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810477

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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	Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many states does the UK (a) not have consular representation and (b) have consular representation for UK citizens provided for by consular authorities of another EU member state.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	120823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK does not have consular representation in 48 nation states. Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Article 23, EU Member States should provide consular assistance to EU citizens not represented by their own state, in third countries, on the same basis as their own nationals. We do not hold reliable data about where other EU member states assist UK citizens. In many of these 48 states, the UK also has local, bilateral agreements with non-EU international partners to ensure unrepresented UK nationals have access to consular assistance.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/01/2018 11:25:22 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

825579

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant 120823, what the 48 countries are where the UK has no consular representation; and in which of those countries the UK has bi-lateral arrangements for consular representation with non-EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	123713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Information about the UK's diplomatic representation around the world can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/world/embassies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/world/embassies</a>. The FCO's consular contact centres ensure that British people can access consular services 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Our 24/7 Global Response Centre and extensive network of Honorary Consuls mean that we can provide consular assistance to British people in countries where we do not have an embassy, high commission or consulate. In addition, the UK has a number of bilateral arrangements with non-EU countries relating to consular assistance where the UK does not have consular representation.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/01/2018 17:41:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

832898

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	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	South Sudan: Ceasefires
	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 Troika statement statement on conflict in South Sudan of 12 January 2018, what steps have been taken to define the consequences for those who violate the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement of 21 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	125214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK welcomes the 25 January communiqué by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers on the reports of violations of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement. This demands that all parties who have violated the Agreement submit their own reports to the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Monitoring Mechanism within one month, including the names of responsible individuals; and affirms IGAD's willingness to take appropriate action in the case of non-compliance.</p><p>We are working with IGAD to ensure that the consequences for spoilers of the peace process are clearly set out and rigorously enforced. The UK played a leading role in securing additional EU sanctions, announced on 2 February, to demonstrate that those who choose to subvert the peace process or violate any agreements will be held to account. We strongly support the US arms embargo on South Sudan, also announced on 2 February, and continue to lobby for a UN arms embargo to address the flow of arms that is enabling the conflict.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/02/2018 16:44:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

850043

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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	UN Mission in South Sudan: Finance
	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 he is taking to help ensure adequate funding for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	129611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the important work being done by the UN Mission in South Sudan to protect civilians, monitor and investigate human rights violations, create conducive conditions for humanitarian access, and support the peace agreement. The UK works through the UN Security Council and the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly to ensure UN peacekeeping missions are well planned, resourced, and represent good value for money. The UK pays 5.78 per cent towards UN peacekeeping mission budgets through its UN assessed contributions and is the sixth largest contributor. In financial year 2017-18, the UK share of the cost of the mission in South Sudan through its assessed contribution was £40.8 million.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2018 15:03:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

850044

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
	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 he is taking to ensure that the UK Government financial support in South Sudan for civil society participants in the High-Level Revitalisation Forum continues during the third round of negotiations.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	129612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK welcomes the involvement of representatives from South Sudanese civil society in the first and second rounds of the High Level Revitalisation Forum. Civil society organisations have an important role to play in South Sudan by holding the Government and others to account.</p><p>We will continue to support civil society peacebuilding initiatives. This includes continuing to provide funding to the South Sudanese Council of Churches, enabling the Council to lead mediation and reconciliation efforts between national-level leaders who have the power to stop the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2018 15:05:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

850045

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
	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 is his Department taking to encourage the Government of South Sudan to reduce the cost of a work permit for foreign humanitarian workers.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	129613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK frequently engages South Sudan’s leaders at the highest level to make clear that both bureaucratic and physical obstacles to the delivery of lifesaving aid must cease immediately. As a direct result of lobbying, the South Sudanese Ministry of Labour announced on 27 February that it intends to reduce work permit fees for foreign workers by 50 per cent. We are awaiting confirmation that this has been implemented. It is a positive step, but it does not go far enough. Fees of $2,000 per person are still unacceptably high. Alongside our international partners, we will continue to call for a return to fair and consistent permit fees.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2018 15:06:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

903897

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) people and (b) women detained without charge in (i) Darfur and (ii) Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	143617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>​The Government of Sudan does not release statistics on the number of detainees from each state held in its prisons. We continue to urge the Government of Sudan to guarantee the constitutional and human rights of its citizens, including the right to freedom of expression, to political participation, and to due process in the judicial system.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/05/2018 14:26:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

914824

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Andargachew Tsege
	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 support the return to the UK of Andy Tsege.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	148594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>On 29 May, Andargachew Tsege was released from Kality prison in Addis Ababa to his family living in Ethiopia. With the assistance of Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff in Addis Ababa and London, Mr Tsege returned to the UK on 1 June where he was reunited with his partner and children.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/06/2018 15:08:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

931400

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	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	Leah Sharibu
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Nigerian authorities on the fate of Leah Sharibu, a school girl kidnapped in Nigeria.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	157616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary spoke to Vice President Osinbajo on 26 February and extended an offer of additional UK assistance following the abductions from Dapchi. We continue to call for the release of all those abducted by Boko Haram. Attacks on schools and abductions of children are abhorrent and must stop. The Government of Nigeria has said they are making all efforts to secure her release. The UK is resolute in its support for Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram, and are providing a substantial package of intelligence, military and humanitarian support to assist in the response to the ongoing conflict.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/07/2018 15:04:51 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

391437

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Andargachew Tsege
	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 raise the case of Mr Tsege with the US administration before President Obama's visit to Ethiopia.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>President Obama was not asked to raise the case of Andargachew Tsege with the Government of Ethiopia during his visit. The Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP) and the Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Witney (David Cameron MP) have frequently raised the case directly and at the highest levels of the Ethiopian government, most recently on 8th and 17th August, and will continue to do so. Following an HMG request Mr Tsege has been transferred to a federal prison, and HMA Addis visited him there on 13 August.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/09/2015 13:55:12 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake