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65933

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date	07/07/2014
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	Bangladesh
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the government of Bangladesh to investigate reports of an attack on a vehicle carrying members of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in Rangamati on 6 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We monitor the ongoing tensions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region closely and are aware of the incident reported in Rangamati. We condemn all acts of violence and call on the Bangladeshi authorities to investigate all such incidents promptly, transparently and impartially. At Bangladesh's second Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council on 29 April 2013 the British Government urged the Government of Bangladesh to fulfil its commitment to fully implement the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord which will provide greater security to indigenous populations by establishing political and social rights and providing a mechanism for resolving land disputes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 10/07/2014 13:31:40 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

65974

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office accesses professional development through Civil Service Learning.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 09/07/2014 15:36:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

65988

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Derelict Land: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a derelict land tax.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	204221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no intention of introducing a tax on derelict land. The Government does not believe that increasing the cost of holding derelict land would be an effective way to incentivise development. The Government is instead focusing on other more effective measures to address stalled sites such as introducing a right of appeal against economically unviable affordable housing (section 106) obligations, and incentivising the development of derelict land through Land Remediation Relief.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/07/2014 13:55:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

65990

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mapeley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) compliance and (b) performance of Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited following HM Revenue and Custom's last audit of such compliance and performance of Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited in respect of the Annual PM Schedule under 17.1(a) of the Private Finance Initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	204244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) monitors the performance of its contractor regularly under a range of provisions. Commercial discussions between HMRC and its suppliers are confidential.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/07/2014 13:54:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

66014

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Military Aviation Authority recommended that F-35B BK-3 should not transit the Atlantic Ocean in time for the Royal International Air Tattoo.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	204371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Military Aviation Authority has made no such recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/07/2014 13:43:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

66016

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Military Aviation Authority has recommended that the F-35B be (a) grounded and (b) restricted in operations; what the reason was for each such recommendation; and what the duration of the grounding or restriction was in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	204370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no occasions when the Military Aviation Authority have recommended that F-35B be grounded or restricted in operations.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/07/2014 13:40:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

66021

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 221W, on Combined Cadet Force, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The community cadet forces and Combined Cadet Forces (CCFs) deliver different but complementary elements of the Ministry of Defence's youth engagement strategy. <br><br>Where the establishment of a new CCF unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme is proposed, there is an approval process involving the single Service cadet organisations and consideration is given on a case by case basis of any possible adverse affect on local community cadet force units.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/07/2014 13:50:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

66022

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military units and agencies are currently based at Imphal Barracks; how many square metres of accommodation they each occupy; whether his Department has any plans to close any of those units, or to move them away from Imphal Barracks; and if so which units are involved and what plans are under consideration.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	204130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following military units are based at Imphal Barracks:<br><br>Headquarters 1 (United Kingdom) Division Implementation Team (followed by Headquarters 1 (United Kingdom) Division in Summer 2015)<br>Headquarters 15 (North East) Brigade <br>Headquarters York Garrison<br>Army Welfare Services York<br>Equipment Care Inspection Team York<br>Support Command Educational Training Services Branch<br>3 Army Education Centre York<br>2nd Signal Regiment<br>1 Military Intelligence Battalion 12 Military Intelligence Company 221 Military Intelligence Section<br>Defence Business Services (Defence Vetting Agency) <br>Headquarters North Region Special Investigation Branch Royal Military police <br>Support Command Forward <br>Elements of Defence Infrastructure Organisation<br>Elements of Defence Equipment and Support<br><br>The information on the number of square metres each of these units occupies is not held in the format requested.<br><br>Apart from Headquarters 15 (North East) Brigade, which will disband by 31 December 2014, there are no current plans to close or move any of these units away from Imphal Barracks.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 10/07/2014 13:44:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

66047

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not collate this information centrally and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/07/2014 14:26:45 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66053

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislative proposals to enshrine the concept of a listed landscape.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	204222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are well established national landscape designations that define areas with particular landscape qualities that merit protection. They are the jewels in the crown of our country's landscape and are given the strongest protection from damaging development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst Defra has no plans to introduce legislation to identify listed landscapes, English Heritage maintains a 'Register of Historic Parks and Gardens' which identifies over 1,600 sites assessed to be of national importance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/07/2014 10:32:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching