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1698888

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date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an automatic voter registration system for elections.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	20675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER), introduced in 2014, brought registering to vote into the 21<sup>st</sup> century by making it possible to register to vote online in as little as three minutes. It also ensured that every individual had control and ownership over the process.</p><p>The UK Government has no plans to reassess its policy with regards to automatic voter registration, as to do so would risk undermining the principle of individuals taking ownership of registering to vote.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 15/04/2024 15:41:57 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698531

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Tuberculosis: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps his Department has taken with the United Nations to help tackle (a) drug-resistant tuberculosis and (b) antimicrobial resistance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	20330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The department actively contributed to the High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis held at the UN General Assembly last September, at which Lord Ahmad represented the UK. The UK's current £1billion commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will support treatment for 41,800 people with Multi-Drug Resistant TB.</p><p>The UK funds major programmes and research to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and strengthen health, water, sanitation, and hygiene systems. The High-Level Meeting on AMR is an excellent opportunity to catalyse global progress, set high ambitions across the One Health spectrum, and promote equitable access to and stewardship of antimicrobials.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/04/2024 08:13:49 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1695768

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	European Court of Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow North of 13 March 2024, for what reasons he considers the European Court of Human Rights to be a foreign court.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	18492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Because it is based in Strasbourg.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/03/2024 16:00:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1689245

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on the persecution of Christians in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	14171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK strongly condemns violence and persecution against Christians in Pakistan.  The former Foreign Secretary raised the persecution of religious communities, including attacks against the Christian community in Jaranwala, with Pakistan's Prime Minister, Anwaral Haq Kakar on 25 September.  On 21 August, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia wrote to Pakistan's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, urging the Government to ensure the safety of the Christian community following the attacks in Jaranwala.  Lord Ahmad also raised the issue with Foreign Minister Jilani when they met on 13 September and in his meeting with the Pakistani High Commissioner on 6 September.</p><p>Alongside our diplomatic engagement, UK programmes seek to address the challenges faced by religious minorities in Pakistan. Our Aawaz II programme brings together community leaders and minority representatives to promote tolerance and reduce violence, and our Hate Speech and Disinformation programme works is working to protect marginalised communities from hate speech online.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 14170 question first answered 26/02/2024 17:42:32 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1687847

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Israel: Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Israeli military planes have used UK airports on each occasion since 7 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	13372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>It is standard practice for the Ministry of Defence to routinely authorise requests for limited numbers of allies and partners to overfly the UK and use UK air bases. For operational security reasons and as a matter of policy, the MOD does not offer comment or information relating to foreign nations’ military aircraft movements or operations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 28/02/2024 15:27:31 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady