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1340058

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2021
	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: 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, how many travellers returning from Pakistan to the UK tested positive for the (a) alpha, (b) beta, (c) gamma, (d) delta or (e) delta+, variants in the weeks commencing (i) 15 March, (ii) 22 March, (iii) 29 March, (iv) 5 April, (v) 12 April, (vi) 19 April and (vii) 26 April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered // answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1700984

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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	East Africa: Food Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in East Africa; and what steps his Department is taking to alleviate the problems.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered // answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1226614

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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	Bahrain: 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, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of Bahrain on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK strongly opposes the death penalty in all countries and in all circumstances, as a matter of principle. We regularly raise our concerns about the use of the death penalty with the Bahraini authorities using a range of Ministerial and diplomatic channels. The Government of Bahrain is well aware of the UK's opposition to use of the death penalty.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 02/09/2020 16:01:30 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1227608

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	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	Hebron: 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 discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on reports of the recent demolition of a Palestinian drive-through covid-19 testing centre in the City of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Foyle
	tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	78908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned by the reports of a recent demolition of a covid-19 testing centre in Hebron. We have not to date made representations on this particular case but have repeatedly made clear to the Israeli authorities our view that demolitions, in all but the most exceptional of circumstances, are contrary to International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 02/09/2020 16:02:48 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1226287

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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: Standards
	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 publish a list of projects funded by her Department that have scored a (a) B and (b) C in their annual review in the last 18 months; and what steps her Department has taken to improve the performance of failing programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>FCDO publishes annual reviews of its programmes to Devtracker and the International Aid Transparency Initiative. Each annual review contains the programme's score for that year, and all previous scores. There are no plans to publish a specific list of programmes that scored B or C.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/09/2020 11:45:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1226735

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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	Bahrain: 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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa on 9 July 2020 Official Report, Column 1118, what steps he plans to take in addition to the (a) representations he has made to the Government of Bahrain and (b) tweet he made on 14 July 2020 to oppose the death penalty verdicts imposed on Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa by Bahrain's Court of Cassation.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	77527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned that Bahrain's Court of Cassation upheld the death penalty verdicts imposed on Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa on 13 July. Lord Ahmad raised the case with the Bahraini Ambassador to the UK on 14 July and we will continue to take suitable opportunities to raise our concerns at a senior level with the Bahraini Government. The Government of Bahrain is fully aware that the UK opposes the death penalty, in all circumstances, as a matter of principle.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 03/09/2020 15:31:56 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1227222

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	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 current DFID funding model is retained during the merger of her Department with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	78675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to spending 0.7% of GNI on Official Development Assistance, which is enshrined in law. The future funding model of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be subject to the conclusions of the upcoming Integrated Review and the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/09/2020 11:12:25 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1229035

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Rubén González
	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 counterpart in Venezuela on the case of imprisoned trade unionist, Ruben Gonzalez.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	82053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK does not recognise the Maduro regime. The UK remains alarmed at the deteriorating human rights situation in Venezuela. Venezuela has a duty to uphold high standards of human rights, the more so as a member of the Human Rights Council, and to cooperate with the Council and its mechanisms. The UK will continue to support the work of the UN Human Rights Council's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela, and is committed to supporting a broad human rights agenda in the country. On 31 August, the Maduro regime announced that it had pardoned 110 political prisoners, including Ruben Gonzalez who has been held since November 2018. Though long overdue, the release of Sr. Gonzalez will be welcome.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/09/2020 07:33:59 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1229851

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Colombia: Homicide
	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 accuracy of reports of a massacre in Tibu in Colombia on 18 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	82672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of killings and subsequent displacement of civilians in the Norte de Santander border areas of Cúcuta and Tibú in mid-July, following competition between rival armed groups for control of illicit economies and territory. The UK remains most concerned about the continuing presence of such groups in Colombia, and the serious impact their crimes and other activities have on local people and environments, particularly during this challenging time.</p><p>President Duque's Government has publicly committed to implementing the Peace Accords of 2016 in their entirety, and we remain steadfast in our support of the Colombian authorities as they seek to ensure sustainable peace. We are proud to be the penholder on the issue at the UN Security Council. Most recently, our Permanent Representative to the UN spoke on the continued presence of illegal armed groups in Colombia at the UN Security Council on 14 July.</p><p>We have committed almost £53 million over 5 years through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund to support the implementation of the peace process in Colombia, including across conflict-affected regions such as Norte de Santander. Many of the humanitarian organisations supported by the United Kingdom are operating in the region and working to provide support to those displaced. We will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/09/2020 11:20:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1226283

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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	Bilateral Aid: 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, if he will take steps to increase bilateral funding in response to the covid-19 pandemic for (a) primary health and (b) girls’ education programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2020 answer text <p>We have contributed up to £774 million of UK aid to the international effort to fight COVID-19. We are at the forefront of the global response to the pandemic.</p><p>The UK is flexing our funding and programming to support health systems to manage the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic. We are maintaining our focus on the global Covid response, poverty reduction for the bottom billion and girls' education, plus climate change and delivering environmental outcomes. This includes working with partners to ensure essential health services, including primary health care, continue despite the challenges of the ongoing pandemic. This is a key part of our pledge to end the preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children.</p><p>Education, particularly girls' education, will remain a top priority in the new FCDO. Through our bilateral programmes and as the largest contributor to both the Global Partnership for Education and Education Cannot Wait, we are proud to be a leading donor in support of basic education in developing countries. We recently announced £5.3 million of new UK aid to support the salaries of more than 5,500 teachers in the world's poorest refugee-hosting countries to deliver vital education and child protection services to over 300,000 children. Our Girls' Education Challenge programme is adapting to continue providing at least 1.3 million girls with essential education and support throughout the pandemic, for example through distance learning programmes and support for girls' wellbeing and safety.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/09/2020 10:21:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion