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	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of international student visa restrictions on the higher education sector.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Home Office on a range of issues, including on matters relating to international student visas. The government keeps all immigration policies under constant review to ensure they best serve the country and reflect the public’s priorities.</p><p>International students make a significant economic and cultural contribution to the UK’s higher education sector, and I am proud to have met our International Education Strategy ambition to attract at least 600,000 international students for the second consecutive year.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 17/04/2023 15:19:23 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1524048

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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	Libya: IRA
	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 he last discussed the provision of compensation to UK-based victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism with his Libyan counterpart; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government reiterates its profound sympathy for UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism and indeed for all victims of the Troubles. The Government set out its position on Mr Shawcross's report on compensation for UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism in a Written Ministerial Statement made on 23 March 2021. Mr Shawcross's report was commissioned as an internal scoping report, to provide internal advice to Ministers. Its content is based on private, confidential conversations and information shared on this basis. The responsibility for providing compensation specifically for the actions of the Qadhafi regime lies with the Libyan State. The Government has repeatedly urged the Libyan authorities, including at the highest levels of the Libyan government, to engage with UK victims and their representatives, and to address their claims for compensation.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/10/2022 08:27:33 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1524131

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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	Occupied Territories: Refugees
	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 13 October 2022 to Question 59761 on Occupied Territories: Refugees, if he will publish the search terms that will identify that information on DevTracker relating to financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The data for UK contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) during financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23 are available through the following links.</p><p>Supporting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East - in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria: DevTracker Programme GB-1-204546 (fcdo.gov.uk) - https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-204546/summary</p><p>UK Support to Palestinian Refugees (UKSPR) 2022-2025: DevTracker Programme GB-GOV-1-301283 (fcdo.gov.uk) - https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-GOV-1-301283/summary</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:37:20 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1524132

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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: Disclosure of Information
	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 introduce (a) comprehensive user guidance on the existing search functionality and (b) a new advanced search functionality facility on the UK's Development Tracker website to better enable people using that website to extract information using Boolean operators by (i) date, (ii) location by country, (iii) location by region in country and (iv) free text.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to aid transparency and FCDO systems allow the public to see how our aid objectives are delivered worldwide.</p><p>UK aid programmes can be viewed on the Development Tracker's search page (https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/search). The search functionality already allows filtering by free text and can be used in combination with filters for programme status, government department, thematic sector, participating organisation and benefiting country. Programme dates can be applied through the Advanced Filters option.</p><p>User feedback and website analytics are being used to review site design and improve existing search functionality. Website guidance will be reviewed as part of this work.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/10/2022 08:21:23 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1524159

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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: Sanctions
	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 publish a list of all (a) people and (b) organisations in Iran subject to UK sanctions.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK maintains close to 300 sanctions designations against Iran in relation to human rights, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), nuclear proliferation and terrorism. A full list is available online on the UK Sanctions List. Recently, on 10 October, the UK announced sanctions on seven senior security and political figures responsible for human rights violations in Iran, as well as the so-called Morality Police. For decades, they used the threat of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public. It is longstanding practice not to speculate on future sanctions designations, as to do so could reduce their impact, nor would we comment on potential expulsions. The UK's position is clear: through our words and actions, we will hold Iran to account.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 66933 66934 question first answered 24/10/2022 16:30:30 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1524160

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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: Sanctions
	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 list any (a) people and (b) organisations in Iran that the Government will sanction in response to the Iranian Government's reaction to ongoing protests in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK maintains close to 300 sanctions designations against Iran in relation to human rights, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), nuclear proliferation and terrorism. A full list is available online on the UK Sanctions List. Recently, on 10 October, the UK announced sanctions on seven senior security and political figures responsible for human rights violations in Iran, as well as the so-called Morality Police. For decades, they used the threat of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public. It is longstanding practice not to speculate on future sanctions designations, as to do so could reduce their impact, nor would we comment on potential expulsions. The UK's position is clear: through our words and actions, we will hold Iran to account.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 66932 66934 question first answered 24/10/2022 16:30:30 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1524163

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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: Sanctions
	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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expelling Iranian diplomats in the UK in response to the Iranian Government's reaction to ongoing protests in Iran.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK maintains close to 300 sanctions designations against Iran in relation to human rights, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), nuclear proliferation and terrorism. A full list is available online on the UK Sanctions List. Recently, on 10 October, the UK announced sanctions on seven senior security and political figures responsible for human rights violations in Iran, as well as the so-called Morality Police. For decades, they used the threat of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public. It is longstanding practice not to speculate on future sanctions designations, as to do so could reduce their impact, nor would we comment on potential expulsions. The UK's position is clear: through our words and actions, we will hold Iran to account.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 66932 66933 question first answered 24/10/2022 16:30:30 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1523646

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Israel: 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 estimate he has made of the size of Israel nuclear weapons arsenal.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Israel has never declared a nuclear weapons programme. The UK Government continues to encourage Israel to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a Non-Nuclear Weapon State. We regularly monitor all global nuclear developments and will continue to work with international partners to strengthen the non-proliferation regime and advance multilateral nuclear disarmament.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 21/10/2022 17:34:11 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1522850

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
	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 follow the steps taken by Canada and impose further sanctions on Iranians involved in the perpetration of torture and State hostage-taking of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	64156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has over 200 sanctions designations in place against Iran in relation to human rights, nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On 10 October, the UK used the dedicated Iran Human Rights sanctions regime to designate the so-called Morality Police, two of its leaders and five others for serious human rights violations. This brings the total to 85 individuals and two entities sanctioned under that regime. A full list is available on the UK Sanctions List https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list#full-publication-update-history</p><p>It is longstanding practice not to speculate on future sanctions designations, as to do so could reduce the impact of the designations.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 20/10/2022 16:43:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1523092

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Bangladesh: Rohingya
	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 leverage of the UK to support the (a) legal status, (b) education, (c) work opportunities and other long-term issues for the Rohingya in Bangladesh.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	64102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a leading donor to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh and has contributed £340 million to the response since 2017. This includes support to education and income generating activities for the Rohingya and host communities. The UK, along with other donors, consistently advocates for greater education, skills and livelihoods opportunities for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. We welcome the rollout of the Myanmar education curriculum earlier this year, and our ongoing dialogue with the Government of Bangladesh on skills development, which are vital in preparing the Rohingya for their safe, dignified and voluntary return home when conditions allow. The UK is clear that expanded livelihoods opportunities will improve the security situation in Cox's Bazar, reduce reliance on humanitarian aid, and help the refugees live meaningful and fulfilling lives while in Bangladesh.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:40:47 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion