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1540561

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	East Africa: Food Supply
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 he has made of levels of hunger in east Africa; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	82151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Across East Africa conflict, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic are placing communities under huge pressure. More than 68 million people in the region now require life-saving aid of whom 51 million people face severe food insecurity. Needs are most pressing in Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan. The UK is playing a lead in responding. UK funding of £156 million will help to provide millions of people with essential services and supplies including food, nutritional support, clean water and healthcare. We are also working with the UN and the World Bank to ensure appropriate responses from the multilateral system.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 82152 question first answered 14/11/2022 12:41:40 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1540563

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	East Africa: Food Supply
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 steps his Department is taking to help support east Africa in tackling the spread of hunger.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	82152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Across East Africa conflict, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic are placing communities under huge pressure. More than 68 million people in the region now require life-saving aid of whom 51 million people face severe food insecurity. Needs are most pressing in Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan. The UK is playing a lead in responding. UK funding of £156 million will help to provide millions of people with essential services and supplies including food, nutritional support, clean water and healthcare. We are also working with the UN and the World Bank to ensure appropriate responses from the multilateral system.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 82151 question first answered 14/11/2022 12:41:40 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1540568

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the sovereignty of the British Indian Overseas Territory.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	82214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO and MOD Secretaries of State, Ministers and officials are in regular contact on a range of issues, including the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos Archipelago.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2022 16:25:25 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1540570

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
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 he has had recent discussions with the United Nations on the sovereignty of the British Indian Overseas Territory.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	82216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has not had recent discussions with the United Nations on the sovereignty of the British Indian Overseas Territory/Chagos Archipelago.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2022 16:28:15 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1540643

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Egypt: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 he has plans to review the UK's funding for Egypt's security bodies via the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in light of (a) the continued refusal to release Alaa Abd El-Fattah and other political prisoners in Egypt and (b) other human rights violations in that country.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	82429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security (CSSF) Fund programme in Egypt promotes the participation of women and girls, quality and accessible education for all, inclusive governance, and support to refugees. It does not provide funding to the Egyptian security services. The CSSF Portfolio Board regularly reviews risk across all countries in which we have a programme. Human rights issues are considered as part of this and in this context, the Board discussed the situation in several countries, including Egypt, at the last board meeting in October. Overseas Security and Justice Assessments (OSJAs) are not published.</p><p>Egypt is a human rights priority country for the UK. Our strong bilateral relationship allows us to raise human rights issues frankly with the Egyptian government, both in private and public. The Prime Minister met with Egyptian President Sisi on 7 November to register his concern for Mr. Adb El-Fattah's welfare and expectation the case will be resolved quickly. The UK also issued a statement at the UN Human Rights Council in September calling on Egypt to ensure independent civil society, human rights defenders and media are able to operate freely.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 82430 82431 question first answered 15/11/2022 17:09:17 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1540664

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Egypt: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 the Overseas Security and Justice Assessments for Conflict, Stability and Security Fund programmes operating in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	82430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security (CSSF) Fund programme in Egypt promotes the participation of women and girls, quality and accessible education for all, inclusive governance, and support to refugees. It does not provide funding to the Egyptian security services. The CSSF Portfolio Board regularly reviews risk across all countries in which we have a programme. Human rights issues are considered as part of this and in this context, the Board discussed the situation in several countries, including Egypt, at the last board meeting in October. Overseas Security and Justice Assessments (OSJAs) are not published.</p><p>Egypt is a human rights priority country for the UK. Our strong bilateral relationship allows us to raise human rights issues frankly with the Egyptian government, both in private and public. The Prime Minister met with Egyptian President Sisi on 7 November to register his concern for Mr. Adb El-Fattah's welfare and expectation the case will be resolved quickly. The UK also issued a statement at the UN Human Rights Council in September calling on Egypt to ensure independent civil society, human rights defenders and media are able to operate freely.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 82429 82431 question first answered 15/11/2022 17:09:17 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1540679

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Egypt: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Portfolio Board last met to discuss human rights risks in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	82431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security (CSSF) Fund programme in Egypt promotes the participation of women and girls, quality and accessible education for all, inclusive governance, and support to refugees. It does not provide funding to the Egyptian security services. The CSSF Portfolio Board regularly reviews risk across all countries in which we have a programme. Human rights issues are considered as part of this and in this context, the Board discussed the situation in several countries, including Egypt, at the last board meeting in October. Overseas Security and Justice Assessments (OSJAs) are not published.</p><p>Egypt is a human rights priority country for the UK. Our strong bilateral relationship allows us to raise human rights issues frankly with the Egyptian government, both in private and public. The Prime Minister met with Egyptian President Sisi on 7 November to register his concern for Mr. Adb El-Fattah's welfare and expectation the case will be resolved quickly. The UK also issued a statement at the UN Human Rights Council in September calling on Egypt to ensure independent civil society, human rights defenders and media are able to operate freely.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 82429 82430 question first answered 15/11/2022 17:09:17 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1540683

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Tigray: Armed Conflict
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 assessment he has made of the number of civilians killed in the Ethiopian and Eritrean offensive in the Tigray region since September 1 2022.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	82269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Information on casualties from the conflict in northern Ethiopia is scarce. Since the resumption of fighting on 24 August it is likely that there have been thousands of casualties.</p><p>The UK welcomes the peace agreement and cessation of hostilities announced on 2 November between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and their commitment to scale-up the delivery of life-saving aid to Tigray. The UK calls upon the Eritrean Government to support the agreement by withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 14/11/2022 15:18:15 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1540693

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Migration: Treaties
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 discussions she has had with representatives of the governments of (a) Belize, (b) Peru, (c) Paraguay and (d) any other country on potential bilateral agreements with the UK on migration.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	82328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Our world-leading Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda will help break the business model of criminal people smuggling gangs and save lives. We are committed to working with a range of international partners to tackle the global migration crisis and are always in talks with a range of partners about how we can work together.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2022 17:01:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1540756

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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: Climate Change
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 ringfenced spending on climate change mitigation and adaptation within the overseas development assistance budget for financial year 2022-23, at the same levels as 2021-22; and if he will make it his policy to ringfence funding at the same level for financial year 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	82211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government committed to doubling International Climate Finance to £11.6 billion from 2021/22. It is not our policy to ringfence funding by financial year because of the need to retain flexibility and respond to real world events.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 15/11/2022 16:39:15 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy