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Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) and the noble Lord, Lord Curry, mentioned India; Laos has jumped 10 places to 21st in the watch-list; Cuba - Speech Link


Deposited Papers

Mar. 19 2024

Source Page: British Council 2022-23 Annual report and accounts. 141p.
Document: British.pdf (PDF)

Found: Chile Santiago China Beijing Chongqing Guangzhou ShanghaiColombia Bogotá Croatia Zagreb Cuba


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mar. 15 2024

Source Page: The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Revocation) Regulations 2024
Document: Explanatory memorandum (PDF)

Found: Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of potatoes, other than potatoes intended for planting, originating in Cuba


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mar. 15 2024

Source Page: The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Revocation) Regulations 2024
Document: Statutory instrument (PDF)

Found: 2000/29/EC in respect of potatoes, other than potatoes intended for planting , originating in Cuba


Written Question
Military Attachés
Thursday 14th March 2024

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 1027 on Military Attachés, if he will publish an updated list of countries without a resident UK Defence Attache.

Answered by James Heappey

The Global Defence Network (GDN) utilises Resident and Non-Resident Defence Attachés (DA), who engage in Defence diplomacy in over three-quarters of the world’s nations. The table below has a list of countries covered on a Non-Residential Accreditations (NRA) basis, where a UK DA is not resident in country, but a DA elsewhere has the responsibility.

Country (NRA)

Location of DA

Angola

Mozambique - Maputo

Anguilla (British overseas territory)

Jamaica - Kingston

Antigua & Barbuda

Jamaica - Kingston

Armenia

Georgia – Tbilisi

Azerbaijan

Georgia – Tbilisi

Bahamas

Jamaica - Kingston

Barbados

Jamaica - Kingston

Belarus

Ukraine – Kyiv

Belize

Jamaica - Kingston

Benin

Accra - Ghana

Bermuda (British overseas territory)

USA – Washington DC

Botswana

Harare - Zimbabwe

British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory)

Jamaica - Kingston

Burkina Faso

Ghana - Accra

Burundi

Uganda – Kampala

Cambodia

(In process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi

Cayman Islands (British overseas territory)

Jamaica – Kingston

Chad

Cameroon - Yaoundé

Cuba

Mexico – Mexico City

Djibouti

Ethiopia – Addis Ababa

Dominica

Jamaica - Kingston

Dominican Republic

Jamaica - Kingston

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kampala - Uganda

Eritrea

Sana’a - Yemen (temporarily relocated to Riyadh)

Ecuador

Bogota - Colombia

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

Laos

(in process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi

Lesotho

South Africa - Pretoria

Liberia

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Luxembourg

Belgium - Brussels

Malawi

Zimbabwe – Harare

Mali

Senegal - Dakar

Malta

Rome - Italy

Mauritania

Morocco – Rabat

Monaco

France – Paris

Mongolia

Japan – Tokyo

Myanmar

Thailand - Bangkok

Montserrat (British overseas territory)

Jamaica - Kingston

Namibia

South Africa – Pretoria

Niger

Cameroon – Yaoundé

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 - Beirut

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 (British overseas territory)

Jamaica - Kingston

Uruguay

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Vanuatu

Fiji – Suva

Venezuela

Bogota - Colombia

Zambia

Zimbabwe - Harare

Supported by MOD from in the UK

Cape Verdi Islands

Congo

Gabon

Panama

Puerto Rica


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024 (PDF)

Found: Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Comoros Congo Côte d’Ivoire (form erly Ivory Coast) Cuba


Select Committee
Laura Devine Immigration, London, Laura Devine Immigration, London, and The 3 million

Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024

Inquiry: Electronic border management systems
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Christi Hufford Jackson: Cuba is the new one, and it is impacting the British population much more


Westminster Hall
LGBT History Month - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) recognition and others, have been passed in places such as New Zealand, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, Cuba - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) This is where the problem arises—and why, just as the United States gets absolutely paranoid about Cuba - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Home Office

Mar. 01 2024

Source Page: EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, December 2023
Document: (ODS)

Found: Chile 880 China 4410 Colombia 6070 Comoros 10 Congo 130 Congo (Democratic Republic) 330 Costa Rica 150 Cuba