@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . rdfs:label "Biography information for Joan Ryan" . parl:answerText "

The UK strongly condemns any language or actions that could stir up hatred and prejudice. Our sustained support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding which requires the PA to commit to the principle of non-violence and to tackle language and avoid actions that could incite violence or hatred. The UK continues to urge the Palestinian leadership to uphold this principle. President Abbas restated his commitment to the two-state solution on September 27 at the UN General Assembly.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-11-22"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-11-22T12:24:54.647Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The UK Government is concerned by allegations of incitement in the Palestinian Authority (PA) curriculum, and Minister of State Alistair Burt raised these issues with the PA Minister for Education again, on 21 January 2019. The PA Minister confirmed that he was willing to take into account the findings of an expert textbook review. This review remains a priority for DFID and will be completed by September 2019.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "West Worcestershire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Harriett Baldwin" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-01-28"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-01-28T17:41:06.627Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Antisemitism" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's Memorandum of Understanding with the Palestinian Authority (PA), what discussions her Department has had with the PA on the assertion broadcast on 14 December 2018 on official PA TV, that Jews (a) expose their fangs whenever they get the chance and (b) are always plotting against humanity." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "220730" ; dcterms:date "2019-02-13"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Schools" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2019 to Question 209284 on Palestinians: Schools, and with reference to the meeting between the Minister of State and the Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister for Education in the week beginning 21 January, what steps the PA Minister plans to take to address UK Government concerns on the Palestinian curriculum." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "211628" ; dcterms:date "2019-01-23"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Schools" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2018 to Question 171641 on Palestinians: Schools, whether her Department has commissioned the study into the new Palestinian textbooks." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "200063" ; dcterms:date "2018-12-07"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Earlier this month a senior DFID official secured confirmation from the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Ministry of Finance that payments are made to the Ministry of Prisoner Affairs, which then directly transfers funds to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and their families. The UK government continues to press the PA to reform the prisoner payments system to become more needs-based, transparent and affordable. I have raised these concerns with the Palestinian Foreign Minister, and my officials regularly do likewise. No UK aid goes to prisoner payments. UK aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is used exclusively to pay the salaries of vetted health and education public servants, including teachers, doctors and nurses, in the West Bank. Our money goes into a special, dedicated bank account before being paid to individuals who have been vetted in advance through the European Union Palestinian-European Socio-Economic Management Assistance Mechanism (PEGASE), ensuring UK funding is not diverted.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-01-23"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-01-23T16:34:49.167Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Whilst prisoners and their families have a right to support in line with their social needs as they would in the UK, we want the system to be more transparent, affordable and needs based to make sure the payments cover only prisoners’ and their families’ needs. We continue to use our strong partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to press for reform of the prisoner payment system.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-11-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-11-12T15:39:36.387Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Alistair Burt" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Overseas Aid" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the business case for her Department's Programme 300667 entitled Supporting Economic Empowerment and Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the statement by PwC that it was not required to consider whether funds had been transferred to persons implicated in terrorism, whether she plans to alter the terms of engagement for the auditors of this programme." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "211626" ; dcterms:date "2019-01-23"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Antisemitism" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's Memorandum of Understanding with the Palestinian Authority, what discussions her Department has had with the PA on a video posted on social media on 2 November 2018 by PA Education Minister Sabri Saidam which included the line, it was said that the old continent was sick of the behaviour of the Jews at the time and therefore it planned to get rid of them." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "192699" ; dcterms:date "2018-11-19"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Politics and Government" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's Memorandum of Understanding with the Palestinian Authority (PA), what assessment she has made of President Abbas's remarks to the Palestinian Central Council on 28/10/18 that the salaries of our martyrs, prisoners, and wounded are a red line and the martyrs and their families are sacred. We will continue to pay to the wounded and the prisoners. Even if we have one plaster left, it will be for them, and not for the living." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "188701" ; dcterms:date "2018-11-06"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The UK strongly condemns any language or actions that could stir up hatred and prejudice. The UK regularly raises allegations of incitement and antisemitism with the PA at senior levels. I did this most recently in my meeting with PA Minister for Education Sabri Saidam on 21 January 2019. We will continue to press the PA to uphold their commitment to promote peace and tolerance.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-02-18"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-02-18T17:15:49.58Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answerText "

The UK government is deeply concerned about the findings of the IMPACT-se report into the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) new curriculum and it remains a priority for the Department for International Development (DFID) to commission an independent review of the PA’s textbooks. I personally will be meeting with the PA’s Minister for Education to discuss these issues this week. Our timeline for the textbook review remains unchanged. We will publish findings from the review by September 2019. The UK has been convening discussions with potential international partners on commissioning the review together, in order to increase the impact of the study. We will commission the review once we have concluded these discussions. We will publish further information once the assessment has been commissioned.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-01-21"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-01-21T17:19:14.33Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Harriett Baldwin" . parl:answerText "

The UK has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and robust controls against the diversion of aid to ensure that funds are used only for their intended purpose. These include due diligence assessments of our partners, mapping of funds through the delivery chain, regular programme monitoring and annual audits.

DFID’s programme Supporting Economic Empowerment and Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (SEED OPTs) has several components, working on trade facilitation and customs, water and energy, and helping the PA and Israel to abide by their obligations under the Paris Protocol. Work with the Palestinian Authority in the water and energy sectors will be channelled through The World Bank Partnership for Infrastructure Development in the West Bank and Gaza Multi Donor Trust Fund. Through this framework, funds will flow from the trust fund to dedicated accounts that will be managed by the PA in accordance with rules established by the World Bank.

Alongside a range of other safeguards, all components will be subject to financial audits. The terms of reference of the audits will vary depending on the component, however all independent financial audits provide assurance to DFID that the expenditure of funds will only be on agreed programme activities. The overall DFID OPTs portfolio is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "West Worcestershire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Harriett Baldwin" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-01-28"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-01-28T17:39:42.683Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Terrorism" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 141671, what assessment her Department has made of whether the Palestinian Authority has resumed directly paying salaries to those serving sentences in Israeli jails for terrorist offences." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "210004" ; dcterms:date "2019-01-18"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The UK strongly condemns any language or actions that could stir up hatred and prejudice. The UK regularly raises allegations of incitement and antisemitism with the PA at senior levels. I did this most recently in my meeting with PA Minister for Education Sabri Saidam on 21 January 2019. We will continue to press the PA to uphold their commitment to promote peace and tolerance.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-02-18"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-02-18T17:15:17.95Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The UK government is deeply concerned about the findings of the IMPACT-se report into the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) new curriculum and it remains a priority for the Development for International Development (DFID) to commission an independent review of the PA’s textbooks. We are also continuing to raise our concerns about incitement, which the Minister did himself at a meeting with the Palestinian Education Minister earlier this year. Last week, on 4th December, DFID officials met the PA Minister for Education and raised UK concerns over specific examples in the IMPACT-SE report.

Our timeline for the textbook review remains unchanged. We will complete the review by September 2019. The UK has been convening discussions with potential international partners on commissioning the review together, in order to increase the impact of the study. We will commission the review in the new year once we have concluded these discussions. We will publish further information once the assessment has been commissioned.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-12-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-12-12T17:14:38.703Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Antisemitism" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's Memorandum of Understanding with the Palestinian Authority (PA), what discussions her Department has had with the PA on the assertion broadcast on 10 April 2018 on official PA TV, that the Holocaust was a lie." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "220732" ; dcterms:date "2019-02-13"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The UK strongly condemns any language or actions that could stir up hatred and prejudice. The UK regularly raises allegations of incitement and antisemitism with the PA at senior levels. I did this most recently in my meeting with PA Minister for Education Sabri Saidam on 21 January 2019. We will continue to press the PA to uphold their commitment to promote peace and tolerance.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "North East Bedfordshire" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Alistair Burt" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-02-18"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-02-18T17:14:52.54Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Antisemitism" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's Memorandum of Understanding with the Palestinian Authority (PA), what discussions her Department has had with the PA on the assertion broadcast on 4 November 2018 on official PA TV, that Jews knew only to make money, trade, weave plots, corruption, and such." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "220731" ; dcterms:date "2019-02-13"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "20" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "International Development" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "International Development" ; parl:hansardHeading "Palestinians: Schools" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2018 to Question 200063 on Palestinians: Schools, whether her Department has commissioned the study into the new Palestinian textbooks referred to in that answer." ; parl:registeredInterest true ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Enfield North" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Joan Ryan" ; parl:uin "209284" ; dcterms:date "2019-01-16"^^xsd:dateTime . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "114"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; .