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1663702

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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	Zimbabwe: Foreign Relations
	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 assessment he has made of UK relations with Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	201555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to maintaining a constructive dialogue with the Government of Zimbabwe which will enable us to pursue shared interests, support Zimbabwe's most vulnerable people, and deepen our strong people-to-people links and raise issues relating to human rights and corruption. We would like to see the Government of Zimbabwe meet its international and domestic obligations by respecting the rule of law, safeguarding human rights, and delivering political and economic reform for the benefit of all Zimbabweans. I [Andrew Mitchell] recently made a statement on 31 August highlighting the UK's issues surrounding Zimbabwe's Elections.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/10/2023 14:53:32 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701385

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Zimbabwe: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how many UK nationals have requested consular assistance in Zimbabwe in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Following initial triage of inquiries, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provided consular assistance to the following number of British nationals in Zimbabwe:</p><ul><li>2020: 76</li><li>2021: 33</li><li>2022: 33</li><li>2023: 27</li></ul> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/04/2024 14:32:18 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701386

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Zimbabwe: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he plans to expand the consular mission in Harare.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to increase the number of consular staff in Harare. Staffing levels are regularly reviewed and a regional resilience model is in place to support surges in demand.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/04/2024 14:32:55 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1610311

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Zimbabwe: Commonwealth
	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 progress Zimbabwe has made in its application to re-join the Commonwealth; and what requirements will need to be met by the Zimbabwean government to progress that application.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	180444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The decision on whether Zimbabwe re-joins the Commonwealth is for all Commonwealth members. We recognise the value of having Zimbabwe back in the Commonwealth, but any re-entry would need to be on the basis that Zimbabwe was meeting admission requirements and able to uphold the values and principles set out in the Commonwealth Charter. Zimbabwe's General Elections this year present a clear opportunity for the Government to demonstrate progress against the principles of the Charter, namely respect for human rights and freedom for the political opposition, civil society and media to operate.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/04/2023 16:53:14 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1663703

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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	Zimbabwe: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British nationals have requested consular assistance in Zimbabwe in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	201556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provided consular assistance in Zimbabwe in 22 new cases in 2018, 34 new cases in 2019, 76 new cases in 2020, 33 new cases in 2021, 33 new cases in 2022, and 19 new cases to 16 October 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/10/2023 14:53:54 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1685531

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	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	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Somaliland on the ongoing British intervention in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	11714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK condemns in the strongest terms the illegal and unjustified attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi militants. The UK is working and engaging extensively with allies and partners to safeguard maritime security and navigational rights and freedoms in the Red Sea.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 07/02/2024 14:07:16 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695041

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	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	Uganda: Christianity
	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 help support persecuted Christians in Uganda.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	17816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>We have no evidence of state persecution of Christians based on religious belief in Uganda. However, Uganda faces a terrorist threat, including from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), or Islamic State DRC, which does target Christians, and has carried out attacks against civilians in Uganda in recent years, notably an attack on a school in Mpondwe on 16 June 2023, killing more than 40 people. I condemned this abhorrent attack in the strongest possible terms at the time. The British High Commission remains in close contact with Ugandan security services, who continue to conduct operations against the ADF.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 21/03/2024 16:48:08 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1541994

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	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: Humanitarian Aid
	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 steps his Department is taking to provide the Tigray region with humanitarian support.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	86647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the recent peace agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The agreement provides for unfettered humanitarian access and for the resumption of essential basic services. In the last eighteen months the UK has provided almost £90 million of humanitarian support to people affected by crises throughout Ethiopia including in Tigray. The recently announced £14 million package of humanitarian funding will deliver support to 150,000 people in Tigray and other regions of Ethiopia.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/11/2022 10:31:29 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1541995

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	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: Armed Conflict
	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 assessment his Department has made of the conflict in Tigray.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	86665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the recent agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front to end the conflict in northern Ethiopia.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/11/2022 10:35:06 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1658671

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	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	Sudan: Christianity
	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 support his Department is providing to persecuted Christians in Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	198020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>We welcomed the progress made by the Sudanese transitional government from 2019 to 2021, which included decriminalising apostasy, declaring Christmas a national holiday and lifting public order laws that disproportionately affected Christian women. However, we are aware that these significant steps taken to improve religious freedom have stalled since 2021. In May this year, following the outbreak of conflict in April, we announced £21.7 million in humanitarian assistance for Sudan, part of a £143 million package of aid for East Africa. This includes support to protection activities for vulnerable people affected by the conflict. The UK continues to fund and support the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sudan (OHCHR), a UN body that provides a crucial role in monitoring and reporting on human rights violations.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/09/2023 07:27:52 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell