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418842

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether it is his policy to facilitate the transfer of funds of the National Debt Fund Charity to the Treasury in a manner that is consistent with the charitable objectives of the National Debt Fund.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	10237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Options are being considered for the future of the Fund, consistent with its object of extinguishing or reducing the national debt. A proposal will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10207 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:53:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

418844

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to Question 8779 of 10 September 2015, how many employers have participated in HM Revenue and Custom's new national minimum wage campaign to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Minimum Wage campaign launched on 29 July 2015. Information on the number of employers, workers covered and total arrears identified through the campaign will be made available when details for each voluntary disclosure have been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/09/2015 10:11:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418845

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of post boxes from which collections are made (a) only before 10am and (b) throughout the day (i) on the Isle of Wight and (ii) nationally; and what the equivalent figures were in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Turner
uin	10286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not hold any such data. Providing Royal Mail as the designated Universal Service Provider for the UK maintains its network of post-boxes in accordance with the framework set by Ofcom, the postal services regulator, decisions relating to local post boxes are made on operational grounds by Royal Mail’s management.</p><p>In 2014, Royal Mail announced plans to increase the number of post-boxes around the country to account for any local impact of new collection times. The company’s initiative involved moving low volume post-boxes to “collection on delivery” with postal workers emptying the box on their delivery round rather than providing an additional dedicated collection by van. In such cases, Royal Mail have said that they will ensure that there is a late-posting box within half a mile of each post-box that is restricted to earlier collections and that there will be clear sign-posting for customers on relevant post-boxes notifying them of their nearest late-posting box.</p><p>The majority of the 115,000 post-boxes around the country do however retain a 4pm or later final collection.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/09/2015 09:17:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1426 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Turner

418846

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	International Labour Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the UK's membership of the International Labour Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	10328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We continue to support the ILO’s work and actively engage with the ILO to ensure that it can offer effective policy solutions that address the employment issues and challenges of an increasingly globalised economy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:39:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418847

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with international partners on the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has ongoing discussions on the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. These discussions have included other EU member states, the European Commission, civil society groups, and other stakeholders. We want investment protection provisions that guarantee the right of governments to legislate in the public interest while ensuring access to justice for investors who are discriminated against or treated unfairly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor state dispute claim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10314 question first answered 23/09/2015 09:15:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418848

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from campaign groups on the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has ongoing discussions on the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. These discussions have included other EU member states, the European Commission, civil society groups, and other stakeholders. We want investment protection provisions that guarantee the right of governments to legislate in the public interest while ensuring access to justice for investors who are discriminated against or treated unfairly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor state dispute claim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10313 question first answered 23/09/2015 09:15:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418849

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from private companies on the exemption of health services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>I am not aware of this department having received any representations of this nature.</p><p>The UK has protected the NHS and public services in all trade agreements and will continue to do so in this deal. This is non-negotiable.</p><p>As Commissioner Malmström and US Trade Representative Froman have said “No EU or US trade agreement requires governments to privatise any service, or prevents governments from expanding the range of services they supply to the public. Moreover, these agreements do not prevent governments from providing public services previously supplied by private service suppliers; contracting a public service to private providers does not mean that it becomes irreversibly part of the commercial sector.”</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/09/2015 09:12:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418850

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with international partners on the exemption of health services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has protected the NHS and public services in all trade agreements and will continue to do so in this deal. We have made clear to our international partners that this is non-negotiable and sought assurances from them.</p><p>In response, in January, the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, wrote an open letter to the then Minister of State for Trade and Investment, clarifying that EU countries will be free to decide how they run their public services and stating explicitly that the NHS is not at risk from this free trade agreement.</p><p>In March, she and the US Trade Representative, Mike Froman issued a joint public statement reiterating this.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/09/2015 09:13:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418857

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Farms: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made relating to section 385 of the Valuation Office Agency's Rating Manual on the rating of farm and agricultural land used for festivals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	10382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>There have been no changes to section 385 of the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) Rating Manual regarding the rating of farm and agricultural land used for festivals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The VOA is currently reviewing festival sites to ensure that those which should be assessed for business rates are rated correctly. It is also working with the events sector to draw up guidance to help organisers better understand when liability for business rates will arise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/09/2015 13:02:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

418858

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the maximum number of people whose income will fall as a result of changes to taxes and benefits introduced by the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate the average fall in annual income for those people.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	10384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The reforms announced at the Summer Budget will ensure that support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/09/2015 13:01:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson