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date	09/06/2015
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	Pakistan: Blasphemy
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 discussions he has had with representatives from the government of Pakistan on amendments being made to Pakistan's Blasphemy laws.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	1562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We regularly raise our concerns about Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and the need for reform, as well as concerns about specific cases where individuals have been accused of blasphemy. In February 2015 I raised UK concerns about blasphemy laws with a group of visiting Pakistani Parliamentarians. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), discussed Pakistan’s blasphemy laws with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in November 2014.</p><p>In December 2014 my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister the member for Witney (Mr Cameron) also stressed our concerns about Pakistan’s blasphemy law with Prime Minister Sharif. We will ensure that this issue continues to be raised at the highest levels in Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/06/2015 13:41:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

349261

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date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what efficiency savings his Department plans to make to achieve reductions of (a) £7 million from the HM Treasury budget and (b) £80 million from the HM Revenue and Customs budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	1635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>HMRC will deliver £80m of savings in 2015-16, starting by looking at prioritising projects in their change programme, which is intended to deliver a wider transformation of HMRC's capabilities, achieve sustainable efficiency savings and improve compliance yield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury will reduce its net expenditure by £7m in 2015-16 through robust spending control and by seeking efficiencies across all HMT bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/06/2015 13:23:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood