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1653403

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Government Communication Service: 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, how much funding was allocated to the UK Government Communications Service International in each of the last five financial years; which were the top ten countries in which that money was spent during that time; and how much money was spent in each of those countries.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO has no recorded spend for UK Government Communications Service International. Any funding by FCDO toward this programme in the last five financial years will be minimal and not accounted for separately.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/07/2023 15:36:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653410

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to sub-target two of the Greening Government Commitments reporting requirements for 2021 to 2025 last updated on 15 December 2022, whether his Department follows the encouragement in that guidance to (a) monitor and (b) report on the number of domestic flights for which his Department is responsible each year; and how many domestic flights were taken by Ministers in her Department in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>Under the Greening Government Commitments (GGCs) 2021 to 2025 framework reporting requirements, departments and partner organisations are required to report the total distance travelled by domestic business flights [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greening-government-commitments-2021-to-2025/greening-government-commitments-reporting-requirements-for-2021-to-2025#operational-targets-and-commitments]. In-year carbon conversion factors will be used to arrive at the total emissions from each department's domestic business flights. This will be published in future GGC annual reports. Departments and partner organisations are encouraged to report on the total number of domestic business flights to further our understanding of journey types.</p><p>This voluntary reporting is not required to demonstrate delivery of the sub-target to reduce emissions from domestic business flights by 30 per cent.</p><p>The sub-target to reduce emissions from domestic flights includes ministerial flights but these are not disaggregated in reporting under the GGCs.</p><p>The FCDO Annual Report and Accounts for 2022-23 and 2021-22 linked below provides the details on the number of domestic flights taken in the year in addition to comparing emissions against prior years in relation to the GGCs.</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1095304/FCDO_Annual_Report_2021_2022_Accessible_290722.pdf</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1170838/Foreign-Commonwealth-and-Development-Office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023.pdf</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/07/2023 13:46:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653416

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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: Genito-urinary Medicine
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 his Department plans to make sexual and reproductive health and rights a priority in the upcoming White Paper on international development.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	194353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government will publish an International Development White Paper later this year. It will set out how the UK will lead the charge against extreme poverty and climate change in a changing world. The FCDO global health directorate will engage with this process.</p><p>Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are central to the UK's international development agenda. SRHR features strongly in our approach to end the preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children (EPD), the international development strategy, and our recently published international women and girls' strategy.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/07/2023 11:43:24 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1653499

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Afghanistan: Women
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 his Department has had discussions with Afghan women's groups on human rights in that country since August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	194459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government condemns restrictions the Taliban have imposed on Afghan women and girls. Ministers and officials engage regularly with a range of Afghan women. On 27 June, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad, Minister for South Asia hosted a meeting of Afghan women leaders based in the UK and in Afghanistan where they discussed the impact of the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women as well as the inclusion of Afghan women in the future political process. Officials continue to work closely with the Afghan Women's Support Forum, established by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, with the most recent meeting taking place on 5 July.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/07/2023 08:11:08 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1653646

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a Minister in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	194635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>This information is not centrally collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Ministers will regularly seek to engage with hon. Members, whilst balancing wider Ministerial and Parliamentary responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/07/2023 16:14:09 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1653075

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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	International Development Association: 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 plans he has to provide funds for the next replenishment round for the International Development Association.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The International Development Association's 21st (IDA21) replenishment negotiations will commence in 2024. The IDA21 replenishment package should meet the challenge in IDA countries. The $93 billion International Development Association 20th (IDA20) replenishment was the largest in IDA's history. The UK is the third largest IDA20 donor, with £1.4 billion pledged.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/07/2023 09:33:00 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653143

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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	Myanma Economic Bank: Sanctions
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 discussions he has had with international counterparts on possible sanctions on the Myanma Economic Bank.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	194206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>Since the coup in February 2021, the UK has announced fifteen rounds of targeted sanctions on the military leadership, and those who seek to profit from supplying the regime. We will continue to work closely with international partners, including the US, EU, Canada and Australia, to take robust action to reduce the military's access to revenue, arms, and equipment. The UK is committed to targeted sanctions, which directly impact the military without harming the wider population. This will be a key consideration for any future designations. It would be inappropriate to speculate on future targets by either ourselves or our partners.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 194207 question first answered 19/07/2023 15:44:24 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1653144

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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	Myanmar: Sanctions
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 discussions he has had with his US counterpart on that country's sanctions on the (a) Myanma Foreign Trade Bank and (b) Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank; and whether the Government is considering sanctioning those entities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	194207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>Since the coup in February 2021, the UK has announced fifteen rounds of targeted sanctions on the military leadership, and those who seek to profit from supplying the regime. We will continue to work closely with international partners, including the US, EU, Canada and Australia, to take robust action to reduce the military's access to revenue, arms, and equipment. The UK is committed to targeted sanctions, which directly impact the military without harming the wider population. This will be a key consideration for any future designations. It would be inappropriate to speculate on future targets by either ourselves or our partners.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 194206 question first answered 19/07/2023 15:44:24 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1653146

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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	Saudi Arabia: Detainees
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 representations he has made to his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the cases of (a) Manahel al-Otaibi, (b) Salma al-Shehad and (c) Fatima al-Shawarbi.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	194171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office human rights priority country, in part due to continued restrictions on freedom of expression. We regularly raise these issues with the Saudi authorities, including through Ministers. The Minister of State for the Middle East and Human Rights, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised freedom of expression, including individual cases of concern, with the President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission as recently as 5 July. We continue to monitor all three cases.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/07/2023 11:29:32 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1653147

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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	Saudi Arabia: Women's 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 recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the male guardianship system in that country.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	194172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We continue to monitor developments relating to gender equality in Saudi Arabia. We welcome the 2022 Personal Status Law, improving the rights of women on a range of issues, including marriage, divorce and custody rights. Regardless, no aspect of our relationship with Saudi Arabia prevents us from speaking frankly about human rights, including matters concerning gender equality. We regularly discuss women's rights with Saudi authorities including through Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/07/2023 11:27:32 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson