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387467

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date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Climate Change: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to ensure that all UK aid is responsive to climate change and low carbon development.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID’s responsibilities on climate and environment derive from the International Development Act’s commitment to sustainable development, based on the substantial evidence that poverty eradication is not possible without tackling climate change. Hence all DFID programmes are assessed for climate and environment opportunities and risks. The capacity of staff to do this has also been strengthened through DFID’s ‘Future Fit’ programme which has helped spending departments identify key climate issues in their programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK’s flagship International Climate Fund (ICF) has been used to comprehensively address climate issues through DFID programmes in climate vulnerable sectors such as forestry, water, agriculture and disaster management. The ICF has already helped 15m people cope with the impacts of climate change, and created 39,000 jobs.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/07/2015 11:43:23 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387468

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has reached a decision on whether to fund an extension of the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility - beyond NIAF 2.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility 2 (NIAF2) will end in December 2016. A decision regarding future support for infrastructure development in Nigeria beyond NIAF2 will be taken during the next Country Operational Plan period, starting in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/07/2015 15:52:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387469

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Coal: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to secure OECD agreement to stop OECD members supporting coal projects overseas through export credit agencies.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Export Finance has been participating in discussions within the OECD with the aim of achieving a multilateral agreement on limiting the provision of export credits for coal-fired power projects.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/07/2015 13:26:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387470

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to make country-by-country tax reporting rules publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text The UK introduced legislation in Finance Bill 2015 in order to implement the G20-OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting. This will require multinational companies to provide information on the global allocation of income, economic activity and taxes, and will give tax authorities a clear picture of a multinational company’s global business, whilst ensuring the administrative costs for businesses are minimised.<p> </p><p> </p>The OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting to tax authorities is for high level risk assessment purposes and includes protections to ensure sensitive information remains confidential. Making the reporting information public would not enhance risk assessment for tax authorities. The UK has however transposed the EU Capital Requirements Directive IV, which requires public reporting for the banking and capital markets industry.<p> </p><p> </p>The European Commission has launched a public consultation on this issue and will evaluate the costs and benefits of different forms of Country-by-Country reporting, including the public disclosure of this information. The UK will be interested in understanding their findings.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2015 14:27:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387471

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the proposed offence of failure to prevent economic crime is intended to have extra-territorial effect where a UK link can be proven.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Anti-Corruption Plan, published in December 2014, tasks the Ministry of Justice to <em>examine the case for a new offence of a corporate failure to prevent economic crime and the rules on establishing corporate criminal liability more widely.</em> This work is progressing and any announcements on decisions will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/07/2015 15:41:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387472

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up of public registers of beneficial ownership in the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies; and what steps he is taking to persuade such areas to adopt the UK's standard for transparency of company ownership.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>International standards on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing, including transparency of legal persons, are set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of which the UK is a leading member. The Caribbean Overseas Territories (OTs) are members of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and as such have signed up to implement the FATF standards. Similarly, the Crown Dependencies (CDs) are members of MONEYVAL, the equivalent organisation for Europe. The OTs and CDs are also subject to mutual evaluations of their AML/CTF regimes through these bodies. The UK Government continues to engage actively with the OTs and CDs to encourage them to make improvements to their AML and CTF regimes in line with the international standards and the UK’s approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More specifically, the Government expects each of the OTs with a financial centre to set out timetables for implementing central registries or similarly effective systems by November 2015. The Minister for the Overseas Territories and I wrote to the Leaders of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, which already has a central register, in March stressing the importance of adhering to their commitment to help combat tax evasion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Finally, The Government welcomes the commitment already made by the Government of Gibraltar to implement the EU Fourth Money Laundering Directive which includes a central register of company beneficial ownership.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/07/2015 08:14:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker