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657373

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date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the scrutiny of company formations, in the light of reports of UK-registered companies being used to operate international scams.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>When a company incorporates with Companies House, information is required about the company’s type, its name and registered office, its directors and shareholders, its share structure and, under measures that came into force in June this year, its beneficial owners – the people with significant influence and control over it. Copies of the company’s governing documents are also required.</p><p>A number of checks are undertaken to ensure this information is complete, formatted correctly and that it meets the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. If these requirements are not met, the application will be rejected and the company will not be incorporated.</p><p>Incorporation allows the company to take actions such as opening a bank account in its own name. But when it first seeks to do this, the company and the relevant officers of the company will be subject to due diligence processes by the bank or other relevant obliged entities with which it is entering into a business relationship. UK companies are subject to customer due diligence many times throughout their lifetime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/12/2016 14:57:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657378

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to prevent employers who participated in multi-employer schemes as partnerships, rather than through limited liability companies, from losing their homes and being made bankrupt as a result of section 75 debts relating to workers who were not in their employ.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Following a Call for Evidence last year we are exploring alternative methods to help employers in multi-employer schemes manage section 75 employer debts.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 20/12/2016 15:59:43 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657379

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan following reports of a raid on the Ahmadi community headquarters in Rabwah.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the raid on the Ahmadiyya office in Pakistan. The Government strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of people based on their beliefs. Our concerns are reflected in the latest update to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual human rights report.</p><p>The Government regularly raises our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. During his visit to Pakistan in November, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr. Johnson) raised religious tolerance and the importance of safeguarding the rights of all Pakistan's citizens. The Government continues to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious minorities, and to uphold the rule of law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:35:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

657380

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Prior of Brampton on 17 October (HL2340) and 5 December (HL3452), whether any members of the expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) shared private and confidential correspondence with members of the HFEA Executive that had not been submitted to the Authority as part of any formal calls for evidence; and if so, what were the particular circumstances that necessitated giving weight to any material not intended for publication.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that the Expert Panel has met on four occasions over the past four years. On each occasion a formal call for evidence was issued. With regard to the most recent report, the Panel received confidential correspondence on particular issues. Panel members were able to share private correspondence with the Secretariat that supports the Panel, where relevant. Where any evidence has influenced the reports it has been cited.</p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it approached John Zhang, following the publication of the abstract from the October 2016 American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting, entitled “First live birth using human oocytes reconstituted by spindle nuclear transfer for mitochondrial DNA mutation causing Leigh syndrome”. A copy of the abstract is attached. The Panel also interviewed Prof. Zhang to further understand the methods used. The Panel’s report references the Zhang work.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL4015 question first answered 20/12/2016 15:21:45 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Zhang abstract ASRM Oct 2016 (1).pdf title ZHANG ABSTRACT
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

657381

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Prior of Brampton on 17 October (HL2340) and 5 December (HL3452), whether members of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) expert panel approached John Zhang or were approached by him, and when any such contact was first made; and to what extent, if any, the recent recommendations of the HFEA expert panel were influenced by the John Zhang's unpublished data referred to in the journal <i>Nature</i> on 10 November.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that the Expert Panel has met on four occasions over the past four years. On each occasion a formal call for evidence was issued. With regard to the most recent report, the Panel received confidential correspondence on particular issues. Panel members were able to share private correspondence with the Secretariat that supports the Panel, where relevant. Where any evidence has influenced the reports it has been cited.</p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it approached John Zhang, following the publication of the abstract from the October 2016 American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting, entitled “First live birth using human oocytes reconstituted by spindle nuclear transfer for mitochondrial DNA mutation causing Leigh syndrome”. A copy of the abstract is attached. The Panel also interviewed Prof. Zhang to further understand the methods used. The Panel’s report references the Zhang work.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL4014 question first answered 20/12/2016 15:21:45 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Zhang abstract ASRM Oct 2016 (1).pdf title ZHANG ABSTRACT
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

657382

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Countries: Tax Avoidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the appeal in Luxembourg of Antoine Deltour against his conviction in June for theft, what steps they are taking to protect whistleblowers who expose companies’ aggressive tax avoidance schemes when those schemes are organised in conjunction with the governments of other EU member states.
tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
uin	HL4016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ensures that workers who raise concerns of wrongdoing to their employer or a relevant external body (by making what is known as a ‘protected disclosure’) and suffer detriment as a result may seek redress through an Employment Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to information on tax avoidance and evasion HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) gathers information from a number of sources including whistle-blowers. Any information which is provided to HMRC is treated as confidential and details of the individual providing the information will not be divulged, without consent, except where compelled by law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not offer immunity from prosecution within the UK or in a third country where that country’s legislation is at odds with UK Legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2016 12:36:09 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

657383

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel following reports of the confiscation of an Islamic cemetery adjacent to the Al-Aqsa mosque and the prevention of Palestinian burials from taking place there.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>Whilst we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we call on all parties to appreciate the unique sensitivities in Jerusalem, a city which holds particular significance for many groups especially the three Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:35:46 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

657384

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Gaza: Breast Cancer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel following reports that it has refused to allow Palestinian women suffering from breast cancer to leave Gaza for treatment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>​While we have not raised or made an assessment on this specific issue, we have consistently called on the Israeli government to ease movement and access restrictions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, most recently on 5 December. We are also supporting the UN Access Coordination Unit to work with the Israeli Government, Palestinian Authority and aid agencies to facilitate the transfer of medical equipment and supplies, and patient referrals in and out of Gaza.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:36:17 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

657385

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Occupied Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the International Criminal Court's affirmation of the occupied status of the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of the International Criminal Court's position and are following closely. It has been the position of every British Government since 1948 that the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs, i.e. the West Bank including East Jerusalem and Gaza) were not lawfully part of the state of Israel at its creation or at any point thereafter. We consider that the level of control that Israel retains over these territories amounts to occupation under international law and hence that Israel's presence in the OPTs is governed by the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which Israel is a state party.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:37:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

657386

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel following reports that the majority of building permits applied for by Palestinians in existing Palestinian villages are rejected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>We recognise that Palestinians face severe difficulty in securing building permissions for homes and infrastructure in Area C. We continue to urge the government of Israel to develop improved mechanisms for zoning, planning and permitting in Area C, including by facilitating local Palestinian participation in such processes. The UK provides technical assistance to support Palestinian villages currently threatened with demolition and funding to support long-term planning for Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:41:09 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge