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1351488

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Afghanistan: Taliban
	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 he will list the NGOs he discussed the Taliban upsurge in Afghanistan with, and the dates and times of those discussions, during the period 12 to 16 August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text The Foreign Secretary has been overseeing the FCDO's response to the situation in Afghanistan throughout, including engaging with international partners and directing the FCDO's crisis response. answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/09/2021 13:41:12 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1351486

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Afghanistan: Diplomatic Service
	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 he will publish the (a) days and (b) times he spoke to the UK Ambassador in Kabul during the period 12 to 16 August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text The Foreign Secretary drew regularly on advice from HMA Kabul and many other Ambassadors in the region during that period. answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/09/2021 13:15:04 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1351489

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Afghanistan: Taliban
	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 he will list the dates and times of internal departmental meetings he convened to discuss the Taliban upsurge in Afghanistan in the period 12 to 16 August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have been, and remain, vital partners for our work in Afghanistan. We are working closely with them to respond to the changing situation on the ground & consider how best we can respond collectively to the increasing humanitarian needs in the country. answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/09/2021 13:40:37 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1352118

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in Afghanistan with refugee family reunion visas are able to travel to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>We stand by our commitment to help all Afghans who are eligible to come to the UK, including those who hold refugee reunion visas, to travel by whatever routes are available. We are clear that the Taliban must ensure safe passage for these people out of Afghanistan, and any engagement with them will emphasise this first and foremost. We are also in frequent contact with neighbouring countries, and wider partners, to help secure safe routes.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/09/2021 14:02:02 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1315865

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	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	Western Sahara: Politics and Government
	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 it is his Department's policy that the status of Western Sahara is a non-self-governing territory, in accordance with the UN determination.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	3039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>We note the UN's position on the status of Western Sahara, which is set out on its website: https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/nsgt/western-sahara. As the Foreign Secretary stated on 11 December 2020, the UK regards the status of Western Sahara as undetermined: www.gov.uk/government/news/israel-and-morocco-uk-responds-to-announcement-of-normalisation.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 25/05/2021 14:27:07 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1698918

	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 18833 on UNRWA: Finance, how much funding he has allocated to UNWRA for the financial year 2024-25; what his criteria are to resume funding; what discussions he is having on resuming funding; and whether he has undertaken an impact assessment on the pausing of funding.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	20677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>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. We want UNRWA to give detailed undertakings about changes in personnel, policy and precedents to ensure this can never happen again. We are working with allies to try to bring this situation to a rapid conclusion, not least because UNRWA have a vital role to play in providing aid and services in Gaza.</p><p>Our decision to pause future funding to UNRWA has no impact on the UK's contribution to the humanitarian response. We remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to people in Gaza who desperately need it, including through other UN agencies and British charities. We trebled our aid commitment this financial year and we are doing everything we can to get more aid in as quickly as possible by land, sea and air. UK funding has supported the work of partners including the British Red Cross, World Food Programme, UNICEF and Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS) to deliver vital supplies.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/04/2024 07:16:20 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1366980

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2021
	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	UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
	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 raise with her Moroccan counterpart the stamping of MINURSO passports by Morocco.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	71374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>We are closely monitoring the situation in Western Sahara. We have regular discussions with the parties and remain in close contact with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The UK fully supports the UN's efforts to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:24:29 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1382632

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2021
	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	Western Sahara: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2021 to Question 71375 on Western Sahara: Human Rights; what discussions she has had with her Moroccan counterpart on Morocco's lack of facilitation of a visit to Western Sahara by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	82341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>We are closely monitoring the situation in Western Sahara. We have regular discussions with the UN, both in New York and in the region, as well as with the parties. The UK has consistently supported language in the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions which encourages the parties to sustain their efforts to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights in Western Sahara and in the Tindouf camps.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 06/12/2021 17:35:46 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1254456

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	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	Morocco: Western Sahara
	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 discussions he has had with his Moroccan counterpart on the military operation started by Morocco in Guerguerat, Western Sahara on 13 November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	119298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>We are closely monitoring the situation in Western Sahara and in regular contact with the parties including Morocco. We continue to urge the parties to avoid further escalation, return to the ceasefire agreement, and re-engage with the UN-led political process.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 30/11/2020 16:35:59 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1315875

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	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 assistance consular services are providing to UK citizens abroad to help them access covid-19 vaccines.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	3040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>We are closely following other countries' plans to roll out vaccines. We are providing bespoke information through Travel Advice pages and 'Living In' guides on gov.uk to inform British nationals of healthcare options available to them and how they can receive a vaccine in the country where they live. The UK is playing a leading international role to ensure global access to COVID-19 vaccines. For example, we have contributed £548 million to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment to ensure that the 92 most vulnerable economies have access to COVID-19 vaccines and I am delighted that this is starting to deliver.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 26/05/2021 07:56:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown