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date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase family benefits and tax credits in line with the cost of living; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL17252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>As the Chancellor has made clear, the government has no intention of repeating the current freeze on working-age benefits, including family benefits and tax credits. From April next year, the government expect to resume increases to frozen benefits in line with CPI in the normal way.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 23/07/2019 11:15:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

917769

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date	05/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Funds: Panama
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they are making to secure substantial amendments to Panama's Corporation Law 32 following the publication of Overcoming the Shadow Economy by the Freidrich Ebert Stiftung in November 2016, and other analyses of the Panama Papers and of opaque offshore financial transactions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL8363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Tackling the shadow economy and improving international tax transparency is a priority for this Government. We work with a range of international partners to tackle illicit financial flows, and have worked closely with Panama’s government to amend and implement key legislation before and after the so-called “Panama Papers”.</p><p>Rather than focus specifically on amending Corporation Law 32, this Government continues to work with Panama on the implementation of new laws, which help it improve regulation of the sector.</p><p>As part of President Varela’s visit to the UK in May 2018, the Prime Minister, Chancellor and others discussed the importance of passing and enforcing relevant legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2018 15:53:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

889834

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have proposals for improving banking arrangements between the UK and Iran, in order to overcome trading difficulties.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The government remains committed to the full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which includes ensuring that Iran gains tangible benefits from the sanctions relief agreed under the deal.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury officials are acutely aware of the reluctance of financial firms to support Iran-related activities and are continuing to work with UK banks and banking associations to understand their concerns and to identify practical approaches that will help facilitate trade with Iran.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/05/2018 15:03:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton