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759715

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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	USA: Transgender People
	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 he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on transgendered rights.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	10026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>We have not held any specific discussions on transgender rights with the US Administration. The US Administration is aware of our opposition to all forms of discrimination, and our commitment to promoting LGBT+ equality around the world.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/09/2017 12:41:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732630

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Qatar: Diplomatic Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the diplomatic situation between Qatar and its neighbouring states.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by the tensions in the Gulf. The continuation of this dispute which threatens the long-term security, stability and economies of States in the region is in no-one's interests. This is why the British Government wants to see Gulf unity restored and for all parties to take steps to build confidence.</p><p>That means Qatar's neighbours must ensure their demands are measured and realistic. Qatar also needs to take steps to engage on the substance of its neighbours' concerns and build on the progress already made on counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation in partnership with other Gulf countries.</p><p>The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and I have spoken regularly to our counterparts in the region, as well as to US, French and EU partners. We want to support the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in finding a swift solution.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2017 12:52:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732631

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Ilois: Resettlement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he or a Minister of his Department intends to meet representatives from the Chagos community to discuss (a) their campaign to return to and (b) the vote in the UN on the legal status of the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns met representatives from the Chagos Refugees Group on 15 September. FCO officials continue to regularly meet members of the Chagossian community in the UK and overseas. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon holds the lead responsibility for British Indian Ocean Territory and looks forward to meeting with Chagossian representatives in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/06/2017 15:58:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732661

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Minister has responsibility for the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN has lead responsibility for the British Indian Ocean Territory.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 15:12:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732663

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Resolutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has with the UK Ambassador to the UN regarding the UN vote on the legal status of the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have discussed the question of the UN vote regularly. Those discussions, where appropriate, have included our Permanent Representative to the UN. The UK has no doubts about our sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory. In my Written Statement of 26 June, I made clear that this is an inappropriate use of the International Court of Justice advisory mechanism and should be resolved bilaterally between the UK and Mauritius.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 16:30:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732664

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Resolutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Mauritian counterpart on the UN vote on the legal status of the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister with responsibility for the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), met Sir Anerood Jugnauth (Mauritian Minister Mentor, Minister for Defence and Minister for Rodrigues) in New York on 19 June to discuss the Territory.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 16:34:51 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732665

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Resolutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has with his American counterpart on the UN vote on the legal status of the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has discussed the UN vote with his US counterpart on several occasions, most recently on 25 June.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 16:06:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732667

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Resolutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts from (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Italy and (d) Spain on the recent UN vote on the legal status of the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text The UK made representations in advance to countries taking part in the UN General Assembly debate and made our case again on the UN General Assembly plenary floor. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 16:49:59 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732675

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Ilois: Resettlement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the resettlement of Chagossians to the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>​On 16 November 2016, the Government announced its decision not to support the resettlement of Chagossians to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) on the grounds of feasibility, defence and security interests, and cost to the British taxpayer. At the same time the Government announced a support package worth approximately £40million over ten years, the vast majority of which is intended to provide Chagossians in the UK, Mauritius and Seychelles with better life chances in the communities in which they currently live. As part of the package, the Government is also implementing an increased programme of heritage visits to BIOT. The next heritage visit by Chagossians is planned for later this year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 15:48:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

746148

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on upholding the one country, two systems principle in Hong Kong.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>I had a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador on 5 July, during which I stressed the importance of respect for 'One Country, Two Systems'. I made clear the UK's strong commitment to the Sino-British Joint Declaration: a recognition that it remains a legally binding treaty until 2047, is registered with the UN and continues to be in force. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson), also discussed Hong Kong issues at a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 16 February 2017. To mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Foreign Secretary issued a Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 29 June <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/</a></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/07/2017 12:39:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West