Ayoub Khan MP: written questions
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Israel: International LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the International Criminal Court’s granting of arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister a
Answer: We respect the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is the primary international institution for investigating and prosecuting the most serious crimes of international concern. As the Foreign Secretary said last week, we urgently w...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his policy on arms trade with Israel.
Answer: We have continued to review export licences for items to Israel and assess that there are no extant licences for items that might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law. This is subject to the specific measur...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: F-35 AircraftForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK-made F-35 parts have been used in airstrikes in Gaza since 18 March 2025.
Answer: The UK's robust export licensing criteria states that the Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). In September 2024...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHossam ShabatForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on the killing of Hossam Shabat by Israeli forces; what steps he is taking to help increase the safety of journalis
Answer: The Government is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians, including journalists in Gaza, who are afforded protection under international humanitarian law. As international media are not permitted to work in Gaza, Palestinian journalists have been ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to exempt trade with the Occupied Palestinian Territories from the free trade agreement being negotiated with Israel.
Answer: The government’s position is clear that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal under international law Goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the ex...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Investment: Occupied TerritoriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to take steps to disclose UK foreign direct investment holdings in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this information. It is held by the Office for National Statistics.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons and Probation: SuicideMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department consulted on the contents the suicide prevention training provided to prison and probation staff.
Answer: All new members of prison staff with prisoner contact receive training on suicide and self-harm prevention, and all staff who undertake key roles relating to risk assessment and case management also receive specific training relating to those roles. An e-...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons and Probation: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the contents of the suicide prevention training provided to (a) prison and (b) probation staff.
Answer: It is not appropriate to make the training publicly available as the content includes lived experience examples for which confidentiality must be maintained, and there is a need for HMPPS to retain oversight of dissemination, delivery and appropriate use ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reduction of the international development budget on the UK's soft power.
Answer: The decision to reduce the UK's international development budget was not taken lightly and is a reflection of the extraordinary security challenge the world currently finds itself facing, specifically on Ukraine. Establishing a Soft Power Council reflects...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reduction of the international development budget on the UK's international partnerships with developing
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and official development assistance. Detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used will be worked through as p...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25955 on Asylum: Syria, whether the requirements for the cessation of refugee status for beneficiaries of international protection originating fro
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave him on 30 January 2025 to Question UIN 25955.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Government's policy towards UK arms trade with Israel in complying with Criterion 2a and Criterion 2c of the Strategic Expo
Answer: The Government is committed to maintaining a robust and transparent export control system. We will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Criteria, including respect for human rights and International Humanitarian Law. The ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Occupied TerritoriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help prevent traders from declaring that food and drink imports produced by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are Produce
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. The fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mis...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the steps his Department is taking to help prevent the use of UK-produced arms by Israel in (a) Gaza and (b) the Occupied Pales
Answer: The Government is committed to maintaining a robust and transparent export control system. We will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Criteria, including respect for human rights and International Humanitarian Law. The ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: West BankDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to require traders and importers to label food produced in the West Bank to state whether it was produced by (a) Palestinian communities and (b) Israeli s
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. The fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mis...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: West BankDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 December 2009 on Food Labelling (Occupied Palestinian Territories), column 28WS, whether his Department has reviewed the adequacy of its a
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. The fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mis...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Occupied TerritoriesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in th
Answer: The UK is fully committed to international law and respects the independence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). We continue to consider the Court's Advisory Opinion carefully, with the seriousness and rigour it deserves. We are of the clear vie...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a legal pathway for Palestinian children in Gaza to travel to the UK to receive medical treatment.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 7 November 24 to Question UIN 11872.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-harmMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) people and (b) charities providing support to people that (i) have self-harmed and (ii) are considering self-harming are not criminalised; and what guidance she provide
Answer: Section 184 of the Online Safety Act 2023 gave partial effect to a Law Commission recommendation to create an offence of encouraging or assisting self-harm. The proposed new offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm intends to replace (in so f...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the nutritional value of breakfast meals provided by primary schools.
Answer: The department is committed to delivering on our pledge to provide free breakfast clubs in every state-funded school with primary-aged children, starting with more than 750 early adopter schools from April 2025.The School Food Standards statutory guidance...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: Public AppointmentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of appointment-only counter service at County Courts on the accessibility of the court system.
Answer: Appointment-only counters have been in operation within HMCTS since 2012. Equality Impact Assessments were undertaken in line with ‘the framework for the Provision of Front Office Service in the County Courts (2008)’ which details the minimum standards fo...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: Telephone ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what performance monitoring is in place to monitor how many calls are unanswered in County Courts when individuals are trying to book a public counter appointment.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does have management information that includes data on telephony performance, such as volumes of answered and unanswered calls. This information does not specifically detail metrics related to unanswered calls for...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Health and DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to publish all recorded responses to its consultation on reforms to health and disability benefits.
Answer: There are currently no plans to publish all recorded responses to the forthcoming Green Paper consultation on health and disability benefits. After the consultation period, we will review and analyse consultation responses and we will set out our response...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Health and DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to publish an Equality Impact Assessment of proposed reforms to the health and benefit system.
Answer: As with all policies, we will ensure that considerations about their impact are at the heart of the policy making process. We will consider the publication of any future Equality Impact Assessments on a case by case basis as usual.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Health and DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty taskforce will consider the impact of proposed reforms to the health and disability benefit system on child poverty rates in the UK.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity, and the Ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy to deliver lasting change. The Strategy will look at leve...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
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