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Select Committee
Letter dated 21 November from Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding the decision to join the Hague Convention of 2019

Correspondence Dec. 05 2023

Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: There are also six signatories (Israel, Costa Rica, Montenegro, North Macedonia, the Russian Federation

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Dec. 01 2023

Source Page: NATO Allies: joint statement to the OSCE Ministerial Council 2023
Document: NATO Allies: joint statement to the OSCE Ministerial Council 2023 (webpage)

Found: Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North

Written Question
Driving Licences: Reciprocal Arrangements
Tuesday 24th October 2023

Asked by: James Daly (Conservative - Bury North)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with which (a) foreign countries and (b) administrative regions of foreign countries that issue their own driving licences his Department has an agreement for mutual recognition of documents; and whether his Department is taking steps to reach such agreement with other countries and regions.

Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

The UK continues to exchange and recognise licences originating from all European Economic Area (EEA) countries. Arrangements are in place with all EEA countries for the recognition and exchange of the vast majority of GB licences.

Outside of the EEA, mutual driving licence exchange agreements are in place with the following designated countries:

Andorra

Gibraltar

South Africa

Australia

Hong Kong

Switzerland

Barbados

Japan

Taiwan

British Virgin Islands

Monaco

Ukraine

Canada

New Zealand

United Arab Emirates

Cayman Islands

Republic of Korea

Zimbabwe

Falkland Islands

Republic of North Macedonia

Faroe Islands

Singapore

Work is currently progressing on arrangements with a further seven countries:

Albania

Moldova

Sri Lanka

Kosovo

San Marino

Malaysia

Serbia

I also recently met with an official delegation from Kenya to discuss existing arrangements with them as well.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Dec. 01 2023

Source Page: Women, Peace and Security: joint statement to the OSCE Ministerial Council 2023
Document: Women, Peace and Security: joint statement to the OSCE Ministerial Council 2023 (webpage)

Found: Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Oct. 18 2023

Source Page: Joint statement on human rights violations in Xinjiang at the UN Third Committee
Document: Joint statement on human rights violations in Xinjiang at the UN Third Committee (webpage)

Found: Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Netherlands, North

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Oct. 20 2023

Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 16 October 2023
Document: Number of foreign cadets (PDF)

Found: Iceland Indonesia Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kenva Kosovo Kuwait Kyravzstan Lebanon Lesotho Luxemboura Macedonia

Lords Chamber
Western Balkans: Dayton Peace Agreement - Tue 17 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) sowing division and seeking to undermine Montenegro’s democracy and Euro-Atlantic direction; not in North - Speech Link
2: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Serbia took advantage of a very poor decision by Kosovo in May to impose non-Serbian mayors in the north - Speech Link
3: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) Macedonia and Kosovo, where the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, tried unsuccessfully to broker a deal on - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Feb. 29 2024

Source Page: Repression in Russia and the death of Alexei Navalny: joint statement to the OSCE, February 2024.
Document: Repression in Russia and the death of Alexei Navalny: joint statement to the OSCE, February 2024. (webpage)

Found: Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Sep. 22 2023

Source Page: UN HRC54: Joint Statement on Syria
Document: UN HRC54: Joint Statement on Syria (webpage)

Found: Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North

Select Committee
Centre for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe (CAS SEE), University of Rijeka, Women's Rights Centre (Montenegro), and Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Oral Evidence Nov. 29 2023

Inquiry: The UK and the Western Balkans
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: We have been investing and partnering with the State Audit Office in North Macedonia, which has been