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348564

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Conferences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Scottish Government Ministers or officials will be invited to join the UK delegation to the (a) UN Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July, (b) UN Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda in New York from 25 to 27 September and (c) Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris from 30 November to 11 December.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	1125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK delegation to each event will be finalised closer to the time.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 11/06/2015 13:19:19 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

348563

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Conferences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of his Cabinet colleagues will represent the UK at the (a) UN Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July, (b) UN Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda in New York from 25 to 27 September and (c) Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris from 30 November to 11 December.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	1124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK delegation to each event will be finalised closer to the time.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 11/06/2015 13:20:13 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

381098

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Ilois: Resettlement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government plans to make an announcement on allowing Chagossian resettlement on the Chagos Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	2385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text Following consideration of this issue in the last Parliament, officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence are working jointly to clarify the areas requiring further analysis announced in my Written Ministerial Statement of 24 March 2015 (HCWS461). To aid this further analysis, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has also sought information from the Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions and the US Government on relevant issues and on essential practical requirements associated with options to resettle a Chagossian population as well as continuing discussions with other interested parties including Parliamentarians and Chagossian representatives. This work is ongoing, and we will explain our conclusions to interested parties in due course. answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/06/2015 13:53:46 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

381100

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected Areas
	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 the Government is taking to comply with the award of the Arbitral Tribunal in the case of Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration (Mauritius v. UK) dated 18 March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	2407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Arbitral Tribunal agreed with us that it had no jurisdiction to consider sovereignty, and found that there was no improper motive in the creation of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). In respect of the Tribunal's findings about the process of establishing the MPA, it noted that it is now open to the UK and Mauritius to enter into negotiations to take account of Mauritian interests in the marine environment of the Territory.</p><p>The Government wishes to implement the award in the spirit of greatest possible cooperation, and has written to the Mauritian government several times since the award, making a proposal to hold consultations about the protection of the marine environment as early as July.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/06/2015 13:57:08 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

381099

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Ilois: Resettlement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department for International Development and (b) other relevant bodies to facilitate Chagossian resettlement on the Chagos Islands in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	2386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Following consideration of this issue in the last Parliament, officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence are working jointly to clarify the areas requiring further analysis announced in my Written Ministerial Statement of 24 March 2015 (HCWS461).</p><p>To aid this further analysis, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has also sought information from the Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions and the US Government on relevant issues and on essential practical requirements associated with options to resettle a Chagossian population as well as continuing discussions with other interested parties including Parliamentarians and Chagossian representatives. This work is ongoing, and we will explain our conclusions to interested parties in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/06/2015 13:58:09 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384646

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many multinational enterprises that paid tax to the Government provided country-by-country tax reports to HM Revenue and Customs in 2010-15.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK introduced legislation in Finance Bill 2015 in order to implement the OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting (CbC). This proposal was initiated by the UK under its G8 presidency in 2013 and developed as part of the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OECD’s proposed implementation package, which was published on 8 June 2015, requires filing for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) with fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government will set out further detail on implementation in the UK in line with the international agreement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/06/2015 14:59:02 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384645

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that multinational enterprises provide country-by-country tax reports in line with proposals made in the OECD's Country-by-Country Reporting Implementation Package, published in June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK introduced legislation in Finance Act 2015 in order to implement the OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting (CbC). This proposal was initiated by the UK under its G8 presidency in 2013 and developed as part of the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OECD’s proposed implementation package, which was published on 8 June 2015, requires filing for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) with fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government will set out further detail on implementation in the UK in line with the international agreement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/06/2015 15:13:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384647

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that multinational enterprises publish full transparent breakdowns of their tax receipts.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK introduced legislation in Finance Bill 2015 in order to implement the G20-OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting. This will require multinational companies to provide information on the global allocation of income, economic activity and taxes, and will give tax authorities a clear picture of a multinational company’s global business, whilst ensuring the administrative costs for businesses are minimised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting to tax authorities is for high level risk assessment purposes and includes protections to ensure sensitive information remains confidential. Making the reporting information public would not enhance risk assessment and would likely increase resource implications on both business and tax authorities. The UK has however transposed the EU Capital Requirements Directive IV, which requires public reporting for the banking and capital markets industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has launched a public consultation on this issue and will evaluate the costs and benefits of different forms of Country-by-Country reporting, including the public disclosure of this information. The UK will be interested in understanding their findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/06/2015 15:17:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384845

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Minerals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department collects information on the number of companies based in the UK which use (a) tin, (b) tungsten, (c) tantalum and (d) gold in the manufacture of consumer products.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>My Department does not currently collect this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/06/2015 08:37:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384844

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	Foreign Trade: Minerals
	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 his Department has taken to ensure that companies based in the UK do not purchase minerals from conflict regions for the manufacture of consumer goods.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to encouraging wide uptake of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) due diligence guidance on responsible mineral supply chains. This is in line with our G8 commitments. We have regular meetings with UK industry and representative bodies to discuss and encourage the uptake of this guidance. The UK is playing an active role in discussions on the EU Regulation concerning the responsible sourcing of minerals. This aims to give political support to the guidance. It is important that responsible trade continues with conflict-affected and high-risk areas in order to support economic development.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 29/06/2015 12:17:51 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady