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1126751

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Tourism and Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps the Government has taken to promote (a) inward tourism and (b) foreign direct investment in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	910826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Last year, over 3000 jobs came to Wales through Foreign Direct Investment, through 57 projects of which 93% were supported by both my department and the Department for International Trade.</p><p>Between 2015 and 2018, the UK attracted more foreign direct investment in capital investment than France and Germany combined.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/05/2019 12:38:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

644288

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2016
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Clergy: Peterborough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the appropriateness of procedures and practice relating to the Dean of Peterborough Cathedral standing down.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	54985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>On 22 July 2016 Very Revd Charles Taylor announced his resignation from the Deanery of Peterborough with effect from 2 October 2016. His farewell service took place at the Cathedral on 1 October 2016. There has been no reason to review the appropriateness of procedures and practice relating to the resignation.</p><p>In July the Bishop of Peterborough announced his decision to hold a formal Bishop’s visitation of the cathedral to investigate and report on the financial management and the overall governance of the Cathedral. At the time the Bishop noted that “The Cathedral is going through a cash flow crisis. It is taking too long to pay some bills, and paying the staff at the end of the month has been a close thing twice recently.” In response to requests from the Bishop and cathedral Chapter the Church Commissioners have provided advice, support, and financial backup to help the cathedral in this situation. Whilst some progress is being made, this week the Commissioners intend to increase the loan facility they have made available to the cathedral.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/11/2016 16:48:45 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

862240

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Press Gallery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of withdrawing Press Gallery passes being issued to (a) Russia TV and (b) RT; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	132659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>No Parliamentary Press Gallery passes are currently on issue to RT or Russia TV.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 29/03/2018 11:52:23 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

731600

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Voting Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if she will conduct a national audit to determine how many (a) students and (b) other registered voters voted in more than one parliamentary constituency in the General Election 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s electoral registers are maintained by individual Electoral Registration Officers appointed by each local authority in Great Britain and by the Chief Electoral Officer in Northern Ireland. This means that it would not be feasible to identify duplicate entries between registers without considerable additional financial and operational resources. Providing a mechanism for EROs to compare information about electoral register entries more automatically across all 381 registers could help to further improve the accuracy and completeness of electoral registers and could also help to address the risk of voting more than once at a relevant election.</p><p>It is an offence under Section 61(2)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, for an elector to cast more than one vote on their own behalf in a UK Parliamentary general election or at a referendum. This offence carries a fine which is unlimited in England and Wales, or a fine not exceeding £5,000 in Scotland.</p><p>Investigations into possible criminal offenses are a matter for the relevant police forces. The Electoral Commission has provided advice and guidance to UK police forces about how to investigate allegations that an individual may have voted twice, including obtaining from the relevant Returning Officers the marked copy of the register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 17/07/2017 16:01:57 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

101182

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Serjeant at Arms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, who the candidates were for the post of Serjeant at Arms on the last occasion on which it was advertised.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	211941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2014 answer text <p>The post of Serjeant at Arms was last advertised in 2012. The successful applicant was Lawrence Ward. Candidates applied in confidence: it is not the Commission's practice to disclose the names of the unsuccessful applicants as this would breach their expectation of confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 31/10/2014 10:39:13 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

90176

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Carol Mills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the selection panel for the new Clerk of the House and Chief Executive was informed by Saxton Bampfylde of the Australian Senate investigations into the conduct of Ms Carol Mills; and when the panel became aware of those investigations.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	207728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Gentleman to my answer of 8 September 2014 to the hon. Member for Chelmsford (c430W).</p><p>The panel was not made aware of the investigations before reaching its conclusion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 09/09/2014 13:47:34 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

62695

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliament: WiFi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to modify the Parliamentary wifi system to enable automatic log-in by BlackBerry and other devices without the need to enter a username and password manually each time.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	201348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>There are no immediate plans to change the current method of connection. PICT is aware of the restriction that the current arrangement places on users, and will look afresh at the authentication needed for known users of the guest Wi-Fi service, “Internet Direct”.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 24/06/2014 10:20:07 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

91752

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Clerk of the House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether selection panel members were aware that Mr Speaker was writing to the Prime Minister recommending that Carol Mills be appointed Clerk of the House and Chief Executive before or at the time that Mr Speaker did so.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	209264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 13/10/2014 12:24:36 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

90346

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Clerk of the House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether expressions of interest were invited for persons to serve on the appointment advisory panel for Clerk and Chief Executive of the House; how the membership of that panel was chosen; and if the Commission will publish a list of names of those considered for membership of that panel.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	207922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Expressions of interest were not invited for persons to serve on the selection panel. The members of the panel were chosen by Mr Speaker to ensure political and gender balance and the need for external input. The panel composition was considered by the House of Commons Commission on 16 June. It would be inappropriate to publish a list of those considered and rejected for panel membership.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 10/09/2014 16:07:58 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

90347

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Clerk of the House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether each member of the appointment advisory panel for the Clerk and Chief Executive of the House was required to declare previous contacts with external candidates.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	207921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Panel members were not formally asked to declare previous contacts. However, during the interview process and as part of the panel discussion a number of panel members did declare their prior knowledge of external candidates.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 10/09/2014 16:07:16 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant