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1230564

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Trade Unions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2020 to Question 48267 on Trade Unions: Coronavirus, what specific steps his Department has taken to monitor abuse of trade union rights worldwide; and what steps he has taken to help tackle that abuse.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	84147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 27 May to Question 48267. The UK Government remains committed to standing up for human rights and supports all efforts by the UN to minimise long-term damage to global economies, societies, politics and freedoms.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/09/2020 14:42:37 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1230599

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Developing Countries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2020 to Question 76829, how much of the £774 million has been disbursed to multilateral institutions to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	84322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The £774 million so far committed to combat Covid-19 and to reinforce the global effort to find a vaccine includes funding to multilaterals. Below is a table of the breakdown of this funding, with funding to multilaterals in bold. Of this total, all funding to multilaterals - UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and the WHO - totalling £145 million, has been disbursed.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Institutions</p></td><td><p>Amount (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AU African Union Covid19 Response Fund</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expertise &amp; misc. support</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red Cross (IFRC /ICRC/Nat Soc)</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NGO support</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNFPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNHCR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNICEF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNICEF (Education Cannot Wait)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNILEVER coalition</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WFP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WHO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIND</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellcome/Gates Foundation/ Mastercard Therapeutics Accelerator</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CEPI</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Initiative for Epidemic Preparedness / Wellcome Trust</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMF Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRAND TOTAL</p></td><td><p>774</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 22/09/2020 16:41:33 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1230601

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Developing Countries: Nutrition
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 Government plans to make its pledge of funding for Nutrition for Growth post-2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	84323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 74465 on 22 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/09/2020 16:14:04 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1230602

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September to Question 77758, when he plans to begin engagement with (a) Parliament, (b) devolved Administrations, (c) civil society, and (d) UK allies and partners on the Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review; and what form that engagement will take.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	84324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has engaged with Parliament from the start of the Integrated Review process, including through updating the Foreign Affairs Committee during a session in March. He has submitted written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee as part of the inquiry into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Integrated Review. Over the course of the Integrated Review, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be engaging with international allies and partners, including through its diplomatic network, with Devolved Administrations, Civil Society and a wide range of external experts.</p><p>This is part of wider HMG engagement with Parliament, Devolved Administrations, Civil Society as well as the UK's allies and partners regarding the Integrated Review.</p><p>The Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence has informally briefed peers with an interest in the Integrated Review. The Deputy National Security Adviser with responsibility for the Integrated Review has informally briefed the Defence Committee and offered similar briefings to other relevant committees. Cabinet Office officials have held virtual discussions with the Devolved Administrations since the re-start of the Integrated Review. The Government will continue to engage in discussions with the Devolved Administrations over the course of the review.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 11/09/2020 12:10:28 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1230603

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2020 to Question 77761 on Department for International Development: Contracts, what the value of the contracts which will be renegotiated is; and what the value of those contracts will be after renegotiation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	84325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2020 answer text <p>As of 2nd September DFID merged with the FCO to form the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The FCDO is working at pace to finalise the number of contracts to be renegotiated to account for the reduction in the UK's ODA budget and once this process is complete we will be in a position to confirm the value of the renegotiated contracts. We continue to work collaboratively with our supply partners and take a flexible and reasonable approach to find pragmatic solutions to support continuation of delivery where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/09/2020 11:48:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1230645

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Hong Kong: National Security
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 effect of the national security law on the people of Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	84227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>As the Foreign Secretary made clear in Parliament on 1 July, the enactment and imposition by China of national security legislation for Hong Kong constitutes a clear and serious breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The legislation violates the high degree of autonomy of executive and legislative powers and independent judicial authority, provided for in the Joint Declaration. Furthermore, it contains a slew of measures that directly threaten the freedoms and rights protected by the Joint Declaration. Since the legislation was introduced, the Hong Kong authorities have arrested a number of political figures in Hong Kong.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary set out our concerns about the national security legislation to State Councillor/Minister for Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, on 8 June and 28 July. FCDO officials also continue to raise our concerns with the Hong Kong authorities, including with members of the Executive Council and the President of the Legislative Council.</p><p>On 9 August, the Foreign Secretary issued a statement together with the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, which expressed shared concern at Beijing's imposition of national security legislation. We will continue to bring together our international partners to stand up for the people of Hong Kong, to call out the violation of their freedoms, and to hold China to their international obligations freely assumed under international law.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 14/09/2020 15:51:30 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1230647

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Riot Control Weapons: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and which incidents were examined as part of the re-assessment of exports of riot control equipment to the US conducted by his Department in June 2020 in order to determine whether they have potentially (a) constituted breaches of Criterion 2a of the Consolidated Criteria for Arms Export Licensing and (b) amounted to a pattern of activity likely to create a risk of such breaches.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	84166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Export Control Joint Unit collated information from a broad range of sources. Reports by Amnesty International, US Press Freedom Tracker and Bellingcat, as well as incidents flagged prominently as being of particular concern by Non-Governmental Organisations, media organisations and reporting from the diplomatic missions across the USA, were considered in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/09/2020 13:58:49 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 44944 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1230650

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Riot Control Weapons: USA
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 the evidential basis was for the conclusion in the re-assessment of exports of riot control equipment to the US conducted by his Department in June 2020 that there was no clear risk that UK-exported equipment had been used, or might be used in future, to inflict or enforce (a) cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, (b) arbitrary detentions and (c) serious violence against women and children.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	84167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Information collated from independent press coverage, social media reports, statements and reports from the UN and EU, reports from Non-Governmental Organisations and from diplomatic missions across the USA formed the evidential basis for the conclusion of the reassessment.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/09/2020 13:57:29 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 44940 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1230651

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Riot Control Weapons: USA
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 the evidential basis was for the conclusion in the re-assessment of exports of riot control equipment to the US conducted by his Department in June 2020 that there was no clear risk that UK-exported equipment had been used, or might be used in future, to violate the (a) right to life, liberty and the security of person and (b) right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	84168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Information collated from independent press coverage, social media reports, statements and reports from the UN and EU, reports from Non-Governmental Organisations and from diplomatic missions across the USA formed the evidential basis for the conclusion of the reassessment.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/09/2020 14:15:36 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 44938 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1230652

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Riot Control Weapons: USA
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 place in the Library a copy of the evidence, analysis and conclusions reached by his Department as part of its June 2020 re-assessment of exports of riot control equipment to the US.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	84169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The matter of whether or not to issue an export licence requires an assessment of material which is often sensitive. It would not be appropriate to lay our assessments before Parliament. The Government upholds its parliamentary obligations around export licensing, and publishes information about all licences issued, refused, or revoked.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/09/2020 14:07:06 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton previous answer version 44934 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry