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Government Response To The House Of Commons Foreign Affairs Committees Seventh Report Of Session 2013 2014 Hc 86 I
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Book Synopsis HC 605 - The FCO's Performance and Finances in 2013-14 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book HC 605 - The FCO's Performance and Finances in 2013-14 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cuts imposed on the FCO since 2010 have been severe and have gone beyond just trimming fat: capacity now appears to be being damaged. If further cuts are imposed, the UK's diplomatic imprint and influence would probably reduce, and the Government would need to roll back some of its foreign policy objectives. The FCO's budget is a tiny element of Government expenditure, but the FCO makes disproportionate contribution to policy making at the highest level, including decisions on whether to commit to military action. The next Government needs to protect future FCO budgets under the next Spending Review.
Book Synopsis Government Foreign Policy Towards the United States - HC 695 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book Government Foreign Policy Towards the United States - HC 695 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reports finds that the Coalition Government has developed in public a more mature and measured relationship with the US, although there has been no fundamental change in the nature of the tie. The Committee declares the relationship to be in good health. In particular, the Committee said that it was not aware of any evidence that the House of Commons vote in August 2013 against potential military action in Syria had damaged the UK's relationship with the US. Rather, the Committee concluded that the episode illustrated general features of the UK-US relationship, namely that developments in the UK could influence US policy; and that the underlying tie was resilient. Today's publication follows up a report produced by the previous Foreign Affairs Committee at the end of the last Parliament, which recommended that the UK Government should adopt a more hard-headed and less deferential approach to the US. The Coalition Government seemed to have taken up this recommendation. The Committee criticises the UK Government's poor provision of information about the UK-US Joint Strategy Board, which was created during President Obama's State Visit to the UK in May 2011. Among strategic issues that it considered, the Committee agreed with the Government that the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could have significant positive strategic impact for the UK and the transatlantic relationship.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215063229 Total Pages :124 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (632 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee: Seventeenth Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83xvi by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
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Book Synopsis HC 842 - Hong Kong: China's Ban On The Committee's Visit by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book HC 842 - Hong Kong: China's Ban On The Committee's Visit written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2014, the Committee launched an inquiry into the UK's relations with Hong Kong, 30 years after the signing of the Joint Declaration. As part of this inquiry, they planned to visit Hong Kong to speak to a wide range of interlocutors about the UK-Hong Kong relationship. The Chinese and Hong Kong authorities informed the Committee that they considered this to be interference in China's internal affairs and they urged a halt to the inquiry. On 28 November, the Chinese Deputy Ambassador informed the Committee that the Chinese government would take any necessary measures to prevent the Committee from visiting Hong Kong, forcing the postponement of the visit. It was made clear that the Committee would be prevented from entering Hong Kong, despite the fact that, as UK nationals, no visa for entry was required. The Committee considers the ban by China to be unprecedented, and sees it as an obstruction to the conduct of the Committee's parliamentary duties.
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Foreign Affairs Committee: The Future of the BBC World Service - HC 1045 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Foreign Affairs Committee: The Future of the BBC World Service - HC 1045 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report, published on the last day that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funding responsibility for the World Service, the Foreign Affairs Committee says that it has "clear differences" with the BBC on new arrangements for governance of the World Service. It specifically has reservations about the move to licence fee funding for the World Service and what that would mean for the World Service's budget, and its ability to be heard amongst all the other competing voices within the BBC. The Committee regrets that the World Service now has no direct voice on either the BBC Executive Board or the Management Board, and it says that it "remains to be seen" whether representation of the World Service's interests at Board level by the Director of News and Current Affairs will indeed safeguard the distinct nature of the World Service. The Committee welcomes the assurance given in evidence by James Harding, the BBC's Director of News and Current Affairs, that the £245 million budget for the World Service in 2014-15 will be used as a baseline for the following two years. But what is really needed is longer-term protection at institutional level, and we continue to be concerned about the absence of a direct voice for the World Service on either the BBC's Executive Board or the Management Board
Book Synopsis HC 551 - The FCO's Human Rights Work in 2013 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book HC 551 - The FCO's Human Rights Work in 2013 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FCO designated 28 countries of concern in its 2013 report, where it judged the gravity of the human rights abuses to be so severe that a particular focus should be applied. The Committee concentrated attention on three of these countries: Sri Lanka, Burma, and Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Favourable trade concessions to the EU market should be removed from Sri Lanka if the Government of Sri Lanka continues to deny the OHCHR investigation team access into the country. The Government should advocate re-imposition of sanctions by the EU if there is no improvement in the human rights situation in Burma. The human rights of Israeli, Palestinian and Bedouin citizens living in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories continue to be of serious concern to the UK.
Book Synopsis HC 564 - UK Government Policy on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book HC 564 - UK Government Policy on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is a genuine, if developing, democracy. It is also a haven of tolerance and stability in a critically unstable region where those values are needed more than ever. It has huge strategic value to the UK as a bridge to other regional powers, is a key bulwark against ISIL, and has significant oil and gas potential. But it is also vulnerable and needs the support of its friends. It should respond positively to the invitation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to be its "partner of choice" on trade, education and cultural exchange as well as on defence and intelligence matters. The Kurdistan Region has work to do on developing its democratic culture and its respect for human rights, and UK support should go hand in hand with proof of progress in these areas. The Committee commends the Region's defence force, the Peshmerga, for its defence of Kurdish territory against ISIL and its protection of vulnerable minorities. It supports the UK Government's decision to offer the Peshmerga equipment and training. Advice is also needed from the Kurdistan Region's experts on issues like counter-terrorism and on the situation on the ground in Iraq and Syria. More diplomats need to be working out of a proper office in Erbil instead of hotel rooms. And this is not easily achieved as the FCO has suffered from cuts to its meagre budget at a time when more expertise and high-level co-operation is desperately needed.
Book Synopsis HC 377 - The Use of Diego Garcia by the United States by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book HC 377 - The Use of Diego Garcia by the United States written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, the UK concluded an Agreement with the United States giving it permission to use the British Indian Ocean Territory, including the island of Diego Garcia, for defence purposes for an initial period of 50 years. Unless the UK or the US takes steps to terminate the Agreement, it will automatically be extended in 2016 for a further twenty years. The disclosure in 2008 that the US had, contrary to previous statements by the FCO, used facilities at Diego Garcia in the course of rendition (the practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners) since 2001, dented public confidence in the UK's ability to exercise control over its sovereign territory. If the UK allows the 1966 Agreement to be extended beyond 2016, the text should be revised. It should specify that any extraordinary use of the US base or facilities, requires prior approval from the UK Government; and it should state explicitly that the British Indian Ocean Territory should not be used for rendition unless authority has first been granted by the UK Government, on a case by case basis
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215062505 Total Pages :108 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (625 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee: Fourteenth report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83-xiv by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
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Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215059024 Total Pages :144 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (59 download)
Book Synopsis Fourth report of session 2013-14 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :021507081X Total Pages :76 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Forty-fifth Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83-xl by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Download or read book Forty-fifth Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83-xl written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215063328 Total Pages :134 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (633 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee: Nineteenth Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83-xviii by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215053152 Total Pages :100 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (531 download)
Book Synopsis Twenty-seventh Report of Session 2012-13 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215060853 Total Pages :124 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (68 download)
Book Synopsis Ninth report of session 2013-14 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215054227 Total Pages :92 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (542 download)
Book Synopsis Thirty-first Report of Session 2012-13 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215066039 Total Pages :98 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (66 download)
Book Synopsis House of Commons - Defence Committee: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part One - HC 197 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Download or read book House of Commons - Defence Committee: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part One - HC 197 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report the Defence Committee argues that the capabilities of HM Forces should be determined not by budgetary constraints but by a fully-developed strategy which defines the position in the world that the UK wants to adopt. The report urges the government to produce a comprehensive national security strategy in the first place and let that document, along with the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), direct the next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). The allocation of resources will be based on national spending priorities set to meet the nation's security needs. There is a danger of defence becoming a matter of discretionary spending. Decisions about the expeditionary capability that the UK retains must be based on proper strategic decision making about the UK's place in the world and not simply flow from the "horse-trading" that surrounds the CSR process. The report points to a lack of understanding amongst the public of why we have Armed Forces. General sympathy and support for the Armed Forces must not obscure a hard-headed understanding of what they are for. The process of producing the next Defence and Security Review is the opportunity to engage the public in understanding the future of the Armed Forces. The Committee has very real concerns about the focus that will be given to the number of asymmetric security threats to the UK, such as from terrorism or cyber attack. The Government must think more strategically about the resilience of the country's critical infrastructure and recovery following an attack.
