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867207

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Partnerships: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including partnership income in the calculation of gender pay gaps; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	133325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Legal firms with 250 or more employees will be required to publish gender pay gap information by 4<sup>th</sup> April.</p><p>Partners and Limited Liability Partnership members are likely to meet the definition of employees but are not counted for the actual gender pay calculations. This is because their pay is based on profit sharing, which cannot be readily compared with regular pay.</p><p>This is the first year of reporting and we will use the results to target our efforts effectively as we continue work towards eliminating the gender pay gap.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 133326 question first answered 22/03/2018 17:30:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

867208

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Partnerships: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has modelled the effect on gender pay gaps of including partnership income in the calculation.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	133326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Legal firms with 250 or more employees will be required to publish gender pay gap information by 4<sup>th</sup> April.</p><p>Partners and Limited Liability Partnership members are likely to meet the definition of employees but are not counted for the actual gender pay calculations. This is because their pay is based on profit sharing, which cannot be readily compared with regular pay.</p><p>This is the first year of reporting and we will use the results to target our efforts effectively as we continue work towards eliminating the gender pay gap.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 133325 question first answered 22/03/2018 17:30:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1077225

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Bodies: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Scottish public bodies have made representations to his Department on direct financial support to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to each of those public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	225481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>Since the referendum, the Government has allocated more than £4.3 billion to help departments and the devolved administrations prepare for EU Exit. This includes £2 billion announced prior to the Christmas recess for core EU Exit preparations in 2019-20, for both deal and no deal scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>It is for departments and the Scottish Government to decide how to allocate this funding to Scottish public bodies operating in reserved and devolved areas respectively. The Scottish Government has been allocated almost £100m of additional EU Exit funding, comprising £54.7m for 2019-20, £37.3m in 2018-19 and £6.6m in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/02/2019 13:25:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1123104

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages: Private Rented Housing
	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 potential effect of taxation and mortgage relief changes for buy to let property on the reported increase in the number of properties that are holiday lets; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	247662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>In Budget 2017 the Chancellor announced a restriction to the relief available for finance costs for residential landlords. The restriction is being phased in over 4 years and ensures that relief for finance costs is only available at the basic rate of income tax. The restriction makes the tax system fairer by ensuring landlords with higher incomes no longer receive the most generous tax treatment.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates that only one in five landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure, once it is fully implemented. Self-assessment data for the relevant years is not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/04/2019 13:54:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1143356

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) his counterparts in other EU member states and (b) industry of the potential merits of introducing a reduced rate of VAT on e-publications; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	284828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations. Any representations on this issue will be considered as part of the fiscal events process.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of moves in some EU Member States to apply a reduced rate of VAT to e-publications. Within the UK, officials have met with a range of interested stakeholders, including representatives of the publishing industry, to better understand the functioning of the market.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2019 14:28:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1143937

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of VAT on e-publications on children’s literacy in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	284908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations. Any representations on this issue will be considered as part of the fiscal events process.</p><p> </p><p>The impact on literacy of any reduction of VAT on e-publications is likely to depend on commercial decisions about the extent to which any tax saving would lead to price reductions for consumers, and any associated behavioural changes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2019 14:21:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1145132

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to implement the EU's anti-tax avoidance directive into UK law by 1 January 2020; and if he will maintain that legislation in UK law after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	287561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK supports the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, which requires all Member States to adopt minimum standard rules that restrict the ability of large multinationals to artificially lower their tax bills.</p><p> </p><p>The UK already has anti-avoidance rules in place which in most cases meet or exceed the Directive’s requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Finance Act 2019 introduced several technical changes which help ensure our existing rules will be compliant with the approach taken by the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive by 1 January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/09/2019 16:24:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1182049

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Whisky: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken since 18 October 2019 to help the Scotch Whisky industry tackle the effect of US tariffs on single malt Scotch Whisky and liqueurs.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	23505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Treasury is discussing with other departments the Government’s next steps on the Airbus dispute that has led to tariffs being imposed on a range of UK products. The Government is working closely with the EU and US to support a negotiated settlement as soon as possible, as the best way to resolve this dispute.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/03/2020 16:03:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1187207

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Spirits: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the duty on spirits as a result of producers switching production to hand sanitiser; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	33502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The government is aware that some distillers have offered to support their local communities by using their alcohol stocks to produce hand sanitiser. We are keen to support this and ensure that were alcohol is used for this purpose it does not attract excise duty.</p><p> </p><p>Under new measures announced by HM Revenue &amp; Customs on 23rd March, distillers and gin producers that hold alcohol within an excise warehouse may, without prior approval, use this to produce hand sanitiser without the payment of excise duty, providing the final product meets the World Health Organization’s formulation for Handrub.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on all the easements announced by to support hand sanitiser production can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/producing-hand-sanitiser-and-gel-for-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/producing-hand-sanitiser-and-gel-for-coronavirus-covid-19</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/04/2020 06:54:06 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1190507

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his news story, Chancellor sets out extra £750 million coronavirus funding for frontline charities, published on 8 April 2020, how many additional consequentials will be passed to each of the devolved administrations using the Barnett formula as a result of additional funding announced for hospices.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	40583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is applying the Barnett formula in the normal way to the additional funding for charities announced by the Chancellor.</p><p> </p><p>The devolved administrations are receiving £60 million as a result of funding provided to the National Lottery Communities Fund from the charities pot. This means £30m for the Scottish Government, £18m for the Welsh Government and £10m for the Northern Ireland Executive, as confirmed on the day of the announcement.</p><p> </p><p>Further Barnett allocations will be provided in relation to the £360m direct grant pot. The UK government has agreed to provide Hospices UK with up to £200m from this pot to support hospices in England. The devolved administrations will therefore receive up to £38m in Barnett consequentials on this element of the pot. This means up to £19m for the Scottish Government, £12m for the Welsh Government and £7m for the Northern Ireland Executive. Further consequentials are dependent on the final proposals funded from this pot so will be communicated shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has so far announced almost £7 billion in Covid-19 Barnett consequentials to the devolved administrations to support people, business and public services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 40625 40626 question first answered 04/05/2020 12:39:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray