Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

224148

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
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	Cyprus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Cyprus about the decision to allow the Russian military to use port facilities on that island.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of recent agreements, including military agreements, between the Republic of Cyprus and Russia. It is our understanding that the military aspects represent a continuation of existing arrangements. The United Kingdom remains fully engaged on a range of security and military issues with the Republic of Cyprus.</p><p> </p><p>The EU has sent a united message to Russia that its actions in Ukraine are in flagrant breach of international law, and all member states, including Cyprus, unanimously agreed to impose measures against Russia in response to these actions.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/03/2015 17:39:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223867

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on tax revenues of the introduction of standard packaging of tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment on Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products was published on 12 February 2015. It specifically considers in detail the potential costs to the exchequer as a result of standardised packaging. This can be found on page 42.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/03/2015 17:14:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223958

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Free Movement of People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to restrict rights of nationals of states acceding to the EU to enter and work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>We have been clear that, unlike the previous Government, we will always impose <br>the toughest possible transitional controls on free movement from new Member <br>States. As the Prime Minister has said we will insist that, when new countries <br>are admitted to the EU in future, there are new arrangements in place to <br>prevent a repeat of the mass migration that resulted from the previous <br>Government’s failure to impose robust transitional controls in 2004.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/03/2015 16:12:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223959

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Libya
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 his Department is taking to help Libya move towards peace in the short and medium term.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The growing instability, increased violence, and increasing presence of terrorist organisations, is a serious threat to Libya’s future. The UK strongly supports the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, and the UN Support Mission in Libya, to resolve the political and security crisis and pave the way for peaceful political dialogue. These negotiations should be pursued urgently, with the aim of laying the foundations for a Government of National Unity that can unite against extremism and bring stability to Libya. In parallel we are working with Libya and the international community to understand if there is more we can do now to tackle the increasing terrorist threat. Following a recent comprehensive review of all our programming activity in Libya, we have refocused our programme portfolio, providing support for political settlement efforts as the best long-term solution to the current conflict. In particular we are providing support to the Prime Minister’s Envoy for the Libyan Transition, Jonathan Powell, who is actively engaged with the UN mediation process led by Bernardino Leon.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/03/2015 14:27:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

224024

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tax Collection
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 support the development of tax collection capacity in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID is currently engaged in tax capacity building in 22 of our 28 priority countries. We are also developing tax capacity building work in a further 4 priority countries. This includes indirect support through multilateral organisations. We have established a specialist Developing Country Capacity Building Unit in HMRC, to deploy HMRC staff to provide technical expertise in support of these efforts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/03/2015 15:24:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

224025

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth
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 improve education in Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>We support education directly in 22 countries, of which 13 are Commonwealth countries. We are also a major funder of the Global Partnership for Education, which supports education in 60 countries of which 17 are Commonwealth. Globally, including support to Commonwealth countries, we have supported 10.2 million children in primary and lower-secondary school and have helped to train 123,000 teachers to improve the quality of learning since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/03/2015 17:37:45 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

224026

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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, what assessment she has made of the performance of the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Publish What You Fund’s Aid Transparency Index 2014 rated DFID’s transparency as “very good”, and ranked DFID as the best performing bilateral development organisation on transparency. It also recognised DFID’s leadership role encouraging others in the international development system to be more transparent. A pilot assessment in April 2014 published by the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation also rated DFID as having made the most progress in implementing the aid transparency commitments agreed by donors at the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in 2011. DFID has launched the Development Tracker website which enables anyone to scrutinise project documents, budgets, supplier contracts and transactions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/03/2015 17:35:50 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

224027

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that environmental sustainability features within every part of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals framework.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Ensuring that environmental sustainability and climate change are clearly integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals is a key priority for the UK Government. The UK government is actively engaged in the ongoing intergovernmental negotiations through the UN, working with all member states, to agree the post-2015 framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/03/2015 15:25:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223509

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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	Science: Research
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 effect of maintaining the current level of spending on science research and development beyond 2016; and what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>At a time of tight control over public spending, this Government has remained committed to supporting our world-class science and research base. We have protected the science ring fence in cash terms for 2015/16. We have also announced investment in science infrastructure of £1.1bn a year rising with inflation to 2021, funding for new programmes such as Quantum Technologies, the Newton Fund, and further investment in high level skills. This means that overall Department for Business, Innovation and Skills investment in science and research will reach £5.8bn in cash terms for Financial Year 2015/16, an increase in the overall allocation compared to recent years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2015 13:04:53 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223616

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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	EU Reform
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 effect of the outcome of the Government's Balance of Competences Review on his Department's policy on EU reforms.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The review of the Balance of Competences provides the most extensive analysis of the impact of EU membership ever undertaken by the UK or any Member State. Across the entire review, the reports draw on nearly 2,300 pieces of evidence. The reports provide a wealth of evidence that supports the government’s aim to reform the EU to make it more open, competitive, flexible and democratically accountable, with fair treatment of countries inside and outside the eurozone for the benefit of everyone in Europe. This includes the need for a broader and deeper Single Market, greater competitiveness and flexibility, better (and less) regulation and more transparent and accountable institutions and processes.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/03/2015 14:46:43 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord