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1110647

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	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	Embassies: Huawei
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK (a) embassies and (b) residences use Huawei equipment for (i) internal and (ii) external communications.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	242846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office provides communications to its diplomatic premises around the world through the ECHO network delivered by Vodafone. The department does not keep a register of equipment used in the ECHO network. Many official residences also make use of ECHO connectivity, or contract local communications providers. The department does not keep a central register of equipment used for non-ECHO networks. Where communications are sensitive, data is encrypted to a suitable level across the ECHO network, thereby safeguarding the information.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 15/04/2019 13:46:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

723143

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2017
	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	Chechnya: Homosexuality
	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 in response to reports of the imprisonment and abuse of homosexual men in Chechnya.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	71594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>​I refer the Hon. Member to my response to written question 70842, and the answers I gave when replying to an Urgent Question in the House on 20 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/04/2017 15:45:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

714534

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	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	Ukraine: Cybersecurity
	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 the Government is taking to learn from the cyber and information warfare experienced in Ukraine over the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	69474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>​The Government is acutely aware of the need to learn lessons from other countries' experiences of hostile cyber activity and information operations. This is factored into our National Cyber Security Strategy, the latest version of which was published in November 2016 and can be found on gov.uk. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-security-strategy-2016-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-security-strategy-2016-to-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/04/2017 14:26:39 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

713485

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Petro Poroshenko
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether President Poroshenko has been invited to visit the UK to meet the Prime Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	68964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>​The Prime Minister met President Poroshenko at Davos in January. We are preparing for him to visit the UK and meet the Prime Minister, at her invitation, in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2017 15:00:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

713488

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Russia: Sanctions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of international economic sanctions against Russia related to that country's occupation of parts of Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	68996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>​Sanctions are having an impact on Russia, exacerbating negative trends in its economy caused by low oil prices and structural weakness. The Russian economy contracted by approximately 3.7% in 2015 and by 0.5% in 2016. Financial sanctions are particularly effective, making it expensive and difficult for sanctioned Russian entities to access finance to rollover existing debt and fund new investment projects.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2017 15:02:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

713489

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Ukraine: 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, when he last met the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	68997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>I hold regular meetings with the Ukrainian Ambassador, Her Excellency Ambassador, Natalia Galibarenko. The most recent was in January, during which we had a wide ranging discussion both bilateral and international issues.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2017 15:04:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

662910

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times in 2016 he met the Russian ambassador to discuss the humanitarian situation in Aleppo.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	58505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) summoned the Russian Ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 15 December to make clear the British Government's deep concern over the situation in Aleppo and Russia's actions in Syria. I have met the Russian Ambassador twice since my appointment as Minister for Europe and the Americas. We had a thorough discussion on Syria in August 2016 during which I also expressed the UK's concern about the situation in Aleppo and our shared interest in working together on a political settlement in Syria.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 09/01/2017 15:16:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

659540

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	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	Syria: Armed Conflict
	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 representatives of the Russian government on the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	57777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary summoned the Russian Ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 15 December to discuss the situation in Syria. The Foreign Secretary made clear the British Government’s concern over the actions of Russia in Syria, and in particular the situation in Aleppo where Russia has failed to uphold its obligations under international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/12/2016 12:00:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

654840

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	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: Foreign 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 discussions he has had with the transition team of the President-elect of the US.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	56772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) has spoken to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, Senator Jeff Sessions (now the nominee for Attorney General) and other senior Republicans since the US Elections on 8 November. The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) has spoken twice with President-elect Donald Trump. Furthermore the British Ambassador in Washington and his team have also had extensive engagement with Mr Trump's transition team.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/12/2016 17:45:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis