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935302

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's consultation on Cash and digital payments in the new economy, published on 13 March 2018, when his Department plans to respond to that consultation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	161547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In January 2018, European Union legislation (PSDII) introduced a mandatory ban on surcharging for the vast majority of consumer cards - Visa and MasterCard - with the Government extending the ban to all retail payment instruments. The intention is to make the rules around surcharging less confusing for customers and reduce the chances of the customer being taken advantage of by any unscrupulous firms.</p><p>This builds on action already taken by the Government through the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012, which set out to improve transparency to facilitate competition and address excessive payment surcharges.</p><p>Government has not made a formal assessment of the impact of the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharge) Regulations. However, in Spring, the Government launched a call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. It sought information on how the shift from cash to digital payments impacts on different sectors, different regions and different demographics. As part of this call for evidence, views on the surcharging ban were provided. The Government will formally respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 161548 161549 question first answered 16/07/2018 09:39:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

935303

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle excessive card payment surcharges.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	161548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In January 2018, European Union legislation (PSDII) introduced a mandatory ban on surcharging for the vast majority of consumer cards - Visa and MasterCard - with the Government extending the ban to all retail payment instruments. The intention is to make the rules around surcharging less confusing for customers and reduce the chances of the customer being taken advantage of by any unscrupulous firms.</p><p>This builds on action already taken by the Government through the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012, which set out to improve transparency to facilitate competition and address excessive payment surcharges.</p><p>Government has not made a formal assessment of the impact of the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharge) Regulations. However, in Spring, the Government launched a call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. It sought information on how the shift from cash to digital payments impacts on different sectors, different regions and different demographics. As part of this call for evidence, views on the surcharging ban were provided. The Government will formally respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 161547 161549 question first answered 16/07/2018 09:39:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

935304

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharge) Regulations 2012 in tackling excessive card payment surcharges.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	161549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In January 2018, European Union legislation (PSDII) introduced a mandatory ban on surcharging for the vast majority of consumer cards - Visa and MasterCard - with the Government extending the ban to all retail payment instruments. The intention is to make the rules around surcharging less confusing for customers and reduce the chances of the customer being taken advantage of by any unscrupulous firms.</p><p>This builds on action already taken by the Government through the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012, which set out to improve transparency to facilitate competition and address excessive payment surcharges.</p><p>Government has not made a formal assessment of the impact of the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharge) Regulations. However, in Spring, the Government launched a call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. It sought information on how the shift from cash to digital payments impacts on different sectors, different regions and different demographics. As part of this call for evidence, views on the surcharging ban were provided. The Government will formally respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 161547 161548 question first answered 16/07/2018 09:39:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

967760

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tobacco industry levy to fund smoking cessation services provided by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	170383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The government has no current plans to review the decision not to introduce a tobacco levy. A levy would complicate the tax system, impose an administrative burden on businesses and HMRC and would create uncertainty for businesses and consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015 Spending Review made available £16 billion of Public Health Grant funding for local authorities in England over the five years to 2020. Tobacco control is within this remit. The ring-fence around the public health grant remains in place for this financial year and the next, as does the requirement for local authorities to use their grant to reduce inequalities in health.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/09/2018 15:46:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

947517

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work has been undertaken to understand the technology and processes required to remove the need for infrastructure related to checks and controls at the Irish border itself aside from that on the Facilitated Customs Arrangement referred to in the Government's White Paper on the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
	uin	168173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s preferred approach to customs, the facilitated customs arrangement (FCA), would avoid any need for customs declarations on cross-border trade and would ensure there are no stops or checks at the land border. The FCA will therefore fully deliver on the Government’s commitments to avoid a hard land border.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also seeking to be at the cutting edge of global customs policy. As the Government outlined in the “future customs arrangements” paper in August 2017, it has been exploring possible ways in which to use future advancements in technology to streamline the trading process; including by simplifying existing procedures to reduce burdens on business, or speeding up some authorisation processes through increased automation. The UK will look to implement such innovations, bilaterally or unilaterally, to promote the greatest possible trade with the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/09/2018 09:33:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

964043

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Australia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and Australia.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	169237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169238 169239 169240 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964044

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and Hong Kong.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	169238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169239 169240 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964045

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Singapore
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and Singapore.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	169239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169238 169240 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964046

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: South Korea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and South Korea.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	169240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169238 169239 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964047

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and China.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	169241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169238 169239 169240 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie