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1669951

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date	14/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military personnel work on policy development in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	1798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 October 2023 to Question 203999. <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-24/203999" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-24/203999</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/11/2023 14:38:23 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 203999.docx title Ministry of Defence: Staff
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1169768

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	China: Uyghurs
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 Chinese counterpart on the treatment and living conditions of the Uighur people in China; and what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Xinjiang.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	1798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>We have particularly serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang including the extra-judicial detention of over a million Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in “political re-education camps”, systematic restrictions on Uyghur culture and the practice of Islam, and extensive and invasive surveillance targeting minorities. Reports indicating that forced labour is being used and children are being forcibly separated from their parents add to the growing body of evidence about the disturbing situation that Uyghurs and other minorities are facing in Xinjiang.</p><p>I have not had recent discussions with my Chinese counterpart on the treatment and living conditions of the Uyghur Muslims in China. We regularly raise our concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang with the Chinese authorities. The British Ambassador to China raised our concerns with Vice Foreign Minister Qin Gang on 24 December 2019. We also regularly discuss the situation in Xinjiang with likeminded partners including at the UN. We have issued or joined a number of statements of concern in recent months: on 29 October 2019 at UN Third Committee, the UK read out a joint statement signed by 22 others drawing attention to the human rights violations and abuses in Xinjiang and called on China to uphold its obligations to respect human rights; on 24 September, during the UN General Assembly the Minister of State for the Commonwealth, UN and South Africa called on China to allow UN observers immediate and unfettered access to the region; on 17 September 2019, at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the UK again called for UN experts to be granted unfettered access to Xinjiang and raised our concerns on arbitrary detention.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/01/2020 15:05:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

746322

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the new schemes set out in the Agriculture Bill take into account representations from the devolved administrations.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	1798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Agriculture Bill will ensure that after we leave the EU, and the Common Agricultural Policy, we have an effective system in place to support UK farmers and protect our natural environment. We will consult widely with the devolved administrations on the appropriate extent of any legislation. Ministers have met representatives from FWU and NFU Wales on a number of occasions.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1779 question first answered 05/07/2017 17:37:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

349780

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of paying winter fuel allowance payments directly to energy providers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	1798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Last year the Department undertook an initial feasibility assessment of a voucher scheme to pay Winter Fuel Payments directly to energy providers. It showed that there would be significant additional administrative complexities and costs to the energy providers which were likely to directly increase the fuel bills for all customers and we expected that a significant number of the most vulnerable pensioners would lose out by not redeeming their voucher.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 15:18:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown