Written Question
Monday 7th January 2019
Asked by:
Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to recoup (a) rent, (b) service charges and (c) taxes from the unauthorised occupant of One Carlton Gardens for the period from 9 to 30 July.
Answered by Alistair Burt
On the occupancy of One Carlton Gardens from 9-31 July 2018 I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 24 July 2018 to Question 166108; 4 September 2018 to Question 167213; and on 10 September 2018 to Question 170256.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Nov 2018
Nigeria: Armed Violence (Rural Communities)
"Order. I will not impose a formal time limit, but as a guideline there are about nine minutes for each Back-Bench speaker. Observant Members will have noticed that the two clocks are slightly different, so we will go for the large clock as a guide...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Nov 2018
Nigeria: Armed Violence (Rural Communities)
"Order. When I give a guideline for speaking, I hope that hon. Members will adhere to it. If some Members go over the time limit, other Members have less time. As a result, I now have to reduce the guideline to eight minutes. I call Dr Drew...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Nov 2018
Nigeria: Armed Violence (Rural Communities)
"Order. We can now go back to nine minutes as a guideline. Hon. Members have been very helpful...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Nov 2018
Nigeria: Armed Violence (Rural Communities)
"I thank hon. Members for their co-operation. We will now move on to the winding-up speeches, for which there are a good 10 minutes each, and we will leave a couple of minutes at the end for the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) to respond to the debate...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Nov 2018
Nigeria: Armed Violence (Rural Communities)
"I am sure it will be possible to give the hon. Member who moved the motion a couple of minutes to respond at the end...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 10th September 2018
Asked by:
Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which international election observation missions his Department provided financial support for the participation of UK observers in each year since 2010; how much such finance his Department provided in each such year; which international election observation missions his Department plans to provide financial support for the participation of UK observers in 2018-19; how much such finance his Department has committed for 2018-19; whether there have been any changes to his Department's policy for supporting and funding such missions in 2018-19; and whether his Department plans to make any such changes for future financial years.
Answered by Mark Field
The budget for election observation missions (EOMs) is devolved to each Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) geographical department, so figures are not held centrally. This year the UK has sent observers to the OSCE EOMs in Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Montenegro, and will be sending observers to the EOMs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Moldova. We shall assess which OSCE EOMs the UK will send observers to in 2019 once we have confirmation from the OSCE of the elections they plan to observe.
In addition, the UK funds observers to EU EOMs through our delivery partner, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. We have also granted the Commonwealth Secretariat £1.8m for their work across the Commonwealth on EOMs.
There has been no change in policy on the UK's commitment to supporting election observation missions. It will not be possible to fund observers for every mission. We focus our contributions where they can have most practical impact, whether through EOMs or other democracy initiatives, such as those detailed in the 2017 FCO Human Rights Report.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jun 2018
UK-Romanian Relations
"Order. I now call the Front-Bench speakers. You have no more than 12 minutes each, because we need to allow time for the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) to respond to the debate...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jun 2018
UK-Romanian Relations
"I ask the hon. Gentleman to keep to the time limit, because it is the same for all the Front-Bench speakers...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Feb 2018
International Disaster Relief
"Order. Five hon. Members have indicated they want to speak before the Front Benchers. We have got about 45 minutes before the Front Benchers, which is a reasonable amount of time. I do not want to set a time limit. That is just an indication of how long we have...."Clive Betts - View Speech
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