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1147470

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date	01/10/2019
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: 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, if he will make it his policy to submit a resolution to the UN Security Council requiring members of the Myanmar military responsible for the persecution of Christians and Muslims to be investigated by the International Criminal Court.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that there should be accountability for the atrocities set out in the reports of the UN Fact Finding Mission on human rights abuses in Myanmar. We assess, however, that there is insufficient support amongst Security Council members for a referral to the International Criminal Court at this time. The UK has nonetheless taken steps to maintain the international spotlight on the atrocities committed. In October 2018 the UK organised for the UN Fact Finding Mission to brief the UN Security Council on its findings. The UK was also instrumental in securing a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council to set up an independent UN mechanism to collect and preserve evidence on the atrocities. This will help to ensure future prosecutions are possible through domestic or international mechanisms.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 12:44:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147471

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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: 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 representations he has made to his Myanmar counterpart on the repression of Kachin Christians in that country.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK regularly voices its concerns about democratic and religious freedoms for minorities in Myanmar. In July, the Ambassador met the Minister for Religious and Cultural Affairs to discuss religious freedom and Christians in Myanmar.</p><p>Our ambassador also called Reverend Samson, President of the Kachin Baptist Church, in July. The Ambassador voiced his support after the military brought false legal charges against Reverend Samson. The charges have since been dropped. The UK also works with a number of civil society organisations to improve religious freedom.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 12:46:43 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147472

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Ukraine: NATO Enlargement
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 Ukrainian counterpart on that country's prospective membership of NATO.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom continues to support NATO's Open Door policy under which all European democracies are entitled to pursue NATO membership. The decision over whether to seek NATO membership is a matter for the people and government of Ukraine. Last month the Minister for Europe and the Americas met with Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko and Vice Prime Minister for European Integration Dmytro Kuleba, and discussed Ukraine's long-term aspiration to membership of NATO. We continue to support Ukraine's path to Euro-Atlantic integration.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 12:48:49 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147473

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has authorised the sale of telecommunications equipment to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) the UAE for use by the armed forces of those countries to direct operations of their front-line troops in conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a transparent export licensing system and publishes quarterly and annual statistics, including details of export licences granted, refused and revoked. We will not issue any export licences that are inconsistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 12:50:40 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147474

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Brazilian Governments on the £20 million of investment allocated from the Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​Minister Burns signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering use of the £20 million we are investing in the Energy Programme using monies from the Prosperity Fund. We plan to publish it in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 12:52:04 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147475

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the Government’s investment in Brazil out of the Prosperity Fund has been allocated to programmes that strengthen environmental protections in that country.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​Several Prosperity Fund programmes contribute to environmental issues in Brazil. The Green Finance programme supports work to improve the availability of private sector finance for high quality, sustainable infrastructure investment. The Energy programme will support Brazil's low-carbon transition by improving access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. The Future Cities programme will help to make more efficient use of resources and reduce transport pollution. The Government has, respectively, committed £5 million, £25 million, and £20 million to these programmes.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 13:05:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147476

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the Government’s investment in Brazil out of the Prosperity Fund has been allocated from Official Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​Almost all of the Government's investment in Brazil through the Prosperity Fund has been allocated from Official Development Assistance. There is a small non-ODA budget allocated by the Treasury to the Prosperity Fund to support Secondary Benefits work.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 13:07:22 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147477

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the amount of money the Government plans to invest in Brazil out of the Prosperity Fund for each of the next four years; and to which programmes that investment will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Government plans to invest £51.7million in Brazil through the Prosperity Fund over the next four years: £14.4 million in 2019/20, £17.2 million in 2020/21, £15.2 million in 2021/22 and £4.9 million in 2022/2023. This funding will be allocated to our Future Cities, Energy Trade Facilitation, and Green Finance programmes.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 13:08:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147478

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Investment: Brazil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that UK companies investing in Brazil do not contribute to deforestation in the Amazon.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>As we prepare for our independent trade policy, the UK Government is committed to upholding the UK’s high environmental standards. The Government is exploring all options in the design of future trade and investment agreements, including possible environment provisions.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains committed to protecting the world’s rainforests and will continue to do so in Brazil through International Climate Finance programmes. We believe the key to reducing deforestation is to work in partnership with Brazil and through HMG programmes the UK Government has committed £131 million to support REDD Early Movers, Rural Sustentavel and Partnerships for Forests. The UK government recently committed a further £10 million in support.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 08/10/2019 13:57:37 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147479

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if she will publish her Department's latest assessment of the effect on the supply of medicines to the UK of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	292875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/10/2019 15:57:58 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry