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1020615

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date	06/12/2018
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	Afghanistan: Politics and Government
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 level of political stability in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK supports the Afghan government's ambition to become a more prosperous and stable state. The ongoing conflict adds to the challenges around this. There have been signs of progress: October's parliamentary elections, the first Afghan-led and secured election since 2001, saw over four million Afghans vote. We are now working with partners to encourage Afghanistan's Election Management bodies learn lessons from these elections ahead of the presidential poll in 2019.</p><p>The UK believes that a political solution to the conflict between the Taliban and the Afghan government is the only way to achieve lasting stability in Afghanistan. We believe there is an opportunity over the next few months to make progress on moving towards a credible peace process.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 11/12/2018 16:15:53 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020618

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date	06/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to advise small and medium-sized businesses on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on tax regulations.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>In the unlikely event that we leave the EU without a deal, HM Revenue and Customs has published a ‘Partnership Pack’ to help businesses to prepare for changes at the UK border. The government has also published a technical notice to help businesses prepare for changes to VAT from March 2019 in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will ensure that further information will be made available to small and medium sized businesses in due course through established channels.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/12/2018 17:35:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020620

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Egypt: Human Rights
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 level of human rights protection in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Egypt is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Priority Country and the UK continues to urge the Egyptian Government to ensure full implementation of the rights and freedoms set out in Egypt's Constitution. We regularly raise concerns about human rights with the Egyptian Government both in public and in private. I raised our human rights concerns with the Egyptian Foreign Minister during my visit to Cairo on 14 October.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/12/2018 16:02:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham