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1367277

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Nuclear Weapons
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 discussions has he had with his counterparts in China and the US on nuclear weapons.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	72420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Nuclear cooperation remains an important element of the enduring special relationship between the US and the UK. Discussions between the Foreign and Defence Secretaries and their US counterparts are reflected and supported by daily cooperation at official level on arms control, nuclear deterrence policy, counter proliferation and strategic stability between the UK and the US, as well as by wider cooperation with NATO Allies.</p><p>The UK engages regularly with Chinese officials and civil society on nuclear issues, including through our annual dialogue on Counter Proliferation and discussions with the Chinese Arms Control and Disarmament Association. We discuss nuclear issues with both China and the US within the P5 Process.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:04:59 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1367278

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Mali: Armed Conflict
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 discussions has he had with his French counterpart on assisting those affected by the recent attacks in Mali.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	72421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK is in regular contact with France about the security situation in Mali and the political uncertainty facing the country, including at the UN, via our expanded diplomatic presence in Mali and through our respective Sahel Envoys. Together with France and other partners we have called for elections and a return to constitutional rule in line with the conditions set out by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and supported ECOWAS in urging the Malian government to reconsider their engagement with Wagner in light of the implications that any deal would have on stability. The UK is committed to building long-term peace and stability in Mali and the wider region, while supporting those most affected by conflict. We are deployed to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and support the French counter-terrorism operation Barkhane. We also have a significant humanitarian programme and provide funding for stabilisation and conflict resolution.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 18/11/2021 17:22:00 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1367293

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Sudan: 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 funding allocated by the Government in response to the Tigray crisis is supporting refugees in Sudan; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that communities that are persecuted as a result of their religion or belief have equal access to that aid within Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	72435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The conflict in Tigray has had significant consequences and has displaced millions of people including more than 63,000 Ethiopian refugees who have sought safety in Sudan. The UK has provided £6.1 million in funding to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Danish Refugee Council to address urgent needs arising from the Tigray crisis in Sudan. This is part of an overall UK's commitment to of more than £76 million to respond to the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict, making the UK the second largest donor.</p><p>Our priority is to ensure that all Ethiopians in need, irrespective of ethnicity, religion and political affiliation, receive life-saving aid and that humanitarian access to areas affected by insecurity is maintained. Humanitarian operations in Tigray have come to a standstill owing to the de facto blockade imposed by the Ethiopian Government since late June. Prior to the blockade, UK funded partners were working in the most challenging circumstances to provide life-saving assistance to displaced persons, refugees and others. I have called on all parties in Ethiopia to urgently agree a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid through and for the Ethiopian Government to lift the blockade of humanitarian relief into the Tigray region. I reiterated this at the Westminster Hall Debate on 3 November and in my tweet on the same day. We continue to push both sides of the conflict to prioritise the wellbeing of people in need in northern Ethiopia and allow the flow of badly needed humanitarian assistance.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 19/11/2021 10:05:51 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1367294

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Ethiopia: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the International Development Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2019-21, The Humanitarian Situation in Tigray, HC 1289, published on 30 April 2021, what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations set out in that report; what representations she is making to the Ethiopian government on ensuring protection for (a) Ethiopians from violence and (b) vulnerable communities in the region; what steps her Department is taking to enable access by independent monitors to Tigray to collect criminal evidence and bring those who are responsible to justice; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that humanitarian agencies have access to vulnerable communities in (i) Tigray and (ii) neighbouring regions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	72436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government welcomed the International Development Committee's (IDC) report &quot;The humanitarian situation in Tigray&quot; published on 30 April and our response to the recommendations highlighted in the report is available to view online (https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmintdev/554/55402.htm).</p><p>We are extremely concerned by reports of widespread human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia. The Foreign Secretary spoke to Deputy Prime Minister Demeke on 5 November. HM Ambassador Addis Ababa spoke to Prime Minister Abiy on 28 October. I raised my concerns with Deputy Foreign Minister Redwan on 18 November. We support the conclusions of the joint investigation by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which collected harrowing evidence from Tigray. It is essential that all those responsible for human rights violations and abuses be held to account. All parties must implement the report's recommendations and ensure that victims have access to support.</p><p>The humanitarian context in Tigray is catastrophic. To avert region-wide famine and massive loss of life we are clear that the Government of Ethiopia must lift the blockade of Tigray and allow aid in. The humanitarian crisis now extends beyond Tigray impacting millions of people in Afar and Amhara following attacks by the Tigray Defence Force (TDF). The TDF's advance must stop and the TDF must allow humanitarian supplies and commercial goods to reach all areas of need. On 16 October, I announced an additional £29 million of humanitarian aid to people affected by the conflict in northern Ethiopia. This increased the UK's commitment to the crisis to more than £76 million making the UK the second largest donor.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 19/11/2021 10:10:51 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1367299

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Stonewall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 67045 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Stonewall, if she will provide details of all funding from her Department to Stonewall in each of the past five years with a breakdown of how much was allocated to each project; and what assessment she has made of the consistency of her Answer to Question 67045 and the funding from her Department recorded in Stonewall’s Trustees' Report And Financial Statements accounts.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	72342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>As noted in the response provided on 8 November the FCDO works closely with a range of civil society organisations, including Stonewall, to defend the human rights of LGBT+ people around the world. Stonewall is a world leading organisation supporting for the protection and promotion of the human rights of LGBT+ people. The UK and Argentina currently co-chair the Equal Rights Coalition alongside Stonewall as one of three civil society co-chairs. The Equal Rights Coalition, an international grouping of 42 countries and over 120 civil society organisations committed to advancing LGBT+ rights around the world.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The following is a detailed breakdown of funding provided to Stonewall since 2018. This is based on financial year reporting whereas Stonewall reports against calendar years accounting for differences. We acknowledge a discrepancy in the figure previously provided, which is due to technical complications caused by the legacy departments' different accounting systems.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">2021/22: £45,000</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Funding for Stonewall and Kaleidoscope Trust for their role as Equal Rights Coalition co-chair support: £80,000 (Stonewall funding £40,000)</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Diversity Champions Membership: £5,000</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21: £549,190</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Project: Ending LBT Exclusion in the International Human Rights System: £209,999</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Project: Commonwealth Equality Project: £134,943</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Project: Defending the rights of LGBT people in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus: £199,834</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Funding for Equal Rights Coalition support: £70,000 (Stonewall funding £35,000)</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Diversity Champions Membership and training costs: £4,414</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20: £201,375.55</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Project: Facilitating LBT Inclusion in the International Human Rights System: £161,892.55</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Funding for Equal Rights Coalition support: £30,000 (Stonewall funding £15,000)</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Diversity Champions Membership and staff training: £9,483</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial">2018/19: £143,457</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Project: Ending LBT Exclusion in the International Human Rights System: £111,638</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Project: Reducing LGBT Hate Crime: £15,426</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Project: Defending the rights of LGBT people in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus: £8,779</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Stonewall Leadership Programme: £7,614</ins></li></ul> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 17/11/2021 11:50:50 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2021 12:48:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton previous answer version 32562 answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1367339

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Commonwealth: Capital Punishment
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 she will hold discussions with her counterparts in Commonwealth countries on ending the death penalty for (a) minors and (b) people who are mentally incapacitated.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	72376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of the UK Government to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, especially in cases that do not meet the minimum standards defined by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. We regularly engage with governments, including in Commonwealth countries, on human rights and the death penalty.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 08:57:40 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1367360

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Bahrain: Human Rights
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 specific human rights (a) issues and (b) cases Ministers in his Department raised with the Bahraini prime minister when they met at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	72472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>We regularly raise human rights issues and individual cases with senior members of the Government of Bahrain, and continue to raise specific cases with senior interlocutors, as well as with the independent human rights oversight bodies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:19:28 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1367362

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Abduljalil al-Singace
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 (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have made representations to their Bahraini counterparts in each of the last three months on the case of imprisoned human rights defender, Dr Abuljalil AlSingace.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	72473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>We continue to monitor and raise the case of Dr Abduljalil al-Singace and others as necessary, with the Bahraini Government as well as with the oversight bodies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:14:18 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1367396

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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 Corruption Unit: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of cuts to Overseas Development Assistance on the budget of the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	72536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>A thorough assessment was carried out in both financial years 2020/21 and 2021/22, of the potential impact of ODA budget reduction on the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit (ICU), and before any budget decision was made. Because of the importance of the ICU's work, FCDO decided to prioritise the ICU budget as far as possible, when deciding where to make required cuts to ODA.</p><p>In 2020/21, the annual ICU budget was increased from £4.7m to £5.7million. In 2021/22, the budget was reduced by approximately 10% to £5.02 million. This was based on an assessment that the ICU would be able to manage this cut through not expanding into new areas, whilst preserving existing work and staffing. This remains above the pre-pandemic 2019/20 ODA budget of £4.7 million. The impact of the small budget reduction is regularly monitored by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:14:18 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1367416

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Palestinians: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 201 to Question 903830 on the Palestinian Authority: ODA recognising the importance of supporting Palestinian institutions, what plans her Department has to restore funding to the salaries of Palestinian health and education professionals in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	72381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>Our future spending allocations will be set in the next Spending Review and full budgets for 2021 will be published in due course, including in our regular Statistics on International Development website and in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 16/11/2021 17:21:45 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi