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818895

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date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	USA: State Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on President Trump’s proposed state visit to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	903141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position on the visit remains clear. An invitation for the President to visit the UK has been extended and accepted. Ministers and officials in both countries regularly engage with one another on the full range of issues. The precise timing and programme of a visit are yet to be finalised.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 09/01/2018 14:07:14 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

818897

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Poland: Diplomatic Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of diplomatic relations with Poland.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	903144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>British-Polish relations are extremely strong. As the Prime Minister said during the recent second Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC) in Warsaw, “Our annual dialogue demonstrates the common ground we share, the importance we attach to our bilateral relationship, and the benefits it brings.”</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 09/01/2018 14:11:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

818898

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Oman: Diplomatic Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of diplomatic relations with Oman.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	903146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>2017 was a very positive year for UK-Oman relations. As the Foreign Secretary made clear on his visit in December, Oman is a friend and a longstanding British ally with shared interests across diplomatic, economic and security matters. We are working more closely than ever across these fields.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/01/2018 14:18:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

818899

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with his international counterparts to tackle Islamist terrorism globally.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	903148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Tackling terrorism, including Islamist terrorism, is a global endeavour. We are working with allies bilaterally and in multilateral fora to weaken the drivers of terrorism, degrade terrorist organisations, illuminate and disrupt attacks and protect and mitigate against the impact of attacks against UK interests and those of our allies.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/01/2018 14:28:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

818043

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the protection of human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	903145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary issued a statement about the death of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo in July 2017, and called on China to lift restrictions on his widow Liu Xia. I raised human rights, including the case of Liu Xia, in my meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao the following month.</p><p>At the most recent UK-China Strategic Dialogue in December 2016, the Foreign Secretary raised a range of human rights issues with his counterpart State Counsellor Yang Jiechi. The most recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, covering human rights issues in detail, took place in Beijing on 27 and 28 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/01/2018 14:34:17 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

810030

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they have given to (1) the government of Pakistan and Federal Board of Revenue of Pakistan, and (2) British Overseas Territories, on preventing tax evasion and exposing corruption, following the leaks known as the Panama and Paradise papers.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL4376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government works with partners globally to address the serious issues of tax evasion and corruption.</p><p>The UK is supporting the Government of Pakistan to make tax reforms, widen the tax net and improve collection in order to better provide for their citizens.</p><p>UK Overseas Territories (OTs) with significant financial centres committed in 2016, to exchanging information with HMRC as well as to holding beneficial ownership information in central registers or similarly effective systems, and to provide UK law enforcement authorities with automatic access to such information. These arrangements are in the process of being implemented fully by the OTs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/01/2018 14:04:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

810036

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bahrain: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 12 December (HL3727), in describing the Bahrain Ombudsman for the Ministry of the Interior as "independent", whether they took account of the report of the UN Committee against Torture, published on 29 May, which states that "these bodies are not independent" and "complaints ultimately pass through the Ministry of the Interior".
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes note of a number of sources of information on this issue, including publications by the United Nations.</p><p>We believe that the oversight bodies in Bahrain, including the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman, are structured so that they are able to operate independently from the organisations that they oversee.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/01/2018 14:03:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven