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1189176

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date	22/04/2020
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	Overseas Companies: Israeli Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he plans to take in relation to JCB, Opodo and Greenkote in the light of the publication of the UN Human Rights Council's database of companies directly doing business with Israeli settlements.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	38939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK, along with a number of other European countries, opposed the creation of the UN Human Rights Office's database. Human rights obligations are directed at states, and not individuals or businesses. Ultimately it is the decision of an individual or company whether to operate in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The British Government neither encourages nor offers support to such activity.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 38940 question first answered 01/05/2020 13:10:50 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1189177

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Israeli Settlements: Overseas Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the report by the UN Human Rights Office published on 12 February 2020 on companies involved in certain activities relating to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, what discussions he has had with (a) JCB, (b) Opodo and (c) Greenkote.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	38940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK, along with a number of other European countries, opposed the creation of the UN Human Rights Office's database. Human rights obligations are directed at states, and not individuals or businesses. Ultimately it is the decision of an individual or company whether to operate in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The British Government neither encourages nor offers support to such activity.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 38939 question first answered 01/05/2020 13:10:50 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1189178

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investors in land banking investment scams have been compensated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a result of a solicitor being successfully prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38892 38893 38894 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189179

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority is effectively meeting its regulatory objectives.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38893 38894 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189180

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Solicitors Regulation Authority has not attempted to recover proceeds of land banking investment scams in cases where solicitors have been successfully prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38894 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189181

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority is effectively meeting its regulatory objectives when compensating victims of land banking investment scams.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38893 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189182

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to change the rules of its compensation fund on fraud.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38893 38894 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189183

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will investigate for what reasons the Solicitors Regulation Authority have compensated a small proportion of people who invested in land banking investment scams.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38893 38894 38895 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189184

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Metro Newspaper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority in November 2019 that the advertisements by her Department on universal credit published in The Metro in May and June 2019 were misleading and exaggerated.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	38941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department takes its responsibility to ensure people understand the benefits they may be entitled to seriously. Officials went to great lengths to ensure the factual accuracy of the Metro partnership through extensive consultation within the Department. They also consulted with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and their sister organisation team the Committee of Advertising Practice prior to the launch and continued to do so throughout the campaign lifetime.</p><p> </p><p>The Department did not intentionally mislead the public through the partnership and whilst disappointed with the outcome, they have provided assurance to the ASA that the advertising that was the subject of their investigation will no longer appear in its original form.</p><p> </p><p>Following the ASA ruling, the Government Communications Service reviewed the actions taken by DWP throughout the advertising partnership and was satisfied that they did not intentionally mislead the public. However, we continue to recognise the importance of working closely with the ASA to inform future campaigns and establish best practice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 38942 question first answered 01/05/2020 12:22:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1189185

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Metro Newspaper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will undertake an investigation into the (a) commissioning and (b) approval of the Government's Universal Credit Uncovered advertisements that were published in The Metro in May and June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	38942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department takes its responsibility to ensure people understand the benefits they may be entitled to seriously. Officials went to great lengths to ensure the factual accuracy of the Metro partnership through extensive consultation within the Department. They also consulted with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and their sister organisation team the Committee of Advertising Practice prior to the launch and continued to do so throughout the campaign lifetime.</p><p> </p><p>The Department did not intentionally mislead the public through the partnership and whilst disappointed with the outcome, they have provided assurance to the ASA that the advertising that was the subject of their investigation will no longer appear in its original form.</p><p> </p><p>Following the ASA ruling, the Government Communications Service reviewed the actions taken by DWP throughout the advertising partnership and was satisfied that they did not intentionally mislead the public. However, we continue to recognise the importance of working closely with the ASA to inform future campaigns and establish best practice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 38941 question first answered 01/05/2020 12:22:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor