Andrew Rosindell MP: written questions
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Kwok Yin-sangForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Hong Kong authorities on the reported prosecution of Kwok Yin-sang, the father of a British National (Overseas) passport holder in exi
Answer: The UK is closely monitoring the prosecution of Kwok Yin-sang, father of Anna Kwok. China's imposition of the National Security Law has significantly eroded the rights and freedoms of Hong Kongers, a situation that has worsened with the enactment of the S...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in (a) Hong Kong and (b) China on the wellbeing of wanted people of Hong Kong origin residing in the UK.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary spoke to his counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in April and raised the impact of transnational repression on Hong Kongers residing in the UK. The Foreign Secretary personally met those recently targeted by the Hong Kong police w...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHong Kong: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met the Chief Executive of Hong Kong since taking office.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has not met the Chief Executive of Hong Kong since taking office. Any proposed visits will be made public as and when relevant.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordColombia: FungicidesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with his Colombian counterpart on the potential impact of the mancozeb ban on (a) bilateral trade and (b) regional stability.
Answer: The decision to withdraw the use of mancozeb in Great Britain does not immediately affect imports. The UK Government recognises the importance that bilateral trade between the UK and Colombia plays in boosting growth and ensuring regional stability. The U...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordColombia: Immigration ControlsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Colombian counterpart on their offer to host a UK technical delegation to assess migration and border control improvements.
Answer: The Minister for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean has discussed migration and border control issues with her Colombian counterparts, including the potential for a technical visit from the UK to Colombia. We also regularly engage on t...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFungicides: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has provided funding for research into the (a) development and (b) trial of multi-site fungicide alternatives to mancozeb that are viable for tropical fruit expo
Answer: Defra has not provided funding for research into the development and trial of multi-site fungicide alternatives to mancozeb that are viable for tropical fruit exporters in Latin America.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFungicidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of banning mancozeb by the end of 2025 on the (a) socio-economy and (b) security of the UK's trading partners.
Answer: Pesticide Active substance approvals are only granted following careful scientific assessment of risks to people, animals and the environment. We do not consider economic benefits of use. Mancozeb no longer meets GB approval criteria as regards to endocri...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCaribbean and Venezuela: CocaineMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) UK and (b) allied operations aimed at disrupting cocaine trafficking networks operating (i) through Venezuela and (ii) in the wider Caribbean region.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 4 February 2025 to Question 26446. A Royal Navy ship maintains a persistent presence in the Caribbean Sea where it contributes to regional security through the conduct of counter-illicit trafficking oper...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Defence PolicyMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to enter into an association agreement with the EU on (a) UK participation in (i) the European Defence Agency, (ii) the European Defence Fund and (iii) Permanent Structured Cooperatio
Answer: As agreed in the Security and Defence Partnership, the EU and UK will regularly exchange on defence initiatives. Implementation discussions will begin shortly, exploring the possibility of establishing an Administrative Arrangement between the UK and the ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of UK participation in EU defence industrial programmes on (a) the AUKUS agreement and (b) other existing defence procurement partnerships.
Answer: As the Strategic Defence Review recognised, international partnerships are crucial for the UK’s security and prosperity. The UK remains firmly committed to the AUKUS partnership and is working closely with the US and Australia at all levels to maximise th...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether he plans to incorporate the proposed security and defence p
Answer: A broad and ambitious Security and Defence Partnership (SDP) was adopted at the UK - EU Summit on the 19 May, stemming from a shared commitment to safeguard European security and support Ukraine. There are no plans to bring the SDP under the Trade and Coo...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHay'at Tahrir al-ShamHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review the current proscription of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) under the Terrorism Act 2000; and what criteria will be used to determine whether (a) HTS and (b) HTS's
Answer: As a matter of long-standing policy, the Government does not comment on proscription matters in respect of individual organisations.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Budget: ContributionsTreasuryTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59334More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the financial contribution the UK will make to the EU following the UK-EU Summit (a) on the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement (b) on the Emissions Trading System (ETS), (c) on
Answer: Implementation costs will be confirmed in due course when we have negotiated the details of these arrangements. This will include proportionate contributions in specific and limited areas, such as where access to specific IT systems will help to remove tr...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHay'at Tahrir al-ShamForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proscription of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham on UK relations with the Syrian Government.
Answer: As both the Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary have said, the fact that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a proscribed terrorist group does not prevent the UK from engaging with it nor the Syrian government that includes HTS. We continue to engage the S...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: DruzeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50072 on Syria: Druze, what assurances his Department have received from the Syrian Government on the protection of the Druz
Answer: We have been clear that violence earlier this year against Syria's diverse communities, including the Druze, was appalling. In our engagement with the Syrian government we emphasise that the protection of all Syrians and their full inclusion in the transi...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVenezuela: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50066 on Venezuela: Human Rights and Politics and Government, whether he plans to meet UK-based civil society organisations
Answer: The UK remains gravely concerned about Venezuela's democratic future. The UK has been clear that Nicolas Maduro's claim to power is fraudulent and that the outcome of the presidential elections on 28 July 2024 was neither free nor fair. The UK Government ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: CaribbeanForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50064 on China: Caribbean, whether he plans to provide guidance to the Inter-American Development Bank on the financing of i
Answer: The UK is a shareholder of and supports the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank (WB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in their work in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) regions, providing financial support for sustainable dev...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59329More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether the EU will be entitled to claim damages through arbitration if the UK fails to implement new EU
Answer: The details of new agreements described in the Common Understanding are subject to negotiation. The Common Understanding is clear that new agreements will be subject to independent arbitration.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEU LawCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59328More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether the EU will be permitted to station inspectors in the UK to monitor compliance with EU law.
Answer: The details of new agreements described in the Common Understanding are subject to negotiation. I remind the Hon Member that EU inspectors are stationed in the United Kingdom under the Windsor Framework, negotiated by the previous government.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEU LawCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59305More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, published on 19 May 2025, whether the UK will have a veto over new EU laws that apply under dynamic alignment provisions.
Answer: The details of new agreements described in the Common Understanding are subject to negotiation. The Common Understanding is clear that where the UK Government decides to align with EU rules as part of an agreement this will give due regard to the UK’s con...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnguilla: Ambulance ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Anguilla's ambulance fleet since the provision of UK Government funding in February 2025.
Answer: Earlier this year, the UK expanded Anguilla's ambulance fleet by providing two FCDO-funded ambulances from West Midlands Ambulance Service. These are now operational and have improved Anguilla's emergency response capacity. The West Midlands Ambulance Ser...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVenezuela: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the British Overseas Territories to enforce sanctions against Venezuela.
Answer: On 10 January, the UK sanctioned 15 new individuals associated with Maduro's contested regime responsible for undermining democracy and committing serious human rights violations. The UK and Overseas Territories Governments work closely to apply UK sancti...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJesús ArmasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the status of Jesús Armas.
Answer: The UK strongly condemns the ongoing repression against civil society and members of the opposition in Venezuela. We remain gravely concerned about reports of human rights abuses and violations, including arbitrary arrests and detentions. Over 900 Venezue...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJesús ArmasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his (a) counterpart in Venezuela and (b) the Venezuelan Ambassador in London on Jesús Armas.
Answer: Protecting human rights in Venezuela is a priority for the UK and we have repeatedly called for the immediate and unconditional release of those arbitrarily detained, including at the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 18 March. On 26 May the Minister of State...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the proposed EU security and defence partnership, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed third-state rules on UK foreign policy aut
Answer: The UK is sovereign over its Overseas Territories (OTs) and is responsible for their external affairs, defence, and security. The UK is proud of the significant role the OTs play to support the UK's, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization's, global securi...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
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