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818895

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	USA: State Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on President Trump’s proposed state visit to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	903141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position on the visit remains clear. An invitation for the President to visit the UK has been extended and accepted. Ministers and officials in both countries regularly engage with one another on the full range of issues. The precise timing and programme of a visit are yet to be finalised.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 09/01/2018 14:07:14 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

818897

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Poland: Diplomatic Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of diplomatic relations with Poland.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	903144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>British-Polish relations are extremely strong. As the Prime Minister said during the recent second Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC) in Warsaw, “Our annual dialogue demonstrates the common ground we share, the importance we attach to our bilateral relationship, and the benefits it brings.”</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 09/01/2018 14:11:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

818898

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Oman: Diplomatic Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of diplomatic relations with Oman.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	903146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>2017 was a very positive year for UK-Oman relations. As the Foreign Secretary made clear on his visit in December, Oman is a friend and a longstanding British ally with shared interests across diplomatic, economic and security matters. We are working more closely than ever across these fields.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/01/2018 14:18:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

818899

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with his international counterparts to tackle Islamist terrorism globally.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	903148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Tackling terrorism, including Islamist terrorism, is a global endeavour. We are working with allies bilaterally and in multilateral fora to weaken the drivers of terrorism, degrade terrorist organisations, illuminate and disrupt attacks and protect and mitigate against the impact of attacks against UK interests and those of our allies.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/01/2018 14:28:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

818043

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the protection of human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	903145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary issued a statement about the death of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo in July 2017, and called on China to lift restrictions on his widow Liu Xia. I raised human rights, including the case of Liu Xia, in my meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao the following month.</p><p>At the most recent UK-China Strategic Dialogue in December 2016, the Foreign Secretary raised a range of human rights issues with his counterpart State Counsellor Yang Jiechi. The most recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, covering human rights issues in detail, took place in Beijing on 27 and 28 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/01/2018 14:34:17 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

810701

registered interest
date	22/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Standardisation: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the United Kingdom will remain a member of the European Committee on Standardisation after we leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	121046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The British Standards Institution (BSI) is the UK’s National Standards Body and it is a member of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). BSI and CEN are independent of the UK Government and European Union, respectively. BSI has made clear its preference to remain a member of CEN. We are working with BSI to ensure that the UK’s future relationship with the European Standards Organisations, including CEN, continues to support a productive, open and competitive business environment in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/01/2018 15:46:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

810425

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which occasions in the last ten years they have given an official Treasury platform to someone convicted of a criminal charge in a court in another EU country.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold any information of this kind on external stakeholders who may have spoken at HM Treasury events in the last 10 years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 16:53:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810426

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were (1) the International Monetary Fund predictions of the UK growth rate, and (2) the actual growth rate, over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Forecasts for UK GDP growth published in the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook over the last five years are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>GDP growth (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Growth rate</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>IMF forecasts</p></td><td><p>Apr 2013</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:46:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810427

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: International Monetary Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which dates during the last seven years they have hosted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Treasury for the IMF to launch a report on the British economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) undertakes regular consultations on each of its member countries, usually every year, as part of its country surveillance function, under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. During the last seven years, concluding statements of IMF Article IV missions to the UK have been published, accompanied by an IMF press conference hosted at HM Treasury, on 6 June 2011, 22 May 2012, 22 May 2013, 6 June 2014, 11 December 2015, 13 May 2016 and 20 December 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:39:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810428

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mothers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of female prisoners held for non-violent crimes are mothers with children under the age of 18 in (1) England, and (2) Wales; and what percentage of those children were taken into care following their mother's imprisonment in (a) England, and (b) Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Fall
uin	HL4396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>As of 30 September 2017, 73% of all female prisoners (including those held on remand) were held for a non-violent offence (i.e. assuming that a non-violent offence refers to all offence groups besides the ‘Violence Against The Person’ offence group). There are only women’s prisons in England, therefore the data cannot be broken down to show female prisoners in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the percentage of female prisoners held for a non-violent offence who are mothers of children under the age of 18 and what percentage of those children were taken into care following their mother's imprisonment, the information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/01/2018 17:27:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4561 label Biography information for Baroness Fall