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753462

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	British Overseas Territories: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Overseas Territories did not establish a register of beneficial ownership by 1 July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	5911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to my response to Question 3734 dated 18 July.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 10:14:48 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

753463

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Sri Lanka: Foreign Relations
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 last met his Sri Lankan counterpart; and the subjects that were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>I have not yet met my Sri Lankan counterpart but I look forward to doing so in the near future and I am hoping to visit Sri Lanka within the next month. My predecessor, now Minister of State for Housing and Planning, met the then Foreign Minister during bilateral discussions at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 28 February 2017. Their talks focused on Sri Lanka's co-sponsorship of Resolution 34/1 and how Sri Lanka could deliver on its international commitments on human rights and reconciliation.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/09/2017 15:32:05 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

753464

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Staff
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 officials of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have the word trade in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Building the UK’s prosperity is a key priority for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (FCO). Our network of Posts overseas work to deliver the goals of the whole of Government, including in support of the objectives of the Department for International Trade. A significant proportion of FCO officials both in the UK and overseas support this agenda but do not necessarily have the word “trade” in their job title, including for example Ambassadors and other Heads of Missions.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 26/07/2017 16:10:24 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

753465

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts in the remit of his Department that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	5715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill ['Legislating for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union'], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 11:26:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

753466

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Tibet: Human Rights
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 ensure that human rights abuses in Tibet are raised in discussions with the Chinese Government at ministerial and official level.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	5832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>​We continue to raise our concerns about the human rights situation in Tibet with the Chinese authorities on a regular basis. We most recently raised our concerns about Tibet at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue held in Beijing on 27 June. The Foreign Secretary also raised the issue with the Chinese Government at the UK/China Strategic dialogue in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 26/07/2017 16:38:00 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

753467

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Kamal Foroughi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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 Iranian counterpart on the prison conditions of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	5658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary raised the cases of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi when he last met his Iranian counterpart in February. I raised this matter with Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Ravanchi on 21 June and in my meeting with the Iranian Ambassador on 6 July.</p><p>We have repeatedly requested consular access so that we may be assured of the detainees' welfare and their access to any appropriate medical treatment, however, Iran does not recognise dual nationality and therefore does not grant us consular access. Nevertheless we shall continue to lobby the Iranian authorities about these cases at the highest levels at every opportunity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/07/2017 14:56:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

753468

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with his Turkish counterpart the issue of human rights violations against those peacefully protesting against the Turkish Government.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	5647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We have long encouraged Turkey to work towards the full protection of fundamental rights, particularly in the area of freedom of expression and assembly. I have had regular discussions with my Turkish counterpart on human rights issues.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 10:19:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

753469

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Capital Punishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people executed in each country by the government of that country in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	5639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK opposes the death penalty in all circumstances and we make our opposition well known at the highest levels to countries which continue to apply it. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office works closely with leading human rights organisations to promote abolition of the death penalty globally. The FCO draws on data from Amnesty International which reports on the numbers of executions worldwide in a series of Annual Reports on the Death penalty, available at its website: <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/" target="_blank">www.amnesty.org</a></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 26/07/2017 16:41:26 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

753470

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Maryam Rajavi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which EU member states will (a) allow and (b) not allow Maryam Rajavi to visit.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	5635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>It is for each individual EU Member State to answer this question, not the responsibility of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/07/2017 14:52:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

753471

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK's departure from the EU affects work across the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from direct work on our departure to wider diplomatic work with partners across the world explaining the opportunities this creates. Therefore, the information requested is not held centrally and to compile would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/07/2017 11:30:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams