MP Financial Interest
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: FIA Foundation
Address of donor: 60 Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DS
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £4,246.83 as reimbursement, received £3,108.31 on 23 June 2023 for flights, and £1,138.52 received on 11 August 2023 for five nights' hotel accommodation (13-18 July 2023) in New York
Destination of visit: United States (New York and Washington)
Dates of visit: 13 July 2023 to 20 July 2023
Purpose of visit: As President of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians at the Inter-Parliamentary Union, to attend the United Nations High Level Political Forum and to meet with Members of the United States Senate and Congress.
(Registered 17 August 2023; updated 23 August 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: United Arab Emirates, Federal National Council
Address of donor: Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 836, UAE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights to and from the UAE, hotel accommodation, food and in-country transport (value is estimated), value £6,220
Destination of visit: United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi and Dubai)
Dates of visit: 27 September 2023 to 3 October 2023
Purpose of visit: As President of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians at the Inter Parliamentary Union, to attend Climate Future Week events, meet with members of the Federal National Council, and develop plans for the engagement of young parliamentarians at COP28 UAE.
(Registered 30 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Jordanian Embassy in London
Address of donor: 6 Upper Phillimore Gardens, London W8 7HA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£833), accommodation, meals and transport (£1,000), value £1,833
Destination of visit: Jordan (Amman)
Dates of visit: 23 October 2023 to 27 October 2023
Purpose of visit: Delegation to Amman, Jordan including meetings with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Ministers and parliamentarians and a visit to Za'atri Refugee Camp.
(Registered 21 November 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Mrs. Pikulkeaw Krairiksh, Member of the Senate of Thailand
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, food and transport in Bangkok (value is estimated), value £443
Destination of visit: Thailand (Bangkok)
Dates of visit: 19 September 2023 to 24 September 2023
Purpose of visit: As President of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians at the Inter Parliamentary Union, to attend meetings at the House of Representatives of Thailand and other political, cultural and social events.
(Registered 20 October 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: United Arab Emirates, Federal National Council
Address of donor: Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 836, UAE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Hotel accommodation and in-country transport, value £1,250
Destination of visit: United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
Dates of visit: 4 December 2023 to 8 December 2023
Purpose of visit: As President of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians at the Inter-Parliamentary Union, to attend COP 28 UAE and related meetings
(Registered 8 January 2024)
MP Financial Interest
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Everton Football Club
Address of donor: Goodison Road, Liverpool L4 4EL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and hospitality for me and a staff member to Everton v Luton, value £600
Date received: 27 January 2024
Date accepted: 27 January 2024
Donor status: company, registration 36624
(Registered 29 February 2024)
MP Financial Interest
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Commission on Alcohol Harm, established by the Alcohol Harm Alliance (a consortium of over 50 non-governmental organisations) to promote evidence based policies to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.
Date interest arose: 24 June 2021
(Registered 7 July 2021)
Written Question
Monday 15th April 2024
Asked by:
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2024 to Question 19159 on Overseas Investment: Fossil Fuels, if he will publish a full energy portfolio for British International Investment setting out investments in (a) fossil fuels and (b) renewable energy in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
BII already discloses the percentage of assets in its portfolio that can be considered climate finance and 'carbon-related' (i.e. in the fossil fuel value chain) as part of its annual Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting in its Annual Accounts (published on BII's website), in line with TCFD recommendations.
The UK's Development White Paper set the ambition for BII to become the most transparent bilateral Development Finance Institution. Subsequently, BII has published a Transparency Roadmap. For its existing portfolio, the Roadmap commits BII to state whether an investment is fossil fuel or renewable energy power generation. This will be available on its public investment database by the end of the year.
Written Question
Monday 15th April 2024
Asked by:
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 entitled Anatomy of a Genocide, published on 25 March 2024, A/HRC/55/73.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with International Humanitarian Law, as we have said from the outset. Our view is that Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be described as a genocide, but we also remain clear that formal determination of genocide should be based upon the final judgment of a competent court.
There must be a reduction in civilian casualties. All parties must act within International Humanitarian Law. We want to see Israel take greater care to limit its operations to military targets and avoid harming civilians and destroying homes.
Written Question
Monday 15th April 2024
Asked by:
Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2024 to Question 19159 on Overseas Investment: Fossil Fuels, what his planned timescale is for ending support for the overseas fossil fuel sector.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The Government's policy on supporting overseas fossil fuel projects is set out at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65840f10fc07f300128d45e9/aligning-uk-international-support-for-the-clean-energy-transition.pdf. This policy has been in force since 31 March 2021.
All investment commitments made by BII since December 2020 meet the conditions set out in BII's Climate Change Strategy and the UK Government's fossil fuel policy. BII are committed to Paris alignment and to reaching net zero at a portfolio level by 2050. A quick sale of existing fossil fuel assets would simply offload the problem to other potentially less responsible investors and may not offer value for money for the British taxpayer.