HM Revenue & Customs and HM Treasury officials visited the Sweden-Norway border in 2017, where border arrangements were discussed with Norwegian officials at a working level. The visit offered greater understanding of how the Norwegian facilitative regime operates outside of the customs union.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/57", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Young of Cookham"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-23T16:16:27.637Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "UK Trade with EU"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether officials have visited the Sweden\u2013Norway border to discuss with the governments of Sweden and Norway the impact of border arrangements on the passage and monitoring of goods across that border; and what conclusions they have drawn from their enquiries.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3504", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Bassam of Brighton"} ], "uin" : "HL17074"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971873", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971873/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is independent from Government and its role is to provide advice on applications submitted under the Government's Business Appointment Rules (the Rules) from the most senior Civil Servants and former Ministers. In doing so it considers the risks posed by an application and advises on the conditions that should apply. Relevant correspondence is published on ACOBA\u2019s website.<\/p>
<\/p>
ACOBA is only one part of the Business Appointments system. Other applications are considered by the responsible department; and departmental boards are responsible for the oversight of the Rules within each department, via Audit and Risk Committees.<\/p>
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The Business Appointment Rules (para 8), attached at Annex B of the Ministerial Code, defines lobbying as:<\/p>
<\/p>
\u2026communication with Government (Ministers, civil servants, including special advisers, and other relevant officials/public office holders) \u2013 wherever it takes place - with a view to influencing a Government decision, policy or contract award/grant in relation to their own interests or the interests of the organisation by which they are employed, or to whom they are contracted or with which they hold office. This does not prohibit contacts, including at a social or party political level which is unrelated to such lobbying.<\/em><\/p> <\/p> Former Ministers remain personally responsible for deciding how to act and conduct themselves in the light of the Ministerial Code and for justifying their actions and conduct to Parliament and the public. This includes following the correct process for seeking advice from the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.<\/p> Individuals who are serving Members of Parliament should also be mindful that any outside activity must comply with the Commons Code of Conduct.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the membership of the Cabinet sub-Committee that discussed the hostile environment policy for illegal immigrants; and what conclusions that sub-Committee came to on the likely impact of that policy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government who in the ministerial team in the Cabinet Office was responsible for oversight of Her Majesty's Government\u2019s Carillion contracts; whether proposals were presented by Ernst and Young to the Cabinet Office in December 2017; if so, what were those proposals; what assessment they made of the extent to which any such proposals might have saved public funds, protected employee pensions and avoided the company becoming bankrupt; whether they decided not to proceed with those proposals; and if so, at what level that decision was made.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/837281", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what risk assessments they have carried out in the last five years of Capita and other companies to which public services provision has been outsourced; and which contracts relating to Capita are being reviewed or risk assessed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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