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1038904

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter sent by the President of Getlink to the Secretary of State for Transport on 2 January, whether (1) the provision of £103 million to ferry operators for the provision of additional cross-Channel freight capacity breaches the concession agreement with Eurotunnel, and (2) they conducted an assessment of the impact on obligations under competition and state aid law.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>In the Government's view, the contracts do not breach the concession agreement with Eurotunnel. Obligations under competition and state aid law were taken into account as part of the contractual process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/01/2019 14:22:14 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1029604

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Charges: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the gain to HM Treasury from the introduction of VAT on the on-site staff based element of residential property service charges.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The supply of any on-site staff to an individual, landlord or company has, since the inception of VAT, been a taxable supply. HMRC does not hold information to base an estimate of the receipts to HM Treasury from VAT charged on the onsite staff labour element of residential property service charges.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/01/2019 13:08:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1029605

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Charges: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the requirement for VAT to be paid on the on-site staff labour element of residential property service charges was introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The supply of any on-site staff to an individual, landlord or company has, since the inception of VAT been a taxable supply. Such a supply is not identified in the VAT Act as being either an exempt supply or a zero rated supply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/01/2019 16:25:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1029089

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total receipt to HM Treasury in (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18 of (a) VAT payable by retail traders and online traders, (b) income tax at the standard rate, (c) income tax at the higher rate, (d) corporation tax, and (e) capital gains tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The net Home VAT declared for the ‘Retail trade (except of motor vehicles and motorcycles)’ in 2016-17 is £6,420 million and in 2017-18 is £7,140 million. HMRC does not request information on whether VAT declared on traders’ returns is declared by online traders specifically, therefore this information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Total income tax receipts in 2016-17 were £177,065 million and in 2017-18 were £180,049 million. HMRC does not hold information to base an estimate of income tax receipts split by the different income tax rates.</p><p> </p><p>Total receipts of Corporation Tax (including Bank Surcharge and Offshore CT) in 2016-17 were £50,679 million and in 2017-18 were £56,172 million.</p><p> </p><p>Total receipts of Capital Gains Tax in 2016-17 were ££8,561 million and in 2017-18 were £7,793 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/01/2019 15:26:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1029090

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total paid in business rates in the UK in respect of (1) offices, (2) retail units including shops, stores and warehouses not engaged in wholesale trade, (3) hotels and restaurants, (4) other leisure and entertainment facilities, (5) commercial car parking facilities, and (6) other VAT taxable activities, in (a) 2016–17, and (b) 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Business rates are a locally collected tax and the Government does not hold data on the split of business rates paid by sector. Since 2016, the Government has introduced a range of business rates reforms and measures to support business worth over £13 billion in England over the next five years. This includes reducing business rates bills by a third for two years for eligible retail businesses with a rateable value of less than £51,000, as announced at Budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/01/2019 15:59:04 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1025346

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Charges: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether VAT is payable on the onsite staff labour element of residential property service charges for properties managed by (1) resident self-management organisations, and (2) independent property services management companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Service charges payable by residents to a landlord are exempt from VAT. Supplies of goods and services, including staff, by a property management company to a landlord or a “Right to Manage” company are normally subject to VAT.</p><p> </p><p>There is no difference between resident self-management organisations and independent property services management companies. In both cases the supplies to them by a property management company are subject to VAT.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:36:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1025347

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Charges: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the estimated receipts to HM Treasury for 2018–19 from VAT charged on the onsite staff labour element of residential property service charges.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold information to base an estimate of the receipts to HM Treasury for 2018-19 from VAT charged on the onsite staff labour element of residential property service charges.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:10:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1020044

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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	USA: TripAdvisor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether embassy or consulate staff in the United States have discussed damaging or malicious online comments posted on TripAdvisor about hotel or catering services based in the United States with representatives of such services; and if not, whether they intend to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Staff of the British Embassy and British Consulates in the United States have not discussed this issue with representatives of these services and there are no current plans to do so. ​</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2018 14:17:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1020045

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	TripAdvisor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given the proposal made by Lord Beecham on 19 November 2013 (HL Deb, col GC376) to establish a panel to determine whether information identifying the name of a person posting damaging or malicious comments online should be released, particularly in relation to comments about hotel or catering services posted on TripAdvisor.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is making important progress in tackling online safety issues through the Digital Charter, which is guided by a number of principles and whose core purpose is to make the Internet work for everyone – for citizens, businesses and society as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Online anonymity is an important part of a free and open internet, providing essential protection for those who need it and allowing for many kinds of self expression and communication that would not otherwise be possible. But being anonymous online does not give anyone the right to abuse others or break the law.</p><p> </p><p>In the Winter, the Government will publish an Online Harms White Paper setting out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures to ensure tech companies take more responsibility for the safety of their users.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/12/2018 12:55:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1020046

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	TripAdvisor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage Ofcom to conduct a review into the application of the Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 to services provided by TripAdvisor in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 set out detailed provisions regarding the operation of the defence against liability for defamation created by section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013 for website operators hosting user-generated content. It is for the parties involved to decide whether to follow the procedures specified, which are not obligatory. No information is held on how the provisions have been used in the case of individual website operators.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice intends to carry out a post-implementation review of the working of the Act and the Regulations in 2019. The Government has no plans to invite Ofcom to carry out a review of the Regulations.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/12/2018 15:13:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours