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1003586

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date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 (a) the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund and (b) other sources of funding available to his Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop and implement new guidance on the conduct of asylum interviews, and how the effectiveness of that guidance is being monitored and evaluated; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	189650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and this Government is committed to delivering a fair and humane asylum system.</p><p>We recognise that asylum interviews are a vital part of the asylum process, ensuring that decision makers have available all relevant evidence so that they can make an informed decision. To that end, we have published detailed Home Office policy guidance setting out how caseworkers are expected to conduct asylum interviews, which was developed in collaboration with external partners, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We are currently reviewing this policy and intend to publish a revised version by the end of the year.</p><p>We systematically assess the quality of asylum decisions against a detailed audit framework drawn up in consultation with external partners, including the UNHCR, which includes checks on compliance with existing asylum policies and relevant case law.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2018 16:29:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1003752

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, who the business representatives are on the five new business councils formed by the her who will advise on how to create the best business conditions in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	189651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the press release issued on 6 November 2018 which is available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/five-new-business-councils-to-advise-the-prime-minister-on-post-brexit-opportunities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/five-new-business-councils-to-advise-the-prime-minister-on-post-brexit-opportunities</a></p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 14/11/2018 15:36:46 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1003817

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether staff (a) in positions related to his Department in overseas missions have been made redundant and (b) in his Department have been (i) offered, (ii) taken and (iii) refused reduced salaries in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	189652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>In the past 12 months the Department for International Trade (DIT) has undertaken restructuring in overseas missions to generate efficiencies, and ensure we have the requisite capacity and capability to deliver our departmental objectives across the global network. This restructuring activity has, in some locations, included redundancies.</p><p>There are a range of circumstances where staff in DIT would be offered a reduced salary. A reduction in salary may result when staff members reduce their hours of work, accept a role at a lower grade or move from a role where London pay ranges apply to one where National pay ranges apply.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 14/11/2018 18:00:29 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1003823

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the budget was for the Government's Trade Commissioners in each of the last two years, what the actual spend was in each of those years; what the budget is for the 2018-19 financial year; and how much has been spent in the 2018-19 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	189653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department delegated budgets to Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioners (HMTCs) for the first time in 2018-19. There are 9 HMTCs across 9 overseas regions. The budgets include the costs of locally engaged staff, non-pay related expenditure and devolved marketing expenditure in each of the regions. The total budget delegated at the beginning of the 2018 financial year was £59.2m and spend at the end of October 2018 was £29.8m.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/11/2018 17:58:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1003826

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Yemen: UN Security Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to the Answer of 10 July 2018 to Question 160081 on Yemen: UN Security Council, what recent steps his Department is taking to use the UK’s penholder status on Yemen at the UN Security Council to bring a new resolution forward.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	189654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to fulfil its role as penholder on Yemen in the UN Security Council by coordinating sessions with the Security Council President that respond to developments in Yemen and the will of the Council as a whole. Both the Foreign Secretary and I have recently visited the Middle East to have constructive discussions with the Saudi-led Coalition on pathways to achieve de-escalation and reduce tensions. The Foreign Secretary was clear that both sides would need to play their part in confidence-building measures. Meanwhile, the UK will continue discussions with partners on how the UN Security Council can support the UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths' on the political process and improving the humanitarian situation. This will include discussions on the draft UN Security Council Resolution on Yemen ahead of a Security Council briefing on the issue on 16 November.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/11/2018 16:26:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1003857

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard the 300,000 civilians trapped in Hodeidah, Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	189655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to raise concerns with the Saudi led-Coalition about the potential impact of any assault on the port and city of Hodeidah and is monitoring the resumption of hostilities in and around Hodeidah closely.</p><p> </p><p>We have consistently made clear, the Coalition must ensure that any further military operations in and around Hodeidah are conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law, including on the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, and do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows both through the port and onwards across the country. For their part, the Houthis must not compromise civilian facilities (such as Hodeidah port as well as schools, hospitals and food storage facilities) and allow unhindered access to humanitarian agencies throughout areas they control.</p><p> </p><p>UK aid partners continue to deliver life-saving support on the ground as part of our £170 million response in Yemen this year, including cash transfers to 21,000 people displaced from Hodeidah, as well as access to 75,000 litres of clean water a day.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/11/2018 17:26:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1002188

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Rendition and Torture: Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the June 2018 report of the Intelligence and Security Committee on rendition and torture, what progress has been made on restarting a judge-led inquiry into those issues; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	188227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer given by the Minister of State for Europe and the Americas on 12 September 2018 to the Honourable Member for Leeds North West, (reference 171734).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/11/2018 10:01:03 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1002189

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of strengthening the consolidated criteria for the sale of arms products by introducing an end use criteria post sale.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	188228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK operates one of the most robust export licensing systems in the world. It considers whether the goods might be used in a way which is inconsistent with the Consolidated EU &amp; National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. We also retain powers to revoke licences, once issued, if circumstances or information available to us change. End user certificates are considered as part of the process already.</p><p>We believe that our existing system is robust and delivers a high level of assurance. The Government is always looking to see how it can improve its export controls and we are in contact with countries who carry out some limited end use checks to see if there is anything we can learn from their experience.</p><p>​</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/11/2018 11:54:56 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

999331

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the figures in the table entitled Exchequer Impact (£m) on page 5 of his Department's document, Budget 2018: policy costings, published on 29 October 2018, if he will publish a separate figure for the Exchequer impact of the increase in the personal allowance to £12,500 for each of those financial years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	186304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>A breakdown for the Exchequer impact of the changes to the Income Tax Personal Allowance (PA) and Higher Rate Threshold (HRT) announced at the Budget 2018 on 29 October 2018 is provided in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Exchequer Impact of Budget 2018 announcement– “Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £12,500 and £50,000 for 2019-20 and 2020-21”, and Exchequer Impacts of the Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold Elements.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Budget 2018 announcement (£ million)</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>2023-24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £12,500 and £50,000 for 2019-20 and 2020-21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-2,790</p></td><td><p>-1,935</p></td><td><p>-1,445</p></td><td><p>-1,605</p></td><td><p>-1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(i) Personal Allowance: increase to £12,500 for 2019-20 and 2020-21*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-1,980</p></td><td><p>-885</p></td><td><p>-600</p></td><td><p>-650</p></td><td><p>-725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £50,000 for 2019-20 and 2020-21 (given (i))**</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-810</p></td><td><p>-1,050</p></td><td><p>-845</p></td><td><p>-955</p></td><td><p>-1,055</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* This line assumes no change to the Basic Rate Limit (BRL).</p><p> </p><p>** This line reflects the impact of increasing the HRT to £50,000, assuming the PA has been increased to £12,500.</p><p>The Exchequer impact above includes the impact from the Upper Earnings Limit and Upper Profits Limit for National Insurance being aligned with the Income Tax Higher Rate Threshold. Further information on the Exchequer impact from the “Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £12,500 and £50,000 in 2019-20 and 2020-21” measure can be found in “Budget 2018: policy costings”.</p><p>Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 186305 186423 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:28:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

999332

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the figures in the table entitled Exchequer Impact (£m) on page 5 of his Department's document, Budget 2018: policy costings, published on 29 October 2018, if he will publish a separate figure for the Exchequer effect of the increase in the higher rate threshold to £50,000 for each of those financial years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	186305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>A breakdown for the Exchequer impact of the changes to the Income Tax Personal Allowance (PA) and Higher Rate Threshold (HRT) announced at the Budget 2018 on 29 October 2018 is provided in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Exchequer Impact of Budget 2018 announcement– “Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £12,500 and £50,000 for 2019-20 and 2020-21”, and Exchequer Impacts of the Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold Elements.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Budget 2018 announcement (£ million)</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>2023-24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £12,500 and £50,000 for 2019-20 and 2020-21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-2,790</p></td><td><p>-1,935</p></td><td><p>-1,445</p></td><td><p>-1,605</p></td><td><p>-1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(i) Personal Allowance: increase to £12,500 for 2019-20 and 2020-21*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-1,980</p></td><td><p>-885</p></td><td><p>-600</p></td><td><p>-650</p></td><td><p>-725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £50,000 for 2019-20 and 2020-21 (given (i))**</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-810</p></td><td><p>-1,050</p></td><td><p>-845</p></td><td><p>-955</p></td><td><p>-1,055</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* This line assumes no change to the Basic Rate Limit (BRL).</p><p> </p><p>** This line reflects the impact of increasing the HRT to £50,000, assuming the PA has been increased to £12,500.</p><p>The Exchequer impact above includes the impact from the Upper Earnings Limit and Upper Profits Limit for National Insurance being aligned with the Income Tax Higher Rate Threshold. Further information on the Exchequer impact from the “Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold: increase to £12,500 and £50,000 in 2019-20 and 2020-21” measure can be found in “Budget 2018: policy costings”.</p><p>Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 186304 186423 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:28:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray