Patricia Ferguson MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
World Summit for Social DevelopmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers from his Department will attend the Second World Summit for Social Development between 4 and 6 November 2025 in Doha.
Answer: The Government is currently considering attendance at the Second World Summit for Social Development.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Tropical DiseasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to continue to fund the (a) treatment and (b) elimination of neglected tropical diseases.
Answer: Detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used are being worked through following the recent Spending Review and through resource allocation processes. We intend to publish final 2025/26 ODA programme allocations i...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to continue to fund disability-inclusive education programmes.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is committed to mainstreaming a disability inclusion and rights approach across our work. At the recent Global Disability Summit, the UK announced a range of new commitments including ensuring that a...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Sexual and Reproductive HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he will continue to provide funding to (a) the Women's Integrated Sexual Health program, (b) other Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programs and (c) access t
Answer: Detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used are being worked through following the recent Spending Review and through resource allocation processes. We intend to publish final 2025/26 ODA programme allocations i...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordConvention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if a Minister from his Department will represent the UK at the Eighteenth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabili
Answer: The UK will be represented at this year's Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Minister Seema Malhotra in her role as Minister for Equalities. Minister Malhotra will be joined by senior officials fro...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: Minority GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department has provided to Alawite civilians living in Syria.
Answer: In all our engagement with the Syrian Government we consistently emphasise the need to protect the rights of all Syrians. I discussed these points in my meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on 17 March and the UK Special Representative f...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of Congo: MineralsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the risk of conflict minerals from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (a) being traded on the London Bullion Market and (b) appeari
Answer: We are deeply concerned by reports from the UN Group of Experts that M23 and Rwanda are illegally extracting critical minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are clear that such activity must stop immediately.We are committed to addressin...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of Congo: MineralsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of (a) trends in the level of (i) gold, (ii) coltan and (iii) other conflict minerals being exported from eastern Democratic Republic of Con
Answer: We are deeply concerned by reports from the UN Group of Experts that M23 and Rwanda are illegally extracting critical minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and are clear that such activity must stop immediately.We are committed to addressing...
Answered 21 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil for At-risk AcademicsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to support the work of the Council for At-Risk Academics.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting and promoting academic freedom and is aware of the excellent work that the Council of At-Risk Academics does in helping academics in dangerous situations all over the world. The UK also recognises the essential role that ...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
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