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347645

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date	01/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's budget for each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Our current planning assumption is that the Defence budget for 2015-16 will be £34 billion. Decisions on spending for 2016-17 and beyond will be determined in the next spending review. However, the Government has committed to an annual 1% real terms increase in spending on Defence equipment over this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 04/06/2015 15:57:37 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347646

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made his Department's budget for each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The total Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) settlement for the current financial year is £1.3 billion. After non-discretionary spend is removed, the FCO budget is around £700 million.</p><p>Like all Departments, we are preparing for the forthcoming Spending Review, which will determine the FCO's budget for 2016-17 and beyond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/06/2015 15:54:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347647

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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: Ethnic Groups
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 his Department has made of the effects of the proposed resettlement of Bedouin in Southern Israel on the peace process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is deeply concerned about the proposals to demolish Bedouin villages in Israel. I visited the Khan al Ahmer Bedouin during my visit in October 2014 and saw at first hand the devestating impact resettlement plans had on the communities. Officials at our Embassy in Tel Aviv are monitoring the situation closely, including the case of the Um Il Hiran and Ateer. Embassy officials have been in contact with the Adalah Legal Centre who have continued to provide updates on the legal situation. They have also been in contact with other organisations that work within the Bedouin community, such as Itach-Maaki and The Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation-Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development, to best inform the UK’s lobbying of the Israeli authorities on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2015 13:27:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347648

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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: Ethnic Groups
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 reports he has received on official discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that more progress needs to be made on Tamil concerns as part of broader reconciliation in Sri Lanka.</p><p>President Sirisena has committed to introduce reforms to address inequalities faced by minority communities. These reforms are intended to improve access to education in Tamil; provide relief to displaced people; establish a democratic civil administration in the North and East; put a stop to racial and religious hatred; and to promote reconciliation between communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 04/06/2015 13:43:47 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347649

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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: War Crimes
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 representations he has received from the government of Sri Lanka about allegations of war crimes in that country.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The matter of accountability for alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka has been raised on a number of occasions with the new Sri Lankan government. I discussed the matter with the Sri Lankan government during my visit to Sri Lanka in January, and again with Foreign Minister Samaraweera during his visits to the UK in February and March. Separately the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Whitney (Mr Cameron), also discussed accountability with President Sirisena, and the Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) further with Foreign Minister Samaraweera in March.</p><p>We were encouraged by the Sri Lankan government’s February commitment to co-operate with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and to establish a credible domestic process to investigate incidents of alleged war crimes and hold individuals to account. As Sri Lanka returns to the UN Human Rights Council in September for discussion it will be important for Sri Lanka to show real progress on this important matter.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 04/06/2015 13:45:54 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

348450

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the structure and governance of the Football League.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	900113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Football League have made some significant steps forward over the past few years, particularly on issues like financial sustainability of their clubs. However, the events of this last week have shown us the importance of the highest standards of governance, of independence and of transparency. This is what I will continue to ask of all our sports bodies in the UK and the football authorities in this country are no different.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/06/2015 12:16:59 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham