Search Results

1-9 of 9 results for subject:Bolivia

Show detailed: On Off

Results: 10 20 50 100

Sort by: Newest first Oldest first

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place between Her Majesty's Government and Bolivia regarding its claim on the Atacama corridor in Chile, to secure sovereign maritime access for Bolivian natural gas.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 December 2004

Reference

204475; 428 c1393W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to facilitate inter-country adoption from Bolivia to the UK.

Asked by

Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 September 2004

For answer on

11 October 2004

Answered on

11 October 2004

Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to facilitate intercountry adoption from Bolivia to the UK. [188975] Margaret Hodge: The UK Government do not actively promote intercountry adoption. The Government do provide a telephone and web-based information service to prospective adopters. It also manages the transfer of intercountry adoption applications overseas, ensuring that the documentation is complete and complies with UK legislative requirements. The Department for Education and Skills also acts as the Central Authority for England under The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption. The Central Authority for Wales is the National Assembly for Wales, for Scotland the Scottish Executive and for Northern Ireland the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. The role of the Central Authority is to ensure that the requirements laid down by the convention are fully met. The UK ratified the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption in 2003. Bolivia has also ratified the Hague Convention. The convention sets out clearly the principles which govern intercountry adoption policy, practice and procedure between contracting states. Principally these are to establish safeguards to ensure that intercountry adoptions take place in the best interests of the child and with respect for his or her fundamental rights as recognised in international law, to establish a system of co-operation amongst Contracting States to ensure that those safeguards are respected and thereby prevent the abduction, the sale of or traffic in children and to secure the recognition in Contracting States of adoptions made in accordance with the convention. Prior to the UK's ratification of the Hague Convention Bolivia has refused to accept applications for intercountry adoption. The Department for Education and Skills has subsequently received correspondence from the Bolivian authorities setting out their additional requirements in relation to intercountry adoption. However, we believe that the convention adequately addresses arrangements for adoption between contracting states.

Date

11 October 2004

Reference

425 c14W; 188975

House

House of Commons

Political dialogue and cooperation agreement between the European Community and its Members States of the one part, and the Andean Community and its Member Countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela), of the other part. (Rome 2003).

Type

Command papers

Notes

Received 26.07.04

Date

23 July 2004

Reference

Cm 6280;European Communities 2 (2004)

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the results of the United Nations 2004 coca survey in (a) Colombia, (b) Peru and (c) Bolivia; and what changes have taken place in the location of coca cultivation in each country. -...

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 July 2004

Reference

181543; 423 c766-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what UK development aid has been allocated to (a) Ecuador, (b) Peru and (c) Bolivia for financial year 2004-05.(Failed OPQ) - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Wilkinson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 June 2004

Reference

422 c1013W; 178974

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has allocated to UK non-governmental organisations this year for work in (a) Brazil and (b) Bolivia; how this sum is expected to change in real terms in the future; and if he will make a statement. -...

Asked by

Hugh Bayley (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2004

Reference

419 c879W;419 c881W; 162962

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which UK non-governmental organisations funded by his Department carry out work in (a) Brazil and (b) Bolivia.

Asked by

Hugh Bayley (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2004

Reference

419 c880W;419 c881-2W; 162963

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people entered the UK from (a) Venezuela, (b) Suriname and (c) Bolivia in the latest year for which figures are available. - Including figure and ref to Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002 Cm 6053 in...

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 February 2004

Reference

417 c840-1W;417 c841W; 150805

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK from Sweden in the latest year for which figures are available; how many people entered the UK from Bolivia in the latest year for which figures are available; how many people entered the UK...

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 January 2004

Reference

417 c606-7W; 151524;151525;151526

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Month

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher