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date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Defamation: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on libel cases of the decision of the High Court of Justice of Northern Ireland on Case 2024NIMaster1, delivered on 8 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	9960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government​​ has ​implemented reforms relating to strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPPs) in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, relating to matters engaging economic crime.</p><p>We are committed to introducing targeted legislation to cover other forms of SLAPP litigation, to stop anyone from abusing our legal system and using improper means to intimidate those acting in the public interest.</p><p>Reforms provide a statutory definition of SLAPPs, an early dismissal mechanism, and costs protection for SLAPPs cases. Our intention is that journalists subject to SLAPPs in future will benefit from costs protection (determined by the court), which will lessen legal and financial risks associated with lengthy proceedings.</p><p>These reforms apply in England and Wales - justice is devolved in Northern Ireland, and any reforms relating to Northern Irish defamation law would be a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive, which is currently undertaking a review of defamation law in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/01/2024 12:49:32 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1466434

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date	26/05/2022
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	Africa: Bilateral Aid
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 she has set a target level of bilateral aid to Africa as a proportion of (a) the 2022 Official Development Assistance budget and (b) future budgets.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	9960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO's Annual Report and Accounts will be laid in Parliament before the Summer recess, and will include further detail on FCDO's ODA spending.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 07/06/2022 12:00:21 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

418388

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date	11/09/2015
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	Overseas Companies: Malawi
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 ensure British companies and investors in Malawi respect human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment has a duty to British businesses to provide them with all of the advice and information they need to succeed in foreign markets. Human rights guidance is a core part of that. The UK National Action Plan for implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, entitled &quot;Good Business&quot;, sets out what the Government will do and what it expects of business in respecting human rights throughout their operations.</p><p>The Government is working with the Government of Malawi and British companies to encourage greater bilateral trade and investment. In their meetings with British companies in Malawi, officials at the British High Commission in Lilongwe have raised the importance of human rights and corporate responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 14:44:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady