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750778

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Section 2(1) of the Ireland Act 1949, what the status of Irish citizens will be after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	4182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The close historic, social and cultural ties between the UK and Ireland have led to the creation of additional rights above those associated with common membership of the EU. The special status afforded to Irish citizens within the UK is rooted in the Ireland Act 1949 and, for the people of Northern Ireland, in the 1998 Belfast Agreement. As outlined in the UK Government policy paper released on 26 June, relating to the rights of EU citizens living in the UK, we want to protect the rights enjoyed by UK and Irish nationals when in the other State.</p><p>We remain committed to preserving the rights of Irish citizens within the UK.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 13:51:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

746909

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries: Quotas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on fishing quota levels for (a) cod, (b) haddock, (c) coley, (d) monkfish, (e) prawn, (f) halibut, (g) mackerel, (h) herring and (i) whiting of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	2067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK position is that Total Allowable Catches (TAC) for all species should be should be set in line with the science to ensure we have sustainable fisheries. On leaving the EU, the UK will become an independent coastal state with responsibility for managing its EEZ and this will be an opportunity to reach new agreements on access arrangements and the UK share of the TAC for some species.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/07/2017 16:35:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

724147

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Republic of Ireland: Territorial Waters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any areas of sea between the UK and the Republic of Ireland have changed jurisdiction in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	71856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland establishing a Single Maritime Boundary between the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of the Two Countries and parts of their Continental Shelves was presented to Parliament in June 2013 (Cm 8666) and subsequently came into force on 31 March 2014 (Treaty Series No. 21 (2014)).</p><p>The Explanatory Memorandum presented to Parliament alongside Cm 8666 stated that the Agreement firstly amended the existing delimited continental shelf boundary between the UK and Ireland as defined in a 1988 Agreement, a supplementary Protocol of 1992 and an Exchange of Notes of 2001. The effect of the amendment was to transfer part of what was previously Irish Continental Shelf to the UK, in exchange for an area of the UK's Continental Shelf. In amending the existing Continental Shelf boundary the 2014 Agreement superseded both the 1988 Agreement and the 2001 Exchange of Notes, which were terminated.</p><p>The Agreement then provides for the coordinates of the amended Continental Shelf boundary, up to 200 nautical miles, to delimit also the EEZ boundary between the two states.</p><p>In negotiating to align a new EEZ boundary with the existing Continental Shelf boundary it was discovered that there were two small areas on the Irish side of the boundary that were more than 200 nautical miles from Irish baselines on their coast. As these could not be incorporated into an Irish EEZ, it was agreed to swap these two areas of Irish Continental Shelf for areas of the UK's Continental Shelf, the areas being of equal size and potential exploitability e.g. for the purposes of hydrocarbons and fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/04/2017 09:41:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

724148

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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	Republic of Ireland: Territorial Waters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the jurisdiction of any seas in the northern and southern maritime borders of the UK and the Republic of Ireland have been exchanged in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	71857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland establishing a Single Maritime Boundary between the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of the Two Countries and parts of their Continental Shelves was presented to Parliament in June 2013 (Cm 8666) and subsequently came into force on 31 March 2014 (Treaty Series No. 21 (2014)).</p><p>The Explanatory Memorandum presented to Parliament alongside Cm 8666 stated that the Agreement firstly amended the existing delimited continental shelf boundary between the UK and Ireland as defined in a 1988 Agreement, a supplementary Protocol of 1992 and an Exchange of Notes of 2001. The effect of the amendment was to transfer part of what was previously Irish Continental Shelf to the UK, in exchange for an area of the UK's Continental Shelf. In amending the existing Continental Shelf boundary the 2014 Agreement superseded both the 1988 Agreement and the 2001 Exchange of Notes, which were terminated.</p><p>The Agreement then provides for the coordinates of the amended Continental Shelf boundary, up to 200 nautical miles, to delimit also the EEZ boundary between the two states.</p><p>In negotiating to align a new EEZ boundary with the existing Continental Shelf boundary it was discovered that there were two small areas on the Irish side of the boundary that were more than 200 nautical miles from Irish baselines on their coast. As these could not be incorporated into an Irish EEZ, it was agreed to swap these two areas of Irish Continental Shelf for areas of the UK's Continental Shelf, the areas being of equal size and potential exploitability e.g. for the purposes of hydrocarbons and fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/04/2017 09:39:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

712554

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what (a) policy and (b) technical areas he plans to consult the devolved administrations when (i) scoping and (ii) negotiating new free trade agreements; and what steps his Department has taken to identify such areas in which it will be necessary for different provisions of free trade agreements to apply to take account of differences in law between each constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	68613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade will work with citizens and businesses from across the UK to ensure we develop a trade policy that works for the whole of the UK, and reflects the interests of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 23/03/2017 14:29:09 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

709654

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hebrides Range
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the revision of accommodation at the MOD Hebrides Range, West Camp, and the implications for staff at that faculty.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	67365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>West Camp, Ministry of Defence Hebrides Range, is operated by QinetiQ under a commercial contract. Accommodation will be rationalised to align it to current and projected usage rates, as part of the Air Ranges Modernisation Project. This will also see significant investment in modern equipment for the range, including new radars. The savings, together with operating cost reductions, will allow investment in essential systems, thus helping to secure the future of the range for the longer term. The implications for QinetiQ employees and other staff will be managed by the company, which has indicated that there may be a small number of redundancies.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/03/2017 16:44:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

709776

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of different legal frameworks in the devolved administrations for any new trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	67367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>As EU powers return to the UK, our guiding principle will be to ensure that no new barriers to living and doing business within our own Union are created. We will maintain the necessary standards and frameworks to empower the UK as an open, trading nation to strike the best deals around the world.</p><p>On the basis of these principles, we will work with the devolved administrations on an approach to returning powers from the EU that works for the whole of the UK and reflects the interests of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/03/2017 16:19:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

709779

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the section of his Department's People Survey for 2016 that covers UK Trade and Investment.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	67237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) did not undertake an independent Employee Engagement Survey in 2016. However, the organisation previously known as UKTI, now ITI (International Trade and Investment) was included within the overall Department for International Trade People Survey in 2016. The overall results from this survey can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-survey-2016-results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-survey-2016-results</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/03/2017 16:09:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

709452

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the turnover rate for UK Trade and Investment local-hire staff in overseas postings has been in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	66987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>The records for local hire staff in overseas postings are not held centrally by the Department for International Trade. In order to obtain this information would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 17/03/2017 12:49:40 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

709087

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the turnover rate was for international trade advisers in his Department in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	66857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade was created in July 2016, the transfer of functions order established DIT as a corporation sole on 9 November 2016.</p><p>The Department does not directly hold this information as the international trade advisers are employed by our Contractors in the English Regions, who have provided the information in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> January 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> January 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> January 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. of ITAs in post</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>291</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>279</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. of ITAs leaving post in year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. of ITAs starting in post in year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/03/2017 16:02:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil