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1700012

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Argentina: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the speech by the President of Argentina of 2 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to upholding the Falkland Islanders' right of self-determination. As the Foreign Secretary made clear on his recent visit to the Falkland Islands, as long as the Islanders want to remain part of the UK family, there can be no discussions on sovereignty. The UK looks forward to developing a constructive relationship with Argentina where we can agree to disagree politely on the issue of the Falkland Islands, whilst restarting mutually beneficial co-operation on areas of shared interest.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 07:02:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700181

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Nature Conservation: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2024 to Question 18175 on Nature Conservation: Finance, what estimate he has made of the total budget that is (a) unspent and (b) unallocated as of 12 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	21051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Between financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23 the UK spent £763 million on climate change interventions that protect and restore nature and biodiversity leaving £2.2 billion to spend between 2023/24 and 2025/26. This figure will be updated when total spend for the financial year for 2023/24 is finalised later this year. There is currently over £3 billion allocated to nature programming between 2021/22 and 2025/26.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 16:32:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1700561

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	UNRWA: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make it his policy to continue the suspension of aid funding to UNWRA until evidence is provided that dismisses links between UNWRA and proscribed terror groups.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
	uin	21446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>We are appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned. We have paused any future funding of UNRWA.</p><p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and Catherine Colonna have now provided their interim reports to the UN Secretary-General.</p><p>We want UNRWA to give detailed undertakings about changes in personnel, policy and precedents to ensure this can never happen again.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 16:31:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1699071

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Boris Johnson
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department provided a briefing to Boris Johnson in advance of his meeting with the Venezuelan President.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	20704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Boris Johnson was visiting entirely in a personal capacity and not acting on behalf of the UK Government. His trip was not funded by the UK Government. As part of his visit, Mr Johnson paid a courtesy call on the British Residence in Caracas. The UK does not accept the legitimacy of the administration put in place by Nicolás Maduro following the 2018 presidential election.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 20706 question first answered 15/04/2024 12:58:22 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1699073

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	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	Boris Johnson
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when his Department was first informed of Boris Johnson's meeting with Venezuelan government officials; and whether enquiries were made on the nature of this visit.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	20706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Boris Johnson was visiting entirely in a personal capacity and not acting on behalf of the UK Government. His trip was not funded by the UK Government. As part of his visit, Mr Johnson paid a courtesy call on the British Residence in Caracas. The UK does not accept the legitimacy of the administration put in place by Nicolás Maduro following the 2018 presidential election.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 20704 question first answered 15/04/2024 12:58:22 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1698571

	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	Iraq: Chemical and Biological Warfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to support survivors of the Halabja chemical weapons attack living in (a) Halabja and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	20394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>On 16 March 2024, the 36th anniversary of the Halabja Chemical Attack, the British Consulate General Erbil visited Halabja and paid their respects at the 1988 Chemical Attack Commemoration.</p><p>The British Consulate General Erbil participates each year in these important commemorations and the UK remains committed in its support for the peace, stability and prosperity of the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 14:18:06 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1698572

	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	Kurds: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his department is taking to promote relations between the UK and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	20395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK supports a secure, stable, and thriving Kurdistan Region in Iraq (KRI) within a peaceful and prosperous Iraq. The UK regularly engages with leaders of the KRI and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), including through their representations in London. We maintain our diplomatic presence in the KRI through the British Consulate General in Erbil. Through this platform, we cooperate closely on our shared bilateral priorities, such as security and migration issues.</p><p>The importance of our strategic partnership with the KRI was further reinforced by visits of the Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon in March 2023, and Security Minister, Tom Tughendhat in August.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 13:02:57 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1698573

	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	Iraq: Kurds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to promote relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government of Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	20396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK supports a secure, stable, and thriving Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) within a peaceful and prosperous Iraq. We continue to encourage greater cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve their outstanding issues, such as those related to the federal budget, the oil and gas sector, payment of public salaries, and security cooperation. As intra-Kurdish tensions are impeding progress from being made, Ministers and senior UK officials have advocated repeatedly for unity and increased cooperation within the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), including respect for democratic processes.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 14:16:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1698574

	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	Iraq: Kurds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure the Federal Government of Iraq uphold the constitutional rights of the Kurdish population.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	20397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK supports a thriving Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) within a peaceful and prosperous Iraq. Through our diplomatic engagements, we continue to encourage cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve outstanding issues, including around Kurdish representation in Iraqi politics.</p><p>Elections are essential for the people of the KRI to express their voice and for the future of the region. We are monitoring the situation with long-overdue KRI elections closely and we are seeking a solution that allows free and fair elections to take place as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 20398 20399 20400 question first answered 17/04/2024 15:20:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1698575

	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	Iraq: Kurds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the Federal Government of Iraq to promote inclusion of Kurdish (a) political leaders and (b) Members of Parliament in the (i) Iraqi Council of Representatives in Baghdad and (ii) national political affairs of Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	20398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK supports a thriving Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) within a peaceful and prosperous Iraq. Through our diplomatic engagements, we continue to encourage cooperation between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve outstanding issues, including around Kurdish representation in Iraqi politics.</p><p>Elections are essential for the people of the KRI to express their voice and for the future of the region. We are monitoring the situation with long-overdue KRI elections closely and we are seeking a solution that allows free and fair elections to take place as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 20397 20399 20400 question first answered 17/04/2024 15:20:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan