Stephen Gethins MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Exports: UkraineDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many export licence applications related to Ukraine are still being assessed (a) three months and (b) six months after submission.
Answer: The processing of all export licence applications to Ukraine is being prioritised by ECJU. Within that process, applications for the export of equipment organised between the UK Government and the government of Ukraine through Ministry of Defence procurem...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordExports: UkraineDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13191 on Exports: Ukraine, which Departments he is waiting to receive advice on before concluding this export licence application; and what steps
Answer: The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is comprised of experts in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The FCDO advises DBT on the situation in country and ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNagorno Karabakh: Humanitarian SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last had discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the humanitarian situation in Nagorno Karabakh.
Answer: The UK remains in close contact with the Azerbaijani Government on a wide range of issues, including the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. I spoke with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister on 31 October and discussed the situation in the region.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMyanmar: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the conflict in Myanmar.
Answer: Since the coup in February 2021, the UK has provided more than £150 million for life-saving humanitarian assistance, healthcare, education and support for civil society and local communities in Myanmar. UK Ministers and officials work with many internatio...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list the meetings Ministers in his Department have had with Israeli officials since 7 December 2024.
Answer: FCDO Ministers meet with a wide range of officials, but there have been no official meetings with Israeli officials since 7 December 2024.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSyria: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the last Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability strategic assessment was carried out on the situation in Syria.
Answer: A Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) strategic assessment is an OFFICIAL SENSITIVE paper that is used to underpin UK national security strategies, as well as UK government policy and programming. We do not publicly comment on the timings of s...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: RussiaTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18563More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will provide guidance for businesses on the money laundering risks of transactions (a) directly and (b) indirectly linked to Russia.
Answer: The Treasury and the Home Office hold joint responsibility for publishing a periodic national risk assessment which sets out the money laundering and terrorist financing risks in the UK. The national risk assessment provides guidance to regulated firms by...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMoney LaunderingTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18562More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking steps to strengthen anti-money laundering regulations.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime is both effective and proportionate. To that end, a consultation on improving the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations closed in June 2024 and ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: RussiaTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18561More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing Russia on a domestic money laundering watchlist.
Answer: The UK’s list of high-risk third countries aligns with those countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as having strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regimes, which ensures that the ide...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFisheries: EU CountriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the future of EU fishing rights in the UK's exclusive economic zone.
Answer: We have not held discussions with the EU on future access arrangements but have signalled willingness to listen to their proposals.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: BusinessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing environmental adaptation measures in helping businesses build resilience to climate-related disasters.
Answer: The Climate Change Act 2008 requires the Secretary of State to produce a National Adaptation Programme in response to the Government’s most recent Climate Change Risk Assessment, on a five-yearly cycle. The third National Adaptation Programme, published i...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Renewable EnergyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help to low-income countries pursue green industrialisation pathways.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to helping low income countries pursue green industrialisation pathways by promoting inclusive and sustainable economic development, and supporting industrial decarbonisation.Examples include raising over £470 million of inv...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his department is taking to help countries disproportionately impacted by climate change implement (a) social and (b) economic adaptation measures.
Answer: Since 2011, the UK has supported over 110 million people to adapt to climate change. We support countries to produce and implement whole-of-society national adaptation plans, have several regional programmes supporting climate-resilient economies, and fu...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for responding to the recommendations of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report into changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.
Answer: We are actively considering this complex matter and aim to resolve it as soon as possible.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel Oil: PricesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on global price fluctuations in heating oil resulting from conflict in the Middle East.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and I have had no discussions with our international counterparts on global oil price fluctuations caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Fire and Rescue ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September to Question 3985 on Palestinians: Fire and Rescue Services, if he will take steps to help ensure the delivery of that donation.
Answer: The UK continues to call on Israel to increase humanitarian and commercial access into the Occupied Palestinian Territories by ensuring all aid crossings are fully operational, including the port of Ashdod. The Foreign Secretary recently spoke to Israeli ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 15757 on Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential financial impact
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given on 4 December 2024, UIN 15757. Although the Trade and Cooperation Agreement allows zero tariffs and zero quota trade, leaving the EU single market and customs union had an impact on the export of agri-...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17820More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to oral contribution of 3 December 2024 by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, if she will make an overall estimate of the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU.
Answer: No. The Government is focussed on resetting the relationship with the EU, which will support economic growth, the central mission of the Government.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to Home Office English Language Testing services on the British Council’s (a) finances and (b) abili
Answer: My officials will follow up with the British Council on these points. The British Council is operationally independent from Government; its priorities, programmes and operations are approved by its Board of Trustees.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Council: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the British Council has adequate funding to effectively promote (a) Scottish and (b) wider UK (i) education and (ii) arts.
Answer: As an Arms Length Body, the British Council is operationally independent. They set out their plans in their Annual Corporate Plan. The Government is committed to a successful British Council that is financially stable. Our funding to the British Council u...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSudan: Internally Displaced PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17546More
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 recent reports of the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan being shelled by Rapid Support Forces.
Answer: The UK is appalled by recent reports of the Rapid Support Forces' indiscriminate shelling of Zamzam camp, the largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Sudan. There are an estimated 500,000 people living in Zamzam camp, where famine was decla...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Finance: UK Relations with EUTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901599More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer,what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of leaving the EU on public finances.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to my answer to his question on this issue during the Topical Questions section of HMT orals today.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmbassies: St Andrew's DayForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what events to mark St Andrew's day are taking place in UK embassies.
Answer: UK missions facilitate St Andrews's Day celebrations in a range of innovative ways, tailoring their support to both host-nation and Scottish diaspora interests. 2024 examples include: the Paris Embassy hosting a Reception, attended by the Deputy First Min...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU (a) Single Market and (b) Customs Union on the export of agri-food products from the UK to the EU.
Answer: This Government cares deeply about the trading relationship with the European Union; The Withdrawal Agreement, including the Windsor Framework, and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) underpin relations between the UK and the EU. Although the TCA al...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMusicians: EU CountriesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU on touring musicians.
Answer: We fully recognise the scale of challenges facing professionals wishing to tour in Europe. Many have concluded it is simply not economically viable or logistically possible to tour in Europe. That denies European audiences the opportunity to hear British ...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
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