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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-23more like thismore than 2019-01-23
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Angola: Commonwealth remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invite the President of Angola to visit the UK in order to discuss his stated wish to have his country join the Commonwealth. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Steel of Aikwood remove filter
uin HL13079 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>The UK is committed to deepening our bilateral relationship with Angola. Decisions on Commonwealth membership are made by consensus by all Commonwealth member states. The UK is supportive of Angola's aspiration to join the Commonwealth, provided it meets the criteria for membership. The Permanent Under Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office discussed this matter with the Angolan Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs during his visit to Luanda in August 2018. There are no immediate plans for the President of Angola to visit the UK, but he would be very welcome to visit.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon remove filter
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T11:56:46.75Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T11:56:46.75Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
949
label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood more like this