To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that
all loans under UK law given to governments or with government guarantees are disclosed
publicly at the time they are made and comply with the law of the country concerned.
<p>Given the complex international nature of sovereign debt, we continue to believe
that internationally-agreed approaches are the most effective way to improve sovereign
debt transparency and sustainability. Sovereign governments are ultimately responsible
for their own borrowing, and the UK supports the IMF and World Bank’s efforts to improve
the capacity and capabilities of sovereign borrowers to fulfil this responsibility.
The UK also recognizes that official and private creditors have an important role
to play in securing debt transparency and sustainability. The G20 agreed Operational
Guidelines for Sustainable Financing for official creditors in 2017. The UK is now
working through the G20 to monitor an industry-led initiative by the Institute of
International Finance (IIF) to improve the transparency of lending of private creditors.</p><p>UK-based
lenders are also already subject to extensive prudential disclosure requirements under
UK law. The Capital Requirements Regulation requires firms to disclose the geographic
distribution of their credit exposures, including those to central banks and governments,
if the loans are material.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether
his Department's review of the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised
development considered compliance with the (a) the European Commission against Racism
and Intolerance, (b) the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, (c) the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, and (d) the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention
for the Protection of National Minorities.
<p>The Government considered its compliance with all its international commitments,
and its duties under the Equality Act 2010, in preparing the consultation on powers
for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, and in preparing its response.
The Government’s response to the consultation was published on 6 February, and includes
a range of measures to promote the provision of traveller sites, and sets out details
of wider support to improve outcomes for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community.</p>
