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1015124

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Philippines: Religious Freedom
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 had with the Government of the Philippines on religious freedom in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	195550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>​The UK is committed to the promotion of human rights, including freedom of religion and belief. Whilst we have not held specific discussions with the Philippine Government on religious freedoms, we have had regular discussions on human rights, including raising our concerns about the &quot;war on drugs&quot; and the treatment of human rights defenders. My officials most recently met with their Philippine counterparts at the UK/Philippines High Level talks that took place on 19th November, where these issues were raised.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/11/2018 15:11:24 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1015126

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Mexico and USA: Migrants
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 had with his counterparts in the (a) US Administration and (b) Mexican Government on the human rights of Central American migrants.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	195552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>We continue to monitor developments on migrants from Central America transiting Mexico and are in contact with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) which is providing support and funding. Officials in our Embassy in Mexico have also met with the local Mexican State Human Rights Commission on the border with Guatemala and discussed the protection of human rights for migrants.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2018 15:05:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1015128

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	USA: Riot Control Weapons
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 had with his counterpart in the US Administration on reports that tear gas has been used by US border officers to repel migrants at the US-Mexico border.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	195553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There have been no specific FCO Ministerial discussions on the use of tear gas at the US border.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2018 15:03:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1015129

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Central America: 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 recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Central America on human rights.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	195554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Human rights is regularly on the agenda of bilateral meetings with Central American counterparts. Our Embassies across Central America monitor human rights situations closely and raise our concerns with respective Central American Governments, working closely with EU and like-minded partners. Our particular focus in recent months has been Nicaragua. I met the Nicaraguan Minister for National Policies on 3 July, urging the government to take responsibility for putting an end to the violence in the country, and issued a statement on 24 July; and on 19 October the Head of Latin America Department and the British Ambassador met the Foreign Minister &amp; Vice-Foreign Minister in Managua to express our concerns about human rights abuses in the country.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2018 15:09:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1015130

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Climate Change Convention
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 had with his counterparts in the US Administration on the Paris Agreement on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	195555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>​I have had no recent discussions with counterparts within the US Administration on the Paris Agreement. Nevertheless Foreign and Commonwealth Office ministers and officials continue to work with the US – at federal and state level – on the full range of climate change and renewable energy issues.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/12/2018 15:43:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1012372

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	British Students Abroad: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance he has provided to the university sector on the safety of students while doing research overseas.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	194655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The general duties of an employer with regards to their staff and other people affected in some way by their business activities (i.e. researchers) are contained within the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSAW). Additionally, employers have a common law duty to take reasonable care for their employees.</p><p> </p><p>While the HSAW only applies to those working in the UK, there is an expectation that employers consider HSAW aspects of employees working overseas. Individual organisations, including Universities and Research Councils, publish their own guidance on employees working abroad.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/11/2018 08:40:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010606

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Burma: International Criminal Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to respond to the recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar on referrals to the International Criminal Court.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has made clear that referring the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an option the UN Security Council (UNSC) should consider. The UK ensured the Head of the UN Fact Finding Mission was able to brief the UNSC on 24 October to inform the Council's discussions. However, our assessment remains that there is insufficient support amongst Security Council members for an ICC referral at this time. It will not advance the cause of accountability for an ICC referral to fail to win Security Council support or to be vetoed; such a result would only give comfort to the Burmese military and reduce the pressure they currently face.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/11/2018 10:38:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010607

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Burma: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to collect evidence of sexual violence in Kachin and Shan States in Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not collect evidence of sexual violence. The UK has a Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts, made up of independent experts who can be deployed to build the capacity of others, including governments and the UN to collect such evidence. In March 2017 the UK co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council Resolution which set up a UN Fact Finding Mission (FFM) to establish the facts and circumstances of human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Burma. Despite repeated calls from the UK and international partners, the Burmese authorities refused to grant the FFM access to Burma.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/11/2018 10:41:11 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010608

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Burma: Peace Negotiations
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 assessment he has made of progress of the peace process in Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Our Ambassador attended the most recent Panglong Peace Conference in July 2018 and met with a range of parties to the National Ceasefire Agreement. He discussed the peace process with Burma's Minister of the Office of State Counsellor on 9 August. Government, military and parliamentary leaders met the leaders of the ten Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-signatory ethnic armed organizations on 15 and 16 October, ahead of the next Panglong Peace conference. The UK will sustain its support for negotiations towards a peace settlement whilst ensuring the Burmese military understand that their conduct will continue to come under international scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/11/2018 11:08:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010640

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what account he has taken of the interests of the British Overseas Territories, apart from Gibraltar, in preparing the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Outline Political Declaration on the Future Relationship.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and Officials regularly engage with all the Overseas Territories on Exit matters, including through the Joint Ministerial Council which will meet for the fifth time in December. The Government is committed to taking the interests of the Overseas Territories into account as we leave the EU, and getting a deal that works for the wider British family, including the Overseas Territories.</p><p>The Overseas Territories are covered by the territorial scope of the Withdrawal Agreement and therefore the arrangements for the Implementation Period. As set out in the July White Paper, the UK will be seeking specific arrangements for the Crown Dependencies, Gibraltar and the other Overseas Territories, taking account of their existing relationships with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/11/2018 17:52:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman