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Draft Secondary Legislation
The Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023

Published - Wednesday 6th December 2023

Department: Department for Business and Trade

Section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7) (“the Act”) permits applications for a gender recognition certificate on the basis of having changed gender under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. Applicants under section 1(1)(b) of the Act are required by section 3(5) …

Found: Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 6 Dec 2023 In Force 9 Apr 2024

Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023
Department: Cabinet Office
Draft affirmative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

Section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7) (“the Act”) permits applications for a gender recognition certificate on the basis of having changed gender under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. Applicants under section 1(1)(b) of the Act are required by section 3(5) …

Found: Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Education

Dec. 05 2023

Source Page: PISA 2022: national report for England
Document: PISA 2022: national report for England (PDF)

Found: Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia


Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Learning Directorate
Education Reform Directorate

Dec. 05 2023

Source Page: Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2022): Scotland's results - highlights
Document: Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2022): Highlights from Scotland's Results (PDF)

Found: Jordan Kazakhstan Kosovo Lebanon Macao (China) Malaysia Malta Moldova (Republic of) Mongolia


Select Committee
Bupa Global & UK
IMH0064 - Men's health

Written Evidence Nov. 29 2023

Inquiry: Men's health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: employers to act within, but only seven countries (Australia, Ireland, Iran, Brazil, Malaysia, Mongolia


Written Question
Mongolia: Foreign Relations
Thursday 23rd November 2023

Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen British links with Mongolia.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We value our partnership with Mongolia, as we celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations. The President of Mongolia attended Their Majesties' Coronation. The Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Mongolia (the member for Shrewsbury and Atcham), the Minister for the Armed Forces (James Heappey) and the Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade (Nusrat Ghani) have all visited Mongolia this year. This week I [Minister Trevelyan] met the visiting Mongolian Culture Minister to discuss strengthening bilateral links. We will continue to build our relationship and strengthen our cooperation with Mongolia.


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Nov. 20 2023

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 5 October 2023 to 14 November 2023
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 5 October 2023 to 14 November 2023 (PDF)

Found: Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia


Written Question
Military Attachés
Friday 17th November 2023

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries do not have a resident UK Defence Attache.

Answered by James Heappey

The table below has a list of countries covered on a Non-Residential Accreditations (NRA) basis, where a UK Defence Attaché (DA) is not resident in country, but a DA elsewhere has the responsibility. This ensures that we have coverage across the world’s regions.

Country (NRA)

Location of DA

Angola

Pretoria – South Africa

Anguilla

Jamaica - Kingston

Antigua & Barbua

Jamaica - Kingston

Armenia

Georgia – Tbilisi

Azerbaijan

Georgia – Tbilisi

Bahamas

Jamaica - Kingston

Barbados

Jamaica - Kingston

Belarus

Ukraine – Kyiv

Belize

Jamaica - Kingston

Benin

Accra - Ghana

Bermuda

USA – Washington DC

Bolivia

UK – London

Botswana

Harare - Zimbabwe

British Virgin Islands

Jamaica - Kingston

Burkina Faso

Ghana - Accra

Burundi

Uganda – Kampala

Cambodia

Singapore

Cape Verde Islands

UK-London

Cayman Islands

Jamaica – Kingston

Congo

UK - London

Cuba

Mexico – Mexico City

Djibouti

Ethiopia – Addis Ababa

Dominica Dominican Republic

Jamaica - Kingston

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kampala - Uganda

Eritrea

Sana’a - Yemen

Ecuador

Bogota - Colombia

Gabon

London

Grenada

Jamaica - Kingston

Guinea

Sierra Leone – Freetown

Guyana

Jamaica - Kingston

Guatemala

Mexico – Mexico City

Guinea-Bissau

Senegal - Dakar

Haiti

Jamaica - Kingston

Hungary

Croatia - Zagreb

Iceland

Norway - Oslo

Ivory Coast

Ghana – Accra

Khartoum

Egypt - Cairo

Kosovo

Macedonia - Skopje

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan – Astana

Lesotho

South Africa - Pretoria

Liberia

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Libya

Libya - Tripoli

Malawi

Zimbabwe – Harare

Malta

Rome

Mauritania

Morocco – Rabat

Monaco

France – Paris

Mongolia

Japan – Tokyo

Montenegro

Tirana – Albania

Myanmar

Singapore (BDS SEA)

Montserrat

Jamaica - Kingston

Mozambique

South Africa – Pretoria

Panama City

Puerto Rico

Namibia

South Africa – Pretoria

Niger

Mali - Bamako

Papua New Guinea

Australia – Canberra

Paraguay

Argentina – Buenos Aires

Peru

Colombia - Bogota

Rwanda

Uganda – Kampala

Seychelles

Kenya - Nairobi

St Kitts & Nevis

Jamaica - Kingston

St Lucia

Jamaica - Kingston

St Vincent

Jamaica - Kingston

Slovakia

Czech Rep - Prague

Slovenia

Austria – Vienna

South Sudan

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia

Switzerland

Vienna - Austria

Syria

Lebanon

Tajikistan

Kazakhstan – Astana

Tanzania

Kenya – Nairobi

The Gambia

Senegal - Dakar

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Indonesia - Jakarta

Togo

Ghana – Accra

Tonga

Fiji – Suva

Trinidad & Tobago

Jamaica - Kingston

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Turks & Caicos Islands

Jamaica - Kingston

Uruguay

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Vanuatu

Fiji – Suva

Venezuela

Bogota - Colombia

Zambia

Zimbabwe - Harare


Select Committee
Federation of Small Businesses, and Ernst & Young LLP

Oral Evidence Nov. 14 2023

Inquiry: UK accession to Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: International Agreements Committee

Found: There are huge new projects linking Russia and Mongolia, and Japan and China, with infrastructure on


Select Committee
Tenth Report - Countries at crossroads: UK engagement in Central Asia

Report Nov. 10 2023

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: While not normally considered a Central Asian state, Mongolia is likely to share some of the same challenges