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1334193

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish each of the reports distributed by the UK's trade commissioner for North America to individual members of the US Senate and US House of Representatives on the potential benefits of a UK-US trade deal for their states and districts.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	15191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The reports represent the current trade relationship between the UK and each of the 50 states, not the potential trade benefits of a UK-US free trade agreement. The reports were produced using data supplied by The Trade Partnership, an economic research firm in Washington, DC.</p><p> </p><p>The 2020 state level reports were also produced from data supplied by The Trade Partnership, available on GOV.UK here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fuk-usa-trade-and-investment-highlights&amp;data=04|01|parly.pqs%40trade.gov.uk|8405e215f54f488c262708d934a59e02|8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86|0|0|637598708289150772|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D|1000&amp;sdata=DktPkd7aXRyhcLkGeizgTDC4m%2BkTxu%2FDNnyM3b4gAb4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-usa-trade-and-investment-highlights</a> .</p><p> </p><p>The UK-US 50 State and 435 Congressional District economic impact reports were authorised and commissioned by the US Prosperity Programme Board, which is made up of numerous officials. State export data comes from The Trade Partnership’s CDxports database.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade Partnership derives goods exports primarily from data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Moody’s Analytics. The Trade Partnership derives services exports primarily from data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and Moody’s Analytics.</p><p> </p><p>The 435 district-level reports, produced from the state level data, have not been previously published due to the disproportionate cost in staff time to format and upload them onto GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 15192 15193 15194 question first answered 21/06/2021 14:41:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1334270

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Climate Change: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress the Government has made through international co-operation on tackling climate change.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	901235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The G7 Leaders Summit was a critical point as we work towards COP26 in Glasgow later this year. The G7 collectively committed to achieve net zero no later than 2050, and to halve our collective emissions and protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 15/06/2021 16:11:30 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1334271

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Biodiversity: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he has taken to secure international co-operation on the Leaders Pledge for Nature to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 for sustainable development.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	901239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>We are working to build support for the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature, and 88 countries so far have signed up. I am pleased that in the last two weeks, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Guyana, and Suriname have also signed up. Just last weekend, the Prime Minister secured commitments from G7 Leaders to work together to tackle biodiversity loss, including to protect at least 30% of global land and ocean by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 15/06/2021 16:12:37 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1334272

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Developing Countries: Internally Displaced People and Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps the Government has taken to support refugees and internally displaced people overseas.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	901243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK remains at the forefront of refugee responses around the world. In March, the Foreign Secretary announced ‘at least £205 million’ to the Syria Crisis, bringing our total support to over £3.7 billion since 2012.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to be one of the lead donors to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), supporting its efforts to provide assistance to vulnerable refugees in some of the most challenging environments around the world.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also one of the largest bilateral donors to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, supporting access to vaccines in up to 92 low and middle-income countries, aiming to supply 1.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of 2021.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/06/2021 15:27:27 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1334273

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	British Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will take steps to help prevent the closure of British Council offices overseas.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	901247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>As my honourable friend knows, we agreed a 2021/22 Spending Review for the British Council settlement totalling £189m, a 27% increase on funding for 2020/21. Not only have we increased funding, we provided a rescue package during the Covid-19 pandemic. This includes immediate assistance of £26m at the start of the pandemic, a loan facility of up to £145m, and a further £100m loan to support restructuring. We also provided a Letter of Comfort to ensure the Council could meet its financial obligations. Alongside the British Council, we are reviewing physical Council presence in country as part of a wider modernisation process. These changes will be minimal. The impact of the Council in a digital age should be judged by its operational rather than physical presence. But I would remind him that despite the challenging economic climate, the Government is providing over £600 million since the pandemic hit to secure the Council’s future, demonstrating our commitment to the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 15/06/2021 15:43:20 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

1334274

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Occupied Territories: Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of advising UK businesses against trading with illegal settlements as a disincentive to Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	901260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements is clear. They are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace, and threaten the physical viability of a two-state solution.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship and we are firmly opposed to boycotts or sanctions. But we do not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including the settlements, as part of Israel.</p><p> </p><p>We urge Israel to halt settlement expansion immediately.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately it will be the decision of an individual or company whether to operate in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, but the British Government would neither encourage nor offer support to such activity.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/06/2021 15:41:23 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1334275

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	901246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>We continue to monitor the humanitarian situation in Gaza, exacerbated by recent escalation of violence between Hamas and Israel, including significant damage and destruction of civilian infrastructure including homes, schools, hospitals, and clinics.</p><p> </p><p>We are in close contact with UN agencies and key partners on the ground to assess the situation and will monitor closely.</p><p> </p><p>I announced funding of £3.2 million to UNRWA’s emergency flash appeal on 20 May. This will address the immediate humanitarian needs of vulnerable Palestinians living in Gaza.</p><p> </p><p>Humanitarian access remains critical. We continue to urge Israel to ensure access into and out of Gaza, including for essential health services.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/06/2021 15:40:26 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1334276

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Belarus: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What diplomatic steps he is taking to support the operation of political opposition in Belarus.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Jack Brereton
uin	901237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>We support the opposition’s struggle to seek a democratic future for all Belarusians through peaceful means. We strongly condemn the ongoing repression and human rights violations committed by the Lukashenko regime. The Government has increased financial support to civil society organisations and independent media. We have provided over £1m in 2020, and an additional £1.8m this financial year to support civil society and media freedom in Belarus. We have imposed over 90 sanctions designations in response to the fraudulent elections and human rights violations in Belarus and we are actively considering further designations. Following the FR4978 flight, the UK took clear decisive action:</p><ul><ul><li><p>We suspended the operating permit of Belavia airlines.</p></li><li><p>We banned Belarusian airlines from UK airspace without prior authorisation</p></li><li><p>We have advised all UK airlines to avoid flying over Belarus.</p></li></ul></ul><p>The Foreign Secretary discussed the political situation in Belarus and further measures the UK might take with the opposition leader in exile, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya 2 June. The UK pressed for a fact finding investigation by ICAO, the international organisation responsible for civil aviation, which was established on 27 May.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 15/06/2021 15:25:22 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4643 label Biography information for Jack Brereton

1334277

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Tigray: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking in response to the recent assessment of the UK's famine prevention envoy on the situation in Tigray.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	901236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>Our Special Envoy found growing risk of famine, primarily due to the conduct of the conflict. Last week, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification assessment estimated that 353,000 people are facing famine like conditions. The situation is extremely grave.</p><p>Last Wednesday I urged the international community to join our call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. This call was echoed in the G7 Summit Communique. Yesterday, I announced the UK will reprioritise £16.7m to the crisis in Tigray. This is on top of the existing £27m in 2020-21 already directed to the response, and an additional £4m allocated to support nutrition and vaccinations in Tigray. This brings UK total funding to support response to the crisis to £47.7m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 16/06/2021 07:48:13 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1336535

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 27 November 2020 to Question 118120, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the of the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act 2020; and whether the UK will assume one of the international seats on the governing board of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace created by that Act.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	16273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK government shares the objective of increasing understanding and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. In support of this, we continue to fund peacebuilding projects focused on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. UK officials also remain in close contact with the US government regarding the International Fund. We look forward to hearing more from the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) and US Government about the International Fund's objectives and the projects it will support. Once more information is available, we will consider options for collaboration.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 22/06/2021 16:06:23 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan