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833600

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the most recent outcome of discussions with the government of Zimbabwe about pension payments owing to former Southern Rhodesia civil servants.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL5222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>​The Zimbabwe Government recognised their legal obligation to pay for pensions of former Southern Rhodesia civil servants in a letter from the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare on 28 October 2016. Representatives from the British High Commission in Harare regularly raise the requirement of the Government of Zimbabwe to pay these pensions with the Zimbabwean government and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/02/2018 15:32:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

833601

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Hong Kong: Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in fulfilling the assurances about parity with crown servants in the UK given to overseas civil servants in Hong Kong, following enquiries by the Hong Kong Policy Association about the visa process for partners of officers who served in the Royal Hong Kong police.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL5223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, responded to a letter on this subject from the Hong Kong Police Association on 30 January 2018. That letter confirmed that we have no record that any assurances were given concerning present or future visa or nationality requirements for former or retired Royal Hong Kong Police officers, and their spouses, partners or children. In that context, any visa applications will be considered against the current legal framework in place in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/02/2018 17:05:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

778725

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
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	Hong Kong: Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 October (HL1889), what was their response to the letter from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association to the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mark Field MP, dated 16 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL2634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Minister for Asia and the Pacific will be replying shortly to the letter from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association which was received on 16 October.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/11/2017 14:47:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

768534

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Hong Kong: Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent representations they have received from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association; and what action, if any, has followed.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has received no representations from the Royal Hong Kong Police Association.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/10/2017 15:47:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

768535

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Central African Pension Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current deficit in the Central African Pension Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Central African Pension Fund was last officially valued in July 2015 and was £200k in deficit. The next triennial valuation will be July 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/10/2017 15:45:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

718238

registered interest
date	06/04/2017
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: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the cost of proposals submitted by the Overseas Service Pension Association in December 2016 for assisting the government of Zimbabwe in meeting its obligations to Zimbabwe public service pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL6737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government understands the hardship that lack of pension payments causes to former service-people and their families. The British Ambassador to Zimbabwe raises pensions frequently with the Zimbabwean Government and has secured written confirmation that it will resume payments when the economic situation improves. However, we have not made an estimate of the cost as these payments are the responsibility of the Government of Zimbabwe as set out in the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 19/04/2017 15:33:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

713108

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of making the necessary financial arrangements to enable the government of Zimbabwe to pay the pension arrears owing to those former members of HM Overseas Service who responded to the British Government's request that they remain in their posts after Southern Rhodesia became independent.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL6228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government understands the hardship that lack of pension payments causes to former service-people and their families. The British Ambassador to Zimbabwe raises pensions frequently with the Zimbabwean Government and has secured written confirmation that it will resume payments when the economic situation improves. However, we have not made an estimate of the cost as these payments are the responsibility of the Government of Zimbabwe as set out in the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/04/2017 16:10:24 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad