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802112

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Nabeel Rajab
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Bahrain on Nabeel Rajab’s unsuccessful appeal against a two-year prison sentence for speaking to journalists.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	117799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text ​We continue to closely monitor the case of Nabeel Rajab and have raised it with the Bahraini Government at the highest levels. The British Government continues to emphasise to the Government of Bahrain the need to respect the rights of all citizens, including freedom of expression. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:00:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

802370

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Syria: Administration of Justice
	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 made an assessment of the case for suspending the Access to Justice and Community Services programme in Syria before 4 December 2017?
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	118057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text As soon as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was made aware of the Panorama allegations on 17 November, we immediately suspended activity on all Adam Smith International projects in Syria, pending the outcomes of an investigation. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 14:47:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

802251

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Syria: Overseas Aid
	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 place a copy of any correspondence between his Department and Adam Smith International since 2014 on the risk of money in his Department's Official Development Assistance budget earmarked for the access to the justice and community security scheme being used for corrupt or fraudulent practices or being diverted to armed groups inside Syria in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	117938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>​I have written to all MPs on the allegations concerning the Adam Smith International and Foreign and Commonwealth's Access to Justice and Community Security (AJACS) programme in Syria. In that letter I explained that Her Majesty's Government is undertaking an investigation into these claims, and that the AJACs programme has been suspended while this investigation is carried out.</p><p>I will update all MPs at the earliest opportunity into the outcomes of this investigation and the future of this programme.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/12/2017 17:02:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

802371

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Famine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to humanitarian operations to takle the famine in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	118058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The UN’s September Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report shows that South Sudanese people are experiencing food insecurity at unprecedented levels. A massive aid effort, which included £100 million provided by the Department for International Development, alleviated the famine declared in February this year. However, 6 million people, or 56% of the population, are now estimated to be severely food insecure, and 1.2 million are on the brink of famine.</p><p>The UK is at the forefront of the international response to the crisis. Through the Humanitarian and Resilience Building in South Sudan programme, the Department for International Development will provide £443 million in humanitarian aid between 2015 and 2020 to support the provision of food, emergency shelter, and nutrition and health services, including our response to famine and severe food insecurity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/12/2017 18:17:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802354

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Jerusalem
	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 received reports that US President Donald Trump is set to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	118041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear the UK's position on President Trump's announcement to recognise Jersualem as the capital of Israel. While we disagree with the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital before a final status agreement, we note the importance of President Trump's clear acknowledgement that the final status of Jerusalem, including the sovereign boundaries within the city, must be subject to negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians. In line with relevant Security Council Resolutions, we regard East Jerusalem as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/12/2017 15:28:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

802363

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Libya: Slavery
	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 has taken to tackle trafficking and sale of slaves in Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	118050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has called modern slavery one of the great human rights challenges of our time, and has made eradicating this scourge one of her top foreign policy priorities. We have committed to doubling our aid spend in support of this objective to £150 million. In Libya, we have provided humanitarian aid to migrants and refugees and delivered assistance in detention centres. We are also increasing our engagement with the Libyan law enforcement authorities to tackle organised crime and trafficking. We have provided specific support to women and girls, to protect them from the heightened risks of trafficking and sexual and gender based violence. The UK regularly raises with the Libyan Government the need for wider respect for human rights and accountability.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:13:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

802278

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Embassies: Tableware
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of tableware used in British embassies is supplied by manufacturers in the UK
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	117965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold data centrally on the suppliers of tableware to its overseas missions. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:05:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

802186

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Jerusalem
	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 its decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	117873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has discussed the issue with the US Secretary of State Tillerson, most recently on 5 December. The Prime Minister set out the UK's position on the US decision in her statement of 6 December.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/12/2017 16:55:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802280

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Tableware
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which suppliers his Department acquires its tableware.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	117967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Tableware used in Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK staff restaurants is supplied by Bidfood Catering Equipment. The range used is manufactured by Steelite International, a UK pottery based in Stoke-on-Trent.</p><p>Government Hospitality (GH) arranges formal ministerial business hospitality for all government departments and orders, manages and maintains its own stock of china, glass and linen. The State Dinner Service used by GH is a Wedgwood design, originally commissioned in the 1950s. Other items of china tableware currently held in stock were manufactured by Minton, Royal Crown Derby, Royal Worcester and Spode.</p><p>Embassies manage their own stocks of tableware locally and no central record is held of suppliers.​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:09:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

802240

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Jerusalem
	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 the Government has had with the Israeli Government on President Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	117927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have reiterrated our position on this matter to the Israeli authorities. The UK’s long-standing position on the status of Jerusalem is clear: it should be determined in a negotiated settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and Jerusalem should ultimately be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states. In line with relevant Security Council Resolutions, we regard East Jerusalem as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. ​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/12/2017 15:24:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan