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1582504

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date	31/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Graves: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support his Department provides for the maintenance and care of war graves in Shropshire; and how his Department coordinates that maintenance with the Church of England.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	136531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The care and maintenance of the graves of those personnel who lost their lives in the two World Wars throughout the UK is undertaken on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Department provides an annual Grant-in-Aid contribution to the Commission to fund the enduring work and in doing so provides the largest element of the Commission’s funding. In taking this work forward the Commission and the MOD engage with the relevant authorities as required, including the Church of the England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/02/2023 11:40:32 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1582505

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date	31/01/2023
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	Afghanistan: Repatriation
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 it his policy to launch a review of his Department's response to the evacuation of UK nationals from Afghanistan, including the effectiveness of that evacuation.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	136532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Following the Afghanistan response in August 2021, the FCDO conducted a lessons learning exercise, as is standard practice after a crisis. It focused on the FCDO crisis response systems, structures and ways of working. The FCDO is implementing the recommendations. The Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) conducted a detailed enquiry, to which the then Foreign Secretary and Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon gave oral evidence and responded to requests for written information on the evacuation. A summary of the lessons learned was shared with the FAC in March 2022. The FAC published the Government's response to the FAC's report in July 2022. The FCDO Management Board reviewed progress in January and an update was shared with the FAC on 8 February.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 08/02/2023 17:20:33 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1582515

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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	Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa: Defence
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 publish as part of the Integrated Review a UK defence and security strategy for (a) the Sahel and (b) sub-Saharan Africa which includes the implications for the UK's border security and national security.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	136533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Integrated Review sets out the Government's approach to security, defence, development and foreign policy across the world, including with African countries. In line with current practice, we have no plans at present to publish a written version of an Integrated Review sub-strategy on the Sahel or sub-Saharan Africa. We continue to share information on the implementation of our approach through various channels including speeches, visits, articles and social media. Our vision in Africa remains to promote British interests through partnerships with African countries and institutions that lead to a freer, safer, more prosperous, healthier and greener continent.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/02/2023 15:32:28 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1582516

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Intelligence and Security Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals to update the Memorandum of Understanding between Government and the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	136534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the independent and robust oversight of the Security and Intelligence Agencies and wider Intelligence Community that the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament provides.</p><p>The role and remit of the Committee is set out in the Justice and Security Act 2013 and accompanying Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), agreed between the Committee and the Prime Minister. The current arrangements set out in the Act and related MoU are sufficient to enable the Committee to discharge its statutory function in respect of the oversight of the UK Intelligence Community. There are therefore no plans to update these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/02/2023 17:09:21 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard