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1248767

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	EU Countries: Visas
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 progress the Government has made in discussions with EU representatives on whether UK citizens will require a visa to travel to the EU for stays of over 90 days after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	111595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has discussed arrangements with the EU for UK nationals travelling to the Schengen Area. Regrettably, the EU has consistently maintained that UK nationals will be treated as Third Country Nationals under the Schengen Borders Code from 1 January 2021. UK nationals will only be able to travel visa-free for short stays for up to 90 days in a rolling 180-day period. This is the standard length of stay that the EU offers to nationals of eligible third countries that offer visa-free travel for EU citizens, in line with existing EU legislation.</p><p>UK nationals planning to stay longer will need permission from the relevant Member State. This may require applying for a visa and/or permit. Information about travel to Europe after the transition period is available on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/visit-europe-1-january-2021</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/11/2020 10:12:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1248772

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	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 23 October 2020 to Question 102832 on Overseas Aid, which Departments applied for the 31 projects in 2018-19 not covered by Overseas Security and Justice Assessments; and how many projects each Department applied for.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	111556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my response of 27 October to question 106365.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/11/2020 15:24:33 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1248773

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Integrated Activity Fund
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 23 October 2020 to Question 106362 on Overseas Aid, which Departments applied for the 31 projects in 2019-20 not covered by Overseas Security and Justice Assessments; and how many projects each Department applied for.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	111557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>During the 2019/20 financial year the Integrated Activity Fund, now named the Gulf Strategy Fund, received applications for funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for International Trade, the Department of Health, the Home Office, HM Revenue and Customs and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/11/2020 15:26:08 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1248774

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Gulf Strategy Fund and Integrated Activity Fund
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 many applications over £1 million were made to the Integrated Activity Fund in the (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21 financial years; which Departments submitted those applications; how many of those applications were approved; and which (i) minister or (ii) director approved those applications in each of those financial years.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	111558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Six Integrated Activity Fund applications over £1 million were approved in 2019/20. Six programme applications over £1 million were originally made to the 2020/21 Gulf Strategy Fund by the Foreign and Commonwealth office, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Four applications were approved. Currently only two programmes over £1 million will be delivered in 2020/21 following an in-year review of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office programme budgets.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/11/2020 15:27:44 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1248775

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Ministry of Defence: Integrated Activity Fund
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 many projects were applied for by the Ministry of Defence under the Integrated Activity Fund in the (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20 financial years; and what the (i) allocated budget and (ii) actual spending was for each project.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	111559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>We do not disclose information related to Integrated Activity Fund projects to maintain the confidence and confidentiality of our Gulf partners.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/11/2020 15:28:53 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1248876

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Tanveer Ahmed Rafique
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 has taken to ensure the safety of British Kashmiri journalist, Tanveer Ahmed who was arrested in August 2020 and is on hungerstrike in Mipur Central Jail.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	111640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>FCDO staff have monitored Mr Tanveer Ahmed Rafique's health and welfare through phone calls, as he was detained during the Covid-19 pandemic so physical access to Mirpur Central Prison is not possible. We will raise any welfare concerns with local authorities with Mr Rafique's consent in line with our public guidance set out in the FCDO guide: Support for British Nationals Abroad. We regularly remind the Pakistani Government of its human rights obligations.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/11/2020 17:20:38 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1248920

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Poland: Family Planning
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 representations he has made to his Polish counterpart on the restrictions on the reproductive rights of Polish citizens.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	111497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>We are closely monitoring developments in Poland following a ruling on 22 October by its Constitutional Tribunal, that laws permitting abortion in certain cases are unconstitutional, and the large-scale protests across Poland that this has prompted. It is for each country to establish its own laws on abortion. However, the UK firmly believes that supporting the comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls, through evidence-based public health interventions, saves lives and supports prosperity. Evidence shows that restricting access to safe abortion does not make abortions less common: it only makes them less safe. The FCDO is a leading voice on gender issues, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, in multilateral fora such as the Council of Europe and the United Nations. The British Embassy in Warsaw is active on this agenda and in September ran a workshop for British and Polish NGOs active on women's rights.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/11/2020 10:06:38 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1248307

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Nagorno Karabakh: EDO MBM Technology
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 an assessment of the compliance with the 1992 OSCE arms embargo on Nagorno-Karabakh of the supply of equipment by EDO MBM Technology Ltd to Turkey; and what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that that equipment has been used in drones in the Nagorno-Karabakh area since September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	110885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>HMG considers all export applications against the Consolidated Criteria which provides a strict assessment framework and we keep all licences under careful and continual review. HMG complies with the OSCE arms embargo relating to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which is considered as part of our export licensing process. We have not issued licences contrary to the arms embargo. We continue to monitor developments in the region closely.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/11/2020 10:10:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1248320

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Gender: Equality
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 merits of the UK Government committing additional Official Development Assistance to help support progress in gender equality throughout the world in response to the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	110921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Across the world we are seeing the devastating impact of COVID-19. FCDO's response has been informed by the latest evidence and data which showed, early on, the disproportionate impact the pandemic would have on girls and women. For example, UNFPA estimate that there will be 15 million more cases of domestic violence for every three months of lockdown and that there will be 13 million more cases of child marriages before 2030. FCDO continues to work to ensure the needs and priorities of women and girls are central to every aspect of our response, while supporting women's participation and leadership, including through women's rights organisations.</p><p>FCDO have so far committed over £1 billion of UK aid to counter the health, humanitarian, and socio-economic risks, and to support the global effort to find and distribute a vaccine. In addition to being the largest funder to UNFPA we provided a further £10 million in funding to maintain vital gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in need. Our Gender-Responsive Social Protection and Better Assistance in Crises programmes are also providing expert advice to FCDO country offices, governments and partner organisations on how to strengthen social protection measures in the COVID-19 response, including how to deliver more effectively for women and girls. Our leadership on girls' education is more urgent and important than ever, with school closures. The UK has announced £20 million for the UN Children's Fund crisis appeal, which includes education, and a further £5 million to the Education Cannot Wait fund to support emergency education in fragile contexts.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/11/2020 10:23:38 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1248406

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Cameroon: Food
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 he has made of food insecurity in the northwest and southwest region of Cameroon.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
uin	110813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government remains deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in the North-West and South-West (Anglophone) regions of Cameroon, where high levels of violence are having a tragic impact on civilians. There are currently 1.4 million people in the regions suffering from moderate and severe food insecurity.</p><p>In September I announced £4.5 million in additional funding to humanitarian efforts in Cameroon, which will provide vulnerable people with vital food packs, sanitation provisions, medical supplies and fund training for health workers. This will bring our total humanitarian support to Cameroon to £13.5 million for 2020. We continue to call for an end to the violence, unhindered humanitarian access to the affected populations and inclusive dialogue which addresses the root causes of the crisis.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 09/11/2020 16:24:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin