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Written Question
Papua: Biofuels
Thursday 28th March 2024

Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed bio-ethanol food estate in West Papua on (a) the environment and (b) local (i) communities and (ii) ecosystems.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK Government is aware of proposals for the Food and Energy Estate programme in Merauke. We work closely with the Government of Indonesia to help increase the sustainability of commodity production, including by limiting deforestation and other environmental impacts, and supporting local communities' access to livelihoods.


Written Question
Papua: Internally Displaced People
Thursday 28th March 2024

Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the number of internally-displaced people in West Papua since December 2018; and whether his Department is taking diplomatic steps to help support those people.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We continue to monitor the ongoing issue of internal civilian displacement caused by clashes between separatists and Indonesian security forces in Papua. We have raised our concerns with the Indonesian Embassy in London. Officials from the British Embassy in Jakarta have also visited Papua in March 2022 and met with officials, police, local business, human rights defenders, environmentalists and religious leaders. Embassy officials also visited the region again in February and July 2023.

The UK's longstanding position is to respect the territorial integrity of Indonesia, which includes the region of Papua. Within this framework, we strongly support the efforts of the Indonesian authorities and civil society to address the legitimate concerns of the people of Papua, including strengthening human rights protections, providing humanitarian assistance and ensuring that all Papuans benefit from the sustainable and equitable development of their province.


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 26 2024

Source Page: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office 1967 to 1991
Document: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office, 1967 to 1991 (PDF)

Found: Scaddan bec omes the first openly gay man to be appointed Head of Mission (High Commissioner to Papua


Select Committee
Fifth Special Report - The UK’s contribution to tackling global deforestation: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report

Special Report Mar. 26 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: Robert Goodwill MP ( Conservative, Scarborough and Whitby ), Helen Hayes MP ( Labour, Dulwich and West


Select Committee
Fourth Special Report - Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific – Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report: Fourth Special Report

Special Report Mar. 22 2024

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The UK now has six High Commissions in the Pacific including: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the 45th Consultative Meeting 2023
Document: The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the 45th Consultative Meeting 2023 (PDF)

Found: Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) started nesting on Green Island in around 2015.


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Evaluating the impact of BII industries, technology and services (ITS) portfolio
Document: (PDF)

Found: Investees in one fund are also piloting green building standards in new geographies, for example, in West


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 13 2024

Source Page: Evaluating the impact of BII industries, technology and services (ITS) portfolio
Document: 2022 evaluation of its infrastructure portfolio (PDF, 2 MB) (PDF)

Found: West Midland Combined Authority, Productivity and Skills Commission, Birmingham.


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Home Office

Mar. 07 2024

Source Page: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, end of year summary 2023
Document: (ODS)

Found: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Palestinian 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Papua


Grand Committee
AUKUS - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Islands; in January, Nauru switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China; and, a month ago, Papua - Speech Link
2: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) This is especially worrying at a time when our nation and the West face a greater threat from Russia - Speech Link