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49786

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who will represent the Government at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Abuja.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	197777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>No UK Minister was available to attend the World Economic Forum being held in Abuja on 7 – 9 May. We did propose to send senior officials, but the organisers of the World Economic Forum declined this request.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

50300

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the de facto administering power is in the area of Western Sahara not under Moroccan control; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	198207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not regard any power as the de facto administrator of that part of the territory of Western Sahara not under Moroccan control.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

49999

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which nation branding consultancies have been funded or part-funded by his Department to work in overseas states and territories in the last 10 years; and what fees have been paid to each of those consultancies in each year since 2004.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	197984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not directly funded any nation branding consultancies to work in overseas states and territories. Information on any part funded nation branded consultancies working in overseas states and territories is not held centrally and to collate this would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has, however, previously paid subscription fees for the years 2009-2012 to Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index, a US based market and consumer information organisation which provides an analytical ranking to help measure and manage national reputation. The subscription costs were: for 2012: £30,597.44; for 2011: £29,554.50; for 2010: £31,141.41 and for 2009: £33,960.81.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

50299

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the provisions of the EU Deep and Comprehensive Free trade Agreement with Morocco apply outside the sovereign territory of Morocco.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	198209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The terms of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement are currently being negotiated between the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco. The agreement is between the European Communities and their Member States and the Kingdom of Morocco.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

49998

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department, its executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies have funded or made contribution towards funding relating to nation branding development in any overseas state or territories in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	197983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not directly funded any nation branding development in any overseas states or territories, nor have its executive agencies or non departmental public bodies. The British Council does not directly fund nation branding but, through its work building trust for the UK internationally, through cultural and educational exchanges for example, it benefits both the UK's and partner states' national brands on a reciprocal basis. Information on any co-funded nation branding activities carried out overseas is not held centrally and to collate this would incur disproportionate cost. Activities funded or carried out by an Overseas Territory Government to promote its own Territory is a matter of devolved responsibility.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

50657

registered interest
date	13/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether hehas received the World Society for the Protection of Animals' recent report The Cayman Turtle Farm: A Continued Case for Change.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	198482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>I have received a copy of the report and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is analysing it in detail. However, it is the delegated responsibility of the Cayman Islands Government to manage its natural resources effectively and appropriately and for them to consider how best to respond to the report.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

49414

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 intends to reply to the letter to him dated 25 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Woronycz.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	197503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) responded to the right hon. Member on 1 May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

50149

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to non-governmental organisations working in Vietnam to combat child trafficking and to help repatriated victims of trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	197996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We currently fund a range of projects in Vietnam targeted at raising awareness of and combating modern slavery and human trafficking through victim reintegration programmes. There is a focus on alternative job creation for victims, and potential victims of trafficking.</p><p>In particular, our British Ambassador opened Compassion House in June 2013, a UK funded shelter in Lao Cai on the Chinese border for girls who have been trafficked. It is operated by the local government authorities in conjunction with a local non-govermental organisations, Pacific Links Foundation to provide life skills and vocational training.</p><p>Our Embassy also funds the ‘Capacity Building Activities for Victims of Gender-Based Violence' project which provides support for women and children in Vietnam who have suffered from gender-based violence and the effects of human trafficking.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

50105

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help find the 230 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram; and whether the UK will commit military aid to the search effort if required.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	198005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria, we have been in regular contact with the Nigerian Government to offer our assistance. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), spoke to the Nigerian Foreign Minister on 18 April immediately after the abductions and offered the UK's assistance. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) spoke to the Nigerian President on 7 May. The Nigerian President accepted our offer of a team of experts led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and including Ministry of Defence (MOD), Department for International Development (DFID) and Police representatives. The team arrived in Abuja on 9 May and will be talking to the Nigerians to offer advice on how the Nigerians can defeat Boko Haram and bring stability to the north of Nigeria. <br><br>It is too soon to comment on what specific assistance we will give. However, the team will provide expertise in counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, military mentoring and training, victim support and economic development. Human rights compliance is, and will remain, an essential element of any UK assistance in Nigeria.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

49503

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to achieve agreement at the UN climate summit in September 2014 on the amount of finance that will be pledged to assist developing countries with their climate actions.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	197476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK is actively engaged in discussions on preparations for the UN Secretary General's climate summit in September 2014. We welcome this opportunity to further build international momentum to tackle climate change, and towards a new global, legally-binding climate agreement in 2015.</p><p>The UK is committed to the goal of jointly mobilising USD 100 billion of climate finance per year by 2020 from a range of public, private and alternative sources, and encourages all countries to work on strategies for scaling up climate finance. The UK is also actively supporting the development of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which we hope will be ready for initial resource mobilisation in 2014. The UK's International Climate Fund (£3.87 billion of UK public funds provided by the Department for International Development, Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, in 2011-16) already supports a range of adaptation, low carbon development and innovative finance projects to assist developing countries with their climate actions.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy