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1139244

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Afghanistan and Pakistan: Polio
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help eradicate polio in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	277648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK is the third largest donor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and has committed £1.3 billion in total since 1995. In Afghanistan and Pakistan GPEI are working to reach children in inaccessible regions that have been missed by vaccination campaigns. They are also tackling misinformation campaigns that severely affect vaccine uptake. UK funding contributes significantly to these efforts.</p><p> </p><p>The UK are observers on the Polio Oversight Board and represent all state donors on the Strategy Committee, which gives us a position from which to influence the activities of the programme at a strategic level. We regularly review progress in the endemic countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan and DFID country offices in each of these countries also have valuable insight by engaging with the programme in country.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 14:21:21 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1149434

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Armed Conflict: Civilians
	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 UN General Assembly's First Committee on International Disarmament and International Security 2018 joint statement on the impact of explosive weapons in populated areas, whether the UK will become a signatory to that statement before the end of 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Joint Statement on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas presented at last year's UN General Assembly First Committee was a standalone document specific to the 2018 First Committee; it cannot be supported retrospectively.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/10/2019 16:08:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1149512

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Human Rights
	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 has a policy on the support and protection of human rights defenders worldwide.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>​The UK strongly supports the rights of human rights defenders worldwide to carry out their work safely and without fear. In July 2019, the UK published the document 'UK Support for Human Rights Defenders' that sets out our ongoing dedication to supporting and protecting human rights defenders worldwide. Our work to support human rights defenders across our global network of posts takes its inspiration from the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders; it includes attending trials, making public statements, raising cases privately with the host government, and lobbying for safe and open space for within which civil society and human rights defenders can operate. We also regularly engage with NGO representatives and human rights defenders to discuss the challenges which human rights defenders face and how the UK can best help in overcoming them.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/10/2019 10:21:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1151349

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Egypt: Human Rights
	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 human rights situation in Egypt; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	3559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>​Egypt is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Priority Country and the UK continues to urge the Egyptian Government to ensure the full implementation of the rights and freedoms set out in Egypt's constitution. We have concerns about mass detentions and sentencing, prison conditions, access to justice, and restrictions on freedom of expression and the media. We regularly raise these and other issues with the Egyptian Government, both in public and in private, and including at Ministerial level. Our concerns are also raised through our statements at the United Nations Human Rights Council and our Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report, last published on 6 June.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/10/2019 15:14:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1151351

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Egypt: Human Rights
	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 representations he has made to the Government of Egypt on the detention in that country of writers, opposition figures, lawyers, journalists and other civil society activists.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	3560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>​We continue to urge the Egyptian authorities to take action to release journalists and political detainees, review mass judicial decisions, and remove restrictions on civil society. We have raised our serious concerns about recent arrests on several occasions in both London and Cairo, most recently on 23 October. We will use the opportunity of Egypt's Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council on 13 November to urge the Egyptian Government to improve prison conditions and guarantee freedom of expression.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/10/2019 15:16:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1167117

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what accountability process is in place to ensure that academies implement SEND children's Education, Health and Care Plans.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	7064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>All schools, including academies, have a duty under the Children and Families Act 2014 to identify and support the special educational needs and disabilities of pupils, whether or not they have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan.</p><p>Where a child has an EHC plan, the local authority that issued it has a statutory duty to ensure that the specified special educational provision is delivered by the named school, which could be an academy. If a parent believes a school is not delivering the support specified for their child in an EHC plan, they can take this up with the school through its published complaints procedure or directly with the local authority.</p><p>If this does not resolve the parent’s concerns, either the parent or the local authority is able to ask the Department for Education for a determination on whether the school has failed to carry out a statutory duty or has done so in an unreasonable way. Where officials find that a school has failed to carry out a statutory duty or has done so in an unreasonable way, they can make an order on behalf of my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education requiring the school to put matters right, if this would be expedient.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/11/2019 17:17:12 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1167122

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Ukraine: Human Rights
	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 in the Ukraine on alleged human rights violations in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	7065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We are concerned by reports of alleged human rights violations in Ukraine, including in illegally annexed Crimea and areas of eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists. During, my recent visit to Ukraine, I discussed with Crimean activists the human rights abuses carried out by the de-facto Russian authorities.</p><p>The British Government provides financial support to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, which works to report and reduce human rights violations and abuses in Ukraine. We also support the work of Global Rights Compliance in Ukraine, which builds the capacity of human rights defenders to document human rights violations and pursue justice for victims of these abuses in Crimea.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 05/11/2019 17:04:19 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1167123

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Vitalina Koval
	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 Ukrainian counterpart on criminal penalties against the perpetrator of the violent attack on human rights defender Vitalina Koval.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	7066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Vitalina Koval brought her case to the attention of Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office officials when she met them on 21 October, and discussed the issues of hate crime and discrimination faced by the LGBT community in Ukraine and a strategy to bring these issues to the attention of President Zelenskyy's administration.</p><p>The United Kingdom is committed to pursuing a comprehensive human rights agenda in Ukraine, including LGBT and gender equality. This year, the United Kingdom is supporting projects which help the LGBT community to enact practical and legislative changes in Ukraine, for example by building allies and changing perceptions of LGBT people.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 05/11/2019 17:06:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1167126

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Egypt: Human Rights
	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 representations he has made to his Egyptian counterpart on the support and protection of human right defenders in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	7067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>​During my visit to Cairo on 16 September, I met a group of prominent human rights defenders. I underlined to them the UK's enduring support for human rights around the world. My officials and I continue to raise human rights concerns in our contacts with the Egyptian authorities. As set out in my responses to previous questions (3559 and 3560) tabled by the Honourable Member for Leeds North East, we have urged the Egyptian authorities to release journalists and political detainees. We have also pressed the Egyptians to review mass judicial decisions, remove restrictions on civil society, and improve access to justice.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/11/2019 16:01:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1167349

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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	Ukraine: Hate Crime
	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 trends in the level of hate crime investigations in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	7637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom remains committed to working closely with the government of Ukraine, our international partners and local agencies to support efforts to report, investigate and reduce incidences of hate crime.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 04/11/2019 17:43:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton