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178788

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	HSBC
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service in respect of the possibility of prosecuting HSBC Bank for conspiracy to assist some of its customers to evade paying tax.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	224063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I frequently meet representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service to discuss a variety of issues. However, as was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 23/02/2015 12:47:10 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

177782

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department uses to decide whether to make an exception to the convention that Cabinet minutes are not published.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>In line with long-established convention, the Government does not generally publish information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet and its committees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 10/02/2015 13:51:38 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

177783

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had any discussions with the Iraq Inquiry on draft text provided to his Department under the Maxwellisation process.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The Iraq Inquiry is independent of Government. Meetings held by the Inquiry, and the Maxwellisation process, are a matter for the Inquiry Committee.</p><p>A breakdown of costs incurred by the Inquiry, and information on the size and makeup of its Secretariat are published on the Inquiry’s website and updated after the end of each financial year. The Government has assured the Inquiry it would have the resources necessary to do its job properly.</p><p>The Iraq Inquiry has submitted requests to declassify material from government documents throughout the life of the Inquiry. Government considers each request once it has been received, under the terms of the Protocol between the Iraq Inquiry and Her Majesty’s Government regarding Documents and Other Written and Electronic Information, available through the Inquiry’s website.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 223378 223379 223380 223381 223382 223383 223384 223385 223386 223387 223666 223667 question first answered 11/02/2015 16:58:48 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

178072

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral evidence of Sir John Chilcot to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 4 February 2015, HC 1027, Questions 1 and 22, what criteria his Department uses to decide whether advice from government law officers to Ministers can be published in full or in part.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The Iraq Inquiry is independent of Government. Meetings held by the Inquiry, and the Maxwellisation process, are a matter for the Inquiry Committee.</p><p>A breakdown of costs incurred by the Inquiry, and information on the size and makeup of its Secretariat are published on the Inquiry’s website and updated after the end of each financial year. The Government has assured the Inquiry it would have the resources necessary to do its job properly.</p><p>The Iraq Inquiry has submitted requests to declassify material from government documents throughout the life of the Inquiry. Government considers each request once it has been received, under the terms of the Protocol between the Iraq Inquiry and Her Majesty’s Government regarding Documents and Other Written and Electronic Information, available through the Inquiry’s website.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 223340 223378 223379 223380 223381 223382 223383 223384 223385 223386 223387 223667 question first answered 11/02/2015 16:58:50 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

178073

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral evidence of Sir John Chilcot to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 4 February 2015, HC 1027, Questions 20 to 22, over what time period his Department cleared for public release with the publication of the Iraq Inquiry report 7,000 government documents submitted by the Iraq Inquiry for clearance.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The Iraq Inquiry is independent of Government. Meetings held by the Inquiry, and the Maxwellisation process, are a matter for the Inquiry Committee.</p><p>A breakdown of costs incurred by the Inquiry, and information on the size and makeup of its Secretariat are published on the Inquiry’s website and updated after the end of each financial year. The Government has assured the Inquiry it would have the resources necessary to do its job properly.</p><p>The Iraq Inquiry has submitted requests to declassify material from government documents throughout the life of the Inquiry. Government considers each request once it has been received, under the terms of the Protocol between the Iraq Inquiry and Her Majesty’s Government regarding Documents and Other Written and Electronic Information, available through the Inquiry’s website.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 223340 223378 223379 223380 223381 223382 223383 223384 223385 223386 223387 223666 question first answered 11/02/2015 16:58:50 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

178854

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce legislative proposals to ensure social care workers and home care providers are paid costs for travel to clients, training and on-call time in addition to being paid for the time spent with those for whom they provide care.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	224122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government already makes clear in legislation and guidance that travel time between assignments should be paid at least the appropriate National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate. Whether a worker paid by the hour is entitled to the minimum wage for periods such as the time spent travelling between home and their first assignment and between their last assignment and home depends on the terms of their contract and whether they are working during that time. We have updated our guidance on the Gov.UK to make it clear that time spent travelling between assignments and rest breaks must be paid at least the NMW.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to training, the NMW rules state that, where a worker is paid according to the number of hours they work, the NMW must be paid for all time spent training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Workers who are required to be available to work, either on standby or on call, should also receive at least the NMW rate for this time, although there are exceptions in some circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We encourage any care sector worker who believes that they have been underpaid to make a complaint, using the free and confidential Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HM Revenue &amp; Customs investigate all complaints. In addition, they are currently undertaking proactive enforcement action into the six largest care providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/02/2015 11:49:35 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

178968

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what communications he has had with the European Commission in respect of his plans to hold a departmental golden share in the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>DECC officials had initial discussions with the Commission on the possibility of a special (or ‘golden’) share for the Hinkley Point C project. Any arrangement will be designed to be fully compliant with existing EU legislation.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/02/2015 13:43:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

178823

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the names of individuals with whom HM Revenue and Customs has reached an out of court agreement to settle cases of tax evasion that came to light as a result of information from HSBC's Swiss branch; and what the amount of tax evaded was in each case.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	224064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can only name taxpayers in specific instances. The rules governing HMRC’s entitlement to publish details of deliberate defaulters are set out in Section 94 Finance Act 2009.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2015 17:08:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

178885

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a list of each of the parliamentary constituencies through which nuclear warheads are transported to and from RNAD Coulport, omitting all details of travel routes, times and frequencies.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>It is Ministry of Defence policy not to comment on the routes used to transport nuclear weapons as to do so would prejudice national security.</p><p>Annex A of the Local Authority and Emergency Services Information document, however, lists all local authorities that Defence nuclear material, including both nuclear weapons and special nuclear material, may travel through or fly over. The document is published on the Gov.uk website at the following link: www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-emergency-services-information. The corresponding list of Parliamentary constituencies is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 23/02/2015 17:37:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn