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1624303

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Israel: Nuclear Weapons
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 26 April 2023 to Question 182071 on Israel: Nuclear Weapons, when he last reviewed the available evidence on whether Israel possess nuclear weapons; and if he will make an assessment of the extent to which information held by the National Archives in files FCO 177/1175 and FCO 93/7314 accurately reflects the available evidence on that matter as of April 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	183179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments that we do not comment on intelligence matters. The UK Government closely follows the security situation in the Middle East and maintains a regular dialogue with international counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 03/05/2023 16:59:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1624358

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Ukraine Recovery Conference: Women
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 (a) women's rights and (b) women-led organisations participate in the Ukraine Recovery Conference in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	183118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 April 2023 to Question 181040 [https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-04-17/181040].</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/05/2023 10:14:34 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1624361

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Climate Change: Finance
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 it is his Department’s policy to set up a new Loss and Damage Facility Fund to support climate emergencies.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	183119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>At COP27, the UK and all parties agreed to establish new funding arrangements for loss and damage, including the setup of a dedicated fund, to assist developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. It was agreed to establish a Transitional Committee (TC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to develop the fund and funding arrangements by COP28. The UK is one of the twenty-four members of the TC and has actively engaged with its work, attending the first formal meeting in Egypt in March and associated workshops. We are committed to making a positive contribution to the aims and objectives of the Committee in the run up to COP28. The UK has no plans to set up a separate Loss and Damage fund outside of this process.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 12/05/2023 11:36:19 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1624362

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Humanitarian Aid: Women
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 help (a) resource and (b) encourage participation of women-led organisations at pledging conferences for international humanitarian emergencies in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	183120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to supporting women-led organisations in humanitarian crises in 2023. Last year, we co-hosted the Afghanistan Pledging Conference, providing a platform for Afghan women's rights activists to speak, and we provided $185 million to the UN's Country Based Pooled Funds globally, which direct humanitarian funding to local organisations, including women-led organisations. In 2023, we launched the £38 million Advancing Gender Equality through support to Women's Rights Organisations programme, which will provide grants to women's rights organisations and work to amplify their voices in key fora such as pledging conferences.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/05/2023 16:02:15 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1624365

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Development Aid
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 his Department will implement its Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) budget commitments to reinstate ODA funding for humanitarian response and gender equality to levels seen prior to the 2020 cut to UK international aid.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	183121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government remains committed to delivering the priorities set out in the International Development Strategy (IDS); and the Strategy's spend targets where funding allows. In 2024-2025 we plan to spend £1 billion on urgent humanitarian needs. We continue to work towards the IDS target on restoring funding for vital work on Women and Girls and the new target set out in the FCDO's International Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2030 for at least 80 percent of the FCDO's bilateral aid programmes to have a focus on gender equality by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/05/2023 16:03:09 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1624367

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	East Africa: International Assistance
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 take steps to host an international conference on humanitarian assistance for the East Africa drought.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	183122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>We are working with several international and UN partners to organise a humanitarian pledging conference for the Horn of Africa. The event is scheduled to take place in New York on 24 May. It will help us to mobilise urgent funding for immediate humanitarian needs and to identify long-term solutions to the region's recurrent crises including drought. The UK is a leading humanitarian donor to the region with more than £1 billion provided in relief aid since 2019. UK funded activities are saving lives and making a difference.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/05/2023 16:01:24 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1624399

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
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 charities in Ukraine are expected to receive the £2.3 billion from Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	183217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The proceeds from the sale of Chelsea FC are frozen in a UK bank account. They cannot be moved or used without a licence from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation. Humanitarian experts outside of Government are responsible for the highly complex process to establish a foundation to manage and distribute the proceeds for humanitarian purposes in Ukraine. Setting up an organisation of this scale rightly takes time.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 03/05/2023 08:14:43 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1624431

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	MI6: NATO
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 (a) priorities and (b) objectives are of MI6 for its chairship of NATO’s intelligence committee.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	183014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments that we do not comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 03/05/2023 16:02:11 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1624501

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa
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 is taking diplomatic steps in response to allegations of torture against Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	183185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>We continue to follow matters that relate to human rights within Bahrain closely and are aware of these historic allegations. The allegations were previously brought to the attention of the Metropolitan Police Service, which concluded that there was insufficient evidence to proceed. We take allegations or issues about torture and mistreatment very seriously and urge all allegations to be reported to the appropriate national oversight body whose duty it is to carry out full and independent investigations. We continue to encourage the oversight bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations into any such claims.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/05/2023 15:08:54 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1624512

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Sudan: British Nationals Abroad
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 made changes to its advice on the eligibility of British citizens who hold dual nationality for evacuation from Sudan since 18 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	183218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>Our priority has always been the safe evacuation of British Nationals, including dual nationals, and their eligible dependents. The UK has conducted the largest evacuation of any Western country from Sudan. As of 2 May the UK has facilitated the departure of over 2300 people, of which over half were British nationals or dual nationals.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 03/05/2023 16:46:43 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady