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517927

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date	06/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35790, what data her Department holds on criminal assets abroad and whether such assets are recovered or not.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	36739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>As the Answer to Question 35790 set out, the Action Plan for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance states that there is no definitive measure of the scale of money laundering, but the best available international estimate, by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), of amounts laundered globally are equivalent to 2.7% of global GDP or US$1.6 trillion in 2009. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold data on criminal assets held abroad. Criminal assets recovered since 2009 under asset sharing arrangements were set out in the previous answer.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/05/2016 11:58:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517930

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports of sanctions breaches were made to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in each year since 2009-10; how many of those alleged breaches concerned businesses in HM Revenue and Customs' large business database; in how many such cases (a) the OFSI identified wrongdoing and (b) made a referral to the Crown Prosecution Service for prosecution in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	36721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation was established on 31st March 2016 however breaches of financial sanctions have previously been reported to HM Treasury. There are 441 records of alleged breaches reported to HM Treasury between September 2013 and December 2015. There are no records prior to September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold the requested information regarding HMRC's large business database.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not determine wrongdoing but works closely with UK law enforcement to deal with suspected breaches. It is a matter for law enforcement to make any referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/05/2016 13:07:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517937

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what technical mechanisms her Department plans to take coal-fired power plants offline.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	36715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has announced that the Department will be launching a consultation on proposals to end unabated coal generation by 2025. Options will be set out in that consultation.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 36716 question first answered 11/05/2016 10:59:56 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

517939

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans her Department has for ensuring an orderly shutdown of coal-fired power plants as the Government moves towards taking all coal-fired power plants offline by 2025; and what consideration her Department has given to the numerous technical mechanisms that necessarily entail removing all coal-fired stations simultaneously.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	36716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has announced that the Department will be launching a consultation on proposals to end unabated coal generation by 2025. Options will be set out in that consultation.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 36715 question first answered 11/05/2016 10:59:56 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

517941

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Ethiopia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33551, when he expects the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission to report; what information he holds on the number of reported mass arrests, beatings and killing of protesters, journalists and opposition party leaders and members in (a) the Oromia region and (b) Ethiopia in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	36736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government remains deeply concerned about the handling of demonstrations in Oromia and the reported deaths of a number of protestors, and has repeatedly made representations to the Ethiopian Government over the ongoing situation in Oromia. Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for International Development, raised our concerns with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 21 January, as did I, with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Dr Tedros, at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 27 January. Our Ambassador did the same in a meeting with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 26 April.</p><p>The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been appointed to look into the handling of the protests in Oromia, and we await the publication of its report. We will continue to urge the EHRC and the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that their report is credible, transparent and leads to concrete action.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge grouped question UIN 36725 36726 question first answered 11/05/2016 14:55:52 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

517943

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Ethiopia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Ethiopian government on the killing of protestors in the Oromia region since December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	36725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government remains deeply concerned about the handling of demonstrations in Oromia and the reported deaths of a number of protestors, and has repeatedly made representations to the Ethiopian Government over the ongoing situation in Oromia. Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for International Development, raised our concerns with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 21 January, as did I, with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Dr Tedros, at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 27 January. Our Ambassador did the same in a meeting with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 26 April.</p><p>The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been appointed to look into the handling of the protests in Oromia, and we await the publication of its report. We will continue to urge the EHRC and the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that their report is credible, transparent and leads to concrete action.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge grouped question UIN 36726 36736 question first answered 11/05/2016 14:55:52 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

517944

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Ethiopia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he make representations to the Ethiopian government on establishing an independent inquiry into the reported use of excessive force during protests in the Oromia region in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	36726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government remains deeply concerned about the handling of demonstrations in Oromia and the reported deaths of a number of protestors, and has repeatedly made representations to the Ethiopian Government over the ongoing situation in Oromia. Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for International Development, raised our concerns with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 21 January, as did I, with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Dr Tedros, at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 27 January. Our Ambassador did the same in a meeting with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 26 April.</p><p>The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been appointed to look into the handling of the protests in Oromia, and we await the publication of its report. We will continue to urge the EHRC and the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that their report is credible, transparent and leads to concrete action.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge grouped question UIN 36725 36736 question first answered 11/05/2016 14:55:52 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

517945

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Royal College of Physician's report, Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction, published in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	36728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department has and will continue to keep abreast of all evidence and consider it in developing policy. The report published by the Royal College of Physicians is consistent with the Government’s current policy that the best thing a smoker can do for their health is to quit smoking and quit for good, but we recognise that e-cigarettes have a role to play in helping some people to quit.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/05/2016 09:25:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

517947

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to conduct an annual review of the effect of the Tobacco Products Directive.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	36727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Comprehensive tobacco control measures act in concert. The Government monitors the impact of all tobacco control measures using a range of data sources, some of which are reported annually. The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 and The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Regulations 2015, which implement most elements of the Tobacco Products Directive in the United Kingdom, contain a review clause, with the first review of the operation of the legislation falling before 2021.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/05/2016 09:26:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

517949

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support the children and families of alcoholics.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	36711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is engaged in a work programme which aims to reduce alcohol-related harm to individuals, families and society. PHE works closely with local authorities to support their work of assessing local alcohol-related need and commissioning services and support to meet that need, including identification and brief advice, alcohol treatment and helping ensure that young people’s substance misuse services target vulnerable young people.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is producing a report on the harm alcohol causes to people other than the drinker, in collaboration with governments in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This report will look at the impact of alcohol on others, including the children of parents with alcohol problems. It is due to published this year.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will also provide estimates of the number of children likely to be affected by their parents’ alcohol use and provide advice to national and local government on where action could have the greatest impact on improving life chances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/05/2016 09:33:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias