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	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will (a) withdraw the Technical Note on External Security published on 24 May 2018 and (b) ensure that the UK Government does not give the EU control of UK national security assets after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	194078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s proposal for future security cooperation with the EU, as set out in the Technical Note on External Security, is aligned with the Government’s White Paper on the Future Relationship published on 12 July 2018, and reflected in the Political Declaration on the Framework for the Future Relationship.</p><p>The future relationship on foreign policy, defence and development is based on a flexible relationship, which enables us to activate and intensify UK-EU cooperation during a crisis or on a shared priority, where it is in our mutual interest. The UK will make independent choices in foreign policy, defence and development, and our national security will remain the sole responsibility of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/11/2018 11:19:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1006207

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the contribution of the vaping industry is to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/11/2018 12:50:19 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2018 17:10:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ190816 (1).pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 86293 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1006205

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Freeports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing free port schemes across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it is open to ideas that deliver economic advantages for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Section 100A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (CEMA) provides the legal basis for the designation of free zones by HM Treasury and will continue to do so following UK withdrawal from the EU. Applying for designation as a free zone will be a commercial decision to be taken by private port operators.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that many of the customs-related benefits of free ports are already available through existing customs facilitations, for example inward processing relief.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2018 14:58:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1006208

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect has plain packaging had on the tax received from tobacco duty receipts in each financial year since that policy was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>There has been a long term reduction in annual tobacco duty receipts, driven by above-RPI increases in duty and changing attitudes to smoking. As shown in the published Tobacco Bulletin July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In their November 2016 Economic and fiscal outlook the Office of Budget Responsibility revised their estimates of the underlying downward trend in clearances of tobacco. This was to account for various factors including weakness in tobacco receipts and the expected effects of the Tobacco Products Directive. Paragraph 4.75 noted that the effect on receipts from the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging is assumed to be captured by this downward trend in clearances across the forecast period.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/11/2018 16:48:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1006210

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of lowering the rate of corporation tax on corporation tax receipts since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The OECD has concluded that corporation tax is the most harmful tax for growth and productivity.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2017, the corporation tax rate was reduced from 20% to 19%. This is the continuation of this government’s reduction in the rate from 28% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Lower corporation taxes can result in increased profits, wages, employment and consumption that all feed through into higher tax revenues that support our vital public services.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the rate cut in 2017, the onshore corporation tax revenues have increased from £53.6 billion in 2016-17 to £56.1 billion in 2017-18. Since 2010, onshore corporation tax revenues have increased by 55%.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2018 15:35:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1006211

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases relating to universal credit have been referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is independent of Government, therefore we do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/11/2018 16:22:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1006212

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trade: Channel Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the net benefits to the economy of trade with the Channel Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Channel Islands contribute significantly to UK trade. Specifically, the UK exported services worth £7.2bn, 2.6% of our total service exports, to Guernsey in 2017. As a result, they were the UK’s ninth largest services export market in 2017.</p><p>Additionally, in 2017, the UK imported services worth £4.1bn from Jersey, representing 2.5% of all UK service imports. As such, they were the UK’s ninth largest services import market.</p><p>More widely, the constitutional relationships between the UK and the Channel Islands are historic and highly valued, and there is a constructive working relationship between the UK Government and those jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/11/2018 14:49:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1006214

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the financial sector of the UK leaving the EU without a trade deal.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	190823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>UK and EU negotiators have agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. We have also agreed the broad terms of our future relationship as set out in the outline Political Declaration.</p><p>We will ensure Parliament can make an informed decision and business and citizens have a clear understanding of our future relationship. The Government is undertaking a programme of analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. The Government has confirmed that when we bring forward the vote on the final deal, we will ensure that Parliament is presented with the appropriate analysis to make an informed decision. As the Chancellor set out in his letter of 23 August to the chair of the Treasury Select Committee, the analysis will look at the economic and fiscal effects of leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/11/2018 14:51:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell