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Select Committee
Statutory Inquiries Committee - Declarations of Interests as at 20 February 2024

Declarations of interest Feb. 20 2024

Committee: Statutory Inquiries Committee

Found: Chambers • Chair of Independent Press Standards Association • Judge of Astana Financial Centre Court (Kazakhstan


Written Question
Nuclear Weapons: Testing
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Streatham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to share with states affected by the UK's nuclear testing relevant information held by his Department which could assist ongoing efforts to assess the impacts of those tests.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The UK Government has no plans to respond to the joint statement made by Kiribati and Kazakhstan, as their statement is inconsistent with the UK's position on the legacy of nuclear tests. However, we recognise efforts to address the impact of historic nuclear testing and pay tribute to the veterans and civilians from the Pacific region involved in the tests. The UK has reviewed residual contamination relating to British nuclear tests on Kiribati and concluded that any required remediation had been undertaken.


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
HM Revenue & Customs

Dec. 13 2023

Source Page: UK overseas trade in goods statistics: October 2023
Document: (ODS)

Found: 6283729264 Norway 1874353728 Electronic equipment 5935799872 China 1810293245 Precious metals 3552417665 Kazakhstan


Written Question
Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Streatham)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the address to the UN General Assembly by Kiribati's President in September 2023, if the Secretary of State will make a statement on the Government's position in response to requests relating to the impact of nuclear testing on Kiritimati.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The UK Government has no plans to respond to the joint statement made by Kiribati and Kazakhstan, as their statement is inconsistent with the UK's position on the legacy of nuclear tests. However, we recognise efforts to address the impact of historic nuclear testing and pay tribute to the veterans and civilians from the Pacific region involved in the tests. The UK has reviewed residual contamination relating to British nuclear tests on Kiribati and concluded that any required remediation had been undertaken.


Select Committee
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Oral Evidence Sep. 05 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement in Central Asia
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Central Asia particularly includes Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.


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: Relationships with each of the five Central Asian countries (CA5), Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic,


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: Croatia, Cuba, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan


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: Croatia, Cuba, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan


Grand Committee
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Her letter says:“The UK, EU and US have sent joint delegations to the UAE, Kazakhstan … Uzbekistan, Georgia - Speech Link


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