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1459254

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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	Duaa Alwadaei
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Ambassador to Bahrain will attend the 24 April 2022 sentencing of Duaa Alwadaei in Bahrain, the British-Bahraini wife of human rights defender, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain is aware of Mrs Alwadaei's case and have been in touch to provide Consular support. We understand that the charges against her have now been dropped and her case has been closed.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 26/04/2022 16:03:47 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1459280

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 processes are in place to ensure that people who have come to the UK through the Homes for Ukraine scheme can transfer to a new sponsor in the event that the original sponsorship relationship breaks down or is found to be unsuitable; and whether people can transfer from the Homes for Ukraine scheme to the Scottish Government’s super sponsor scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Individuals arriving with the Scottish Government as a direct sponsor – known as ‘Devolved Government Sponsorship’ – are arriving under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Further details on the development of the scheme will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 26/04/2022 15:59:00 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1455073

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has been allocated additional resources to fund the necessary increase in staff to provide the additional capacity to the UKVI team following the announcement of and the opening of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	148220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system.</p><p>We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet caseworking demand of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and the Ukraine Family Scheme which we have launched in response to the crisis in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:01:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1455081

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recent allocation of resources to visa application centres, what assessment she has made of when UKVI will have sufficient capacity to tackle the backlog of applications from Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	148221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine. Over 27,000 visas have already been issued under our two schemes to assist Ukrainians fleeing conflict.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants, and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p><p>As part of the Home Office’s commitment to make it easier for applicants to apply to our schemes, since 15 March Ukrainians with valid passports no longer need to go to a Visa Application Centre to give their biometrics before they come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:23:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1453674

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	Myanmar: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to declare the UK’s intention to join the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	145887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) consideration of the ongoing case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar for its alleged breach of the Genocide Convention. We are supporting the ICJ process which is putting pressure on Myanmar to protect the Rohingya. We provided the funding to enable Rohingya refugees to attend the hearings in December 2019. We are monitoring developments closely. We will keep under review the question of a UK intervention once the Court has ruled on whether the case can proceed.</p><p>The Rohingya crisis remains a UK priority. We continue to support the humanitarian responses on both sides of the border. In Rakhine State the UK has provided over £81 million to all communities since 2017, including over £25 million for the Rohingya and other Muslim minorities for support such as nutrition and health.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 28/03/2022 14:50:21 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1453676

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Myanmar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on security for the diaspora Burmese community in the UK of the continuous presence of the Myanmar military attaché in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	145888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>As a matter or long-standing policy, the Government does not comment on the detail of security or intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government takes potential risks to communities in the UK, including those from Myanmar, very seriously. I would encourage anyone who feels that they are under threat to contact the police in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/03/2022 14:50:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1438442

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Yazidis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Yazidi refugees have been resettled in the UK since 2014; what resettlement schemes were used for those people; and how many successful Yazidi applicants were made under each resettlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	135523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office provides resettlement solely on the basis of needs, identified by UNHCR. Individuals ethnic and religious background is not part of this consideration.</p><p>We therefore do not publish a religious or ethnic breakdown of those who have been resettled.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/04/2022 09:54:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56757 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1436511

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, if he will publish the 1,800 recommendations received in response to his recent article in The Sun newspaper relating to opportunities arising from the UK's departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	131210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>I have taken great personal interest in the recommendations received so far in response to The Sun newspaper article. My officials in the Brexit Opportunities Unit will work with government departments to consider recommendations. We will announce any and all future regulatory reforms in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>As per the department’s privacy notice, the Cabinet Office does not routinely publish correspondence received from members of the public and does not intend to make an exception for these recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 03/03/2022 17:50:20 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1421278

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Maira Shahbaz
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to advance the Asylum case of Christian Pakistani girl, Maira Shahbaz, and her family who have been in hiding for 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	121777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>It is longstanding Government policy not to comment on individual cases, especially where doing so may put individuals or their family members in danger.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/02/2022 16:33:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52074 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1421279

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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	Maira Shahbaz
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the case of Christian Pakistani girl Maira Shahbaz and her family, who have been in hiding for 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	121778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>It is longstanding Government policy not to comment on individual cases, where to do so may put individuals or their family members in danger.</p><p>The UK condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls in Pakistan. We regularly raise Freedom of Religion or Belief, women and girls' rights and gender equality at a senior level with the Government of Pakistan, including on individual cases. During his visit to Pakistan in June 2021, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for South Asia met Prime Minister Khan, as well as other senior government ministers including Foreign Minister Qureshi, and Human Rights Minister Mazari. During these meetings, Lord Ahmad highlighted the need to address persecution, promote respect for all religions and increase tolerance for religious minorities. He also met interfaith leaders to understand the situation of minorities in Pakistan, particularly the issue of forced conversion and marriage of young girls. Most recently, Lord Ahmad discussed the need to promote respect for all religions with Governor of Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on 28 November, and on January 6 with Shaikh Hasan Haseeb Ur Rehman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, and Pir Naqeeb, custodian of the Eidgah Sharif Shrine in Rawalpindi. In addition to diplomatic engagement, the FCDO funds programmes in Pakistan that directly address early and forced marriages, gender-based violence and modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/02/2022 11:48:36 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara