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	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Income
	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 UK's total GDP in December 2021 compared to February 2020, relative to the other G7 nations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL6247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s government regularly looks at UK economic growth in the context of growth in other advanced economies, including those in the G7. The Office for National Statistics publishes UK figures monthly, quarterly, and annually.</p><p> </p><p>There are different metrics by which international GDP growth rates can be compared, varying by the time and reference period used. In the case of our G7 peers, as well as the UK, only Canada produces monthly GDP data. Monthly comparisons are therefore not possible for all members of the G7. International comparisons of economic growth are possible for all G7 members at both quarterly and yearly frequencies. This information is presented below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Real GDP growth</p></td><td><p>Monthly</p></td><td><p>Quarterly</p></td><td><p>Quarterly</p></td><td><p>Quarterly</p></td><td><p>Annually</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>February 2020 to November 2021</p></td><td><p>Q3 2021 Quarter on Year % growth</p></td><td><p>Q4 2021 Quarter on Year % growth</p></td><td><p>Q4 2019 to Q4 2021</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>-1.5%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td><td><p>-0.5%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>-1.9%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>-0.5%</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>US</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Refinitv DataStream, HMT Calculations</p><p> </p><p>Comparing monthly to the latest data available in both countries, November, the ratio of monthly real (seasonally adjusted) GDP between February 2020 and December 2021 was 0.2, in both the UK and Canada. Canada is yet to release December monthly data.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s 2021 Q3 quarter-on-year growth rate was 7.0%, compared to the US (4.9%), Italy and Canada (both 4%), France (3.5%), Germany (2.9%) and Japan (1.1%).</p><p> </p><p>The ratio of real GDP from Q4 2019 to Q4 2021 in the UK was -0.5%, compared to the US (3.1%), France (0.9%), Canada (0.2%), Italy (-0.5%), Germany (-1.5%) and Japan (-1.9%).</p><p> </p><p>Annually, the UK’s growth rate in 2021 was 7.5%, compared to France (7.0%), Italy (6.4%), the US (5.7%), Canada (4.7%), Germany (2.8%) and Japan (1.7%).</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL6227 question first answered 07/03/2022 17:42:27 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1568383

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Myanmar: Fuels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to investigate British companies involved in supplying aviation fuel to the armed forces of the government of Myanmar; and what sanctions, if any, they are considering for such companies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL4857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>On 28 February 2022, the UK updated its Overseas Business Risk Guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-myanmar-burma/overseas-business-risk-myanmar-burma to make it clear UK businesses should conduct thorough supply chain due diligence to ensure that commodities, such as aviation fuel do not reach the Myanmar military. Amnesty International's thorough report on the aviation fuel supply chain in Myanmar indicates that no British companies are involved in supplying aviation fuel to the armed forces. The UK has been clear that we oppose the provision of jet fuel, arms, military equipment, and dual use items to Myanmar which are used to facilitate human rights violations. We cannot speculate on future sanctions designations but we are looking at a range of further targets and other measures.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4858 question first answered 31/01/2023 17:01:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1568384

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Myanmar: Fuels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to prevent British companies from providing insurance services to vessels delivering aviation fuel to the government of Myanmar.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL4858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>On 28 February 2022, the UK updated its Overseas Business Risk Guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-myanmar-burma/overseas-business-risk-myanmar-burma to make it clear UK businesses should conduct thorough supply chain due diligence to ensure that commodities, such as aviation fuel do not reach the Myanmar military. Amnesty International's thorough report on the aviation fuel supply chain in Myanmar indicates that no British companies are involved in supplying aviation fuel to the armed forces. The UK has been clear that we oppose the provision of jet fuel, arms, military equipment, and dual use items to Myanmar which are used to facilitate human rights violations. We cannot speculate on future sanctions designations but we are looking at a range of further targets and other measures.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4857 question first answered 31/01/2023 17:01:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1693085

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Property Management Companies: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what regulatory powers they have to ensure leaseholders are protected from unreasonable charges or inadequate services property management agents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL2941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>By law all variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard and leaseholders may challenge them at the property tribunal. It is also a legal requirement for managing and letting agents in England to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make it easier for leaseholders to scrutinise costs and challenge the services provided by both landlords and property managing agents. The Bill includes measures to require landlords to provide further information to leaseholders upfront and increase the transparency of their service charges and administration charges, as well as providing more information to leaseholders when requested.</p><p>For those homeowners on private and mixed tenure freehold estates, the Bill will also give them rights to challenge costs at the tribunal and improved rights of transparency of costs and services.</p><p>The Government intends to work closely with stakeholders to determine the detail of how the measures will work to protect leaseholders, which will be set out in secondary legislation.</p><p>These measures, alongside existing protections and work undertaken by industry, will make property managing agents more accountable to the leaseholders and homeowners on freehold estates that pay for their services, and we will keep under review the need for further regulation in the sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2942 HL2943 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:08:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1693086

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Property Management Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the transparency of ownership structures of freehold property management agents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL2942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>By law all variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard and leaseholders may challenge them at the property tribunal. It is also a legal requirement for managing and letting agents in England to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make it easier for leaseholders to scrutinise costs and challenge the services provided by both landlords and property managing agents. The Bill includes measures to require landlords to provide further information to leaseholders upfront and increase the transparency of their service charges and administration charges, as well as providing more information to leaseholders when requested.</p><p>For those homeowners on private and mixed tenure freehold estates, the Bill will also give them rights to challenge costs at the tribunal and improved rights of transparency of costs and services.</p><p>The Government intends to work closely with stakeholders to determine the detail of how the measures will work to protect leaseholders, which will be set out in secondary legislation.</p><p>These measures, alongside existing protections and work undertaken by industry, will make property managing agents more accountable to the leaseholders and homeowners on freehold estates that pay for their services, and we will keep under review the need for further regulation in the sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2941 HL2943 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:08:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1693087

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to launch a consultation about the experiences of leaseholders in relation to service charges.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL2943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>By law all variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard and leaseholders may challenge them at the property tribunal. It is also a legal requirement for managing and letting agents in England to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make it easier for leaseholders to scrutinise costs and challenge the services provided by both landlords and property managing agents. The Bill includes measures to require landlords to provide further information to leaseholders upfront and increase the transparency of their service charges and administration charges, as well as providing more information to leaseholders when requested.</p><p>For those homeowners on private and mixed tenure freehold estates, the Bill will also give them rights to challenge costs at the tribunal and improved rights of transparency of costs and services.</p><p>The Government intends to work closely with stakeholders to determine the detail of how the measures will work to protect leaseholders, which will be set out in secondary legislation.</p><p>These measures, alongside existing protections and work undertaken by industry, will make property managing agents more accountable to the leaseholders and homeowners on freehold estates that pay for their services, and we will keep under review the need for further regulation in the sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2941 HL2942 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:08:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1490005

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ian Khama
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for (1) Her Majesty’s High Commissioner in Pretoria, and (2) the Prime Minister, to meet former President of Botswana Ian Khama to discuss why he was forced to flee to South Africa.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL1858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>There have not been, nor are there any planned discussions between former President Khama and representatives of the UK Government on these issues. We are aware of the correspondence between the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings and the Government of Botswana regarding former President Khama. These communications form part of the range of direct interactions between the United Nations and a sovereign State, and other States do not tend to intervene in this process. It would not be appropriate for us to comment on the Government of Botswana's choice of legal representation, or its bilateral relationship with the South African institutions referred to. Former President Khama has not sought the assistance of the UK Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL1859 HL1860 HL1861 HL1862 HL1863 question first answered 22/07/2022 13:36:06 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1490007

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ian Khama
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they will offer to the former President of Botswana, Ian Khama, in response to the treatment he has received from his successor.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL1859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>There have not been, nor are there any planned discussions between former President Khama and representatives of the UK Government on these issues. We are aware of the correspondence between the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings and the Government of Botswana regarding former President Khama. These communications form part of the range of direct interactions between the United Nations and a sovereign State, and other States do not tend to intervene in this process. It would not be appropriate for us to comment on the Government of Botswana's choice of legal representation, or its bilateral relationship with the South African institutions referred to. Former President Khama has not sought the assistance of the UK Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL1858 HL1860 HL1861 HL1862 HL1863 question first answered 22/07/2022 13:36:06 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1490008

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Botswana: AfriForum
	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 Government of Botswana’s use of AfriForum.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL1860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>There have not been, nor are there any planned discussions between former President Khama and representatives of the UK Government on these issues. We are aware of the correspondence between the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings and the Government of Botswana regarding former President Khama. These communications form part of the range of direct interactions between the United Nations and a sovereign State, and other States do not tend to intervene in this process. It would not be appropriate for us to comment on the Government of Botswana's choice of legal representation, or its bilateral relationship with the South African institutions referred to. Former President Khama has not sought the assistance of the UK Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL1858 HL1859 HL1861 HL1862 HL1863 question first answered 22/07/2022 13:36:06 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1490010

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ian Khama
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Minister for Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, during her visit to Pretoria on 11 and 12 July, discussed with the government of South Africa former President of Botswana Ian Khama taking refuge in South Africa.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL1861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>There have not been, nor are there any planned discussions between former President Khama and representatives of the UK Government on these issues. We are aware of the correspondence between the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings and the Government of Botswana regarding former President Khama. These communications form part of the range of direct interactions between the United Nations and a sovereign State, and other States do not tend to intervene in this process. It would not be appropriate for us to comment on the Government of Botswana's choice of legal representation, or its bilateral relationship with the South African institutions referred to. Former President Khama has not sought the assistance of the UK Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL1858 HL1859 HL1860 HL1862 HL1863 question first answered 22/07/2022 13:36:06 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain