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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-09-25more like thismore than 2020-09-25
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Zimbabwe: Politics And Government more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Zimbabwe on the process of taking farmland from white citizens of that country. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 95634 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-10-05more like thismore than 2020-10-05
answer text <p>I regularly engage with the Government of Zimbabwe. I last spoke with the Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Moyo on 8 June and raised my serious concerns about the situation in Zimbabwe.</p><p>The UK Government is clear that the responsibility for compensating those that lost their farms during Robert Mugabe's fast track land reform programme lies wholly with the Government of Zimbabwe. I am concerned that the recent compensation deal signed between the Government of Zimbabwe and representatives of farmers seeking compensation is unlikely to be deliverable given the chronic economic situation in Zimbabwe. The British Ambassador to Harare most recently raised these concerns with Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli on 28 September.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East more like this
answering member printed James Duddridge more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-10-05T10:28:27.207Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-05T10:28:27.207Z
answering member
1559
label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this