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registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take against extractives industry companies which seek to subvert the intention behind the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:24:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228706

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take to ensure that United Kingdom extractives industry companies do not interpret the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 in a way that will enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:22:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228707

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will endorse the United Kingdom extractives industry’s guidance on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 if that guidance could in any way enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Any guidance that is produced by industry is for the use of the companies within that sector.</p><p> </p><p>Any company completing a report on payments made to government must be confident that they have met the requirements of the regulations and where appropriate taken independent legal advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:26:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228708

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to listen to the views of civil society before endorsing any guidance from United Kingdom extractives industry companies on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We listen to the views of all stakeholders. As well as replying to correspondence from civil society on this matter, the Minister listened to views during a conference call with representatives from the Publish What You Pay coalition this week.</p><p> </p><p>Officials met civil society representatives on four occasions to hear views on industry guidance and considered a number of written representations, including a copy of the Publish What You Pay response to the public consultation exercise undertaken by industry associations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/03/2015 14:57:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester