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573692

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to which countries of concern on human rights the Government has authorised arms sales in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	44223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>From January 2015 – March 2016 licences have been granted for military goods to the following countries of human rights concern:</p><p>Afghanistan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Burundi; Central African Republic; China; Colombia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Iraq; Israel and The Occupied Palestinian Territories; Maldives; Pakistan; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Syria; Turkmenistan; Venezuela; Yemen and Zimbabwe.</p><p>Further details on all licences granted for export are publically available as Official Statistics at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and any sanctions or embargoes that may be in place at the time an application is submitted for consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 08/09/2016 16:37:07 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 9746 answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox answering member 223
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

573767

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) potential benefits to security and (b) viability of effective implementation of requiring proof of identification prior to purchase of a SIM card.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	44233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>This issue was considered in detail by an expert group comprising representatives of law enforcement, the security and intelligence agencies and communication service providers following the terrorist attacks in London in July 2005. The experts’ findings remain valid. They concluded that the registration of ownership of mobile telephones would not deliver any significant new benefits to the investigatory process.</p><p>Mobile phones are not the only devices capable of making calls or sending messages. Many laptops, computers, popular MP3 players and games consoles also support the sending of messages and phone calls. These devices are increasingly being used for communications. It would be necessary to include these other devices in any mandatory registration scheme.</p><p>Separately, the person who buys the device is not necessarily the person who will use it. Mobile phones are often sold or given to family members or friends which would mean that such information would quickly become out of date.</p><p>Furthermore, those who were keen to avoid providing details would still find ways to circumvent the scheme, such as purchasing or registering phones under false identities.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/09/2016 16:45:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 9626 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

521996

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an additional rate of stamp duty on property purchases by foreign investors.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	38852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Foreign purchasers of UK property are liable to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). Since 1 April 2016 higher rates of SDLT have been charged on purchases of additional residential properties, such as second homes and buy-to-let properties.</p><p> </p><p>For the purposes of the higher rates, properties owned globally are taken into consideration when deciding whether the charges should apply to a given purchase. In addition to this, non-residents contribute to the tax system through SDLT, council tax and potentially capital gains tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes it has the right approach to ensuring all purchasers, including foreign investors, pay their fair share of tax. However, all taxes are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/06/2016 14:35:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

542293

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London Airports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which month he plans to make an announcement on airport expansion.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	43842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains fully committed to delivering the important infrastructure projects it has set out, including delivering runway capacity on the timetable set out by Sir Howard Davies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will carefully consider all the evidence before reaching a view on its preferred scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 15:32:37 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

542295

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London Airports: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what he plans the timescale to be for the planned public consultation after the Government has made its decision on airport expansion.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	43841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government will take a view on the timing of a public consultation once it has reached a decision on its preferred scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 15:05:32 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

542289

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Passengers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many long-haul business passengers terminated at Heathrow Airport in 2011; and what proportion of those passengers were (a) UK residents and (b) foreign visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	43840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2011, around 5 million long-haul business passengers terminated at Heathrow. Of these passengers, 53% were UK residents and 47% were foreign visitors.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate includes arrivals and departures at Heathrow but excludes transfer passengers.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 15:00:29 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

542287

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Passengers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of long-haul business passengers that will terminate at Heathrow Airport in 2050 (a) with and (b) without a third runway at that airport; and what proportion of those passengers will be (i) UK residents and (ii) foreign visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	43839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The estimated numbers of total passengers that will terminate at Heathrow Airport in 2050 are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>without airport expansion: 88.0 million terminal passengers. Of these, the estimated number of long-haul business passengers is 16.08 million, of which 59.75% of these are estimated to be UK residents and 40.25% foreign visitors;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>with a third runway at Heathrow: 114.8 million terminal passengers. Of these, the estimated number of long-haul business passengers is 16.29 million, of which 59.81% of these are estimated to be UK residents and 40.19% foreign visitors.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Airports Commission forecasts of July 2015, Assessment of Need/carbon traded scenario.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates include both departures and arrivals at Heathrow airport and exclude transfer passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 14:57:23 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

542292

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) models and (b) criteria his Department is using to make a cost and benefit analysis of the effect of the proposed Northwest runway at Heathrow Airport on economic growth and the environment.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	43838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Airports Commission shortlisted three airport expansion schemes, two at Heathrow and one at Gatwick. The Government accepted the Commission’s shortlist in December 2015 and is considering all of the evidence very carefully before reaching a view on its preferred scheme. The Government is not providing a running commentary on this work and nor would it be appropriate to outline specific pieces of evidence before an announcement on its preference. Any work to inform an announcement will be set out in subsequent publications and associated consultation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 14:54:02 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

535271

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans for clause 187 of the Investigatory Powers Bill to apply to (a) class bulk personal datasets and (b) specific bulk personal datasets; and if she will take steps to ensure that the protection provided under that clause will encompass all types of warrants, as specified in the Investigatory Powers Bill, in the case of medical records.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	42450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Clause 187 of the Investigatory Powers Bill applies to specific BPD warrants and provides that, where one of the purposes of the warrant was to authorise the retention or the retention and examination of health records, the warrant may only be issued in exceptional and compelling circumstances.</p><p>On 5 July the Government tabled an amendment to the Bill which would make clear that class BPD warrants could not be used to retain, or retain and examine, bulk personal datasets that consist of, or include, health records.</p><p>Protections for other parts of the Investigatory Powers Bill relating to medical professionals and confidential information relating to an individual’s health will be provided for in the statutory codes of practice made under the Bill. Draft codes detailing these protections were published on introduction of the Bill in March 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 14/07/2016 15:14:17 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

521545

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cluster Munitions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the (a) use and (b) location of UK-manufactured cluster bombs that were produced before the UK signed the Convention of Cluster Munitions.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	38544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not routinely hold records of the use by other nations or location of UK manufactured defence exports of any type.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 06/06/2016 15:11:47 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias