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date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to implement the Contracts for Difference auction and allocation on an annual basis.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	122698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>On 9 February 2022, the Secretary of State announced that Contracts for Difference allocation rounds will be held on an annual basis from March 2023, when the next round (AR5) will open to applications.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-02-09/hcws600" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-02-09/hcws600</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/02/2022 16:40:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

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date	30/11/2020
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: Forced Marriage
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 recent representations he has made to the Pakistani Government on behalf of (a) Maira Shahbaz, (b) Arzoo Raja and (c) other girls who have been kidnapped, forcibly converted and married in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government strongly condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls from religious minorities in Pakistan. We are closely monitoring the cases of Maira Shahbaz and Arzoo Raja. We regularly raise our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief, women and girls' rights and gender equality with the Government of Pakistan at a senior level. On 19 October, the Minister of State for South Asia and Minister responsible for Human Rights, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised our concerns about child, early and forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls with Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari. In addition, Lord Ahmad raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief with Dr Mazari on 16 November. The British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Dr Christian Turner CMG, raised our concerns about the case of Maira Shahbaz with the Governor of Punjab, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, on 16 November.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 07/12/2020 20:55:19 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon