Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the list of meetings that she published on 6 November 2017 was a complete list of the meetings and topics that took place during her visit to Israel in August 2017.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
My Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. I refer the Hon Gentleman to the exchange of letters between my Rt Hon Friend and my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on her resignation; and to the statement issued by my Rt Hon Friend on 6 November:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-international-development-secretary-priti-patel
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she discussed any of her Department's business in her meetings in Israel in August 2017; and whether Lord Polak attended any of those meetings.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
My Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. I refer the Hon Gentleman to the exchange of letters between my Rt Hon Friend and my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on her resignation; and to the statement issued by my Rt Hon Friend on 6 November:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-international-development-secretary-priti-patel
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if any of the meetings she held in Israel between 13 and 25 August 2017 were organised using email accounts or stationary provided by Parliament or her Department.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
My Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. The meetings the Hon Gentlemen refers to were not arranged by the Department. Further information is not held.
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether Lord Polak accompanied her to all or any of her meetings in Israel in August 2017.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
My Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. I refer the Hon Gentleman to the exchange of letters between my Rt Hon Friend and my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on her resignation; and to the statement issued by my Rt Hon Friend on 6 November:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-international-development-secretary-priti-patel
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she had any meetings or communications with any official from the British Embassy in Israel between 13 and 25 August 2017.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
My Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. Any such meetings or communications were not arranged by the Department.