Asked by: Lord Benyon (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Cruise Berthing Facility Project in the Cayman Islands on the UK’s marine protection policies for its Overseas Territories.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Lord Benyon (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on coral reef and other seabed of the Cruise Berthing Facility Project in the Cayman Islands.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Lord Benyon (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with Royal Commonwealth Ex-Service League on the gratuity payments made to African soldiers made at the end of the Second World War; and whether his Department has information on the number of veterans who were subject to the differential pay.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
Neither I, nor my officials, have had conversations with the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Service League on the gratuity payments made to African soldiers at the end of the Second World War. Following independence, the governments of ex-British colonies usually assumed responsibility for service records relating to their armed forces. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is working closely with colleagues across government to gather information on this issue.
Asked by: Lord Benyon (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to address the claims by African veterans of the Second World War who received the gratuity payment at the end of that war that the payment was made at different rates based on ethnicity.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The UK is indebted to all servicemen and women from the Commonwealth who volunteered to serve with Britain during the Second World War. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is working closely with colleagues across government to gather information on this issue.