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1242633

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure equitable access internationally to vaccines and medical equipment to tackle the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	907459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister recently announced up to £500 million to the COVAX Advanced Market Commitment to provide access to COVID-19 vaccines for 92 developing countries, contributing to the supply of one billion doses in 2021, and the vaccination of up to 500 million people. The FCDO is also using its international partnerships to support the delivery of the medical supplies and PPE<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/10/2020 14:07:41 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1242634

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help UK businesses to ensure their supply chains do not include workers subject to human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	907465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>FCDO funded research into forced labour in Xinjiang has been crucial to raising global awareness of this issue. Officials regularly meet business and industry stakeholders to make them aware of the scale of forced labour and other human rights abuses in Xinjiang. We continue to urge all UK businesses to conduct appropriate due diligence to ensure their supply chains are free of forced labour. On October 6th, 39 countries joined a statement at the UN Third Committee expressing deep concern at the human rights situation in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet. This growing caucus willing to speak out reflects UK diplomatic leadership.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/10/2020 13:44:14 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1242635

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Greece: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the situation of refugees in Lesbos.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	907468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>I am grateful to my Honourable Friend for his question, and for raising this with the Leader of the House at Business Questions on 8 October. I too am deeply concerned by the situation on Lesvos, following the devastating fire which destroyed the Moria migrant camp.</p><p>The UK has responded to Greek requests for humanitarian aid, providing kitchen sets to nearly 2,000 vulnerable families to prepare and cook food, and solar lanterns to help them stay safe. This is in addition to our commitment earlier this year of £510k worth of humanitarian supplies and equipment to help vulnerable migrants and refugees on Greek islands. We will continue to monitor the situation carefully.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/10/2020 14:11:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1242636

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Turkey: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on (a) democracy and (b) the arrest of opposition politicians in that country.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	907470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Turkey is a NATO ally and an indispensable strategic partner for the UK. It sits on the frontline of some of the most difficult and serious challenges that we face. The Foreign Secretary most recently raised human rights and democracy with the Turkish Foreign Minister during his visit to London on 8 July. We recognise the concern over legal action against politicians from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). We expect Turkey, as a modern democracy, to undertake any legal processes against opposition MPs fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/10/2020 14:16:21 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1242637

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	USA: RAF Croughton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What information the US Administration is required to provide to his Department on its activities at RAF Croughton.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	907478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The US military stationed at RAF Croughton are covered by the Ministry of Defence and governed by the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and Visiting Forces Act. Under an arrangement reached in 1995 there is also an Annex of the US Embassy in London based at RAF Croughton. The US Embassy, including the Croughton Annex, is under the same obligations as any other diplomatic mission.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations they must notify us of the appointment of members of the mission, their arrival and their final departure or the termination of their functions; and the arrival and final departure of members of their families. They must also notify us if someone becomes, or ceases to be, a member of such a family. These obligations apply as much to US Embassy staff at the Annex at RAF Croughton as they do in London.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/10/2020 15:58:04 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1242644

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure (a) parliamentary and (b) independent scrutiny of Official Development Assistance spending.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	907461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to independent and parliamentary scrutiny. In August, the Foreign Secretary announced our commitment to maintaining the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). He also announced a departmental review to make ICAI even more effective, leveraging what works and producing even more practical recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 13/10/2020 14:36:47 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1242164

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the end of the transition period on (a) further and (b) higher education.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	907377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The department is considering all aspects of how exiting the EU might affect further and higher education. This includes consideration of participation in EU-funded programmes, future arrangements for migration and for access to student finance support. We are committed to ensuring the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p>My officials also regularly engage with sector stakeholders on a range of issues, including leaving the EU and the Transition Period.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 16:16:48 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1242165

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on universities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	907386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>We have worked across government and with the higher education (HE) sector to understand the impact of COVID-19.</p><p>In response, between April to September we have announced a suite of measures to mitigate the impact of the virus upon the HE sector and HE students and staff. This includes the HE stabilisation package, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's research stabilisation package, access to business support schemes, the capital fund and the HE restructuring regime.</p><p>We have prioritised the mental health and well-being of students, emphasising our strong support for the University Mental Health Charter and continued to work closely with Universities UK on embedding the Step Change: Mentally Healthy Universities framework. We confirmed universities and HE providers were able to use Office for Students (OfS) Student Premium funding towards student hardship funds and announced the OfS funded, Student Minds Led, Student Space which has been designed to work alongside existing mental health services.</p><p>Importantly, to support universities to reopen this autumn, to enable them to provide high quality education to students in a COVID-secure environment, we have provided advice and guidance on reopening and have worked to ensure universities have robust outbreak plans in place. We will shortly also be providing additional guidance on winter planning and end of term preparation.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 16:17:14 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1242166

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the effect of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill on Scotland’s education system.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	907378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>I meet regularly with education ministers from all of the devolved administrations and value our dialogue on a range of matters. During the course of recent meetings we have discussed aspects of the UK Internal Market Bill that are relevant to education.</p><p>My officials continue to work closely with colleagues in the devolved administrations on a range of matters. They have also discussed the UK Internal Market Bill with their counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 16:16:45 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1242126

registered interest
date	09/10/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation will be incorporated into UK law at the end of the transition period; and what new mechanisms will be put in place to regulate future UK-to EU data transfers.
tabling member printed	Lord Risby
uin	HL8984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA) will retain the General Data Protection Regulation in UK domestic law.</p><p>We have made Regulations (The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc)(EU Exit) Regulations 2019) under the EUWA to make necessary and appropriate changes to the retained legislation so that the UK’s data protection law continues to function effectively after the transition period. For example, the Regulations rename the GDPR as the ‘UK GDPR’, repatriate certain powers from the EU Commission to the Secretary of State and replace European terminology with UK equivalents.</p><p>At the end of the transition period, the UK will recognise EEA countries and EU institutions as continuing to be adequate for the purpose of the UK GDPR, so data can continue to flow from the UK to the EEA without further safeguards needing to be implemented.</p><p>In order for the free flow of data from the EEA to the UK to continue at the end of the transition period, we are seeking adequacy decisions from the EU under both the GDPR and the LED.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 13/10/2020 13:34:44 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	139 label Biography information for Lord Risby