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date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help strengthen tax systems of developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	290316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting countries to achieve the Global Goals, including working actively with countries to help raise and manage public revenues, and thereby to invest in their public services and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2019 we announced a new £47 million package of support to assist developing countries in strengthening their tax systems. This package will provide technical assistance and capacity building support through a number of partners. It will also help contribute to economic growth by helping to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, and by creating a more level playing field for businesses. In addition to this new package of support, the UK has a number of other initiatives underway to help strengthen tax systems; in August 2018 DFID Ethiopia launched a £35 million programme to support the Ethiopian government in transforming the country’s tax system, and HMRC’s Capacity Building Unit provides peer-to-peer expertise to raise the standards of tax systems of developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/09/2019 15:47:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1145522

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date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department and the Civil Aviation Authority will consult on removing the ban on pilots who are over 65 years of age and otherwise fit and healthy from flying domestic commercial aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	290317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK has adopted upper age limits for both single and multi pilot Commercial Air Transport operations as set out in both EU legislation and International Civil Aviation Organisation standards. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has commissioned and published research on this matter and we will consider any proposals for change that are made by EASA.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/10/2019 12:56:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1145523

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Airports: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a dedicated rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	290318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department continuously reviews the operation of the network and this includes access to airports. As part of the rail Market Led Proposals ‘Call for Ideas’ we received a range of proposals, including ideas relating to airport access. Proposals, which were commercially confidential, were assessed in terms of the Call for Ideas criteria that they should not need financial support from Government and promoters have been given feedback directly on their submissions.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/10/2019 15:18:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith