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788500

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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 list the occasions on which Ministers or officials in his Department have met representatives of the Iranian Government to call for the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	112728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and I regularly raise all our dual national detainee cases, including Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, at the highest levels and at every opportunity. I last raised our cases with the Iranian Ambassador on 14 November. Officials in London and Tehran, including our Ambassador also regularly raise these cases.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/11/2017 16:47:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784885

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Eritrea: Protest
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 his Department is taking to encourage the Eritrean Government to respect the right to peaceful protest in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains concerned about the human rights record of the Government of Eritrea, including on Freedom of Expression. My officials raised the importance of the right to peaceful protest in a meeting with the Eritrean Ambassador in London on 8 November. We have also raised concerns on Eritrea’s human rights record in international fora, including during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea both at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 16 June 2017 and at the UN General Assembly on 26 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/11/2017 15:58:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784886

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Eritrea: Protest
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 has made representations to the Eritrean Government on reports that several protestors were killed by security services in Asmara on 31 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>I am aware of reports that there were deaths and injuries amongst protestors in Asmara on 31 October. Our Embassy in Asmara, along with international partners, are monitoring the situation closely but have been unable to verify reports of deaths. Officials from the Embassy made representations to Eritrean authorities with regards to one British dual-national who was arrested following the protest, who has since been released. Foreign and Commonwealth Officials also raised the importance of the right to peaceful protest in a meeting with the Eritrean Ambassador in London on 8 November.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/11/2017 15:55:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784897

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Sudan: 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 the UN Human Rights Council's 36th Session Report, on human rights in Sudan, whether the Government supports the position of the UN Human Rights Council to plan for the eventual transition of the Independent Expert's mandate from that of Independent Expert to another appropriate UN human rights mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK welcomed the renewal of the mandate for the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council in September. The resolution that renewed the mandate made clear that any transition of the mandate must be underpinned by an improvement in the human rights situation in Sudan, and the British Government supports this position.</p><p>Sudan remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, and improving human rights is a key objective of our engagement with Sudan. We used the fourth session of the Strategic Dialogue on 16 October to raise our concerns directly with the Government of Sudan, and to encourage them to meet their international obligations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2017 14:36:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784972

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
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 programmes combating malaria in each of the last five financial years; and whether her Department plans to protect the current level of funding in real terms over the next five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID tackles malaria through bilateral programmes in countries, research, multilateral funding to the Global Fund and the World Health Organisation, and through activities such as strengthening health systems in endemic countries. DFID is currently the second largest global funder of the effort against malaria and expects to remain a leading global donor in the future.</p><p>DFID’s level of spend on direct malaria control activities and multilateral contributions for 2011-2015, including the £1.1 billion investment in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, are published as part of “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2016" target="_blank">Data underlying Statistics on International Development</a>” alongside wider DFID and UK Government spending. DFID’s estimates of total UK Government malaria spend take into account the broader activities to tackle malaria, and show spend of £499m for 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/11/2017 17:59:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784973

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to contain the spread of treatment-resistant strains of malaria in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Drug resistance, along with insecticide resistance, poses a real threat to recent progress in tackling malaria. As a leading global funder of efforts to tackle malaria, DFID is taking action through research funding, bilateral programmes, together with our substantial funding to multilateral institutions such as the Global Fund. This support improves the quality of drug management programmes. We are also responding to the threat by providing funding for the development of new, effective, drugs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/11/2017 17:58:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784975

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on the potential effect of proposed reductions in the State Department's budget on global efforts to combat TB in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK and US work together closely on the Board of the Global Fund which is the largest international financer of TB care globally. There is also significant DFID-USAID collaboration, at official and Ministerial level, on global health programmes and policies, including joint funding arrangements at country level and joint engagement on international partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Secretary of State has had significant engagement with her US counterpart, USAID Administrator Mark Green. They had agreed to hold the next UK/US strategic dialogue on development in early 2018; while the exact date has not yet been confirmed it is likely to be in January or February.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 111650 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:58:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784976

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her counterpart in the US on that country's commitment to combatting TB in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK and US work together closely on the Board of the Global Fund which is the largest international financer of TB care globally. There is also significant DFID-USAID collaboration, at official and Ministerial level, on global health programmes and policies, including joint funding arrangements at country level and joint engagement on international partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Secretary of State has had significant engagement with her US counterpart, USAID Administrator Mark Green. They had agreed to hold the next UK/US strategic dialogue on development in early 2018; while the exact date has not yet been confirmed it is likely to be in January or February.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 111649 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:58:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784977

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the programmes which it funds to support the distribution of malaria nets do not use insecticides to which mosquitos have become resistant.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK funds the distribution of bednets primarily through the Global Fund, and through direct procurement in some countries. The World Health Organisation tests and certifies the efficacy of new insecticide products such as bednets and both the Global Fund and our goods and equipment supplier only procure WHO approved bednets.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/11/2017 17:57:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

782124

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Sudan: 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 support the UK is giving to human rights defenders working in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	110959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Sudan is a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, and we remain concerned about the human rights situation in Sudan. We used the fourth round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue to agree steps that the Government of Sudan would take to further progress on human rights issues, and to raise again our concerns.</p><p>We welcomed the recent release and pardoning of six human rights activists, including Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, an issue on which we actively lobbied the Government of Sudan. However, a number of human rights challenges remain. The UK will continue to be a strong advocate of the work that human rights defenders do in Sudan. Our Embassy in Khartoum maintains a regular dialogue with the Government of Sudan on human rights issues, and we will continue to lobby them on individual cases of particular concern.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/11/2017 14:31:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady