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794293

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111541, on companies: ownership what access the Government has to registers of beneficial ownership in each British Overseas Territory.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	115266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>​Central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective arrangements are in place in Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar.</p><p>Under bilateral arrangements concluded in 2016 with Overseas Territories with financial centres, UK law enforcement authorities have the automatic right of access to beneficial ownership information held on companies incorporated in those Territories within 24 hours or one hour in urgent cases.</p><p>Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands have not yet established a central register or similarly effective arrangement. We continue to monitor progress and to offer support to both these Territories.</p><p>Montserrat has committed to establish a public central register and is expected to introduce new legislation to implement its central register shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/11/2017 17:07:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

794311

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate has made of the number of British citizens living in Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	115284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>We estimate there are approximately 20,000 British citizens living in Zimbabwe, many of whom are long-term residents.</p><p>We ask all British nationals to regularly check travel advice.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/11/2017 15:51:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

794333

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many losses and special payments have been made by his Department in the 2017-18 financial year to date; and what the value of those losses and payments have been.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	115306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The figures requested form part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual report submitted to Parliament. The outturn for the 2017-18 financial year has not yet been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/11/2017 16:37:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

794337

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Myanmar counterparts on the Bangladesh-Myanmar deal to return Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	115310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been clear that an agreement on returning the Rohingya refugees to their homes in Burma must provide for voluntary, safe and dignified return. I made these points to the Bangladesh High Commissioner Nazmul Quaunine and Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque when they met on 2 November. The Foreign Secretary has spoken to Aung San Suu Kyi three times since this crisis began, most recently on 21 October, when he urged her to implement her commitment to ensure the return of refugees. At ASEM (20-21 November) I met with Minister of Defence U Sein Win, the Chief of Staff to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, U Kyaw Tin Swe and the Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Tin and in each meeting raised the need for early returns. The principle of non-refoulement is also detailed in the United Nations Security Council Presidential Statement made on 6 November – a statement the UK was instrumental in achieving.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/11/2017 16:51:12 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

794338

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, what discussions he has had with his Bangladeshi counterparts on the Bangladesh-Myanmar agreement to return Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar?
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	115311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>​The UK has been clear that an agreement on returning the Rohingya refugees to their homes in Burma must provide for voluntary, safe and dignified return. I made these points to the Bangladesh High Commissioner Nazmul Quaunine and Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque when they met on 2 November. The Foreign Secretary has spoken to Aung San Suu Kyi three times since this crisis began, most recently on 21 October, when he urged her to implement her commitment to ensure the return of refugees. At ASEM (20-21 November) I met with Minister of Defence U Sein Win, the Chief of Staff to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, U Kyaw Tin Swe and the Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Tin and in each meeting raised the need for early returns. The principle of non-refoulement is also detailed in the United Nations Security Council Presidential Statement made on 6 November – a statement the UK was instrumental in achieving.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/11/2017 16:53:45 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

794406

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will condemn the Turkish Government for imprisoning almost 100 elected representatives and more than 5,000 activists from the Peoples' Democratic Party.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	115379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>​Following the failed coup in 2016 and the subsequent imposition of a State of Emergency, we expect Turkey, as a modern democracy, to undertake any legal processes against elected representatives and activists fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. It is important that legal measures under the State of Emergency be proportionate, justified and in line with Turkey's democratic principles and its international human rights obligations. We have made these points consistently with Turkish Ministers, as has the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/11/2017 16:22:24 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

794419

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Syria: Kurds
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 plans to take help ensure that Kurdish authorities in northern Syria can participate in future peace talks.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	115392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Kurdish groups have been represented in Syrian peace negotiations in Geneva through the Kurdish National Council, as part of the opposition High Negotiations Committee. Invitations for any other groups to the Geneva peace negotiations are a matter for the UN Special Envoy for Syria. The UN Envoy has involved Kurdish and other minority groups in civil society discussions alongside formal negotiations in Geneva.</p><p>We maintain that any political settlement must be inclusive. All Syrian constituencies must ultimately be represented in discussion on Syria's future – this is a key principle in the 2012 Geneva communique and UNSCR 2254.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/11/2017 17:30:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

794439

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with organisations that promote press freedom in the last 12 months
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	115412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The FCO and its network of Embassies and High Commissions overseas has had extensive contact in the last 12 months with organisations that promote press freedom. This information is not recorded centrally and accordingly it would be impractical to attempt to produce a comprehensive list of such meetings and discussions. The Foreign Secretary himself met his Human Rights Advisory Group on 10 October to discuss current challenges to press freedom.</p><p>The FCO also supports projects run by organisations that promote press freedom. In the past 12 months, the FCO has granted more than £1.3 million from the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy to projects dedicated to freedom of expression and support for civil society.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/11/2017 16:57:37 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

794494

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
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 secure humanitarian access to northern Rakhine in Burma.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	115467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Red Cross and the World Food Programme are currently the only aid organisations with permission to provide humanitarian support in Northern Rakhine. The UK has provided £2 million to the World Food Programme and £1 million to the Red Cross. We continue to urge the Burmese authorities to grant full access to UN and other agencies so that they can help meet the urgent need in Northern Rakhine. During my visit to Burma on 20-21 November, I met ​Burma's Minister of Defence Sein Win and the Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Tin and pressed again the need for full humanitarian access.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/11/2017 15:44:38 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

794495

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Burma: United Nations
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 support the United Nations fact-finding mission in Rakhine State, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	115468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>​The UK co-sponsored the resolution at the Human Rights Council in March 2017 which set up a Fact-Finding Mission to look into the human rights situation in Burma. We also supported the extension of its mandate until September 2018. We have repeatedly urged Burma to cooperate with the Fact-Finding Mission and grant it access to Rakhine State, and shall continue to do so. I look forward to meeting the members of the Fact-Finding Mission during their visit to London in December.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/11/2017 15:46:37 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden