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1002283

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the extra £1 billion for defence in 2018–19 and 2019–20 announced in the budget will be for the Dreadnought programme.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL11304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion for Defence announced in the 2018 Budget is additional funding to ensure that the Armed Forces can continue to modernise and invest in key priority capabilities. We will decide how much of this funding is for Dreadnought as part of our normal budgeting process.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/11/2018 14:33:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1000220

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Chemicals: 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, what estimate he has made of any potential increase in red tape from the proposed associate status of the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & restriction of Chemicals programme after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The detail of the UK’s association to the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation &amp; restriction of Chemicals programme after the UK leaves the EU is part of ongoing negotiations. The UK and the EU have a mutual interest in maintaining our integrated chemical supply chains as the chemicals industry is an economically significant sector in both regions, and it underpins key downstream sectors including automotive, aerospace, construction and pharmaceuticals. In the White Paper on our future relationship with the European Union published in July, the UK has proposed that chemicals are part of a UK-EU free trade area on goods, with continued UK participation in the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) underpinning this arrangement. This proposal is part of ongoing negotiation.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2018 14:57:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000289

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in relation to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	187305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has spent nothing on consultancy fees in relation to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/11/2018 10:34:24 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

999669

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions have been made against employers for failing to pay that national minimum wage for intern roles since November 2017; and which employees were subject to such successful prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	187012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined to ensure that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have not been paid the NMW should contact Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100 or via the online complaints form at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. HMRC reviews all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>Most NMW cases are subject to civil (non-criminal) sanctions, the consequences of which include fines of up to 200% of the determined underpayment, and public naming.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecution is reserved for the most serious non-compliance, and since 2007 HMRC investigations have led to the successful prosecution of 14 UK employers for NMW related offences. There have been no prosecutions relating to interns.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/11/2018 14:56:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

999493

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of taxation on sanitary items in countries outside the EU.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	187140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the level of taxation on sanitary items in countries outside the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to introducing a zero rate of VAT for these supplies as soon as legally possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/11/2018 14:51:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

999508

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the statements by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations at the Security Council Briefing on Burma of 24 October 2018, what information he has on the timetable for the Burmese domestic commission of inquiry into the events that took place in Rakhine State.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	186916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>​On 16 August the Chair of the Commission of Inquiry announced that it would present its findings to Burmese President Win Myint within a year. I underlined to Burma's Minister for International Cooperation on 1 November that the Commission of Inquiry needs to be independent and credible, draw on all available evidence and lead to a judicial process. The UK will continue to work with international partners to press the Burmese Government to ensure that our concerns are addressed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/11/2018 10:45:42 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

999522

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference paragraph 5.18 of Budget 2018, how his Department will determine which local authorities receive funding for the children's social care improvement pilot schemes.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	187043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>We will be investing £84 million over the next five years to support a number of local authorities who are struggling with issues of performance and demand. This targeted fund will support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice and decision-making, enabling them to work more effectively with the most vulnerable children and their families. This investment will build on the lessons learned from promising innovation programmes in Hertfordshire, Leeds and North Yorkshire, which have supported more children to stay safely at home. We will work closely with local authorities and other sector partners between now and April to determine how best to allocate the funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/11/2018 14:43:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

999536

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the safety and wellbeing of Rohingya refugees of the deal between Myanmar and Bangladesh to start repatriating those refugees.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	187115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK shares UNHCR's assessment that conditions in northern Rakhine State are not currently conducive to refugees returning safely and in dignity. I called the Bangladeshi State Minister of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Burmese Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin on 1 November to stress the UK's serious concern at their Governments' announcement on 30 October that refugee repatriation would commence in mid-November. The UK will continue to make representations underlining the importance of a safe, voluntary and dignified return for refugees.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/11/2018 13:33:12 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

999537

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with UN representatives on the agreement between Myanmar and Bangladesh on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	187116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>​Since the 30 October announcement by the Governments of Bangladesh and Burma on repatriation of refugees, officials at the British Embassy in Burma and the British High Commission in Bangladesh have spoken with senior members of the respective UN country offices about the UK's concerns regarding premature returns. A senior DFID official reinforced these messages with UNHCR's Director for Asia on 2 November, calling on UNHCR not to support returns unless they were safe, dignified and voluntary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/11/2018 14:18:29 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

999538

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will formally support a referral of Myanmar military leaders to the International Criminal Court for their actions against the Rohingya people.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	187117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has made clear that referring the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an option the UN Security Council (UNSC) should consider. The UK ensured the Head of the UN Fact Finding Mission was able to brief the UNSC on 24 October to inform the Council's discussions. However, our assessment remains that there is insufficient support amongst Security Council members for an ICC referral at this time. It will not advance the cause of accountability for an ICC referral to fail to win Security Council support or to be vetoed; such a result would only give comfort to the Burmese military and reduce the pressure they currently face.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/11/2018 10:49:08 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan