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1136762

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	South African Revenue Service: Bain and Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to instruct Her Majesty's High Commissioner to South Africa to compile a report to the Prime Minister on the probity and quality of Bain & Company’s consultancy work for the South African Revenue Service; and if so, whether they will place a copy of any such report in the Library of the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL16912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>​We have no plans to instruct the High Commissioner to South Africa to compile a report on Bain &amp; Company. This is a matter for the South African Government and we note the various Commissions appointed to investigate this and related issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/07/2019 15:12:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

872453

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Embassies: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions have any British High Commissions or Embassies put potential clients in touch with representatives of SCL Elections or Cambridge Analytica.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL6636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not identified any occasions where British High Commissions or Embassies put potential clients in touch with representatives of those companies.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/04/2018 13:38:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

846828

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	South Africa: Hogan Lovells
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they (1) have contacted, or (2) plan to contact, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in relation to Lord Hain's referral of Hogan Lovells LLP to the SRA over allegations that Hogan Lovells LLP was complicit in covering up corruption in South Africa.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL5790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is an independent regulator. They have confirmed receipt of Lord Hain’s letter regarding Hogan Lovells LLP.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/03/2018 16:32:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

775923

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	South Africa: Money Laundering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bates on Thursday 19 October (HL Deb, cols 663–4), what monitoring activities the British High Commission is undertaking in relation to the allegations of money laundering from South Africa regarding the Bank of Baroda, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank; and when that monitoring commenced.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The British High Commission routinely monitors political and economic developments in South Africa. They pass information on specific allegations of money laundering with possible UK links to the Financial Conduct Authority, National Crime Agency and Serious Fraud Office as appropriate.</p><p>The Government remains committed to tackling corruption in the UK and overseas and preventing the proceeds of corruption from entering the UK's economy.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2017 15:47:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

757280

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	South Africa: Bell Pottinger Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any UK High Commission staff stationed in South Africa (1) assisted, (2) advised, or (3) were in contact at any time with, Bell Pottinger over its activities in South Africa on behalf of President Zuma's business supporters.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL1265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK High Commission in South Africa were not involved in this work, nor were they consulted in advance. There was no contact between UK High Commission staff in South Africa and Bell Pottinger during the period 2016 to 2017 to date.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1266 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:21:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

757281

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	South Africa: Bell Pottinger Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings, telephone calls, or formal or informal contacts UK High Commission staff stationed in South Africa had with Bell Pottinger inside or outside that country in 2016 and in 2017 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL1266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK High Commission in South Africa were not involved in this work, nor were they consulted in advance. There was no contact between UK High Commission staff in South Africa and Bell Pottinger during the period 2016 to 2017 to date.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1265 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:21:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain