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date	09/06/2015
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: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to recruit Russian experts to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and how many fluent Russian speakers have been recruited since March 2015.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has increased from 43 to 56 the number of Russian speakers posted to Russia and the former Soviet Union. Full language training is given to all FCO officers who require it for their postings.</p><p> </p><p>We have also launched an Eastern Europe and Central Asia cadre of experts in March of this year – already counting 400 members – designed to pool experience and underpin a first class foreign policy towards Russia and the region.</p><p> </p><p>We have also re-opened the FCO Language School that had been closed down in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>Although we have recruited no Russian speakers since March 2015, we expect three Russian speakers to join the FCO later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/06/2015 14:18:06 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

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date	16/06/2014
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	Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Palestinian Authority about the alleged kidnapping of Israeli teenagers on 12 June.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Mr Robertson), discussed this with Palestinian Prime Minister Hamdallah and other government officials on 18 June, during his visit to the region. Mr Robertson expressed his concerns over the kidnapping, welcomed President Abbas's condemnation of it and was briefed on Palestinian security co-operation with the Israelis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 25/06/2014 15:35:21 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg