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1140299

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	North Macedonia: NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to bring the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia before the House for ratification.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	278881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia was brought before the House for ratification on Thursday 27 June.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 15:22:53 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1016238

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NICE on acceptance of the classification of myalgic encephalomyelitis as a neurological disease as defined by the World Health Organisation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	196648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has had no such discussions. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and develops its guidance based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and in consultation with stakeholders. NICE is currently updating its clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, with expected publication on 14 October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:04:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1020371

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offshore Trusts: City of London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the level of money laundering and large-scale fraud made by way of financial transactions and offshore trust funds through the City of London.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	199260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The NCA estimates that there is a realistic possibility that the scale of money laundering impacting on the UK annually is at least in the tens of billions of pounds. The cost to businesses and the public sector from organised fraud is no less than £5.9 billion.</p><p>This Government has launched the new National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), which will deliver a step change in the UK's response to - and impact on - economic crime. For the first time, the NECC brings together enforcement and justice agencies (HM Revenue and Customs, the City of London Police, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service), other government departments, regulatory bodies and the private sector with a shared objective of driving down economic crime in the UK. It will leverage a 'whole system' approach to enhance and coordinate our collective capabilities to target, pursue and dismantle the highest harm serious and organised criminals, including corrupt elites. Where appropriate this will include prosecutions.</p><p>This Government launched the new Serious and Organised Crime Strategy on 1 November and will invest at least £48m in 2019/20 in law enforcement capabilities to step up efforts to tackle illicit finance and enhance our overall response to serious and organised crime. These will include additional investment in the multi-agency NECC; increased frontline capacity and capability to tackle fraud; and an uplift in investigative and intelligence assessment capabilities at the National Crime Agency.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 199261 question first answered 29/01/2019 16:02:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1020372

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Financial Services: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to improve conviction rates for (a) fraud, (b) money laundering and (c) other financial criminal activity.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	199261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The NCA estimates that there is a realistic possibility that the scale of money laundering impacting on the UK annually is at least in the tens of billions of pounds. The cost to businesses and the public sector from organised fraud is no less than £5.9 billion.</p><p>This Government has launched the new National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), which will deliver a step change in the UK's response to - and impact on - economic crime. For the first time, the NECC brings together enforcement and justice agencies (HM Revenue and Customs, the City of London Police, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service), other government departments, regulatory bodies and the private sector with a shared objective of driving down economic crime in the UK. It will leverage a 'whole system' approach to enhance and coordinate our collective capabilities to target, pursue and dismantle the highest harm serious and organised criminals, including corrupt elites. Where appropriate this will include prosecutions.</p><p>This Government launched the new Serious and Organised Crime Strategy on 1 November and will invest at least £48m in 2019/20 in law enforcement capabilities to step up efforts to tackle illicit finance and enhance our overall response to serious and organised crime. These will include additional investment in the multi-agency NECC; increased frontline capacity and capability to tackle fraud; and an uplift in investigative and intelligence assessment capabilities at the National Crime Agency.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 199260 question first answered 29/01/2019 16:02:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045473

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mukhtar Ablyazov
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will instruct the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the activities of Mukhtar Ablyazov, in relation to international money laundering.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on particular cases.</p><p>The SFO is independent, it investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases and is superintended by the Attorney General. The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210430 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:50:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045476

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has powers to require the SFO to investigate cases of international money laundering.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on particular cases.</p><p>The SFO is independent, it investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases and is superintended by the Attorney General. The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210427 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:50:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045481

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Unexplained Wealth Orders in tackling the illicit arms trade and related financial flows in London.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the potential use of Unexplained Wealth Orders against individuals. They are available for use in cases of serious crime including arms trafficking and related money laundering.</p><p>Where assets are suspected of representing the proceeds of crime, the NCA and others consider all cases for denial and recovery activity across the full range of criminal and civil approaches, including the new tools introduced in the Criminal Finances Act such as Unexplained Wealth Orders. The Home Office continues to work with law enforcement agencies to encourage their use.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210436 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:52:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045482

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sudhir Choudhrie
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential use of Unexplained Wealth Orders against Sudhir Choudhrie and related parties.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	210436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the potential use of Unexplained Wealth Orders against individuals. They are available for use in cases of serious crime including arms trafficking and related money laundering.</p><p>Where assets are suspected of representing the proceeds of crime, the NCA and others consider all cases for denial and recovery activity across the full range of criminal and civil approaches, including the new tools introduced in the Criminal Finances Act such as Unexplained Wealth Orders. The Home Office continues to work with law enforcement agencies to encourage their use.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 210435 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:52:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1046772

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department uses the Government of India's list of Undesirable Contact Men as a criterion of decisions on who can reside in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	211607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>All persons wishing to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are checked against several watchlists and databases. Non-EEA nationals who do not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules are refused leave to enter/remain.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2019 13:56:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1047656

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department (a) international blacklists and (b) the Government of India's Undesirable Contact Men are included in the criteria for the granting of residence to (a) Sudhir Choudhrie, (b) Bhanu Choudhrie and (c) other people on those lists.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	212292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases. All persons wishing to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are checked against several watchlists and databases. Non-EEA nationals who do not meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules are refused leave to enter/remain.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2019 14:03:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins