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49212

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2014
	date	30/04/2014
	date tabled	30/04/2014
	ddp created	30/04/2014 22:50:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:06:07
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	197329
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which meetings or telephone calls have taken place between Ministers and officials in his Department and (a) the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, (b) BlackRock, (c) Capital Research, (d) Fidelity Worldwide, (e) GIC, (f) Henderson, (g) JP Morgan, (h) Kuwait Investment Office, (i) Lansdowne Partners, (j) Lazard Asset Management, (k) Och Ziff, Schroders, (l) Soros, (m) Standard Life, (n) Third Point and (o) Threadneedle since 2010 and what was discussed in any such discussions.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197329
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197329
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of officials' meetings with external organisations are not held centrally and it would entail disproportionate cost to collate this information.</p><p> </p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

50630

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2014
	date	13/05/2014
	date tabled	13/05/2014
	ddp created	13/05/2014 21:40:20
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 05:27:36
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	identifier	198502
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed in each Government department in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 198502
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198502
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation</p> question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

49213

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2014
	date	30/04/2014
	date tabled	30/04/2014
	ddp created	30/04/2014 22:50:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:06:12
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	197339
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings or telephone calls have taken place between Ministers and officials in his Department with (a) the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, (b) BlackRock, (c) Capital Research, (d) Fidelity Worldwide, (e) GIC, (f) Henderson, (g) JP Morgan, (h) Kuwait Investment Office, (i) Lansdowne Partners, (j) Lazard Asset Management, (k) Och Ziff, Schroders, (l) Soros, (m) Standard Life, (n) Third Point and (o) Threadneedle in relation to the flotation of the Royal Mail since May 2010; and what was discussed in such meetings.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197339
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197339
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Neither Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills nor officials have discussed the Royal Mail flotation with any of these investors.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

49214

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/05/2014
	date	30/04/2014
	date tabled	30/04/2014
	ddp created	30/04/2014 22:50:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:06:16
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	197387
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which priority investors in Royal Mail have subsequently sold all or part of their holdings of shares since the date of flotation; and what estimate he has made of the level of profits made in each case.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197387
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197387
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Maintained by Royal Mail and is subject to uncertainties (e.g. funds can hold their shares through a range of nominees/custodians).</p><p> </p><p>Based on the Bloomberg register dated 23rd April, we estimate that more than half of the pilot fishing investors allocated shares remain invested and that they hold shares equal to more than 50% of their combined allocations.</p><p> </p><p>Given that the timings of sales and purchases are not available on a fund by fund basis, the Department does not know, and has not made any estimate, of any profits made by these investors (other than Lazard Asset Management whose representative told the Public Accounts Committee on 30 April the level of profit it made on the sale of Royal Mail shares for its clients).</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

165897

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/11/2014
	date	25/11/2014
	date tabled	25/11/2014
	ddp created	25/11/2014 23:01:05
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 11:26:55
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Average Earnings
	house id	1
	identifier	215799
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/12/2014 14:19:44
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of changes in real weekly earnings for (a) all workers, (b) male workers, (c) female workers, (d) part-time workers, (e) full-time workers, (f) male part-time workers, (g) male full-time workers, (h) female part-time workers and (i) female full-time workers as defined in the recent Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings in each parliamentary constituency between April 2013 and April 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 215799
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215799
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> question first answered 02/12/2014 14:19:44
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

167874

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/12/2014
	date	01/12/2014
	date tabled	01/12/2014
	ddp created	04/12/2014 11:10:05
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 13:56:58
	answering body	Leader of the House
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Backbench Business Committee
	house id	1
	identifier	906424
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/12/2014 15:52:32
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effect of the creation of the Backbench Business Committee on the work of the House.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 906424
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	906424
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have not made a recent assessment of the effect of the creation of the Backbench Business Committee on the work of the House, but the Government response to the Procedure Committee review, published in February 2013, agreed that the Backbench Business Committee had been 'widely welcomed as a successful and effective innovation'.</p> question first answered 04/12/2014 15:52:32
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

164160

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/11/2014
	date	21/11/2014
	date tabled	21/11/2014
	ddp created	21/11/2014 16:51:13
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 10:56:51
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	China
	house id	1
	identifier	215521
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/11/2014 14:24:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made in the last 12 months to the government of the People's Republic of China on organ harvesting practices in that country.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 215521
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215521
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We are aware that organs removed from executed prisoners are used for human transplantation purposes in China. Chinese law requires that prisoners give prior consent for their organs to be used in this way.</p><p>In March 2012, the Chinese government announced plans to phase out the use of organs from executed prisoners for transplant and to create a national organ donation system. We continue to encourage China to make further progress in this respect, including by sharing best practice.</p><p>We most recently raised allegations of forced organ removal and the treatment of detainees in China at the UK China Human Rights Dialogue in May 2014. We also highlight our concerns publicly in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy (www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk).</p> question first answered 27/11/2014 14:24:15
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

63035

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2014
	date	20/06/2014
	date tabled	20/06/2014
	ddp created	20/06/2014 16:20:13
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 10:33:03
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	identifier	201641
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 14:41:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the proposed beneficial ownership registry will properly identify the real controlling parties of all companies listed.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201641
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201641
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will make provision for the implementation of a central registry of company beneficial ownership information. The legislation will set out the obligations and sanctions that will apply to companies and others to ensure that the central registry contains information on the ultimate owners and controllers of UK companies.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 14:41:02
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

101789

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	30/10/2014
	date tabled	30/10/2014
	ddp created	30/10/2014 22:00:51
	ddp modified	01/04/2015 12:21:25
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Construction: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	212762
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/11/2014 16:06:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with specialist subcontractors in the construction industry on tackling late payment to small and medium-sized businesses.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212762
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212762
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of prompt payment seriously and respects some of the differences which prevail in the construction industry. We are taking a number of steps, including promoting project bank accounts, through Government procurement. More widely, the Industrial Strategy for Construction committed to developing a construction supply chain payment charter, which was published on 22 April. The Charter sets out 11 “Fair Payment Commitments” including a commitment to reduce payment terms to a supply chain to 30 days from January 2018. The Leadership Council will encourage construction businesses from across the whole supply chain to comply with it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 06/11/2014 16:06:48
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

164116

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/11/2014
	date	21/11/2014
	date tabled	21/11/2014
	ddp created	21/11/2014 16:50:23
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 10:51:33
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Construction: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	215523
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/11/2014 09:54:28
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with larger construction firms on the effect of late payments on small and medium-sized enterprises in the sector.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 215523
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215523
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the response to his written question UIN 212762 on 6 November 2014.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/11/2014 09:54:28
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain