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388089

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of investor-state dispute settlement systems and the outcomes of such disputes on decisions about the provision of public services in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor-state dispute claim.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government regulates in a responsible manner – by not discriminating on the basis of nationality or expropriating assets without compensation – therefore the existence of investor-state dispute settlement systems doesn’t impact on decisions about public service provision in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/07/2015 15:39:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

388122

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the proposed four-year residency requirement for EU citizens to access social housing is intended to apply throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>As housing is a devolved matter, this change will apply to England and it will be for the devolved administrations to take their decisions as to whether they would wish to apply a similar requirement in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/07/2015 14:55:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

388234

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will include in its proposed referendum on UK membership of the EU a separate question on approving any changes that have been agreed to the UK's terms of membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The question in the Bill is simple, short and fair. We have no plans to include a separate question.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/07/2015 15:28:08 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

388314

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, what mechanisms the Commission has put in place for assessing the value for money of each of the options for restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission and the House of Lords House Committee asked for the independent appraisal of options for restoring and renewing the Palace of Westminster that was published on 18 June. The IOA does not test value for money as such, because it is not yet possible to quantify the benefits of the different options in cash terms. Instead it recommends that value for money should be tested in the course of drawing up a business case in the next phase. The Commission expects value for money to be central to the work of the Joint Committee that is to be set up to take this matter forward.</p> answering member constituency Mole Valley answering member printed Sir Paul Beresford question first answered 09/07/2015 09:36:36 answering member 103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

388357

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 3238, if he will make it his policy to collect statistics on the amount of benefits withheld as a result of benefit sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department doesn’t make an estimate of the amount of benefit withheld as a result of benefit sanctions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/07/2015 16:02:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387554

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of investor-state dispute settlements which (a) the Government and (b) another UK public body has been involved in resulted in a (i) tribunal ruling in favour of the Government or public body, (ii) ruling in favour of an investor, (iii) settlement resulting in a cash payment from the Government or another public body and (iv) settlement resulting in a change of policy, regulation or law in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Neither the Government nor any other UK public body have been involved in any investor-state dispute settlement claims that have either had a tribunal ruling or reached any settlement since 1997 under our entire network of bilateral and multilateral investment protection agreements.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 15:53:12 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387555

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which arbitration centres for investor-state dispute settlement the UK is subject to.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is not subject to any centres for investor-state dispute settlement. However, we have included reference to a number of institutions related to international dispute resolution in our bilateral investment treaties: the Swedish Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a part of the World Bank, and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The SCC and ICSID can provide a venue and procedural rules for arbitral proceedings and UNCITRAL just provides procedural rules.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 15:52:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387556

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what agreements which the UK is party to include an investor-state dispute settlement system as part of that agreement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is party to 94 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty, all of which include an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. A list of the UK’s Bilateral Investment Treaties is available online (also including treaties terminated by South Africa and Bolivia) at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130104161243/http:/www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/treaties/treaty-texts/ippas-investment-promotion/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130104161243/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/treaties/treaty-texts/ippas-investment-promotion/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 15:51:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387557

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many investor-state dispute settlements (a) the Government and (b) other public bodies in the UK have been involved in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government has been involved in one investor-state dispute settlement claim under our network of bilateral and multilateral investment protection treaties. We received notice of the claim in 2006 but the investor has not completed the procedural requirements for the claim to be heard by a tribunal. Other public bodies in the UK have never faced an investor-state dispute settlement claim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 15:50:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387562

registered interest
date	03/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse of restricted access to social security for citizens of other EU countries for the first four years of their residency in each of the next three financial years; and whether such restrictions apply to (a) child benefit and (b) tax credit claims.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Such estimates do not exist at the current time. The commitment to restrict access to benefits for four years is intended to ensure that EU migrants make a sustained economic contribution to the UK before they can take something out. The Government is also concerned to ensure that national welfare systems do not provide an unintended additional incentive for large migratory movements. For these reasons reforming access to benefits for mobile EU nationals is one of our priorities for the renegotiation and the Prime Minister is working with his European partners to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2015 13:23:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock