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1045795

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date	22/01/2019
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	Colombia: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of progress on the peace process in Colombia.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	908715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>I strongly condemn the ELN's terrorist attack in Bogota last week. Colombia has been steadfast in its rejection of violence for political ends. The 2016 historic peace deal has shown the way, the FARC is now a political party and last year's elections were the safest in decades. The UK continues to support the Colombian authorities as they seek to ensure sustainable peace for all Colombians. Last month I announced an extra £5 million from the Conflict Stability and Security Fund to support Colombia's efforts to secure lasting peace for all its citizens.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 22/01/2019 16:36:48 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1045796

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Papua: Measles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with his Indonesian counterpart on (a) the provision of measles vaccinations in West Papua and (b) access to healthcare for West Papuans.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	908718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Officals at our Embassy in Jakarta, including the Ambassador, visit Papua and West Papua regularly. During these visits they press the Indonesian authorities to address legitimate concerns and ensure the sustainable and equitable development of the province. This includes access to healthcare. We have not to date raised the specific issue of measles immunisations, but I am happy to confirm to the honourable member that we shall do so.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 22/01/2019 14:58:52 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1045924

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Democratic Republic of Congo: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	211214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned by the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Human rights violations and abuses include; sexual and gender based violence, arbitrary arrest and detention, extrajudicial killings as well as further restrictions on democratic space.</p><p>In the run-up to the December 2018 elections, the UK (alongside UN and EU colleagues) pressed the DRC Government to open up political space, release political prisoners, lift a block on internet communications, recognise peoples' right to peaceful assembly, and refrain from using excessive force against protesters.</p><p>On combatting sexual violence, the UK has helped fund Trial International, who provide support for survivors, promote accountability for sexual violence crimes and build local capacity to effectively document, investigate and litigate sexual violence cases.</p><p>We continue to encourage the DRC Government to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Council investigation into the human rights abuses in the Kasais area of southern DRC bordering Angola.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 15:41:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1045992

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	211155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Interserve are contracted to deliver all cleaning services within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). All staff in London are paid the London Living Wage (£10.20). Cleaning staff outside London are paid the National Living Wage (£7.83)​. No staff employed by Interserve on the FCO contract are paid less than the National Living Wage.</p><p>Information is not readily available for all of the services delivered by third party contracts across the FCO as data is not held centrally for all contracts. Where information is held centrally, there is no record of which contracts relate solely to services. To determine this would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information relating to FCO Executive Agencies is not held centrally and therefore not readily available. To determine information would incur disproportionate cost</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2019 16:55:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead