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424359

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what dates he has met the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the potential effects in Scotland of a carbon price support exemption scheme since April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	13632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>As indicated in my answer of 20 October, I have had a number of meetings and discussions on the important issue of opencast restoration and in particular the proposal for a carbon price support exemption. These have included discussions with colleagues from HM Treasury, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Scottish Government and Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 30/10/2015 11:05:27 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

423887

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Foreign Relations: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions officials of his Department have contacted representatives of a foreign government to ask for an account of private meetings or discussions held between representatives of that government and Scottish Government Ministers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	13329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>On no occasion have Scotland Office officials contacted representatives of a foreign government to ask for an account of private meetings or discussions held between representatives of that government and Scottish Government Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 29/10/2015 16:28:50 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

424037

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Opencast Mining: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent representations he has received on measures to rehabilitate land which has been defaced by opencast mining; and what steps he plans to take in response to those representations.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	13439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>I have had a number of meetings and discussions on the important issue of opencast restoration over recent months, including with Local Authorities affected and colleagues from HM Treasury, the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 29/10/2015 16:30:11 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

423025

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Minister of State for Trade and Investment on the promotion of Scottish steel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	12723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to supporting the Scottish steel industry and collaborating with the Scottish Government in doing so. Scotland Office Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts at UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and UKTI works throughout the world to promote our industries through the United Kingdom’s extensive consular network.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 30/10/2015 11:02:22 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

423026

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Ministers from the Scottish Government on the steel industry in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	12719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Scottish Government ministers on a range of issues. I wrote to the Deputy First Minister on 20 October to extend the Scotland Office’s full support for the Scottish Government’s Task Force to address the recent issues with the steel industry in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/10/2015 14:30:54 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

422344

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for the implementation of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation; and what estimate he has made of the potential liability of his Department in connection with that proposed Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	12429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Negotiations on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation are still continuing and our negotiating position has taken into account the likely impact on Government Departments, NDPBs and agencies. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, and the Regulation has been adopted, the liabilities will be further assessed. There will then follow a maximum implementation period of two years. Between now and then, Government departments who will be affected by the Regulation are closely involved in work led by the Department for Culture, Media &amp; Sport to consider the implications of the text as it develops through the negotiating process.</p><br /> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 26/10/2015 11:05:05 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

421811

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Devolution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to rename the so-called Sewel Convention in the light of recent events; and if so, what name they plan to give it.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to rename the Sewel Convention.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 28/10/2015 15:18:35 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

420782

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2015 to Question 10602, on which dates he has held meetings with HM Treasury on the potential effects of a carbon price support exemption scheme in Scotland in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>There have been a range of meetings on the issues around open cast restoration at Ministerial and Official level. This includes a number of meetings that both myself and colleagues have had with HM Treasury and the Department of Energy and Climate Change over a number of months.</p><br /> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 20/10/2015 14:06:07 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420275

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Pressure Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) the Taxpayers' Alliance, (b) the Confederation of British Industry, (c) the Institute of Economic Affairs, (d) the Adam Smith Institute, (e) the Freedom Association, (f) the Politics and Economic Research Trust and (g) the Midlands Industrial Council in the last 12 calendar months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	10992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' andPermanentSecretaries meetings with external organisations are published up to 31March 2015 and can be accessed on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p><br /><p>Further publications of Ministerial and Permanent Secretaries meetings will be published in due course.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 19/10/2015 12:19:38 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

420276

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Trade Unions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Trade Unions Congress, (b) individual STUC-affiliated trades unions, (c) the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and (d) other public bodies on trade union reform and the Trade Union Bill in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	10991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Both I, my ministerial colleague Lord Dunlop and my officials have met with the STUC, STUC-affiliated trade unions, CoSLA and public bodies over the last six months and discussed a range of matters including trade union reform and the Trade Union Bill. These meetings have taken place on the following dates:</p><ul><li>17 August 2015;</li><li>18 August 2015.</li></ul><p>My Rt hon Friend, Nick Boles, Minister of State for Business Innovation and Skills and officials met with the STUC to discuss trade union reform and the Trade Union Bill on:</p><ul><li>7 September 2015;</li><li>18 August 2015.</li></ul><br /> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 19/10/2015 14:07:13 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens