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date	16/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What comparative assessment he has made of spending on public services in the UK and other developed countries.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	903312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Last year, public spending was 38.9% of GDP, or about £28,500 per household. This is comparable with other leading countries.</p><p>And we are getting more for our money – public services productivity has increased with Conservatives in government, after falling under Labour.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/01/2018 14:56:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

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date	16/01/2018
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	Vietnam: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of religious freedom in Vietnam; and what steps the Government is taking to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief in that country.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	123133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>​Vietnam's new Law on Religion and Belief came into effect on 1 January 2018. While it reduces the time required for religious groups to obtain official recognition it still retains many of the burdensome restrictions from previous Laws.</p><p>We raise our concerns about human rights on a regular basis with the Vietnamese government both bilaterally and through multilateral fora. At the most recent UK-Vietnam Strategic dialogue between 4 abd 6 January 2018, I raised concerns regarding the strict control of civil and political rights in Vietnam, including freedom of expression and assembly, and the need for the Vietnamese government to create space for civil society. Freedom of religion and belief was included on the agenda at the recent EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue which took place in December 2017. The EU raised concerns about harassment and attacks against religious communities in Vietnam, and urged the Vietnamese government to ensure that the new Law on Religion and Belief is implemented in line with international standards.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 24/01/2018 15:53:08 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy