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1719203

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Israeli Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take diplomatic steps to help prevent the expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	27106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK policy on settlement expansion is clear: settlements are illegal under international law and only make it harder to progress to achieving peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians. We have called on the Israeli Government to halt seizures of Palestinian lands immediately.</p><p>On 3 May, the Foreign Secretary announced new sanctions on extremist groups and individuals for inciting and perpetrating settler violence in the West Bank. The measures impose financial restrictions on the entities and individuals, and travel restrictions on the individuals. The UK will not hesitate to take further action if needed, including through further sanctions.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary has made our position clear to his Israeli counterparts, including during his visit to the region on 17 April.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/05/2024 08:15:46 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1715585

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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	USA: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on the (a) handling of pro-Palestine protests on university campuses and (b) potential impact of disbanding those protests on (i) free speech and (ii) the right to assembly in that country.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	24680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The handling of protests in the US is a matter for US authorities. The Deputy Foreign Secretary has not had any discussions with his US counterpart on the handling of pro-Palestine protests on university campuses or the potential impact of disbanding these protests.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/05/2024 10:54:03 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1713820

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will have discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the (a) effectiveness of command and control within the Israeli Defence Forces and (b) reports that a senior commander who was dismissed in connection with the strike that killed international aid workers in Gaza had expressed personal views on aid to Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	23772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary visited Israel on 17 April and held high-level talks with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Herzog and Foreign Minister Katz. He reiterated the need for an immediate pause in the fighting in Gaza to get aid in and hostages out.</p><p>The UK is pushing as hard as we can to get aid to Palestinian civilians. Israel must fulfil its commitments to enable a flood of aid, including by guaranteeing deconfliction for aid workers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 03/05/2024 13:15:31 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690790

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Pakistan: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the Pakistan judiciary in protecting persecuted minorities.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK does not comment or interfere with judicial processes in Pakistan. They are a matter for the Pakistan judicial system.  However, the UK does regularly engage with the Government of Pakistan to advance key priorities and interests, including on human rights and the rule of law. The former Foreign Secretary met the caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-Ul-Haq Kakar, on the 23rd September, where he raised the importance of protecting the rights of religious minorities in Pakistan. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, condemned the violence and discrimination faced by religious minorities in his meeting with Pakistan's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on 13 September.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/03/2024 09:35:09 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690792

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Pakistan: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its Hate Speech and Disinformation programme in Pakistan in (a) tackling hate speech and (b) helping to hold perpetrators of hate speech to account in that country.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The Online Hate Speech and Disinformation Programme (2022-25) works to provide training and spearhead policy discourse on the issue of hate speech and disinformation in Pakistan. For example, the programme trains government officers to identify false and hateful narratives, including those which affect women and religious minorities. The programme has trained over 1000 university students on digital literacy. The programme funded voter education videos and supported a news show on Pakistan Television, inviting experts to discuss disinformation ahead of the Pakistani elections. Holding perpetrators of hate speech to account is a matter for the Pakistani Authorities and Judiciary System.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/03/2024 09:36:23 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690796

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Pakistan: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the judiciary in Pakistan in supporting UK funded programmes in that country.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK does not comment or interfere with judicial processes in Pakistan, they are a matter for the Pakistan judicial system. Pakistan's judiciary is not a partner in any UK funded programmes in Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/03/2024 09:37:59 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690015

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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: Debts Written Off
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 186930 on Developing Countries: Debts Written Off, what progress his Department has made on introducing debt relief measures for developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	14643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has provided over £2 billion in debt relief through the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative and continues to provide roughly £190 million a year to compensate the Multilateral Development Banks for forgone debt repayments. In response to the COVID pandemic, the UK supported the Debt Service Suspension Initiative and suspended UK debt repayment from April 2020 to December 2021. Collectively $12.9 billion of repayments were suspended from almost 50 countries. Additionally, the UK provided £150 million towards IMF debt repayment relief through the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust.</p><p>The UK plays a leadership role in international discussions on developing country debt which we monitor closely with His Majesties Treasury. As set out in the White Paper on International Development, published last November - through our membership of the Paris Club, G20, and the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable we are pushing for improvements to the global debt architecture and using our position in official creditor committees to help return countries to debt sustainability where necessary.</p><p>The UK is also leading contractual debt innovations, notably Climate Resilient Debt Clauses (CRDCs) that pause debt repayments when a natural disaster hits. UK Export Finance (UKEF) was the first export credit agency globally to offer these, and the Government is pressing for all creditors to offer these in loans - most recently co-hosting a workshop on CRDCs at COP28 and securing several Multilateral Development Banks and other countries to offer these.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 29/02/2024 11:48:26 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1685570

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	Elections: Bangladesh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 8779 on Artificial Intelligence: Elections, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the use of deepfakes during recent elections in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>We noted the results of the Bangladesh Election on 7 January. As democratic elections depend on credible, open, and fair competition, we are concerned by the reported use of deepfakes and AI generated disinformation to undermine the democratic process in Bangladesh. The UK Government works continuously to understand, assess and address the risks presented by emerging and critical technologies. In the lead up to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit, a suite of products was published by the Government to help inform the public and Summit participants of our assessment of the risks and opportunities associated with the use of AI.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 06/02/2024 17:30:20 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1685595

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	Malaysia: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the memorandum from the Action Committee Condemning the Batang Kali Massacre, presented on 12 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>We are reviewing the memorandum from the Batang Kali Action Committee and will respond to the Committee in due course.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/02/2024 12:08:49 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1678372

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	Sayed Ahmed al-Abar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in the Government of Bahrain on the detainment of Sayed Ahmed al-Abar.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	7208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not had recent discussions about this individual case with the Government of Bahrain. However, Bahrain is well aware of the UK's long-standing policy to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, in all countries, as a matter of principle. During Bahrain's Universal Periodic Review in November 2022, the UK recommended an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty and has continued to discuss this with the Government of Bahrain.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 02/01/2024 16:27:51 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day