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989471

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date	17/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Arctic: Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish the ten-year plan on the development of Maritime and Royal Marine activity in the High North by the end of October 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	180661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The ten-year plan on the development of Maritime and Royal Marine activity in the High North will not be published in the public domain due to security classification.</p><p>However, the Defence Arctic Strategy, announced by the Secretary of State for Defence on 30 September, is currently expected to be published in the first quarter of 2019, and its assumptions and content will represent the public elements of the ten-year plan.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 26/10/2018 09:47:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

989646

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to work with his counterparts from other countries to ensure that global temperatures do not exceed 1.5 degrees C.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	180662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>One hundred and eighty one of the 197 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have now ratified the Paris Agreement, and I am proud that the UK is one of them. The UK is fully committed to working with other countries to achieve the Paris Agreement goals including limiting global average temperature increase to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. We are actively involved in the UNFCCC negotiations and are fully committed to finalising the rulebook that will underpin the Paris Agreement at COP24 this December. We drive the work of several progressive groups, comprising developed and developing countries, such as the High Ambition Coalition. We are one of the largest contributors of international climate finance, helping developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change through coalitions and partnerships, and we will spend at least £5.8bn on this between 2016 and 2020. Additionally, we are promoting global alliances to encourage clean growth, such as the Powering Past Coal Alliance, to reduce emissions from the most polluting fuel, which I launched last year, and which now has over 70 members. We are also working to build on the progress made at the UK Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Summit, hosted by the Prime Minister in September 2018, to help the development of the ZEV market around the world and tackle carbon emissions. The UK is also showing leadership through domestic action, between 1990 and 2017 we have reduced our emissions by 43% whilst growing our economy by 71%, demonstrating that it is possible to grow your economy while reducing emissions.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/10/2018 13:55:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

987832

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been made against people promoting disguised remuneration schemes in each year since 1999.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	179147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling avoidance in all its guises. A core part of our strategy has been to tackle the people behind these tax avoidance schemes. We have introduced legislation every year since 2014 providing HMRC with suite of powers to tackle promoters and enablers of tax avoidance schemes, designed to change behaviour and influence those involved to move out of promoting and enabling for good, with various sanctions and penalties for those who don’t.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are using these powers to challenge all major promoters of avoidance schemes, including disguised remuneration (DR) avoidance schemes. This has resulted in several major promoters stopping selling avoidance schemes and HMRC have also, through court action where needed, required around 30 other high-profile promoters to disclose details of previously undisclosed schemes, enabling HMRC to take counter-action on these schemes much earlier.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is considering whether some schemes involving attempts to avoid tax through the use DR may be fraudulent in nature.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will consider criminal investigation where appropriate, for example, where there is evidence of fraudulent behaviour. Promoters of tax avoidance schemes have been prosecuted, leading to convictions and jail terms for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In 2016 four men were found guilty of promoting and operating a fraudulent tax avoidance scheme, to defraud taxpayers out of £100 million.</p></li><li><p>In 2017 a chartered accountant was sentenced to eight years in prison for setting up and promoting a number of fraudulent schemes to wealthy professionals.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/10/2018 16:34:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

987833

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the maximum amount of time is that HMRC provides to people who cannot afford to pay the 2019 loan charge.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	179148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has published a specific arrangement for disguised remuneration (DR) scheme users who currently earn less than £50,000, are no longer in tax avoidance, and settle before the loan charge arises. In these specific circumstances HMRC will agree an extended payment arrangement of up to five years without the need for detailed supporting information about their income and assets.</p><p> </p><p>DR scheme users who earn £50,000 or more, or who require longer, may still be able to pay in instalments over periods in excess of 5 years if agreed with HMRC. There is no maximum amount of time that a person can have, to settle their avoidance scheme debt – any agreed payment plan should be affordable and specific to an individual’s personal circumstances. These payment arrangements will be tailored to an individual’s financial circumstances so HMRC will require more detailed supporting information.</p><p> </p><p>Anybody who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should get in touch with HMRC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/10/2018 16:05:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

987840

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Human Rights
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 he is taking to (a) support and (b) protect human rights defenders in the UK’s human rights priority countries.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	179149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>​In November 2017 the then Foreign Secretary issued a revised version of the UK Guidelines on Working with Human Rights Defenders to the diplomatic network, giving it advice on how best to support human rights defenders. Depending on the local context, this might involve making public statements, attending trials, or working privately with the host government. In addition, posts in all Human Rights Priority Countries are required to have a Human Rights Strategy which includes working with human rights defenders. Funding for projects through the Magna Carta Fund further supports the work of the diplomatic network in supporting human rights defenders. Working at the multilateral level, in November 2017 we helped secure consensus on the UN General Assembly Resolution on Human Rights Defenders to support and protect human rights defenders.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 22/10/2018 14:45:06 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

984727

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Multi-Role Vehicle (Protected) his Department plans to procure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	177636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of vehicles we intend to buy under the Multi-Role Vehicle Protected programme will be confirmed when the main investment decision is taken.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/10/2018 12:10:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

984782

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Widowed Parent's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish its response to the Supreme Court's ruling on Widowed Parent's Allowance; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	177637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>We are considering the court’s ruling carefully and will update Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/10/2018 13:14:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

982481

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2018 to Question 123120 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, when his Department plans to take delivery of the AJAX vehicles; what the timetable is for the delivery of those vehicles to his Department; what the timetable is for the roll-out of those vehicles across the Armoured Infantry and new Strike Brigades; when that roll-out will be completed; how many of those vehicles have been (a) delivered and (b) rolled-out to date; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	176046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The AJAX programme is currently in its low-rate initial production phase, with the Army expected to take formal delivery of the ARES variant later this year. Negotiations are ongoing to confirm the delivery and manufacture timelines, with the aim of achieving the Initial Operating Capability in 2020, and Full Operating Capability in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 16/10/2018 13:17:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

982840

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) General Dynamics and (b) Oshkosh on the procurement of Multi-Role Vehicles (Protected); and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	176047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Multi-Role Vehicle - Protected programme is being delivered in two packages. For package One, Command, Liaison and Logistic vehicles, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle manufactured by Oshkosh has been identified as the preferred option. No final decisions have yet been made.</p><p>For package Two, Troop Carrying Vehicles and Future Protected Battlefield Ambulances, a competition is on-going which includes General Dynamics UK Ltd and Thales UK Ltd.</p><p>We have regular discussions with industry about this programme. For both of these packages, it is still too early in the procurement process to comment on potential UK jobs.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 176048 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:28:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

982841

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's procurement of new Multi-Role Vehicles (Protected) on jobs in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	176048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Multi-Role Vehicle - Protected programme is being delivered in two packages. For package One, Command, Liaison and Logistic vehicles, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle manufactured by Oshkosh has been identified as the preferred option. No final decisions have yet been made.</p><p>For package Two, Troop Carrying Vehicles and Future Protected Battlefield Ambulances, a competition is on-going which includes General Dynamics UK Ltd and Thales UK Ltd.</p><p>We have regular discussions with industry about this programme. For both of these packages, it is still too early in the procurement process to comment on potential UK jobs.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 176047 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:28:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon