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	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	FIFA: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) the Serious Fraud Office have had with (i) the Swiss authorities and (ii) the US Justice Department about the investigation of fraud, racketeering and money laundering at FIFA.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office engages regularly with its overseas counterparts to discuss issues of mutual interest, but it is not appropriate to comment on such casework discussions as might take place.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the practice for the Law Officers to comment upon live investigations, or to confirm or deny that Ministerial discussions about particular cases have taken place.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2015 12:56:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

348648

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	FIFA: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the recent report by the US Department of Justice containing indictments against several senior football officials for corruption, bribery and racketeering in the British Overseas Territories of British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands; and what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Justice and (b) the Serious Fraud Office about potential prosecution of people named in that report.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	1275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office has been following closely the emerging allegations and holds material which it is actively reviewing.</p><p> </p><p>I meet the Director and other Ministers frequently 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> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/06/2015 10:30:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

387148

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	FIFA: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, What recent discussions he has had with the Serious Fraud Office on alleged corruption within FIFA.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	900707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to discuss a variety of issues. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p>However, the SFO has assured me that it is actively reviewing material relating to the allegations, although it is not possible for me to go into detail nor is it appropriate for me to speculate on the possibility of a UK investigation. The SFO will consider whether there has been offending within our jurisdiction. The SFO also assists its counterparts overseas when appropriate, and by international convention it would not comment on such matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/07/2015 12:09:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens