US counterpart following reports that the US may be considering a mass transfer of prisoners from Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria to Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	247152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>We will continue to work together with international partners, including the US, to find a sustainable, long-term solution to the complex issue of suspected Daesh terrorists, and in the pursuit of justice of those who have participated in terrorism overseas.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/04/2019 16:22:33 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1122630

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	China: Animal Welfare
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 held with his Chinese counterpart on the Shanghai World Dog Show 2019 and animal welfare in that country.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	247116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>I have not raised this issue with my Chinese counterpart. However, the Government is committed to raising standards of animal welfare at home and abroad. The sale and consumption of dog meat is legal in many countries, including China, and there are no international norms, laws or agreements governing this. We believe that it is necessary to work with governments around the world to gain agreement on animal welfare standards, and to phase out cruel and inhumane practices. There is no suggestion that the event will break any local or international laws.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/04/2019 16:10:16 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1122639

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	USA: UN Resolutions
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 effect on his Department's policies of the US Administration’s (a) recent threat to veto the UN motion on rape as a weapon of war and (b) alleged refusal to sign UN documents that refer to (i) gender and other trans-inclusive language and (ii) sexual and reproductive health and health services.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	246983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK voted in favour of UN Security Council Resolution 2467 on Sexual Violence in Conflict. We deeply regret that language recognising LGBT rights and the acute need for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for survivors of sexual violence in conflict does not appear in the final text.</p><p>We continue to play an active role in the promotion and protection of LGBT rights and urge the international community to uphold the universality of human rights.</p><p>The UK will continue to support the sexual and reproductive health and rights of survivors of sexual violence around the world. We firmly believe that doing so, through proven evidence-based public health interventions, saves lives and boosts prosperity.</p><p>We will continue to work across Government and with all our partners, including other governments, the UN Population Fund and civil society, to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/04/2019 16:07:42 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1122649

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Bangladesh: Sexual Offences
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 his Department is taking with the Department for International Development to protect vulnerable people in refugee camps in Bangladesh from sexual violence.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>​The UK remains committed to protecting vulnerable people, including the over one million forcibly displaced Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Up to 18 per cent of the Department for International Development's latest £70 million funding to the Rohingya crisis response in Bangladesh is devoted to the protection of rights for refugees, including prevention and monitoring of sexual exploitation and abuse.</p><p>The UK Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative continues to work with the Government of Bangladesh, UN agencies and other stakeholders to strengthen justice and accountability for Rohingya survivors of sexual violence. UK funding includes support for family planning, clinical support to survivors of sexual violence and the creation of safe spaces for women.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 01/05/2019 11:22:06 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain