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48718

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has given advice to the Government on whether the removal of President Yanukovich was in accord with the provisions of Article III of the Constitution of Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	196900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>By long-standing convention, observed by successive administrations and embodied in the Ministerial Code, the fact that the Law Officers may or may not have advised or have been requested to advise on a particular issue, and the content of any advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

422538

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Hostels: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the continuing viability of services offered by charities providing accommodation and life skills services to homeless adults, such as Caritas Anchor House in the London Borough of Newham, of unexpected demands for VAT payments arising out of the development of their premises; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	12629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/10/2015 13:24:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

619835

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on extending Small Business Rate Relief to businesses that claim Rural Rate Relief.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	49976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Rural Rate Relief provides 50% mandatory relief from business rates. The hierarchy of reliefs requires that a ratepayer must be given Rural Rate Relief over Small Business Rate Relief. The government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 31/10/2016 15:10:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

693161

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of Victoria Tower Gardens will be removed from the use of local residents on a (a) temporary and (b) permanent basis; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which security issues are likely to cause disruption to the subsequent use of Victoria Tower Gardens by local residents.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	65029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government launched an international design competition for a new National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in September 2016 and this is still underway. A jury will select a winning design team in the coming months. The winning design team will work with Government in the months following to further develop their concept design, reflecting comments from technical experts and the general public. The competition brief is clear that the final design should improve the landscape qualities of Victoria Tower Gardens, while respecting and preserving the character and existing use of the Gardens as a public park, including for the use of local residents. The ten submitted designs include an underground learning centre.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/03/2017 16:55:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

752246

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Community Development: Coastal Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to support coastal communities.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	900523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2012 we have invested £170 million across the UK in 278 Coastal Community Fund projects. We have provided £1.46 million to help establish 146 Coastal Community Teams in England.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 17/07/2017 16:52:45 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

766049

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Government decided to locate the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre on none of the sites recommended in the Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission report of January 2015; which organisations were consulted before the decision was made to use none of those sites; and what sites were considered after that decision was taken.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	106036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Commission was clear that these were not the only sites and that the delivery body tasked with fulfilling the recommendations of the Holocaust Commission (DCLG with advice from the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation) should conduct an extensive search of all potential sites. In conducting its search for possible locations, through which almost 50 sites were considered, the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation consulted a wide range of organisations throughout 2015 and beyond, including the Royal Parks, Holocaust commemorative and educational organisations, property owners and developers, property agents, London Borough authorities, universities, museums and cultural centres.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/10/2017 15:59:07 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

766050

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what cost estimates underlay the decision to allocate £50 million of public funds towards the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and whether funding is also to be raised from non-government sources.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	106189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>With cross-party support, the Government has committed £50 million. This contribution will kick-start a society-wide fundraising effort to deliver the National Memorial and Learning Centre and its wider educational objectives.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/10/2017 10:31:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

766051

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date Victoria Tower Gardens was first considered by the Government as a possible site for the Holocaust Memorial; and by whom that proposal was made.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	106178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>During the course of 2015 the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation - as the cross-party body responsible for advising on the delivery of the Holocaust Commission recommendations - was tasked with conducting a full search of all possibilities to find the most iconic location for the Memorial and Learning Centre. Victoria Tower Gardens was one of almost 50 sites identified and considered and was first raised as a possible location by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation in the early autumn 2015.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/10/2017 10:35:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

766052

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation was formed; what resources were used to create that foundation; and how much funding that foundation has received from the public purse to date.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	106188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation was set up in January 2015 as an independent, cross-party board to advise government in taking forward the recommendations of the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission. With cross-party support, the Government has committed £50 million as its contribution to kick-start a society-wide fundraising effort to deliver the National Memorial and Learning Centre and its wider educational objectives. The board has no fiduciary responsibility and has received no public funding. Board members provide their considerable time and experience entirely pro bono. The Board is supported by a small secretariat team of Department for Communities and Local Government officials.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/10/2017 10:36:40 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

766053

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates the Government decided that the (a) Holocaust Memorial and (b) Holocaust Learning Centre would be located in Victoria Tower Gardens.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	106179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The decision to locate the new National Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens was made in January 2016 and announced by Prime Minister David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions on Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2016.</p><p>The Government announced its intention to locate the Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens, fulfilling the recommendation of the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission for the Memorial and Learning Centre to be co-located. Prime Minister Theresa May announced at Prime Minister’s Questions on 14 September 2016 the launch of an international design competition which invited design teams from around the world to explore design concepts for a co-located Memorial and education centre in the Gardens. The design teams were asked to produce their designs in two parts. The first part fulfilling the minimum commitment of a National Memorial and the second part being the below ground Learning Centre component, which will be taken forward subject to technical, financial, planning or other constraints.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/10/2017 15:57:52 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh