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418686

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date	14/09/2015
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	Forced Marriage
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 women have been repatriated after seeking help from the risk of forced marriage from the Forced Marriage Unit or a British Post overseas in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	10115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text The Forced Marriage Unit provides a range of support and assistance to both women and men who are at risk of forced marriage. In 2014 the Forced Marriage Unit gave advice or support, related to a possible forced marriage, in 1267 cases. To provide more information on the nature of the assistance provided, including repatriation, would involve a disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/09/2015 13:30:11 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

418735

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many hours her Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	10227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>All DFID staff are responsible for ensuring that the Department is able to meet its legislative obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and may be involved in the processing of requests. The number of hours spent on this activity is not separately identifiable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/09/2015 12:27:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

418388

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Overseas Companies: Malawi
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 to ensure British companies and investors in Malawi respect human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment has a duty to British businesses to provide them with all of the advice and information they need to succeed in foreign markets. Human rights guidance is a core part of that. The UK National Action Plan for implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, entitled &quot;Good Business&quot;, sets out what the Government will do and what it expects of business in respecting human rights throughout their operations.</p><p>The Government is working with the Government of Malawi and British companies to encourage greater bilateral trade and investment. In their meetings with British companies in Malawi, officials at the British High Commission in Lilongwe have raised the importance of human rights and corporate responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 14:44:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

418435

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Malawi: 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 steps the Government is taking to support implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the government of Malawi.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the creation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. In September 2013 the Government published an National Action Plan entitled “Good Business” setting out how we would implement the UN Guiding Principles and what action we would take to support the principles internationally including by encouraging other states to follow the principles and to publish their own national action plans where possible. The Government has provided financial support to the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises in their role to promote uptake of the Guiding Principles and develop guidance and best practice world-wide including for use in Malawi.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 14:42:30 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady