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1052168

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials at his Department held discussions with representatives of (a) the US National Security Agency and (b) GCHQ on influencing UN Security Council vote in March 2003 on the second resolution to authorise intervention in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:52:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052169

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government holds on an operation to influence a vote at the UN Security Council on a second resolution to authorise an intervention in Iraq in March 2003.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:47:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052170

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government holds on discussions between GCHQ and the US National Security Agency on surveillance of delegates to the UN in 2003.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/02/2019 10:15:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052171

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
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 received a memo on 31 January 2003 from Frank Koza, Defence Chief of Staff (Regional Targets) entitled Reflections of Iraq Debate/Votes at UN-RT Actions + Potential for Related Contributions and published in The Observer on 2 March 2003, asking for information that could give US policymakers an edge in obtaining results favourable to US goals.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:49:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052172

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Iraq Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the article entitled Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war, published in the Observer on 2 March 2003, whether his Department undertook surveillance of representatives at the UN from (a) Angola, (b) Cameroon, (c) Chile, (d) Bulgaria, (e) Guinea and (f) Pakistan prior to the UN Security Council vote on a second resolution on intervention in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	215230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2019 13:51:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1052178

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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: Cleaning Services
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 30 January 2019 to Question 211155 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Contracts, for what reason cleaning staff (a) outside London are paid the statutory National Living Wage and (b) inside London are paid the London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	215101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>In line with the practice of previous Administrations, we do not require companies contracted to the Department to pay Living Wage Foundation’s living wage to the staff that they employ.</p><p>Specific rates of pay are a matter for each individual contractor, as the employer, but assurances are provided to ensure full compliance with the requirements of the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/02/2019 16:48:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1052179

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Sudan: 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 plans he has to raise the matter of human rights of protesters and medical staff in Sudan at the next UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>In our Troika (UK, USA and Norway) statement of the 8 January we made clear that the Government of Sudan's response to ongoing protests will impact our approach to engagement. No date has been set for the next round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue, but we continue to raise our human rights concerns at the highest levels, I did so most recently with the Sudanese Foreign Minister on 22 January.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/02/2019 16:02:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1052180

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Uganda: Entertainments and Music
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 30 January to Question 212672 on Uganda: Entertainments and Music, what representations he has made to his Ugandan counterpart on the proposed regulations to the Ugandan music and entertainment industry in that country.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	215233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>​The Ugandan Government continues to consult with representatives from the Ugandan music and entertainment industry on the proposed regulations. We await the outcome of these consultations. The UK position is that legislation should not be used to enable censorship; and we continue to raise directly with the Ugandan Government the importance of freedom of expression as a fundamental human right.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/02/2019 16:27:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1052181

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Sudan: 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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on freedom of religion and belief in Sudan of recent human rights violations in that country.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The root causes of the ongoing protests in Sudan are economic and political. There is no specific or separate religious dimension to them or to the Government of Sudan's response. More broadly, Sudan remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights priority country, including with regard to freedom of religion or belief; we engage with the Government of Sudan frequently to urge improvements in this area, most recently supporting an event in Khartoum with the Bishop of Leeds on 29 January to press for greater religious freedom for all Sudanese people.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/02/2019 16:04:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1052241

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Cyprus: 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 recent discussions he has held with representatives of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot authorities on the future of the island of Cyprus.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a strong supporter of a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Cyprus issue, based on the internationally accepted model of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation. We endorse the UN Secretary-General's view that prospects for a settlement remain alive and welcome his continued willingness to work with and consult the parties on a way forward. We are supporting those consultations through dialogue with the parties and the UN. I held productive discussions with UN consultant on Cyprus Jane Holl-Lute on 8 January 2019, with Cypriot Foreign Minister Christodoulides on 5 November 2018, with the President of Cyprus's House of Representatives, Demetris Syllouris, on 25 October 2018 and with Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci on 24 October 2018. Officials in my Department regularly engage with the parties to the settlement talks.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 05/02/2019 17:11:47 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham