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1011591

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Bahrain: 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 discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bahrain on human rights.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	194199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK and Bahrain enjoy an open dialogue where we are able to discuss a range of issues, including human rights. During my visit to Bahrain 26-28 October I had a range of bilateral meetings with Bahraini interlocutors and covered many issues, including human rights.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/11/2018 16:32:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823718

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gaza: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to support the maintenance of the operation of medical facilities during an electricity crisis in the Gaza strip.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	123166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s long term support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) assists UNRWA in their provision of basic services to 1.3 million people in Gaza, including basic healthcare. Additionally the UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by providing clean water, rehabilitating sanitations facilities and promoting hygiene standards to stop the spread of disease through the United Nations Children’s Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:44:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

886220

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
	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 progress his Department has made in discussions with the Iranian authorities on the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	136415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>​We remain very concerned about all our dual nationals detained in Iran. We continue to raise their cases with the Iranian government at every opportunity, and make decisions in line with what we believe will produce the best outcomes in their cases. However, we will not be providing a running commentary. We judge this will not be helpful, or in the best interest of each case.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/04/2018 15:01:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

892311

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Plastics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to reduce its use of single-use plastics .
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	138545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>In our 25 Year Environment plan the Government outlined a range of measures on how we will reduce the amount of plastic in circulation through reducing demand for single-use plastic. This included a commitment to removing all consumer single use plastics from the central government estate offices. DFID is fully dedicated to supporting this commitment.</p><p>We are developing strategies to phase out all single use plastics across our UK estate and are working closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to review options in overseas offices.</p><p> </p><p>To date we have:</p><ul><li>removed all plastic water cups from our offices and encouraged staff to provide their own re-usable alternatives;</li><li>replaced single use plastic canteen consumables with non-plastic, compostable alternatives;</li><li>installed new waste bins and signage to improve the way we stream, segregate and recycle waste, particularly recyclable plastics;</li><li>begun planning with our suppliers to phase out the sale of all single use plastic food packaging, including plastic drink bottles in our offices.</li></ul> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/05/2018 16:53:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

892321

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Plastics
	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 his Department has taken to reduce its use of single-use plastics .
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	138550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>​On 27 February , the Foreign Secretary announced that the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (FCO) would eliminate avoidable single-use plastics from its UK operations by the end of 2018, and from its global operations by 2020. It is the first British Government Department to announce such a ban. This ambitious target makes the FCO a leader in the fight against plastic pollution not just in the UK, but globally too. Since January the FCO has taken steps to remove avoidable single-use plastic from its UK catering outlets. For example, in its UK canteens, the FCO has switched plastic cutlery and food packaging and cups to biodegradable alternatives and provided additional glasses and china mugs to reduce waste. In early April in the UK we introduced a 50p 'latte levy' on single-use coffee cups which has increased the use of reusable cups from 3% of total hot drinks sales to 46%. In the year to date, our actions have reduced plastic waste from our UK catering operations by about 40% compared to the same period last year. We have requested all Heads of Mission overseas take similar action and are working with our suppliers to further reduce avoidable single-use plastics to enable us to meet the Foreign Secretary's target.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/05/2018 13:04:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

906326

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	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 Cabinet colleagues on the recent violence at the Palestinian border.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	145397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet discussed the Gaza events, on the basis of a briefing by the Foreign Secretary on 15 May.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/05/2018 16:11:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

906327

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government condemned the violence used by Israeli forces on protesters at the Gaza-Israel border at the recent UN Security Council meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	145398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>At the UN Security Council Meeting in question, the UK Permanent Representative urged Israel to ensure that its security forces did not resort to the use of excessive force, and noted the urgent need to establish why such a volume of live fire continued to be deemed justified.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/05/2018 16:07:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

917538

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help eradicate world hunger.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	150238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>DFID puts the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, at the centre of our work to eradicate extreme poverty, deliver inclusive economic development and build resilience.</p><p> </p><p>Spend through our bilateral and multilateral agriculture programmes to reduce hunger and under-nutrition has increased, from £243million (2012) to £484 million (2015) and roughly £600 million in 2016. We are also working to shape the multilateral agenda. The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program harness both public and private investments for SDG2 and implements through a range of multilateral institutions.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is a global leader in addressing acute hunger through humanitarian and famine relief. DFID has also committed to improve the nutrition of 50 million people overseas by 2020 and published a Position Paper setting out our plans. Total spend on nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programmes has increased, from £304 million (2012) to £667 million (2015).</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting robust monitoring of progress against the agreed indicators for SDG2 to be achieved by 2030.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/06/2018 13:55:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

909498

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the government has to include household food insecurity in the evaluation of the effectiveness of Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	146965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to include household food insecurity in the evaluation of the effectiveness of Universal Credit. However, we do continue to evaluate Universal Credit as it is delivered. Research and analysis is conducted to assist and inform the evaluation and the expansion of Universal Credit, focusing specifically on the effects of Universal Credit on claimants’ behaviours and outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit Evaluation Framework can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-evaluation-framework-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-evaluation-framework-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 31/05/2018 13:21:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1028629

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Home Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on draft guidance for elective home education; and how many submissions were received for that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	203979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The government response document resulted from the consultation on elective home education, which ended on 2 July 2018. This document along with the finalised guidance documents will be published soon.</p><p>The number of responses received to the consultation were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of response</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of responses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Online</p></td><td><p>2987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Email</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hard Copy</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/01/2019 13:27:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker