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1503305

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement agreed at the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief entitled Statement on freedom of religion or belief and gender equality, published on 7 July 2022, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of references to (a) sexual and reproductive health and rights and (b) bodily autonomy.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	44977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to defending and promoting universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and will continue working with other countries to protect and further gender equality in international agreements.</p><p>In our capacity as Chair of the event, we amended the statement we made at the Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference to make the final statement more inclusive of all perspectives and views to allow for a constructive exchange of views on all issues. The UK continues to fund, support and lead on initiatives related to promoting gender equality including SRHR, Women, Peace and Security and Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 21/09/2022 15:16:47 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1243416

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Venezuela: Development 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 assessment he has made of the findings of the International Criminal Court into the human rights abuses of Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro; and what support the Government has provided to the Lima countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	103599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>In September 2018, six members of the Lima Group (Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay and Peru) referred the situation in Venezuela and possible commission of crimes against humanity there to the International Criminal Court (ICC). On 27 September 2019, the Foreign Secretary announced the UK's support for the Lima Group's referral.</p><p>The Court has yet to conclude the Preliminary Examination into the situation in Venezuela. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is carrying out a Preliminary Examination to determine whether the situation meets the legal criteria established by the Rome Statute to warrant investigation by the OTP. The OTP will provide an update on the Preliminary Examination in December in its annual report on Preliminary Examination Activities. We look forward to hearing about the progress the OTP has made. It would not be appropriate for the UK to comment further at this stage. The UK respects the independence of the ICC Prosecutor and her role in undertaking a Preliminary Examination into the situation in Venezuela.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 22/10/2020 16:55:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1248307

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Nagorno Karabakh: EDO MBM Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the compliance with the 1992 OSCE arms embargo on Nagorno-Karabakh of the supply of equipment by EDO MBM Technology Ltd to Turkey; and what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that that equipment has been used in drones in the Nagorno-Karabakh area since September 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	110885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>HMG considers all export applications against the Consolidated Criteria which provides a strict assessment framework and we keep all licences under careful and continual review. HMG complies with the OSCE arms embargo relating to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which is considered as part of our export licensing process. We have not issued licences contrary to the arms embargo. We continue to monitor developments in the region closely.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/11/2020 10:10:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1272151

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	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	Nagorno Karabakh: 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 recent humanitarian assistance his Department has provided to people affected by the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	131378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>In line with the Foreign Secretary's announcement of 30 October, the UK Government has provided the International Committee of the Red Cross with £1 million in support of its humanitarian efforts in the region. This financial support is being used to provide urgent medical supplies, food and shelter to thousands of people affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We have supported the wider international response by providing funding for additional monitoring and analysis of the humanitarian situation through organisations such as the Humanitarian 2 Humanitarian network. We are keeping the situation under close review, coordinating with local and international partners and will continue to explore opportunities to support partners to deliver an effective international response.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2021 10:50:30 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1329673

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Females: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the G7 summit being held in Cornwall between 11 and 13 June 2021, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a call to action on girls' education that includes tackling (a) violence against children and (b) all other barriers to education.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	10555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>2021 is a year of UK leadership on the world stage, including on girls' education. Meeting under the UK Presidency, G7 Foreign and Development Ministers endorsed two new, global, SDG 4 milestone targets on girls' education, which we are calling on the world to help deliver. G7 Foreign and Development Ministers also endorsed a girls' education declaration, which specifically states that the G7 will work in collaboration with developing country partners, multilateral institutions, civil society, girl-led groups, and youth leaders, to remove the obstacles to education that stand in the way of girls. This includes committing to address the social, environmental, and institutional barriers to education for adolescent girls, such as reducing violence, including sexual and gender-based violence in and out of schools, increasing access to comprehensive sexuality education, promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and amending restrictive policies or legislation that prevent girls from thriving in school.</p><p>The Prime Minister is calling on G7 Leaders to re-endorse both the targets and declaration in the Leaders' Communique, and we have already met with a number of stakeholders to discuss how we can galvanise action towards our two global objectives.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 10/06/2021 15:33:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1329674

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Females: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the upcoming G7 summit being held in Cornwall between 11 and 13 June 2021, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that its commitment to increasing the number of girls who have access to 12 years of education will be maintained following reductions in aid spending from 0.7 to 0.5 per cent of GNI.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	10556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>2021 is a year of UK leadership on the world stage, including on girls' education. In May, G7 Foreign and Development Ministers endorsed two new, global, SDG 4 milestone targets of getting 40 million more girls in school, and 20 million more girls reading by age 10 in the next 5 years. The Prime Minister will also be using the G7 Leaders' Summit to call on G7 Leaders to re-endorse our girls' education targets and declaration in the Leaders' Communique, and make pledges to support the Global Partnership for Education as we look ahead to the Global Education Summit next month.</p><p>As announced by the Foreign Secretary on 21 April, the FCDO will also spend £400 million bilaterally on girls' education this year. This very substantial investment of UK ODA is only one of our tools in achieving our ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 10/06/2021 16:06:33 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1329675

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Females: Education
	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 he is taking to (a) increase awareness of (i) child marriage, (ii) sexual exploitation, (iii) child labour and (iv) other forms of violence and exploitation being significant barriers to girls' education and (b) remove those barriers to education.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	10557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Tackling the complex barriers to girls' accessing and staying in education, including child marriage, sexual exploitation, child labour, and gender-based violence, will be key to achieving our global education targets. The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) is committed to raising awareness of these issues, and we have ensured that ender equality, including girls' education, is at the centre of the UK's G7 Presidency.</p><p>FCDO's £38 million investment since 2015 to tackle child marriage has contributed to a 15% reduction in the global prevalence of child marriage over the last decade. As a leading supporter of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, the UK is driving the international movement to the end violence, abuse, and exploitation of children. The UK is proud to be a global leader in efforts to end violence against women and girls. Through our What Works to Prevent Violence Programme, we have pioneered approaches worldwide that have shown reductions of around 50% in violence.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 10/06/2021 15:56:55 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1649634

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of new mortgage prisoners since September 2022; and if he will make an estimate of the number of mortgage prisoners for each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	192134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of mortgage prisoners was provided by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2021. A link to that report is provided below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mortgage-prisoner-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mortgage-prisoner-review</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 10/07/2023 13:08:28 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1198391

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Animal Products: Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on controls on the import and export of hunting trophies.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	52320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow on 19 May 2020, PQ UIN 46697, which remains the current situation.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-05-13/46697" target="_blank">[www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-05-13/46697</a>]</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 10:38:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1340231

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Pets: Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing compulsory scanning of pets' microchips by vets.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	22189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>We consulted on compulsory scanning of microchips in the recent consultation on Cat and Dog Microchipping and Scanning in England. We are currently analysing the responses and we will respond to the consultation in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked closely with the veterinary profession and jointly agreed that the principle of scanning healthy dogs prior to euthanasia should be incorporated in the guidance that underpins the Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons. This guidance is now in force and applies to all veterinary surgeons operating in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 05/07/2021 13:01:28 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse