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1628047

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	China: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the use of Chinese-made solar panels in the UK sourced from companies using unethical supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	185329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary and his officials are in regular contact with relevant Ministers and departments on matters of national security and foreign policy. The Government is committed to supporting UK businesses to engage with China in a way that reflects the UK's values. For example, last year we introduced new guidance on the risks of doing business in Xinjiang, enhanced export controls and announced the introduction of financial penalties under the Modern Slavery Act. This year, the Procurement Bill will enable public sector contracting authorities to reject bids and terminate contracts with suppliers which are known to use forced labour themselves or anywhere in their supply chain. Additionally, the UK's main solar industry trade association is leading the industry's response by developing and piloting the Solar Stewardship Initiative to further develop a responsible, transparent and sustainable solar value chain.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 22/05/2023 16:26:18 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1628056

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that the Loss and Damage Fund established at COP27 supports highly- indebted countries that have been impacted by climate change.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	185330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>At COP27, the UK and other parties agreed to establish a Transitional Committee under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to develop loss and damage funding arrangements, including a fund, by COP28. As a member of the Transitional Committee the UK will be encouraging fellow members to consider a broad range of funding arrangements for loss and damage. We will work closely with members and other UNFCCC parties to ensure these funding arrangements consider how to support countries at high risk of debt distress from climate related loss and damage.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/05/2023 10:47:57 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1628057

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's role in the United Nations Climate Change Transitional Committee to help ensure that (a) new funding arrangements for the Loss and Damage Fund are allocated to countries most impacted by climate change and (b) that those arrangements are finalised at COP28.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	185331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>At COP27, the UK and other parties agreed to establish a Transitional Committee under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to develop a loss and damage fund and funding arrangements by COP28. We recognise how urgent it is to ensure the countries most impacted by climate change can respond to the risks they face. We are actively engaging with the committee members and other UNFCCC parties to ensure funding arrangements deliver effectively for those most vulnerable to climate change and are committed to pressing the transition committee to deliver results at COP28.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/05/2023 10:46:40 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1628061

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it remains his policy to increase Official Development Assisstance spend on R&D from £600 million in 2021-22 to £1 billion in 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	185335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The International Development Strategy is clear that ODA Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) is critical to tackling poverty and addressing the major challenges facing the world. In March 2023, the UK published its International Technology Strategy, which sets out how we will develop technology solutions to global challenges through investment in mission-driven R&amp;D. ODA R&amp;D allocations for 24/25 will be announced in due course, but I [Minister Mitchell] can confirm that the UK's total direct funding for R&amp;D will reach £20 billion a year by 2024/25 as planned. This is a cash increase of around a third compared to 2021/22, and the largest ever increase over an spending review period.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/05/2023 15:43:49 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1628078

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Election Observers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to send election observers to Zimbabwe for the upcoming general election in that country.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	185343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK is working alongside international partners to prepare support for domestic and international election observation missions. However, in line with Zimbabwe's constitution and standard practice, invitations for observation missions will not be issued by the Government of Zimbabwe until the election date is announced. Alongside a small British Embassy Harare electoral monitoring mission, we hope to see larger electoral missions from the African Union, Southern African Development Community, EU, Commonwealth, US and international and domestic NGOs.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/05/2023 15:42:20 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1628079

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the restrictions placed on independent trade union activity in Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	185344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Harare regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders to improve our understanding of political and economic issues in Zimbabwe. The UK does not fund trade unions or involve itself in industrial disputes between the Government and civil servants. However, as the periodic review of human rights in Zimbabwe shows, we are concerned by restrictions on freedom of assembly and the harassment of opposition supporters and civil society, and that the draft Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) amendment bill could be used to restrict civic space if passed into law.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/05/2023 15:41:16 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1627627

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Human Rights and Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) security and (b) human rights situation in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	184923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We regularly discuss the security situation and human rights in Pakistan at a senior level with the relevant Pakistani authorities. On 30 January, Minister of State for South Asia, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, discussed Pakistan's human rights situation with Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada. In June 2022, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan discussed the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan with Minister Pirzada. Where there are credible allegations of human rights violations, we expect these to be fully investigated in line with due process.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 184924 question first answered 23/05/2023 07:31:16 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1627628

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterparts on (a) allegations of continuing serious human rights violations committed by the security forces and other armed actors and (b) impunity for those violations in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	184924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We regularly discuss the security situation and human rights in Pakistan at a senior level with the relevant Pakistani authorities. On 30 January, Minister of State for South Asia, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, discussed Pakistan's human rights situation with Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada. In June 2022, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan discussed the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan with Minister Pirzada. Where there are credible allegations of human rights violations, we expect these to be fully investigated in line with due process.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 184923 question first answered 23/05/2023 07:31:16 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1627629

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is his Department taking to help alleviate poverty in Balochistan.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	184925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Since 2014 the UK has provided support to the most vulnerable people in Pakistan affected by conflict, including in Balochistan, through the Multi-Year Humanitarian Programme. The £120 million programme covers both immediate relief and early recovery interventions for shelter, food and non-food items, water and sanitation, and livelihood and protection needs.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 23/05/2023 07:41:43 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1627632

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the plans to reply to the letter of 13 April on his visit to Armenia in May from the Hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	184868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>As noted in my [Minister Docherty] letter to the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham of 13 April, I am due to visit Armenia during the week commencing 22 May, and would welcome the opportunity to meet with him and the wider All Party Parliamentary Group for Armenia in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/05/2023 07:34:42 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton