Victoria Collins MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Armed Conflict: ReconstructionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a dedicated strategy to support co-operative models in post-conflict recovery programmes.
Answer: Collaboration with international partners and civil society organisations is central to the UK's efforts to prevent and reduce conflict. The UK regards cooperatives as important actors within the development and humanitarian sectors, and they can play a r...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCentral Africa: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support humanitarian programmes in central Africa.
Answer: The UK supports a range of humanitarian activities across central Africa, including emergency food assistance, treatment for malnourished children and life-saving sexual and reproductive health services. We are concerned by the escalation of humanitarian ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSecurity Action for EuropeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the EU on access to the Security Action for Europe fund.
Answer: This is a critical moment for the security of Europe. We welcome European efforts to increase defence spending, through the ReArm initiative and proposed Security Action for Europe (SAFE) mechanism. This must be a whole-of-Europe effort, in alignment with...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written QuestionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 46378 on Nigeria: Religious Freedom, tabled by the hon. Member for Harpenden and Berkhamsted on 17 April 2025.
Answer: I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member's question. I issued a response to the hon. Member on 8 May.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Debts Written OffForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions in spending on official development assistance on levels of debt-cancellation to heavil
Answer: Supporting developing countries to tackle unsustainable debt is a priority of this government. Where the UK Government is a creditor, we will fully engage in multilateral negotiations with debtor countries via the Paris Club and G20 Common Framework mecha...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Freedom: GenderForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle gender-specific religious persecution.
Answer: The UK remains strongly committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. Working with the Special Envoy for FoRB, David Smith MP, we are ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Nigeria in implementing the Universal Periodic Review recommendations relating to the Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to upholding the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and was an active participant in Nigeria's Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council in January 2024. Our dialogue on human rights, including FoRB...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the ratification of the Global Oceans Treaty.
Answer: The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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