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1172284

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date	21/01/2020
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	British Overseas Territories: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations on the Overseas Territories (a) negotiating a devolution settlement similar to those for devolved nations of the UK and (b) representation in the UK Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	6166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Each of the United Kingdom's 14 Overseas Territories has its own unique constitution setting out the responsibilities of the local government and the Government of the United Kingdom. The requests for constitutional reform have been driven by the people of each inhabited Territory. In the last year the Government of the United Kingdom has held formal negotiations on constitutional reform with the Cayman Islands and Anguilla. None of the Overseas Territories have requested a constitutional relationship akin to the devolution settlements within the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2020 14:08:20 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172285

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	British Overseas Territories: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the future governance of the Overseas Territories; what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) a devolution settlement for those territories similar to those for devolved nations of the UK and (b) representation for those territories in the UK Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	6167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Each of the United Kingdom's 14 Overseas Territories has its own unique constitution setting out the responsibilities of the local government and the Government of the United Kingdom. The requests for constitutional reform have been driven by the people of each inhabited Territory. In the last year the Government has held formal negotiations on constitutional reform with the Cayman Islands and Anguilla. None of the Overseas Territories have requested a constitutional relationship akin to the devolution settlements within the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2020 14:13:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172286

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	British Overseas Territories: Politics and Government
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 he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future governance of the Overseas Territories and the potential merits of (a) a devolution settlement for those territories similar to those for devolved nations of the UK and (b) representation for those territories in the UK Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	6168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>​Each of the United Kingdom's 14 Overseas Territories has its own unique constitution setting out the responsibilities of the local government and the Government of the United Kingdom. The requests for constitutional reform have been driven by the people of each inhabited Territory. In the last year the Government has held formal negotiations on constitutional reform with the Cayman Islands and Anguilla. None of the Overseas Territories have requested a constitutional relationship akin to the devolution settlements within the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2020 14:15:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172287

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	British Overseas Territories: Politics and Government
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 he has had with the Overseas Territories on the future governance of those territories and the potential merits of (a) a devolution settlement for those territories similar to those for devolved nations of the UK and (b) representation for those territories in the UK Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	6169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>​Each of the United Kingdom's 14 Overseas Territories has its own unique constitution setting out the responsibilities of the local government and the Government of the United Kingdom. The requests for constitutional reform have been driven by the people of each inhabited Territory. In the last year the Government has held formal negotiations on constitutional reform with the Cayman Islands and Anguilla. None of the Overseas Territories have requested a constitutional relationship akin to the devolution settlements within the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2020 14:29:00 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172317

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Libya: Young People
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 assessment he has made of the (a) humanitarian situation in Libya and (b) effect of the war in that country on the development of its young people.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	6176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>All parties to the conflict must respect the current ceasefire, ensure humanitarian access, and return to the UN-led political process. The Berlin Conference on 19 January, attended by the Prime Minister, showed wide international support for these aims.</p><p>The UK provided £1 million to the UN Flash Appeal in 2019. The UN released $2 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2019 to provide life-saving assistance to civilians caught up in the fighting, including vulnerable migrants and refugees. The UK was the biggest donor to the CERF in 2018, providing £114.3 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/01/2020 11:55:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172345

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	China: Coronavirus
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 he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the novel coronavirus detected in the city of Wuhan; and what assessment he has made of the risk posed by the novel coronavirus to (a) British citizens in China and (b) to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	6183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary spoke to his Chinese counterpart on 28 January about the coronavirus. The British Government is liaising directly with our international partners and the Chinese authorities through our Embassy in Beijing.</p><p>To date there have been no cases of British nationals confirmed with the virus. We are liaising directly with Public Health England, who currently assess the threat to the UK to be low. Based on the emerging evidence regarding case numbers, potential sources, and human to human transmission, we have advised against all travel to Hubei Province.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 29/01/2020 17:09:23 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan