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383791

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2015
	date	18/06/2015
	date tabled	18/06/2015
	ddp created	18/06/2015 20:51:13
	ddp modified	25/06/2015 16:04:34
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	identifier	3239
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	25/06/2015 15:04:20
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of UK membership of the EU and what effect leaving the EU would have on the economy.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 3239
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3239
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has a clear mandate to improve Britain’s relationship with the rest of the EU, and to reform the EU so that it creates jobs and increases living standards for all its citizens. As the Chancellor of the Exchequer has noted, the best outcome for the UK economy is that we achieve major economic reform of the EU. The Prime Minister is focused on success: he believes he can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

383882

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2015
	date	18/06/2015
	date tabled	18/06/2015
	ddp created	18/06/2015 20:53:23
	ddp modified	25/06/2015 16:05:15
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	identifier	3266
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	25/06/2015 15:26:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the franchise for the proposed referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 3266
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3266
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text The franchise for the proposed referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union is a matter for the United Kingdom Parliament. I gave an update on the EU Referendum Bill to the Scottish Government and other Devolved Administrations at the Joint Ministerial Committee (Europe) on 15 June 2015. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), provided a similar update at the British-Irish Council on 18 and 19 June 2015.
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

383936

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2015
	date	18/06/2015
	date tabled	18/06/2015
	ddp created	18/06/2015 20:54:51
	ddp modified	25/06/2015 16:00:38
	answering body	Scotland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Operating Costs
	house id	1
	identifier	3128
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	25/06/2015 14:09:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he plans to take to reduce his Department's running costs between 2015 and 2020; and what savings he plans to make from reducing his Department's running costs in 2015-16.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 3128
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3128
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>All running cost expenditure in the Scotland Office is subject to rigorous control. The Office’s plans for spending in years after the current financial year will be agreed with HM Treasury in the light of the department’s settlements.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

383961

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2015
	date	18/06/2015
	date tabled	18/06/2015
	ddp created	18/06/2015 20:55:30
	ddp modified	24/06/2015 13:47:02
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	identifier	3238
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	24/06/2015 13:15:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how much benefit has been withheld from claimants as a result of sanctions in each quarter since 2005.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 3238
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3238
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on the 2 March 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-23/225001/" target="_blank">UIN 225001</a></p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

383969

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2015
	date	18/06/2015
	date tabled	18/06/2015
	ddp created	18/06/2015 20:55:41
	ddp modified	24/06/2015 13:51:02
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	identifier	3141
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	24/06/2015 13:19:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that all benefit claimants understand the Claimant Commitment.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 3141
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3141
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>As part of an initial discussion customers claiming Jobseekers Allowance have an interview with a Work Coach. The purpose of this is to fully explain and agree the Claimant Commitment.</p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387554

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2015
	date	03/07/2015
	date tabled	03/07/2015
	ddp created	03/07/2015 16:50:19
	ddp modified	13/07/2015 20:22:37
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
	house id	1
	identifier	5579
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	13/07/2015 15:53:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of investor-state dispute settlements which (a) the Government and (b) another UK public body has been involved in resulted in a (i) tribunal ruling in favour of the Government or public body, (ii) ruling in favour of an investor, (iii) settlement resulting in a cash payment from the Government or another public body and (iv) settlement resulting in a change of policy, regulation or law in each year since 1997.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 5579
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5579
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Neither the Government nor any other UK public body have been involved in any investor-state dispute settlement claims that have either had a tribunal ruling or reached any settlement since 1997 under our entire network of bilateral and multilateral investment protection agreements.</p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387555

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2015
	date	03/07/2015
	date tabled	03/07/2015
	ddp created	03/07/2015 16:50:20
	ddp modified	13/07/2015 20:22:38
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
	house id	1
	identifier	5581
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	13/07/2015 15:52:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which arbitration centres for investor-state dispute settlement the UK is subject to.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 5581
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5581
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK is not subject to any centres for investor-state dispute settlement. However, we have included reference to a number of institutions related to international dispute resolution in our bilateral investment treaties: the Swedish Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a part of the World Bank, and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The SCC and ICSID can provide a venue and procedural rules for arbitral proceedings and UNCITRAL just provides procedural rules.</p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387556

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2015
	date	03/07/2015
	date tabled	03/07/2015
	ddp created	03/07/2015 16:50:21
	ddp modified	13/07/2015 20:21:05
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
	house id	1
	identifier	5582
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	13/07/2015 15:51:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what agreements which the UK is party to include an investor-state dispute settlement system as part of that agreement.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 5582
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5582
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK is party to 94 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty, all of which include an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. A list of the UK’s Bilateral Investment Treaties is available online (also including treaties terminated by South Africa and Bolivia) at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130104161243/http:/www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/treaties/treaty-texts/ippas-investment-promotion/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130104161243/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/treaties/treaty-texts/ippas-investment-promotion/</a>.</p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387557

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2015
	date	03/07/2015
	date tabled	03/07/2015
	ddp created	03/07/2015 16:50:22
	ddp modified	13/07/2015 20:21:07
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
	house id	1
	identifier	5580
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	13/07/2015 15:50:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many investor-state dispute settlements (a) the Government and (b) other public bodies in the UK have been involved in each year since 1997.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 5580
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5580
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>The Government has been involved in one investor-state dispute settlement claim under our network of bilateral and multilateral investment protection treaties. We received notice of the claim in 2006 but the investor has not completed the procedural requirements for the claim to be heard by a tribunal. Other public bodies in the UK have never faced an investor-state dispute settlement claim.</p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

387562

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2015
	date	03/07/2015
	date tabled	03/07/2015
	ddp created	03/07/2015 16:50:40
	ddp modified	13/07/2015 20:15:16
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	identifier	5572
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	13/07/2015 13:23:33
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse of restricted access to social security for citizens of other EU countries for the first four years of their residency in each of the next three financial years; and whether such restrictions apply to (a) child benefit and (b) tax credit claims.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 5572
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5572
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Such estimates do not exist at the current time. The commitment to restrict access to benefits for four years is intended to ensure that EU migrants make a sustained economic contribution to the UK before they can take something out. The Government is also concerned to ensure that national welfare systems do not provide an unintended additional incentive for large migratory movements. For these reasons reforming access to benefits for mobile EU nationals is one of our priorities for the renegotiation and the Prime Minister is working with his European partners to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock