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1306852

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date	12/04/2021
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	Pakistan: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the all-party Parliamentary group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief’s 2018 report on the treatment of different religious communities in Pakistan entitled Religious Minorities of Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	178545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all, and promoting respect between different religious and non-religious communities around the globe. Promoting the right to FoRB is one of the top priorities in our human rights strategy for Pakistan. The Government strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of innocent people based on their beliefs.</p><p>We continue to urge the Government of Pakistan at senior levels to guarantee the fundamental rights of all its citizens, regardless of their religion or belief. Most recently my Ministerial colleague, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised the need to promote respect for all religions with Pakistan's Special Representative for Religious Harmony, Tahir Ashrafi, on 23 March 2021. He also raised our concerns on FoRB in Pakistan with the Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, on 20 February 2021.</p><p>The UK works within the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, and the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance to promote and protect FoRB for all. The Minister responsible for Human Rights, Lord Ahmad, underlined the UK's commitment to FoRB for all at a number of international meetings in November 2020, speaking at the intergovernmental Ministerial to Advance FoRB and the Ministers' Forum of the Alliance. On 20 December 2020, the Prime Minister reaffirmed his personal commitment to the issue by appointing Fiona Bruce MP as his Special Envoy for FoRB.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 178544 question first answered 20/04/2021 16:43:45 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

1307176

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Developing Countries: 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 plans the Government has to use its presidency of the G7 to ensure that the 2021-25 replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education is fully funded.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	178739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK has placed girls' education, and broader gender equality at the heart of our G7 Presidency. We have set out two ambitious global objectives to get 40 million more girls into school, and 20 million more girls reading by age 10 in the next 5 years. We are using our G7 Presidency to rally others behind these objectives, and stand up for every girl's right to 12 years of quality education.</p><p>A well-funded Global Partnership for Education (GPE) will be central to delivering these global objectives, especially in securing education financing from developing countries' domestic budgets. We look forward to hosting the Global Education Summit to refinance GPE with the Government of Kenya in July. Details of the UK's next contribution to GPE will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 178737 question first answered 20/04/2021 10:23:49 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken

1307182

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the letters of 3 February 2021 and 13 August 2020 from the hon. Member for Warley on the report into the content of Palestinian Authority school textbooks.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	178745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>A response was sent on 15 April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 20/04/2021 16:06:08 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1307271

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Syria: Politics and Government
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 assessment his Department has made of the political and security situation in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	179015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Ten years of conflict has exacted a heavy toll on Syria and continues to have a destabilising impact on the region. Humanitarian access must be maintained through the renewal of UNSCR 2533, which provides vital cross-border aid access from Turkey into Syria, later this year.</p><p>We welcome that the ceasefires in the North East and North West are broadly holding, but are concerned by reports of Russian and regime airstrikes in the North West. Where the ceasefires are under pressure, we urge all parties to increase their efforts to adhere to them. There also remains a continued threat from Daesh and we will work the Global Coalition to counter further violent extremism.</p><p>We believe UNSCR 2254 offers a clear path out of the conflict. We must hold the regime accountable for its crimes, and we remain committed to alleviating the terrible cost of this war on Syrians.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 20/04/2021 15:52:21 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1307329

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus
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 effect of not allowing travel to attend a commemorative event under the current covid-19 regulations on different religious groups whose practices require those commemorative events to take place quickly.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	179509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The guidance for travel exeptions from the United Kingdom can be found at www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-declaration-form-for-international-travel#permitted-reasons-for-international-travel. The guidance notes that travel for funerals falls under a reasonable excuse, but commemorative events do not.</p><p>All policies that were related to staying at home were applied equally and without prejudice - regardless of the event, religious belief or any other factor. For some time, the government has focused on ensuring the public know how to travel safely, however they decide to travel. This is important because people feel more confident travelling when they see other people complying with the same rules, for example wearing a face covering unless they are exempt.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 21/04/2021 16:47:44 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 97928 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1307399

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Iran: Nuclear Power
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 his Department has made of the accuracy of recent reports that Iran is concealing the scale of its nuclear programme.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>We remain committed to preserving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA). It remains the best, and currently the only, way to monitor and constrain Iran's nuclear programme.</p><p>Iran's continued systematic non-compliance with its JCPoA commitments is undermining the non-proliferation benefits of the deal and jeopardising our efforts to preserve it. The UK has repeatedly made clear in public and in private, both bilaterally and with the governments of France and Germany (as E3), that Iran must change its approach and co-operate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In his call with President Rouhani on 10 March, the Prime Minister stressed that while the UK remains committed to making the JCPoA a success, Iran must stop all nuclear activity that breaches the terms of the deal and come back into compliance.</p><p>We continue to work with the parties to the JCPoA and the new US Administration to find a diplomatic way forward that realises the benefits of the deal, and call upon Iran not to take any further steps which violate its JCPoA commitments and make a return to mutual compliance harder to achieve</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 20/04/2021 16:29:49 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307403

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Caribbean: Coronavirus
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 his Department is taking to assist Commonwealth members in the Caribbean to roll out covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Building on its £548 million commitment to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) for the 92 most vulnerable countries, which in the Caribbean includes Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, the UK will continue to make the case for Caribbean countries to benefit from all vaccination campaigns under COVAX.</p><p>There have been successful COVAX vaccine deliveries to 12 independent Caribbean Commonwealth countries - Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/04/2021 15:40:14 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307611

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	British Indian Ocean Territory
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 plans he has to hold discussions with the Government of Mauritius on the future of the Chagos Islands.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans for discussions with the Government of Mauritius on the future of the Chagos Islands. We remain open to dialogue with Mauritius on matters of shared interest, including BIOT and its Marine Protected Area (MPA).</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 20/04/2021 16:35:47 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307615

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: 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, how much and what proportion of the £40 million Chagossian Support Package announced by the Government in November 2016 remains unspent.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>As of 1 April 2021 just over £39,228,000 remains unspent which is the majority of the Package. That which has been spent has directly assisted Chagossians both in the UK and abroad in various programmes and projects.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 20/04/2021 16:38:33 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307808

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	International Law
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 ensure that the UK meets its obligations under international law.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	178802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>International law and promotion of the rule of law are cornerstones of international relations. The UK Government is therefore committed to upholding the UK's international obligations and complying with the law, including international law. The UK is at the forefront of efforts to ensure the effective implementation of and, where appropriate, development of international law.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 20/04/2021 16:41:26 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman