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818895

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	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

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

816881

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Colombia: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what technical support the UK Government is providing to the Colombian Government to ensure the establishment of the proposed Truth Commission in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	121308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is the biggest contributor to the UN Trust Fund, which provides support to the Truth Commission. Through the UN Office for Human Rights in Colombia, we also provide financial support for projects to enable victims to participate in the Peace Agreement’s truth, justice and reparation process, which includes the Truth Commission.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:15:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

816893

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	José Napoleón Tarrillo Astonitas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Foreign Office has made to the Peruvian Government on environmental protection in that country as a result of the death of the deforestation campaigner José Napoleón Tarrillo Astonitas.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Lima is monitoring the case closely. We call on the Peruvian authorities to ensure a prompt and thorough investigation into the circumstances of Mr Tarrillo's death and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.</p><p>We take environmental protection seriously and have raised environmental policy and human rights issues with the Peruvian Ministers of Environment, Culture, and Energy &amp; Mining.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:11:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

816903

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had any recent discussions with his international counterparts on the non-proliferation and reduction of nuclear weapons.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	121330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>We discuss nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament frequently with a wide range of partners across the international community through UK Embassies overseas, with Embassies in London, in international organisations and directly between capitals. We attended the first Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in Vienna in May 2017 where we engaged with a wide range of states on how we can together tackle the challenges we face on non-proliferation and disarmament, and enable access to the peaceful use of nuclear technology. We will also attend the second Preparatory Committee in Geneva in April for further discussions. We firmly believe that the best way to achieve a world without nuclear weapons is through gradual multilateral disarmament negotiated using a step-by-step approach and within existing international frameworks.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:14:17 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

816904

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Nuclear Disarmament
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he will be making representations to the UN Conference on Disarmament in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	121331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>This year the UK will continue to work with international partners to press for key steps towards multilateral disarmament including the successful negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:14:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

810553

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day. We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. All Departments are engaged in this process. Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the Government's EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:15:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810621

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Portugal: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his Portuguese counterpart; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>I spoke with my Portuguese counterpart, Portugal’s Secretary of State for European Affairs Ana Paula Zacarias, on 14 August 2017. I welcomed Zacarias to her new role and we discussed the UK’s exit from the EU, our bilateral relationship and foreign policy issues of common interest.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/01/2018 17:56:53 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810671

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	British Overseas Territories: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Government officials in the Overseas Territories on reducing the amount of waste plastic in oceans.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	121016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Cutting plastic pollution in oceans is a key Government priority. We are working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to engage with the Overseas Territories to help them develop and implement policies to reduce plastic waste. Active monitoring of marine waste and clean-up takes place in a number of OTs. Henderson Island in the Pitcairns is particularly badly affected by washed-up ocean plastics. We are working with the Government of the Pitcairn Islands to undertake a scientific study later this year to evaluate the rate and impact of plastics washing ashore there.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:13:46 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

810685

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	121030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The FCO’s expenditure on taxi, first class rail and business class air travel is detailed in the table below. The data on taxi travel shows the total global expenditure in the UK and all overseas Posts. The data on first class rail and business class air represents travel booked through the Government’s nominated travel agency.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Taxi Travel</p></td><td><p>First Class Rail Travel</p></td><td><p>Business Class Air Travel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1.4m</p></td><td><p>£1,590</p></td><td><p>£5.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1.3m</p></td><td><p>£3,057</p></td><td><p>£4.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1.7m</p></td><td><p>£2,597</p></td><td><p>£4.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1.5m</p></td><td><p>£142</p></td><td><p>£3.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>FCO policy is that public transport should be used whenever possible</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All FCO staff are directed to use standard class for rail travel unless there are exceptional circumstances e.g. illness, disability or where First class facilities are essential for working while travelling. In these exceptional circumstances, prior line management approval must be given.</p><p> </p><p>FCO staff travelling by air are required to book the lowest standard fare possible, subject to budget holder approval. As the FCO is present in over 170 countries there is oftern a need for long distance travel.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/01/2018 17:11:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne