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1167352

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) affirmative and (b) negative EU Exit statutory instruments she plans to lay before Parliament in November 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	7749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/11/2019 14:45:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1167346

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Honours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30 (B) 31 to 40 (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	7685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office processes honours nominations for Home Office employees and our stakeholders, including members of the Fire and Rescue Service and the Police Service. The information requested is provided the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 15:38:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins attachment 1 file name Copy of Table A_PQ 7685_311019.xls title Table A - PQ 7685
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1167385

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Ethics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations in the report entitled, Local Government Ethical Standards published by the Committee on Standards in Public Life on 30 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/11/2019 16:19:30 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 3857 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1167389

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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: 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, with reference to UN Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1, what criteria the Government uses to (a) vet and (b) screen Sri Lankan (i) public and (ii) security officials.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The British Government has no role in vetting or screening public and security officials from other countries. However, we do carefully consider our engagement with institutions in the security and justice fields overseas. Any relevant assistance provided by the UK to Sri Lankan institutions is subject to robust Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) assessments that analyse the potential human rights, international humanitarian law, political and reputational risks of any proposed assistance. This is to ensure UK assistance is in line with our values and is consistent with our domestic and international human rights obligations.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 15:56:53 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1167391

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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, whether the Government has allocated funding to train officials from Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK has not allocated funding to train Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 15:58:23 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1167392

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British High Commission has invited Sri Lanka’s Chief of Army Staff to events at the High Commission in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The British High Commission in Colombo has not invited the then Chief of Staff of the Army, and now Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, to events at the British High Commission in the last 12 months.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 16:00:14 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1167395

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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: 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, whether (a) male and (b) female victims of sexual violence in Sri Lanka that are now in the UK will have a role in events for the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative five years on that will be held in November 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The British Government has been pleased by the level of interest generated by its decision earlier this year to host the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) International Conference Time for Justice: Putting Survivors First.</p><p>However, as the conference would have coincided with the pre-election period, it has been postponed until 2020. We look forward to the participation of a wide range of stakeholders, including survivors of sexual violence in conflict.</p><p>Ministers remain fully committed to realising PSVI objectives and strengthening the multi-stakeholder partnership that has been steadily built over the last seven years to tackle sexual violence in conflict, and pioneer a survivor-led approach</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 15:21:22 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1167396

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations received disbursements from the British High Commission in Colombo through the Small Grants Scheme in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The British High Commission in Colombo no longer provides funding through the Small Grants Scheme. However, the High Commission supports a range of predominantly civil society organisations through the International Programme fund (formerly Global Britain Fund). In 2017-18 and 2018-19 13 organisations were supported through this scheme including Equal Ground, United Nations Population Fund, Centre for Equality and Justice, National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Unites , Westminster Foundation for Democracy, Internews, Coffey International, Lakshaman Kadiragama Institute, Peoples Action for Free and Fair Elections , Fokus women, Nuin Associates Ltd and Counter Terrorism Global Ltd.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 15:23:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1167397

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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: Tamils
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions officials from the UK High Commission in Sri Lanka have had with Tamil community protests on (i) the resettlement of military occupied land and (ii) relatives that disappeared after being taken into military custody.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Officials from the British High Commission in Colombo regularly meet with Tamil community representatives in Sri Lanka to discuss issues such as land returns and missing persons, including meetings with representatives and families of the disappeared as recently as October 2019. During her visit to the north of Sri Lanka in October 2019, the British High Commissioner also met organisations and individuals active on these issues.</p><p>The British Government regularly discusses human rights and reconciliation with the Government of Sri Lanka, including through encouraging the implementation of UN Human Rights Council resolutions 30/1, 34/1 and 40/1. We firmly believe that this is the best framework for establishing truth and achieving justice and lasting reconciliation to ensure that all communities in Sri Lanka can live in peace</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 15:25:05 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1167398

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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: Chevening Scholarships Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications were received by the British High Commission in Sri Lanka for the Chevening scholarship; and what criteria were used to evaluate the applicants in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	7700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>For the 2018/19 application cycle, the UK received a total of 275 applications from Sri Lanka for the Chevening scholarship, of which 220 were eligible. Applications are evaluated against the four Chevening global assessment criteria of leadership and influencing, building networks, studying in the UK, and future career plans.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 15:26:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion