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1714799

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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	Armed Conflict: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of conflicts resulting from global food insecurity.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Michael Shanks
uin	902581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Hunger has many causes, but conflict is a major driver and amplifier behind ten of the largest food crises in the past year. In turn, competition for resources such as land, food and water contribute to instability. Our Development White Paper sets out our vision, combining efforts in development, diplomacy and security, to both reduce food insecurity and tackle conflict.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 30/04/2024 12:53:35 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks

1701478

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	UNRWA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the oral contribution of 15 April 2024 by the Prime Minister, Official Report, column 37, whether he plans to publish the interim findings of the UN review into UNRWA .
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Michael Shanks
uin	22205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and Catherine Colonna have now provided their interim reports to the UN Secretary-General.</p><p>The UN Secretary-General has not published these interim reports.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/04/2024 16:13:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks

1696149

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Vladimir Kara-Murza
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 20 November 2023 to Question 1784 on Vladimir Kara-Murza, what progress his Department has made on securing the release of Vladimir Kara-Murza; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the sanctions on the 13 individuals related to this case.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Michael Shanks
uin	18823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has consistently condemned Vladimir Kara-Murza's politically motivated conviction and called for his release since his arrest. The Foreign Secretary met Mr Kara-Murza's wife and mother on 1 March to discuss our approach. We continue to raise his case with the Russian authorities at every available opportunity in London and Moscow, and call for his immediate release on humanitarian grounds for urgent medical treatment, including at ambassadorial-level, and in multilateral fora, most recently at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and UN Human Rights Council. Our sanctions are targeted, based on information from a range of sources and we continue to keep them under review.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/03/2024 17:58:50 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks

1695851

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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	Hamas: UNRWA
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 discussions he has had with the (a) UN Office of Internal Oversight and (b) Catherine Colonna of the independent Review Group appointed by the UN Secretary-General on when the rapid interim report will be made available.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Michael Shanks
uin	18626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services has released an interim report to the UN Secretary-General. We are pressing Catherine Colonna to produce a rapid interim report on the investigation into UNRWA's neutrality.</p><p>We are working with allies to try to bring this situation to a rapid conclusion not least because UNRWA have a vital role to play in providing aid and services in Gaza and the wider region.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/03/2024 10:41:58 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks

1695533

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	UNRWA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the contents of the interim report of the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services' review of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will be shared with Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Michael Shanks
uin	18335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services has released an interim report to the UN Secretary-General.</p><p>We are pressing Catherine Colonna to produce a rapid interim report on the investigation into UNRWA's neutrality. The UN has said that her final report will be made public.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/03/2024 17:37:48 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks

1695536

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	UNRWA: Finance
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 (a) Swedish and (b) Canadian counterpart on the decision of those countries to resume funding for UNRWA.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Michael Shanks
uin	18336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>We are appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned.</p><p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services has released an interim report to the UN Secretary-General. We are pressing Catherine Colonna to produce a rapid interim report on the investigation into UNRWA's neutrality.</p><p>We are working with allies, including Sweden and Canada, to try and bring this situation to a rapid conclusion, not least because UNRWA have a vital role to play in providing aid and services in Gaza, and the wider region.</p><p>We want UNRWA to give detailed undertakings about changes in personnel, policy and precedents to ensure this can never happen again.</p><p>Any future funding decisions will be taken after UNRWA's review has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 18337 question first answered 20/03/2024 10:43:39 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks

1695537

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he plans to decide whether to reinstate funding for UNRWA.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Michael Shanks
uin	18337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>We are appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned.</p><p>We are aware that the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services has released an interim report to the UN Secretary-General. We are pressing Catherine Colonna to produce a rapid interim report on the investigation into UNRWA's neutrality.</p><p>We are working with allies, including Sweden and Canada, to try and bring this situation to a rapid conclusion, not least because UNRWA have a vital role to play in providing aid and services in Gaza, and the wider region.</p><p>We want UNRWA to give detailed undertakings about changes in personnel, policy and precedents to ensure this can never happen again.</p><p>Any future funding decisions will be taken after UNRWA's review has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 18336 question first answered 20/03/2024 10:43:39 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks

1625043

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Hong Kong: Human Rights
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 the implications for his policies of the political and human rights situation in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	904727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The imposition of National Security Law and actions by the authorities in Hong Kong have eroded the civil and political rights promised to Hong Kongers under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.</p><p>We are clear that China remains in an ongoing state of non-compliance with the Declaration. As the Foreign Secretary has said, we will act when China breaks its obligations, as we did in giving nearly 3 million Hong Kongers a path to British citizenship.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 02/05/2023 15:00:48 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1612924

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
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	Tunisia: Political Prisoners
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 discussions with his counterparts in Tunisia on the arrest and detention of representatives of the political opposition and civil society in that country; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	181997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>On 18 April, the Minister of State for North Africa, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon made clear the UK's view that the recent wave of arrests and restrictions on political opposition in Tunisia is eroding the space for political plurality, urging the Tunisian Government to respect the principles and values of an open and democratic society. Lord Ahmad also raised our issues over the arrests directly with Tunisian Chargé d'Affaires on 23 February, as did His Majesty's Ambassador to Tunisia with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar on 23 February. The UK believes in the importance of space for legitimate political opposition, civil society, strengthening human rights and including all voices in building resilient and successful democracies. The UK is a constructive partner to Tunisia, and we will continue to raise these important issues with the Tunisian authorities at every available opportunity. We continue to monitor the political and human rights situation in Tunisia closely.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/04/2023 16:09:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1612925

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
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	Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani
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 held discussions with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the detention of Saudi human rights defender Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	181998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, has raised this case with the Saudi authorities, alongside a range of human rights issues, most recently during his visit to the Kingdom in February.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/04/2023 16:14:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier