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date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	British Business Bank: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps have been taken by the British Business Bank to help small businesses in Northern Ireland access finance.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>As of the end of December 2016, the British Business Bank is supporting £26m of finance to almost 1,100 SMEs in Northern Ireland. This includes £4m of Start-Up Loans to support 644 small businesses</p><p> </p><p>Alongside designing and delivering programmes through its partners, the British Business Bank works to promote the provision of better information in the market to increase smaller businesses’ understanding of the finance options available to them. The Business Finance Guide (<a href="http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb" target="_blank">http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb</a> ) sets out the different sources of finance available to businesses – from start-ups to SMEs and growing mid-sized companies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/07/2017 14:50:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

746144

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date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Brazil: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assistance the Government has offered to the Government of Brazil and relief agencies based in Brazil to help street children without accommodation and sanitation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff in Brazil have provided light-touch institutional and administrative support to two UK-based NGOs with operations aimed at helping street children in Brazil, Street Child United, and Revive International.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/07/2017 15:49:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

746145

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Pakistan: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Pakistan on the recent case of a sewage cleaner who was a Christian, who died after becoming unconscious at work, and whose medical treatment was allegedly delayed as a result of the religious beliefs of doctors during Ramadan.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We are concerned about continuing reports of abuses against Christians (and other religious minorities) in Pakistan. The British Government strongly condemns the targeting of innocent people based on their religion or beliefs.</p><p>We regularly raise our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. The Foreign Secretary discussed the importance we attach to safeguarding the rights of all Pakistan's citizens during his visit to Pakistan in November 2016.</p><p>In January 2017, my predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Reading West (Mr Sharma), raised the protection of religious minorities with Kamran Michael, Pakistani Minister for Human Rights, and Barrister Zafarullah Khan, the Pakistani Prime Minister's Special Assistant for Human Rights.</p><p>We continue to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious freedom, and to uphold the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 03/07/2017 15:09:49 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

746146

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date	28/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilians were employed during the construction of the recently launched HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Around 10,000 jobs have been sustained in designing and constructing the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. This includes 7,000 to 8,000 workers at shipyards around the UK plus a further 2,000 to 3,000 across the UK supply chain.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 03/07/2017 15:36:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell