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628934

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date	04/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the economy of replacing corporation tax with a legal persons tax based on the Estonian taxation model on profit dividends paid out.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s approach to taxing corporate profits is in line with other major advanced economies and raised £44.4 billion in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken significant action since 2010 to ensure the UK has a competitive and fair tax regime, including by reducing the main rate of corporation tax to 17% in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes under review, which includes balancing objectives around competitiveness, simplicity, and ensuring the sustainability of the public finances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/11/2016 17:04:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

628937

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward provisions in the Digital Economy Bill to protect mobile telephone customers in the event that service is below the standards advertised.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Bill will help consumers receive compensation when they don’t get what they’ve paid for. Clause three of the Bill makes explicit Ofcom’s power to require communications providers to adhere to defined automatic compensation regimes.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:27:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

628944

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of improvements made to mobile infrastructure as a result of the £5 billion investment programme that was announced by her Department in December 2014 to improve that infrastructure by 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The investment made by the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) as a result of the December 2014 landmark agreement, is delivering improvements in mobile connectivity as operators upgrade their networks to 4G. According to Ofcom nearly 98% of UK premises had 4G mobile coverage from at least one MNO in May 2016 (up from 72% in 2014). We will see further improvements in coverage as MNOs continue their rollout of mobile infrastructure between now and end 2017, to deliver their licence obligations, that will be enforced by Ofcom.</p><p> </p><p>To support industry the Government is reforming the Electronic Communications Code via the Digital Economy Bill that will significantly reduce the cost of providing digital infrastructure. The Government's reforms to the mobile planning laws to provide greater freedoms and flexibilities in England for the deployment of mobile communications infrastructure, will also be in place by 24 November.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:14:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

629006

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK abolishing all tariffs after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Free trade is and will remain fundamental to the prosperity of the United Kingdom and the world economy. The historic decision of the British people to leave the European Union has created a golden opportunity for the UK to become a world leader in free and fair trade. The detail of future UK customs policy, including tariff rates, is for now contingent on negotiations with the European Union and the Government will not provide a running commentary on these negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 16:55:35 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

629007

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: South Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will pursue a free trade deal between the UK and South Africa after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy as the UK prepares to leave the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate and design, in time, our own trade arrangements with <del class="ministerial">African</del> countries<ins class="ministerial"> like South Africa</ins>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 17:54:40 question first ministerially corrected 15/11/2016 11:56:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 20424 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

629008

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to pursue free trade deals with African nations after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy as the UK prepares to leave the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate and design, in time, our own trade arrangements with African countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 17:58:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

629009

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which developing nations he is planning to negotiate free trade deals with after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy as the UK prepares to leave the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate and design, in time, our own trade arrangements with developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 17:53:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps