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Gibraltar
Mr. Colvin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current proposals tabled by Spain for the future sovereignty of Gibraltar and his response to them. [57857]
Ms Quin: I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Mr. Mackinlay), 26 October 1998, Official Report, columns 85-87.
Departmental Properties
Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Niger, (ii) the Independent State of Samoa, (iii) the USA, (iv) the Holy See, (v) Indonesia, (vi) Tunisia, (vii) Portugal, (viii) Egypt, (ix) Germany and (x) Honduras, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57654]
- (2) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Fiji, (ii) Botswana, (iii) Laos, (iv) Lesotho, (v) Trinidad and Tobago, (vi) Canada, (vii) Greece, (viii) Norway, (ix) Mozambique and (x) Guatemala, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57657]
(3) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Croatia, (ii) Hungary, (iii) Macedonia, (iv) Russia, (v) Uzbekistan, (vi) Romania, (vii) Finland, (viii) Bangladesh and (ix) Turkmenistan, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57655]
(4) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Mauritania, (ii) Kazakhstan, (iii) Myanmar, (iv) Sierra Leone, (v) Estonia, (vi) Yugoslavia, (vii) the Solomon Islands, (viii) the Commonwealth of Dominica, (ix) Namibia and (x) Lithuania, indicating the purposes for which they are designated. [57656]
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Somalia, (ii) Vanuatu, (iii) Paraguay and (iv) the Seychelles, indicating the purposes for which they are designated. [57642]
Mr. Salmond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Mexico, (ii) New Zealand, (iii) Sweden, (iv) Mongolia, (v) Cote d'Ivoire, (vi) Belgium, (vii) China, (viii) Burundi, (ix) Congo and (x) Gambia, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57643]
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Mr. Swinney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Malaysia, (ii) Spain, (iii) Qatar, (iv) Luxembourg, (v) Uruguay, (vi) the Philippines, (vii) Kuwait, (viii) Zimbabwe, (ix) Mali and (x) Guyana, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57646]
(3) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Jordan, (ii) the United Arab Emirates, (iii) the Lebanon, (iv) Uganda, (v) India, (vi) Morocco, (vii) Ethiopia, (viii) Saudi Arabia, (ix) Ukraine and (x) the Bahamas, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57645]
(4) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Belize, (ii) Israel, (iii) Senegal, (iv) Brazil, (v) Ecuador, (vi) Azerbaijan, (vii) Chad, (viii) Jamaica, (ix) the Eastern Caribbean States and (x) Swaziland, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57647]
(5) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Zambia, (ii) Equatorial Guinea, (iii) Albania, (iv) Kiribati, (v) Guinea-Bissau, (vi) Cape Verde, (vii) Iran, (viii) Sao Tome and Principe, (ix) Afghanistan and (x) Liberia, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57652]
(6) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Singapore, (ii) Eritrea, (iii) Venezuela, (iv) Kenya, (v) Angola, (vi) France, (vii) Iraq and (viii) Tuvalu, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57641]
(7) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Cuba, (ii) Ireland, (iii) Cyprus, (iv) Tanzania, (v) Peru, (vi) Oman, (vii) Colombia, (viii) Antigua and Barbuda, (ix) Moldova and (x) Papua New Guinea, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57650]
(8) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Australia, (ii) Vietnam, (iii) Poland, (iv) Thailand, (v) Surinam, (vi) Costa Rica, (vii) Switzerland, (viii) Barbados, (ix) the Netherlands and (x) South Africa, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57648]
(9) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Iceland, (ii) Argentina, (iii) Italy, (iv) Sri Lanka, (v) Yemen, (vi) Bolivia, (vii) Belarus, (viii) Cameroon, (ix) Burkina and (x) Sudan, indicating the purposes for which they are designated. [57649]
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Mr. Fatchett:
I shall write to the hon. Members with full information as soon as possible. I shall place copies of the letters in the Library of the House.
Mr. Baker:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to secure the release from prison in Shigatse of Ngawang Choephel. [57709]
Mr. Fatchett:
Ngawang Choephel appears on a list of individual cases of concern which my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have raised with Chinese leaders. Through our bilateral human rights dialogue with China we have sought information about Choephel's case and his health. We will continue to raise his case.
Mr. Burden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cases of alleged abduction of British citizens abroad have been dealt with by the special unit at the FCO since 1996; and if he will list the cases by (a) country and (b) the gender of the British citizens involved. [57933]
Mr. Tony Lloyd:
Since the beginning of 1996, the FCO-led Coordination Group has dealt with 13 kidnap cases, involving 23 British citizens.
(2) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) the Maldives, (ii) Armenia, (iii) Guinea, (iv) Nigeria, (v) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (vi) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (vii) Pakistan, (viii) the Dominican Republic, (ix) Slovakia and (x) Nepal, indicating the purposes for which they are designated. [57644]
(2) if he will list the properties (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Panama and (ii) Bulgaria, indicating the purposes for which they are designated; [57653]
| Country | Gender |
|---|---|
| India (Kashmir) | 2 male |
| Indonesia | 2 male, 2 female |
| Cambodia | 1 male |
| Russia (Chechnya) | 1 male |
| Tajikistan | 1 male |
| Peru | 2 male |
| Tajikistan | 1 female |
| Russia (Chechnya) | 1 male, 1 female |
| Yemen | 1 male |
| Yemen | 2 male, 1 female |
| Sudan | 1 male |
| D. R. Congo | 1 male |
| Russia (Chechnya) | 3 male |
Falkland Islands
Mr. Howard: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assurances the Government have received from President Menem that he will if necessary use his veto in respect of fisheries legislation affecting the Falkland Islands currently before the Argentine parliament. [58249]
Mr. Tony Lloyd: Argentina has no competence to authorise fishing in Falklands waters. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister made our position clear to President Menem during his recent visit. Separately my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary reinforced this message with the Argentine Foreign Minister.
Uganda
Mr. Letwin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to halt the killing of civilians in Northern Uganda. [58257]
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Mr. Tony Lloyd:
We are appalled at the reports of atrocities committed by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. With our partners at the UN we have strongly condemned LRA tactics; most recently at this year's session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in May. We believe there cannot be a purely military solution to the problems of northern Uganda. Both my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and I have urged President Museveni to pursue all opportunities for dialogue as a means of resolving the conflict. We welcome recent reports for a possible Government Amnesty for rebels who give up the armed struggle as a first step towards a negotiated settlement.
Mr. Malins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list (a) the total receipts generated by application fees for visas, applications for permanent settlement and other immigration applications and (b) the total cost of entry clearance operations for each year for which the figures are known since 1993; and if he will set out the basis on which the costs are calculated identifying the individual elements. [57758]
Mr. Fatchett:
The total receipts generated by application fees for visas and total cost of entry clearance operations from 1993-97 are as follows:
| £ million | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Visitor receipts | Settlement receipts | Total receipts | Total costs |
| 1993-94 | 28.0 | 2.5 | 30.5 | 45.0 |
| 1994-95 | 28.9 | 3.4 | 32.3 | 45.5 |
| 1995-96 | 37.1 | 5.0 | 42.2 | 46.6 |
| 1996-97 | 50.3 | 6.7 | 57.0 | 60.2 |
| 1997-98 | 53.8 | 9.7 | 63.5 | 64.5 |
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