Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) What recent progress she has made on increasing levels of trade with Caribbean Community member states - Speech Link
2: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) He will be pleased to know that annual trade between the UK and the Caribbean economic community, CARICOM - Speech Link
3: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) I speak as the chairman of the all-party parliamentary groups on St Kitts and Nevis, Guyana and the Caribbean - Speech Link
4: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) Friend for his engagement in the region, in St Kitts, the Caribbean as a whole and Guyana, which remains - Speech Link
Sep. 11 2023
Source Page: Caribbean sargassum: advancing commercial, scalable processing or storageFound: Caribbean sargassum: advancing commercial, scalable processing or storage
Apr. 09 2024
Source Page: Windrush Day funding awarded to 28 community groupsFound: podcast series and drama workshops, and the Island Movements ballet show which will tell the story of a Caribbean
Feb. 15 2024
Source Page: HM Prison & Probation Service workforce quarterly: December 2023Found: British19290.085124222232028597070.069600315022642261390.0633257403189066510.05120481927710843Q2-2022EthnicityBlack / African / Caribbean
Asked by: Marquess of Lothian (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the political and security situation in Haiti; and what action they are taking with international partners to help stabilise the country and end the violence there.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK remains committed to supporting a Haitian-led political solution to the escalating violence in Haiti and supporting the efforts of Caribbean partners to achieve a return to security and stability. The UK government assists Haiti through our financial contributions to UN agencies and the World Bank.
Ensuring the safety and security of people in the neighbouring UK overseas territory of Turks and Caicos Islands is vital and the UK government has increased its support for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to secure their borders. Minister Rutley, as Minister for the Caribbean, attended the Caribbean Heads of Government meeting (CARICOM) in Guyana on 26 February and heard their concerns on the security situation in Haiti.
Jan. 31 2024
Source Page: Other PACE powers, year ending March 2023Found: Caribbean Mixed 5 5 4 2022/23 E23000036 Avon and Somerset South West Male Unknown Mixed Caribbean Mixed
Asked by: Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to make a recommendation to the Prime Minister to appoint a new Trade Envoy for the Caribbean.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
There are no plans at present to appoint a Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to the Caribbean.
Correspondence Sep. 06 2023
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: Correspondence from the Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean relating to Vladimir Kara-Murza's
Asked by: Anna McMorrin (Labour - Cardiff North)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Haitian counterparts on the security situation in that country.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is committed to supporting a Haitian-led political solution to the escalating violence in the country, and commends the efforts of Caribbean partners to work towards a return to security and stability. I [Minister Rutley] attended the Caribbean Heads of Government meeting (CARICOM) in Guyana on 26 February and heard their concerns on the security situation in Haiti.
We are also increasing support for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to secure their borders in response to worsening violence in neighbouring Haiti.
Asked by: Fabian Hamilton (Labour - Leeds North East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is taking steps to provide additional funding for security in Haiti in the context of recent violence in that country.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is committed to supporting a Haitian-led political solution to the escalating violence in the country, and commends the efforts of Caribbean partners to work towards a return to security and stability. I [Minister Rutley] attended the Caribbean Heads of Government meeting (CARICOM) in Guyana on 26 February and heard their concerns on the security situation in Haiti. The UK Government assists Haiti through our financial contributions to UN agencies and the World Bank. We are increasing support for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to secure their borders in response to worsening violence in neighbouring Haiti.