Division number 305 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lucy Allan Lee Anderson Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Richard Bacon Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Simon Baynes Scott Benton Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter Bone...
Division number 306 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lucy Allan Lee Anderson Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Richard Bacon Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Simon Baynes Scott Benton Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter Bone...
Division number 298 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lucy Allan Lee Anderson Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Richard Bacon Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay Simon Baynes Scott Benton Paul Beresford Jake Berry Saqib...
Andrew Mitchell: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office consistently maintains relationships with, and routinely consults with a range of business interests, including multinational corporations, to support foreign policy formulation and delivery. This includes through our network of Embassies and High Commissions. The precise nature of consultation depends on the policy and objective in scope. We...
Andrew Mitchell: I issued a statement on 29 May strongly condemning the Government of Uganda's decision to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 into law. The UK does not speculate on future sanctions designations, as to do so would reduce their impact. We will continue to stand up for human rights and freedoms in Uganda and around the world.
Andrew Mitchell: We have committed £165 million to address the dual challenges of gender inequality and climate change. This includes the Community Resilience Partnership Programme which will help empower local communities and grassroots women's groups in Asia and the Pacific. We are also investing in programmes to build women's climate resilience through our Conflict, Stability and Security Fund. In 2022,...
Andrew Mitchell: I [Andrew Mitchell] issued a statement on 29 May strongly condemning the Government of Uganda's decision to sign the deeply discriminatory Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 into law. I met with the Ugandan Foreign Minister on 14 March and 4 May 2023, and the Ugandan High Commissioner on 1 June 2023, to underline the strength of our opposition to the Act and highlight its impacts on the safety of...
Andrew Mitchell: I [Andrew Mitchell] issued a statement on 29 May strongly condemning the Government of Uganda's decision to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 into law. I spoke to the Ugandan Foreign Minister on 14 March and 4 May 2023 to underline the strength of our opposition to the Act and highlight its impacts on the safety of LGBT+ people in Uganda. The Prime Minister has also spoken to the Ugandan...
Andrew Mitchell: The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has received a number of representations calling for a range of actions in relation to Nnamdi Kanu's case. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office maintains that its current approach is the most effective route to maintaining consular access to Nnamdi Kanu and ensuring he is treated in line with international...
Andrew Mitchell: UK International Climate Finance (ICF) is Official Development Assistance and is managed as part of a single budget allocation through the spending review process.
Andrew Mitchell: The UK spent over £1.4 billion on international climate finance over the course of the 2021-2022 financial year, supporting developing countries to reduce poverty and respond to the causes and impacts of climate change. Figures for financial year 2022-2023 and subsequent years will be published in due course.
Andrew Mitchell: In financial year 2021-2022 approximately 64% of UK international climate finance was spent on mitigation and 36% on adaptation. Figures for financial year 2022-2023 and subsequent years will be published in due course. The UK is committed to achieving balance between adaptation and mitigation spending. In support of this and to support the most vulnerable who are experiencing the worst...
Andrew Mitchell: The Secretary of State has not had any discussions with Commonwealth counterparts on whether the Nigerian Government has upheld the principles set out in the Charter of the Commonwealth of Nations in its treatment of Nnamdi Kanu. Ministers and officials have raised Nnamdi Kanu's case with the Nigerian authorities on multiple occasions, most recently with the Foreign Secretary who raised his...
Andrew Mitchell: ...and uphold the human rights provisions enshrined in Ghana's Constitution, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the principles of both the African and Commonwealth Charters. I [Andrew Mitchell] raised the Bill with partners in June 2023. We continue to consider options in the event the Bill is approved by Parliament and granted assent.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...with the Taliban, primarily through the UK Mission to Afghanistan, based in Doha. FCDO ministers are in regular contact with their international counterparts on Afghanistan. In 2023 The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP and I as Minister of State have met UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, Afghan women and civil society organisations to discuss the Taliban’s restrictions on women and...
Andrew Mitchell: The Government took the difficult decision to reduce temporarily the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget from 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) to 0.5% from 2021, because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and public finances. The Government will return to 0.7% when the fiscal situation allows. The International Development (Official Development Assistance...
Andrew Mitchell: The Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Technologies (REACT) programme's aim was to incentivise the private sector to invest in low-cost clean energy and adaptation technologies to raise incomes and help climate adaptation. Its effectiveness was assessed in its Project Completion Report, which scored the programme an 'A', denoting that it had achieved its expected aims. It supported a...
Andrew Mitchell: The FCDO regularly discusses good governance, rule of law and the importance of free, fair and peaceful elections with the Sierra Leonean Government, opposition and key stakeholders. The Foreign Secretary has highlighted these messages, including with the President and opposition leader, during and since his visit in March 2023. Throughout, the UK has been clear that violence has no place in...
Andrew Mitchell: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 June 2023 to Question 189210 [https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-question s/detail/2023-06-13/189210].
Andrew Mitchell: ...on the release of prisoners in relation to the conflict in the North-West and South-West regions. We are committed, however, to supporting a peaceful resolution to this conflict. I [Minister Mitchell] made this clear in meetings with Cameroon's Prime Minister and Secretary General to the Presidency during my visit in April 2023.
