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1685297

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date	26/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Cyprus: Investment and Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to produce a trade and investment factsheet for trade with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	11597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared &quot;Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus&quot; as an independent state. </ins>UK trade statistics from the Office for National Statistics, which provide most of the headline information shown in the trade and investment factsheets, do not include figures identifying UK trade with the<ins class="ministerial"> north of Cyprus</ins> <del class="ministerial">self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</del>. It is therefore not possible to produce a separate trade and investment factsheet.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/02/2024 16:27:10 question first ministerially corrected 13/02/2024 10:48:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 15568 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1467474

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) mean and (b) median length of time was for international partners to fulfil mutual legal assistance requests from the UK authorities for the service of procedural documents, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	11597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is the central authority for Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland except for tax and fiscal customs criminal matters, which are coordinated by HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC). Requests seeking assistance solely from Scotland are sent directly to the Crown Office in Edinburgh.</p><p>Information on time to fulfil specific MLA requests is not currently recorded by the Home Office. When the Home Office is involved in progressing an MLA request, we aim to progress requests promptly, with the requests concerning the most serious offences treated as a high-priority to ensure justice is done and that the UK maintains its reputation as a high quality criminal justice partner.</p><p>For MLA requests sent to or received from EU countries, the TCA sets out that the UK or requested EU country has 45 days from receipt to decide whether or not to accept an MLA request and a further 90 days to execute the request from the date of the decision to accept.</p><p>For non-EU countries there are no timescales set out in treaties or multilateral agreements, but the Home Office works hard to complete these requests promptly, as the service the UK receives for the assistance that we request can depend on the service the UK provides to that country on the assistance they are requesting – i.e. these are reciprocal relationships.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 11591 11592 11593 11594 11595 11596 11598 11599 11600 question first answered 08/06/2022 14:38:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1330152

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her predecessor's Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, if she will publish the independent research commissioned by her Department to understand the needs of disabled people to live independent lives and how health and disability benefits can better support them.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	11597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department commissions independent research with disability benefit claimants on an ongoing basis. The forthcoming Health and Disability Support Green Paper, will explore proposals to improve the health and disability benefit system in the short and long-term, which are grounded in research evidence, data analysis and consultation.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2021 13:36:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1175614

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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 recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from sales of eBooks.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	11597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT.</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 event process.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2020 12:56:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

421072

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Syria: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the level of sexual violence (a) within Syria and (b) in camps for Syrian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	11597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text We are extremely concerned by the high levels of sexual violence in Syria and within Syrian refugee camps. The UN Commission of Inquiry report of September 2015 highlighted widespread sexual abuse carried out by the Syrian regime, ISIL and some armed opposition groups within Syria. Assad’s forces and militia are responsible for the vast majority of sexual violence, which include threats, rape, degrading body searches and sexual harassment in prisons and branches of the security agencies. ISIL propaganda condones the barbaric treatment of male and female captives, sexual relations with adolescent girls and sexual slavery. Unfortunately, many of those who flee the conflict remain extremely vulnerable to sexual violence. Exploitation of vulnerable individuals within refugee camps was highlighted by the UN Equity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women report “We keep Silent” issued in April 2014. The UK is providing £1 billion in humanitarian aid, which includes support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to provide services for survivors of sexual violence and has so far reached over 27,000 women in Syria. We are also supporting case management in Jordan for over 800 survivors and cash assistance to vulnerable refugee women in Lebanon. The FCO has committed £5.2 million to projects preventing sexual violence in Syria. We are supporting projects to train health professionals and human rights defenders in collecting and preserving evidence of human rights abuses including sexual violence. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/10/2015 14:08:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 23902 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes