Written Question
Friday 17th May 2024
Asked by:
Baroness Mobarik (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any information on the number of UK merchant ships that docked at (1) Gazimağusa, and (2) Berbera, seaports in each year since 2010; and why their policies towards both unrecognised countries differ in terms of their international investment.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
No UK flagged vessels have docked at Famagusta (Gazimagusa) since 2018. One vessel docked five times at Berbera over the same period. We do not hold data before 2018. The situations in the north of Cyprus and Somaliland are different and require different approaches. The UK supports measures to promote economic development in both, whilst respecting UN Security Council Resolutions that limit links between the UK and the north of Cyprus.
Commons Chamber
Business of the House
- Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Ian Mearns (Lab - Gateshead) provisionally offered debates for that day on hormone pregnancy tests and the recognition of the Republic of Somaliland - Speech Link
Select Committee
ActionAid UK
CCS0024 - Climate change and security
Written Evidence May. 15 2024
Inquiry: Climate change and security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Found: The Nexus through a Feminist Lens,
highlights how women leaders from Lebanon, Haiti, Myanmar and Somaliland
Select Committee
2024-05-14 16:15:00+01:00
Oral Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debates
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Backbench Business Committee
Found: A number of colleagues have been to Somaliland recently.
MP Financial Interest
Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Original Source (29th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Somaliland Presidency
Address of donor: Presidential Palace, Road No. 1, Hargeisa, Somaliland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£950), accommodation for 3 nights (£250) and Subsistence (£180), value £1,380
Destination of visit: Somalia (Somaliland)
Dates of visit: 4 April 2024 to 8 April 2024
Purpose of visit: Visit to discuss politics and geopolitics in the Horn of Africa, including meetings with the president, ministers and other officials and organisations.
(Registered 17 April 2024)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page:
G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
Document:
G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
(webpage)
Found: We express our concern regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between Ethiopia and the Somaliland
Parliamentary Research
The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea - CBP-10000
Apr. 18 2024
Found: Prime Minister Abiy ’s agreement with the
self-declared Republic of Somaliland , whose independence
MP Financial Interest
Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: The HALO Trust
Address of donor: Carronfoot, Thornhill, Dumfries DG3 5BF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,716.48), accommodation (£708.47), transport (£73.50), food (£147.65), and visa (£64.40), value £2,710.50
Destination of visit: Ethiopia and Somalia (Somaliland)
Dates of visit: 6 August 2023 to 11 August 2023
Purpose of visit: To see the Halo Trust’s work in removing landmines and unexploded ordnance, and gain a better understanding of the UK's role supporting NGOs like the Halo Trust to deliver greater resilience and recovery from conflict.
(Registered 6 September 2023)
MP Financial Interest
Michael Ellis (Conservative - Northampton North)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Somaliland Foreign Ministry
Address of donor: Hargeisa, Somaliland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals and miscellaneous costs, value £5,150
Destination of visit: Somalia (Somaliland)
Dates of visit: 25 January 2024 to 28 January 2024
Purpose of visit: Visit to discuss politics and geopolitics in the Horn of Africa, including meetings with ministers and officials.
(Registered 14 February 2024)
MP Financial Interest
Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Somaliland Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
Address of donor: Hargeisa, Somaliland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals and miscellaneous costs, value £3,100
Destination of visit: Somalia (Somaliland)
Dates of visit: 30 July 2023 to 6 August 2023
Purpose of visit: Trade and political visit to discuss environmental issues and deepening relations between educational institutions, including meetings with Somaliland government leaders, business community leaders and the UK Somaliland diaspora.
(Registered 24 August 2023)