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date	10/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for telephone calls made from 1 May 2022 to the dedicated advice line for hon. Members at HM Passport Office.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	74
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Average wait times for the dedicated HM Passport queries on the MP enquiry line have been unacceptable.</p><p>From 9 May, a new additional team of dedicated HMPO staff began operating the helpline. As a result, we have seen wait times halve and we expect to see much lower wait times in the coming weeks.</p><p>MPs can also contact the Home Office via the MPs Urgent Enquiries inbox and request a call back<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/05/2022 10:10:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

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date	11/05/2021
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	Jerusalem: Palestinians
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 made an assessment of the legality under international law of Israeli efforts to evict Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	74
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK regularly raises forced evictions of Palestinians from property with the Government of Israel. The Fourth Geneva Convention, which applies to all occupied territories, prohibits demolitions or forced evictions absent military necessity. The UK is clear that in all but the most exceptional of circumstances, evictions are contrary to International Humanitarian Law. The practice causes unnecessary suffering to Palestinians and is harmful to efforts to promote peace.</p><p>I publicised on the 8 May outlining our concern over tensions in Jerusalem linked to the threatened eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. The current threat to communities in Sheikh Jarrah is allayed for now. We continue to urge Israel to cease such actions. UK Officials at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv continue to raise the issue regularly with the Israeli Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/05/2021 16:14:13 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams