Found: Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Address of donor: Qatar

Found: the UK much less competitive.We are already witnessing the impact of the ETA policy: transfers on Qatar

Found: who are and will be a part of the ETA scheme (currently include Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar

Found: The ETA scheme is now in place for nationals of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain

Found: The UK ETA is also currently only available to nationals of Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,

Found: countries, including the European Union, Angola, South Korea, Japan, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar

Found: We have already moved nationals of Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirate s and Saudi

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on encouraging Qatari investment in UK research and development.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Through all our global partnerships, including those in the Gulf, government is delivering on the UK’s Science and Technology Framework and strengthening UK R&D.

Qatar is an important friend to the UK and our bilateral relationship includes cooperation across many areas. The UK-Qatar Strategic Investment Partnership, signed in May 2022, signalled Qatar’s intention to deploy a further £10bn investment in key UK sectors, such as life science, zero-emissions vehicles and fintech over the next 5 years.

The UK’s new research MoU with Saudi Arabia, which I signed last month, is another example of where we are driving forward partnerships in the region to support UK R&D.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many foreign officials have been granted special mission status to visit the UK in each year since 2011; and if he will list the (a) names and (b) country of origin of those officials.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

As set out in 2013 by the former Foreign Secretary William Hague, a special mission is a 'temporary mission, representing a state, which is sent by one state to another with the consent of the latter, in order to carry out official engagements on behalf of the sending state'. Since starting to issue special mission status (SMS) certificates in 2013, the FCDO has given consent for 57 special mission status visits to the UK for the following officials and their delegations:

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they will take, along with international partners, to secure a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Government has long been calling for an immediate pause to get aid in and hostages out, then progress towards a sustainable, permanent ceasefire, without a return to destruction, fighting and loss of life. The UK welcomed the UN Security Council Resolution 2728 on 25 March, which reflects international consensus behind the UK's position.

Vital elements for a lasting peace include:

• the release of all hostages;
• the formation of a new Palestinian Government for the West Bank and Gaza, accompanied by an international support package;
• removing Hamas's capacity to launch attacks against Israel;
• Hamas no longer being in charge of Gaza; and,
• a political horizon which provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution.

The Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister have reiterated these messages in their contacts with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior Israeli political leaders, as well as leaders in Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia Lebanon, Egypt, and the UAE in recent weeks.

Found: of certain types of waste from the European Community to Bahrain, Haiti, Honduras, Libya, Namibia, Qatar

Found: This would include Israel, Qatar, Singapo re, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who

Found: The applicant must be: 653 (a) a national of Qatar who intends to travel to the UK on or after

Found: The applicant must be: 642 (a) a national of Qatar who intends to travel to the UK on or after 15

Found: The applicant must be: 642 (a) a national of Qatar who intends to travel to the UK on or after 15

Found: 203.7 Peru 77.5 1,019.3 Philippines 102.1 1,331.9 Poland 177.1 2,292.8 Portugal 53.3 852.7 Qatar

Found: Partners including the United Nations, Cyprus, European Commission, the UAE, Qatar, Germany, Greece,

Found: We welcome the ongoing negotiations led by Qatar, Egypt, and the US to this end.

Found: 6-10 June 1996: Maritime Interdiction Operations 10-12 June 1996: Passage 12-15 June 1996: Doha, Qatar

Found: The applicant must be: 642 (a) a national of Qatar who intends to travel to the UK on or after 15

Found: Turkey, Qatar and Jordan have sent aid to Al Arish airport in northern Sinai, about 45 km (28 miles)

Found: First Minister's trip to Qatar: FOI release