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418435

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Malawi: 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, what steps the Government is taking to support implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the government of Malawi.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the creation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. In September 2013 the Government published an National Action Plan entitled “Good Business” setting out how we would implement the UN Guiding Principles and what action we would take to support the principles internationally including by encouraging other states to follow the principles and to publish their own national action plans where possible. The Government has provided financial support to the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises in their role to promote uptake of the Guiding Principles and develop guidance and best practice world-wide including for use in Malawi.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 14:42:30 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417696

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on (a) receiving representations and (b) entering into correspondence with Members of the Scottish Parliament on behalf of constituents who are seeking asylum in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Visas &amp; Immigration responds to enquiries on immigration cases raised by all levels of elected representatives and peers. The Home Office recommends that constituents with immigration enquiries use their Member of Parliament for the speediest response through one of UKVI’s six MP Account Management teams across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2015 11:25:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417708

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what (a) overtime and (b) flexible working arrangements are in place for clerking, catering, security, Hansard and other ancillary or support staff and officers of the House during late sittings of the House.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The House of Commons terms and conditions of employment include provision to compensate staff for working late and/or additional hours during late sittings of the House.</p><p> </p><p>Staff in pay bands A–E (and some senior staff) required to work until the rise of the House or beyond are paid an Unsocial Hours Payment (UHP) for the commitment to work to an undefined time and a flat rate for each additional hour they work after 6pm once that have completed 8 hours work during that day. Staff who are not normally required to work to the rise of House or beyond, but agree to do so, may be eligible for paid overtime payments or time off in lieu (TOIL).</p><p> </p><p>Staff in catering pay bands are required to work until 15 minutes after the rise of the House if they are contracted to work in venues that supply services to Members. Staff who work in these areas or volunteer to work in these areas are paid overtime for any additional hours worked.</p><p> </p><p>Line managers have the discretion to agree flexibility around working hours by compensating individuals for additional hours worked by granting TOIL. Where business needs allow, TOIL can be granted to manage peaks and troughs in workloads. The extent to which TOIL is used varies between areas or roles, but is used frequently in some cases where workloads vary significantly between sitting and non-sitting periods. Work is under way to introduce a Flexible Time Management Policy.</p><p> </p><p>Security staff are employed by the Metropolitan Police Service and are paid in accordance with their terms and conditions of employment.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 14/09/2015 15:57:56 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 20747 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417709

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 23-25, when she plans to announce details of the reshaping of the aid budget referred to in that statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review announcement will be made on the 25<sup>th</sup> November. This will set out Departmental settlements for the period to 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/09/2015 12:19:37 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416643

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in what ways the candidate recruited for the post of Senior External Communications Officer for Scotland and other devolved administrations, reference 1456639, will be expected to communicate the benefits of the Union to the Scottish public and take that work to the next level.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The successful candidate will support all of DFID’s communications while based at our joint UK headquarters. They will also be expected to communicate how Scotland – as part of the UK – is a world leader in international development, working with stakeholders, staff, the media and others to explain the work of DFID. This is in line with the recommendation by the cross-party International Development Committee (IDC) that DFID “give higher priority to making its work known across Scotland”.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/09/2015 16:23:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416644

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances the Employer Checking Service will review or revisit a determination it has made on an individual's right to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Employer Checking Service will review or revisit a decision after a complaint or after receiving further information regarding an individual’s immigration status. If an error is found it is rectified immediately.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/09/2015 11:24:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416645

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the salary and other costs associated with the post of Senior External Communications Officer for Scotland and other devolved administrations, reference 1456639, will be counted towards the Government's target of spending 0.7 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The salary for this role will come from the DFID administration budget, which counts towards the Government’s target spending of 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) on Overseas Development Assistance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has some of the lowest overheads of all Whitehall departments, and also has low administration costs in comparison to other development organisations — at around 2.5% of DFID's overall budget.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/09/2015 16:24:35 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

390305

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	China: Falun Gong
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 his Chinese counterpart on (a) persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and (b) alleged harvesting of organs from Falun Gong prisoners in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 July 2015 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-10/6494/" target="_blank">PQ 6494</a>).</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/07/2015 10:22:51 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

390456

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his contribution in the House on 8 June 2015, Official Report, column 926, what comparative assessment he has made of the scope of powers devolved to the Scottish Parliament, if the Scotland Bill is passed, and comparable European and North American legislatures.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Scottish Parliament will be one of the most powerful devolved legislatures in the world once the Scotland Bill is enacted. Compared to the average position of sub-central governments within the OECD, the Scottish Parliament will be among the most powerful in terms of tax and spending powers just behind Canadian provinces and Swiss cantons, and ahead of devolved legislatures in Australian states and German Länder.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 21/07/2015 10:50:36 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

389737

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.82 of the Summer Budget 2015, which Government departments will be allocated the funding for increased spending on military and intelligence agencies.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>At Summer Budget 15, the Chancellor announced:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>the Ministry of Defence budget will rise by 0.5 per cent a year in real terms;</p></li><li><p>an additional £1.5 billion a year by the end of the Parliament will be available to the military and intelligence agencies;</p></li><li><p>additional funding is conditional on the armed services and agencies producing further efficiencies within their existing budgets to ensure continued investment in the most important capabilities; and</p></li><li><p>the NATO target to spend 2 per cent a year on defence will be met throughout this Parliament.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/07/2015 16:28:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady