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David Lammy
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Tottenham
📅 2000–2026
3,335 speeches on Hansard record
⚠️ Votes attended: 67.26%
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.00%
📝 Topics: Grenfell Tower: Fires, Students: Finance, Gambling
🤝 Member of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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Department for International Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of sanctions on (a) Russia’s GDP, (b) UK foreign direct investment in Russia and (c) the value of UK trade in goods and services with Russia in FY2022-23.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the email of 9 November 2021, reference ZA54061, from the hon. Member for Tottenham regarding the waiting time for National Insurance number applications.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the processing time for National Insurance number applications is 16 weeks; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce that processing time.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal…
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken to collaborate with the People’s Republic of China on climate change.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many ministerial there have been to the People’s Republic of China in the last twelve months.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many discussions he had with his counterpart in the People’s Republic of China in the final quarter of 2023.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken to help prevent risk of conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the increase in Chinese aerial incursions and military activity in the Taiwan Strait.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the adequacy of aid to Ukraine.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much official development assistance his Department plans to provide to Ukraine in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial years.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Russia’s escalating air attacks on Ukraine.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken to help prevent the supply of Democratic People's Republic of Korea ammunitions to Russia.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken to help prevent the supply of Iranian drones to Russia.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Venezuela on the border dispute with Guyana in the last three months.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department has spent on external consultancy fees in each of the last ten years.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department spent on temporary agency staff in each of the past ten years.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the security situation in Western Sahara; and what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help promote a peaceful solution to the…
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he last held discussions with his Egyptian counterpart on the case of Alaa Abdel Fattah.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to Afghanistan following the earthquakes in October 2023.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Israeli and (b) Palestinian counterparts on the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he last had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on recent increases in violence in the West Bank.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his (a) Egyptian and (b) Israeli counterparts on ensuring British nationals fleeing Gaza are not separated from their families.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many requests for assistance his Department has received from British nationals that have been unable to use the Rafah crossing as of 14 November 2023.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of British nationals held hostage by Hamas in Gaza as of 14 November 2023.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to provide consular support to the families of British nationals held hostage in Gaza.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) international counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues to support the release of British hostages in Gaza.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when his Department last made representations to the Government of India on the case of Jagtar Singh Johal.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps the Governement has taken to help secure the release of dual national Vladamir Kara-Murza.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with (a) his international counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues on proposals to repurpose Russian state assets since 27 June 2023.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he last held discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the case of Jimmy Lai.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2023 to Question 193279 on Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, whether his (a) officials or (b) Ministers provided their counterparts in the Department of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on temporary staff in the last three financial years in support of the FCDO Integration programme following the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on temporary staff in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on temporary staff in the last three financial years in support of the Hera programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the issuing of arrest warrants for Hong Kong nationals living overseas.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he has held discussions with his counterparts in (a) Israel and (b) Palestine in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the level of violence against civilians in the occupied West Bank since January 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his counterpart in Israel on (a) recent and (b) potential future demolitions of Palestinian schools in the occupied territories that are (i) funded and (ii) co-funded by the UK…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much overseas development assistance funding has been spent on Palestinian schools in the occupied territories which have been (a) demolished and (b) threatened with demolition by Israeli authorities in the last…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last discussed the case of Alaa Abdel Fattah with his Egyptian counterpart.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the imprisonment of Alaa Abdel Fattah by Egyptian authorities; and if he will make a statement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the denial of UK consular access to Alaa Abdel Fattah by the Egyptian government; and if he will make a statement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his counterpart in Israel on the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Gibraltar, (b) Spain and (c) the EU on the border between Gibraltar and Spain, in the context of Spanish elections in July 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last made representations to his Iranian counterpart on the case of Morad Tahbaz.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his G7 counterparts on the (a) seizure and (b) repurposing of Russian state assets.
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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 changes to legislation in Canada which allows Russian assets forfeited in that country to be redistributed to Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to allow Russian state assets held in the UK to be repurposed before the end of the calendar year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received any legal advice on the compatibility of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill with the UK’s obligations under UN Security Council resolution 2334.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support peace, stability and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to communicate with British nationals and British residents currently in Sudan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the results of the Turkish elections on 14 May 2023 on NATO policy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any (a) British nationals and (b) nationals holding British residency have been taken hostage in Sudan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of safe and legal routes currently available to refugees fleeing Sudan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many requests for consular support his Department has received from people claiming to employees of the NHS in Sudan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many requests for consular assistance have been received from British (a) nationals and (b) residency holders in Sudan since 30 April 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many requests for consular support his Department has received from British nationals in Sudan since 15 April 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of British nationals it will be possible to evacuate from Sudan before the ceasefire in that country ends.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he had with his international counterparts on securing the ceasefire in Sudan announced on 25 April 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials from his Department are located in Sudan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Member States of the United Nations did not have at least one Diplomatic Service Officer present in the UK on 1 March 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of devices owned by his Department that have TikTok installed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is his Department's policy to prohibit (a) officials and (b) ministers from using the TikTok app on their (i) work and (ii) personal electronic devices.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 88792 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff, which overseas posts are staffed by one Diplomatic Service Officer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of the UK diplomatic missions that have (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last ten years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the execution of Alireza Akbari.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the potential risk of increased tensions between Iran and its neighbouring countries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Commonwealth, Foreign and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of how many (a) surveillance devices, (b) CCTV cameras and (c) other security devices used by his Department were manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent risk assessment of using (a) surveillance and (b) security technology of Chinese origin.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Commonwealth, Foreign and Development Affairs, which providers of technology to his Department are of Chinese origin.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any technology providers his Department uses are of Chinese origin.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional resources his Department plans to use to support humanitarian efforts in Syria and Turkey.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect British humanitarian workers in Syria and Turkey.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November to Question 88787 on Dominic Raab, of how many formal complaints about the conduct of the Rt. Hon. Member for Esher and Walton his Department holds records.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when a Minister last had discussions with their Egyptian counterpart; and whether the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah was raised in those discussions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to hold a meeting of the UK-Egyptian Association Council in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the government of Egypt's compliance with its diplomatic obligations in providing consular access by UK officials to Alaa Abd-El…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor (a) the political situation in Nigeria and (b) preparations for the general election in that country.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help secure consular access to Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of employees in his Department who speak Mandarin.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in his Department speak (a) Russian and (b) Ukrainian.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 98894, whether his Department holds any records of any further formal complaints being made about the conduct of the Rt. Hon. Member for Esher and Walton since 22 November 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October to Question 59749 on Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid, what steps his Department has taken on repurposing seized Russian assets to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine since the Ukraine…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of most expensive bottle of wine (a) purchased by and (b) consumed from the Government Wine Cellar this year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the value was of wine from the Government's wine cellar consumed in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21 and (d) 2021-22 to date.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s total spend on hospitality in the UK was in each of the last five years; and, with reference to page 212 of his Department’s Annual Reports and Accounts 2021-2022, what definition is…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ministerial red boxes his Department has bought in the last ten years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the services of external consultants in each of the last ten years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s total expenditure has been on external consultants in each year since 2012.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much has been spent on external advertising consultants in each year since 2012.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) furnishing and (b) redecorating Ministerial offices in each year since 2012.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on ministerial red boxes in each of the last ten years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs how much his Department has spent on temporary agency staff, in each of the past ten years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last ten years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much has been spent on Ministerial travel by helicopter in each year since 2012.
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To ask Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on private charter flights in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he will respond to Questions 88789, 88788 and 88787 submitted by the Rt. Hon. Member for Tottenham on 16 November 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of additional sanctions against Iran to help prevent manufacture and supply of drones used for attacks against (a) Ukraine, (b) Israel and (c) Saudi…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Diplomatic Service Officers ended their employment within two years of being appointed in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his department holds any record of concerns being conveyed to the Propriety and Ethics Team at the Cabinet Office in relation to a former Foreign Secretary.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department holds any records of a formal complaint being made about the conduct of the Rt. Hon. Member for Esher and Walton.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any complaints of (a) bullying, (b) harassment, (c) discrimination and (d) other inappropriate workplace behaviour were received in relation to (i) ministers and (ii) special advisors in each of the last ten…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many requests for assistance from UK citizens imprisoned abroad his Department received in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) median and (b) mean number of days between initial contact received from a UK national imprisoned abroad and consular support being offered were in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which of his Department's overseas posts are staffed by one Diplomatic Service Officer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs how many officials in his Department have relocated out of London under the Places for Growth Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has paid in severance payments to former special advisors in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department’s total salary expenditure was spent on consular staff in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employed in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's total expenditure made using Government Procurement Cards was in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to help prevent Iranian drones being used by Russian forces in Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial overseas travel in each of the last fifteen years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many requests for consular assistance overseas his Department received in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in South Africa regarding the passage of a vessel owned by Alexey Mordashov.
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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 practice of other G20 countries using overseas development aid domestically.
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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 resilience of Ukraine’s energy sector in the context of recent Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the turnover of staff was in the private office of the Secretary of State in each quarter of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green on the situation in Sri Lanka, dated 29 June 2020.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many overseas visits were undertaken by Ministers from her Department to (a) the Middle East and (b) Africa in each year since 2010.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last made representations to her Iranian counterpart on the case of Morad Tahbaz.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the £2.5 million pledged to Afghanistan following the earthquake of 21 June 2022 has been delivered.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on re-opening diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to evaluate the feasibility of re-opening the British embassy in Afghanistan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have to visit Afghanistan in the next twelve months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British Embassy staff are currently in Afghanistan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people from her Department were working in (a) the Middle East and (b) Africa in each year since 2010.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking with its international counterparts to resolve the political and economic situation in Sri Lanka.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last made representations to her Indian counterpart on the case of Jagtar Singh Johal.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her Egyptian counterpart to secure (a) consular access to and (b) the release of Alaa Abdel Fattah.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on allegations of crimes committed by SAS troops in Afghanistan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) short- and (b) medium-term humanitarian needs of the people of Lebanon.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last met her Lebanese counterpart to discuss the economic situation in that country.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the fall in the value of Sterling on her Department’s total operating budget.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans the Government has to allocate additional emergency funding to mitigate the risk of famine in the Horn of Africa before the end of 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department were first notified by the then Foreign Secretary of his meeting with Alexander Lebedev in April 2018.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) other relevant stakeholders on imposing sanctions on Alexander Lebedev.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Ukrainian civilians forcibly transferred to Russia.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill on the UK’s international reputation; and what discussions she has with Cabinet colleagues on the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what specific financial contribution her Department has made to the UN appeal to avert a potential environmental catastrophe caused by the deteriorating condition of the FSO Safer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support British citizen Alaa Abd El-Fattah who is imprisoned and on hunger strike in Egypt.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on how many occasions she has spoken to her Egyptian counterpart this year; and whether she raised the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the right to consular access for UK citizens imprisoned abroad; and if it will assert that right in the case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the current (a) human rights and (b) security situation in Rwanda.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessments she has made of the threats facing minority groups in Rwanda.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the war in Ukraine on food shortages and famine in the Global South.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on Climate Change 2022: Migration of College Change, published…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of official development assistance she plans to allocate to Rwanda in 2022-23 in comparison to (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2021-22.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the recent North Korean missile tests.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government is planning to make representations before the UN Security Council on North Korea's recent missile testing.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of tensions in the Korean peninsular.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of tensions in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help prevent an escalation of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recent terrorist attacks in Israel.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to international counterparts on the protection of and respect for Holy places in Jerusalem.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts following recent missile strikes in Gaza.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times her Department has been contacted by Chevening scholars requesting her Department’s assistance to leave Afghanistan, since 15 August 2021.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department regarding providing refuge to Chevening scholars in Afghanistan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many emails her Department has received through the dedicated consular address for Members of Parliament since 24 February 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times her Department has been contacted by British Council staff members requesting her Department’s assistance to leave Afghanistan, since 15 August 2021.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department regarding providing refuge to British Council staff in Afghanistan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken since 24 February 2022 to recruit additional staff to respond to the crisis in Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken since 24 February 2022 to recruit additional (a) Ukrainian and (b) Russian-speaking staff to respond to the crisis in Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken since 24 February 2022 to recruit additional staff for the British embassies in countries bordering Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times her Department has been contacted by (a) former or (b) present Ukrainian staff members of the British Embassy in Kyiv, to seek her support leaving Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to secure refuge for (a) former or (b) present Ukrainian staff members of the British embassy in Kyiv.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support pro-democracy groups in Sudan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) political and (b) humanitarian situation in Lebanon.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the stability of the economy in Lebanon.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of climate change on population movements in (a) North Africa and (b) the Middle East.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) political and (b) humanitarian situation in Saudi Arabia.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the resurgence of the Islamic State group in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the passage of refugees fleeing Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Iran on negotiations to restore Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action compliance.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Ukraine and (b) Russia on ensuring that the International Committee of the Red Cross can provide humanitarian support in Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure humanitarian aid can reach Ukraine.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the correspondence of 14 February 2022 from the Rt. hon. Member for Tottenham, reference DL55426.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the letter of 24 March 2022 from the Rt. hon. Member for Tottenham, reference ZA56017.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Afghan Resettlement plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Tottenham dated 18 October 2021 regarding the processing of Afghan asylum cases, reference ZA52298.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 87 of the Justice Select Committee's report on Prison Population 2022, published in March 2019, whether his Department has made an assessment of the savings that could be achieved by moving from prison to community support; and if he…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 9 November 2021, Official Report , column 160, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Cart-type judicial review cases on the Crown Court…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's total spending was on services provided under contract by CGI in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's total spending was on services in addition to those provided under contract rendered by CGI in each of the last 10 years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the data held by his Department is on databases provided or managed by CGI.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contract with CGI signed by his Department in November 2020, what his timetable is for retiring or replacing the heritage applications outlined in the tender documents.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contract with CGI signed by his Department in November 2020, if he will publish details of the 50 business-critical applications and their length of use.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to establish the error rate on non-covid-19 related single justice procedure cases.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to contact defendants using the Single Justice Procedure whose prosecutions were subject to errors and to rectify errant outcomes.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Official Development Assistance was spent by other government Departments in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of economic assistance to the Government of Ukraine in FY2022-23 will be in the form of (a) grants and (b) loans.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the real terms change in the budget of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office over the next three years.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the disbursement of Official Development Assistance in FY2022-23 by each Government department.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on cyber security for his Department in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of assets frozen to date under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Amendment Regulations 2022.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of assets frozen to date under the The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full and (b) part time members of staff have been employed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff allocated to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation speak (a) Russian and (b) Ukrainian.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of assets that have fled the UK's jurisdiction while being investigated by the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation for potential breaches of sanctions.
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