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506293

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	British Virgin Islands: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to require companies registered in the British Virgin Islands to publish details of all significant and beneficial owners and to place all such information on an online searchable register.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	33190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Our priority for all the Overseas Territories that function with financial centres such as the British Virgin Islands has been for them to hold accurate and current beneficial ownership information on island in central registers or the equivalent, where they do not already do so, and to allow for UK law enforcement to access that information. The arrangement signed with the British Virgin Islands achieves this and represents a significant step forward in our ability to counter criminal activity and should be welcomed.</p><p>As the Prime Minister, the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) said in the House on 11 April, only about three countries in the world, including Britain, are implementing publically accessible central registers of company beneficial ownership information. If we had tried to push that on to the British Virgin Islands and other Overseas Territories straightaway, we would not have got nearly as far as we have. The actions taken by the British Virgin Islands and the other Overseas Territories puts them well ahead of many of our international partners.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 18/04/2016 13:16:12 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

506294

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	British Overseas Territories: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to require all companies registered in British Overseas Territories to publish detailed annual accounts.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	33191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Overseas Territories are separate jurisdictions with their own democratically elected governments under which they are responsible for company law.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 18/04/2016 13:17:08 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

506295

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	British Overseas Territories: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to prohibit the use of nominee directors for companies registered in British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	33192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Overseas Territories are separate jurisdictions with their own democratically elected governments under which they are responsible for company law.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 18/04/2016 14:39:56 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

506377

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Arms Trade: United Arab Emirates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances the Government has sought from the government of the United Arab Emirates on the use of military equipment purchased from the UK for the repression of its citizens.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	33066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK operates one of the most rigorous and transparent export control regimes in the world. All export licence applications, including those for military listed or dual use goods destined for the United Arab Emirates, are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all relevant factors at the time of the application. We draw on all relevant information available to us, including reports from Non-Governmental Organisations and our overseas network. We will not issue an export licence if there is a clear risk that the proposed export might be used for internal repression and we take account of any risk that the goods might be diverted to undesirable end-users or end-use.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/04/2016 13:08:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

506469

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
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 he has made of the recent report by the Sri Lankan Centre for Policy Alternatives that more than 12,500 acres of land in the Northern Province remains occupied by the Sri Lankan military; what recent representations he has made to the Sri Lankan government on the restitution of land and reparations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	33253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Since President Sirisena came to power in January 2015, the Sri Lankan Government has made efforts to return some military occupied private land to civilians. The UK has welcomed this. However, as the CPA report sets out, much more remains to be done. In January 2016, during my second visit in a year to Sri Lanka, I raised land returns in my meetings with the Government and reaffirmed our readiness to help it implement its commitments on reconciliation. I also met resettled families in the north, seeing for myself the progress that has been made as well as the challenges that remain. We will continue to encourage further land returns, a process the UK is contributing to through our support for demining in the north of the country.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 13/04/2016 14:44:58 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

506472

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Diplomatic Immunity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which instances embassies and high commissions in the UK have invoked the principle of diplomatic immunity in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	32800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Under Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in limited circumstances specified in the Convention. Full statistics and details about instances when Embassies and High Commissions have invoked the principle of diplomatic immunity for the period specified are not recorded centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Such requests would cover instances where a member of the mission’s diplomatic or consular staff (or a member of their family forming part of their household) was the alleged offender, the alleged victim of a crime, or had witnessed a crime and police had sought a witness statement; or where police had sought witness statements from staff in relation to their official functions.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 13/04/2016 13:17:00 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

506473

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Libya: Borders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the Government of National Accord in securing the (a) maritime and (b) land borders of Libya.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	32794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Helping the Government of National Accord (GNA) to secure its borders will be crucial to achieve our objectives on counter-Daesh and counter-migration in Libya. That is why we and international partners stand ready to respond to requests for support from the GNA to help them restore stability in Libya.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/04/2016 13:04:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

506474

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Libya: Constitutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on supporting proposals for a new Libyan government involving restoration of a monarchy and a return to the 1951 Libyan Constitution.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	32795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK, along with our international partners, is focused on working closely with the Government of National Accord (GNA) as the only legitimate government in Libya. It is clear the GNA, agreed after more than a year of political talks between a range of Libyan parties, enjoys clear majority support as the institution to govern the country.</p><p>It is for the Libyan people to decide whether they want to pursue proposals for the restoration of the monarchy and return to the 1951 Libyan Constitution. There is no strong evidence that these proposals have broad support at this time.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/04/2016 13:46:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

506475

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Libya: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking through its membership of the UN Security Council to achieve (a) democratic sustainability, (b) economic viability and (c) physical security in Libya.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	32774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK continues to play an active role in the UN Security Council in supporting the Government of National Accord (GNA) as the only legitimate government in Libya, endorsed unanimously by the UN Security Council Resolution 2259 (2015). That resolution, drafted by the UK, highlighted the importance of the Libyan State financial institutions, including the National Oil Corporation, the Central Bank of Libya, and the Libyan Investment Authority, continuing to function for the benefit of all Libyans, and stressed the need for the GNA to exercise sole and effective oversight over them as a matter of urgency.</p><p>The UK also worked in the UN Security Council for the adoption of Resolution 2278 (2016) on 31 March, which renewed measures against illicit oil exports from Libya, extended the mandate of the Expert Panel assisting the UN Libya Sanctions Committee, and affirmed the Security Council’s readiness to consider changes, when appropriate, to the UN asset freeze at the request of the GNA.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/04/2016 13:03:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

506476

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Libya: Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department is giving to Libya to help the country diversify its economy so that it is not so dependent on revenue from oil.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	32779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>In the long run, economic diversification away from oil will help Libya restore fiscal balance and sustainability. In the short run, the UK, and our international partners, believe that the proper functioning and independence of the Central Bank of Libya, National Oil Corporation, and other key financial institutions, are crucial to efforts to rebuild the Libyan economy. Furthermore, effective public financial management will be crucial in helping the GNA achieve real impact on the ground and gain economic credibility. It is why we have committed £3 million over the next two years to provide technical assistance and economic governance expertise to Libya.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/04/2016 13:19:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski