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1016451

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date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the publications entitled, Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom and the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, what future (a) legislation, (b) directives, (c) rules and (d) other instructions the EU plans to introduce which will have an effect on the UK from 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	196878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>During the time-limited implementation period, common rules will remain in place with EU law continuing to apply in the UK subject to the terms set out in the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>After the implementation period, all laws in the UK will be passed by our elected representatives in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London. The Political Declaration recognises that the UK may choose to align with the EU’s rules in relevant areas to facilitate trade in goods or security cooperation.</p><p>Were the backstop to come into effect, a small fraction of EU rules applying today would apply in Northern Ireland and EU rules on state aid would apply in the UK. However, as the Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration make absolutely clear, we do not want or expect the backstop to be needed - and even if it ever were ever to come into effect, it would be strictly temporary.</p><p>The Official Journal of the European Union publishes upcoming EU legislation, this is publicly available online: <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html" target="_blank">https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 10/12/2018 15:36:49 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1016452

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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	Nigeria: Disinformation
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 28 November 2018 to Question 195102, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on supporting the Nigerian Government to reduce the spread of false information on social media.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	196879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>I have not had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on supporting the Nigerian Government to reduce the spread of false information on social media. In October, I discussed the issue with Lai Mohammed, Nigerian Minister for Information and Culture, setting out the steps the British government was taking to regulate use of social media for party political purposes and encouraged steps to tackle misinformation online. The BBC World Service in Nigeria, funded by the British Government, has broadcast a report on Africa Eye called &quot;Like. Share. Kill&quot;, which documents how Nigerian police say false information on Facebook is killing people.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/12/2018 15:28:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1016453

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Service Complaints Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) staff were employed as investigation officers, (b) investigations were current and (c) investigations were awaiting allocation to an investigation officer in the office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman in each quarter since January 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	196768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Service Justice Board concerns itself with ensuring that the Service Justice System provides a fair system of justice for those who are alleged to have breached Service Law, and that the system is also able to support the Chain of Command in delivering operational effectiveness; the Service Complaints Ombudsman is not a member.</p><p> </p><p>The Service Complaints Ombudsman is provided with an annual budget from defence funds which, under the financial delegation given to her, is used to meet all the costs associated with her independent function; this includes the procurement of any legal advice. The amount spent by the Ombudsman’s office on legal advice varies year on year, and is detailed in the financial expenditure statements in her annual reports to Parliament on the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the Service Complaints system. These reports – and those submitted by the Service Complaints Commissioner, can be found at the following address:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.servicecomplaintsombudsman.org.uk/service-complaints-ombudsman/publications-and-reports/annual-reports/.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report for 2018 will be available in the first quarter of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>It will take time to collate the detailed information requested on investigation officers and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 196766 196770 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:56:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1016454

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Service Complaints Ombudsman: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many successful applicants for the role of investigation officer were awaiting security vetting in each quarter since 2017; how long each such investigation officer was waiting for that vetting to be completed; how many people found other employment during the period of security vetting; who was responsible for that security vetting; how often the contractual standards for security vetting were not met in that time period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	196769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/12/2018 15:50:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1016455

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Service Complaints Ombudsman: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget is available each year to the office of the Armed Forces Ombudsman to access legal advice from (a) the Government's legal service, (b) his Department's legal services and (c) independent legal services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	196770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Service Justice Board concerns itself with ensuring that the Service Justice System provides a fair system of justice for those who are alleged to have breached Service Law, and that the system is also able to support the Chain of Command in delivering operational effectiveness; the Service Complaints Ombudsman is not a member.</p><p> </p><p>The Service Complaints Ombudsman is provided with an annual budget from defence funds which, under the financial delegation given to her, is used to meet all the costs associated with her independent function; this includes the procurement of any legal advice. The amount spent by the Ombudsman’s office on legal advice varies year on year, and is detailed in the financial expenditure statements in her annual reports to Parliament on the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the Service Complaints system. These reports – and those submitted by the Service Complaints Commissioner, can be found at the following address:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.servicecomplaintsombudsman.org.uk/service-complaints-ombudsman/publications-and-reports/annual-reports/.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report for 2018 will be available in the first quarter of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>It will take time to collate the detailed information requested on investigation officers and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 196766 196768 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:56:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1016456

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	European Medicines Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether contingency planning and expenditure by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on any systems or processes, including software is being incurred on systems or processes which will be redundant in the event that an agreement is reached that includes continued full co-operation, based on regulatory alignment, with the European Medicines Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	196702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has undertaken contingency planning in the event the United Kingdom leaves the European Union with no deal. MHRA currently interacts with 40 systems and processes. The total estimated cost to replace them is expected to be £9.3 million on completion.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/12/2018 12:49:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1016457

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what other aspects of medicines regulation including regulation related to patient safety is postponed due to contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	196703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that patients continue to access safe and innovative medicines and devices, and regulation related to medicines and patient safety have therefore not been postponed because of contingency planning.</p><p> </p><p>For example, we have continued with the implementation of the Falsified Medicines Directive, which is designed to help identify and remove falsified medicines from the supply chain, ahead of coming into force in February 2019, and continued to make the necessary preparations to implement the new Clinical Trials Regulation and Medical Devices Regulation, both due to be implemented before the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/12/2018 12:40:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1016458

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Police: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last three inspections were carried out by the Independent Police Complaints Commission into any aspect of the military police service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	196771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), formerly the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), has no jurisdiction over the Service Police.</p><p>The three most recent inspections of the Service Police by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services were an inspection of the Royal Military Police's investigations into overseas deaths (carried out in March 2017 with a report published in March 2018 at the following link:https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/publications/inspection-royal-military-police-investigations-into-overseas-deaths/); an inspection of the Royal Air Force Police's performance management process in April 2018 and an inspection of the leadership of the Royal Navy Police in relation to its investigations in September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/12/2018 16:04:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1016459

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the (a) legislative requirements and (b) timetable required to hold a second referendum on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	196652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>An Act of Parliament is required before any UK-wide referendum can be held. It is for Parliament to debate and agree the terms under which any referendum would take place, including provisions for setting the date, franchise and the question that would appear on the ballot paper. Processes to hold any referendum must, in addition, incorporate adequate time to prepare for the poll and a minimum campaigning period. The Electoral Commission recommends that legislation relating to a poll should be clear at least six months before it is required to be implemented or complied with.</p><p>A majority of the electorate voted to leave the EU in June 2016. The British people made their choice and they want their Government to deliver on that choice. <em> </em>It is a matter of Government policy that there will not be a second referendum on our exit from the EU<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/12/2018 17:46:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1016460

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 15 of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom and the provisions on the European Investment Bank contained within the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community; what plans he has for the future relationship with the European Investment Bank Group; the involvement that the UK would have in the decision-making; the cost of that activity; and the effect of that activity on the arrangements for the financial settlement with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	196880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK has set out that it is open to exploring options for a future relationship with the EIB Group. This will form part of the wider UK-EU future relationship negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The financial settlement has been agreed under the terms of the withdrawal agreement. We have reached a fair financial settlement with the EU, honouring commitments we made during our period of membership, and have ensured a fair deal for UK taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/12/2018 16:09:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel