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1056569

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date	07/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to support women who have experienced domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	909067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>On 21 January we published a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, which includes a ground-breaking series of measures to promote awareness, support victims, tackle perpetrators and improve services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also published a package of non-legislative actions that will see further support for children affected by domestic abuse, the elderly, disabled, male and migrant victims and those in the LGBTQ community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ending domestic abuse remains an absolute priority for this government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 16:03:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1056570

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Family Planning: Clinics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps the Government has taken to ensure the safety of women using family planning clinics.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	909068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>No-one should feel harassed or be intimidated simply for exercising their legal right to healthcare advice and treatment. We recognise that anti-abortion protests outside clinics can leave patients distressed. The steps that the Government is taking to support women who are affected in this way are set out in the Written Ministerial Statement my Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, issued on 13 September 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 16:04:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1056571

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to tackle sexual harassment at work.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	909070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government strongly condemns sexual harassment in the workplace, and is committed to seeing it end.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult this summer to ensure legal protections against workplace harassment are robust, and we are working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a new code of practice to ensure that employers are clear on their responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 16:04:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1054745

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Business Premises: Tenancy Deposit Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider implementing an obligatory tenancy deposit scheme for commercial premises with a rateable value of £51,000 or less to ensure that small and medium enterprises which put down deposits in order to secure business premises have their deposits protected.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	216404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The terms on whether and how a deposit will be paid by the tenants of a commercial property, and how they will be retained, should be included within the commercial lease agreement agreed by both the landlord and the tenant. It is considered to be best practice to include a rent deposit deed, which is a document that sets how a landlord secures a commercial tenant's deposit.</p><p>Under the tenancy deposit protection legislation introduced in the Housing Act 2004, all landlords letting on residential assured shorthold tenancies are required to protect their tenants' deposits in a government-approved scheme within 30 days of taking the deposit. The landlord must also serve the tenant with certain prescribed information within the same thirty-day period. We do not currently have any plans to require the use of a tenancy deposit scheme for commercial tenancies.</p><p>Since 1 October 2014, it has been a legal requirement for lettings agents and property managers in England to join one of two government-approved redress schemes: the Property Ombudsman or the Property Redress Scheme. The letting agent or property manager should arbitrate any disputes between the landlord or tenant in the first instance. Should the letting agents or property managers be unable to arbitrate the dispute, then a complaint can be made to the redress scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/02/2019 13:57:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1055228

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Alternative Arrangements Working Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which Ministers will attend meetings of the Alternative Arrangements Working Group.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	217087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>I have met a group of MPs and others known as the 'Alternative Arrangements Working Group'.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/02/2019 17:04:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1055726

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to change the time limit on the entitlement of UK citizens living overseas to register to vote in UK parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	909034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text British citizens living abroad retain strong links with the United Kingdom, no matter how far they have travelled.<p>The Government is supporting the Member for Montgomeryshire’s Private Member’s Bill on Overseas Electors which delivers our manifesto commitment to introduce votes for life.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/02/2019 15:18:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1055727

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to prepare for the UK's voluntary national review of the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	909036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>We are actively supporting preparations for the UK voluntary national review.</p><p>Cabinet Office officials are working with DFID and other departments across government to ensure that the review fully demonstrates the UK’s domestic and international activity.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/02/2019 15:05:32 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1055777

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of child protection procedures on families affected by myalgic encephalomyelitis.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	217626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made no recent assessments of the impact of child protection procedures on families affected by myalgic encephalomyelitis.</p><p>Local authorities must undertake enquiries if they believe a child has suffered or is likely to suffer significant harm and decide if any action must be taken under section 47 of the Children Act 1989. Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) sets out the parameters and principles of high quality child protection assessments and procedures. The local authority is under a duty to safeguard and promote the child’s welfare and child protection decisions are based on the professional judgement of social workers and the circumstances of the individual child. The Equality Act 2010 is clear that all institutions, including local authorities, cannot discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, including disability.</p><p>The Government is undertaking wide-ranging reforms to improve the quality of social work practice and decision-making, including through assessment and accreditation against Knowledge and Skills Statements, which are also the post qualifying standards for child and family social work.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/02/2019 17:53:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1055782

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in relation to the Loan Charge 2019, whether Employment Benefit Trust schemes have always been considered defective by HMRC; and what the evidential basis is for the requirement to bring forward legislative proposals to enable HMRC to collect tax on loans issued since 1999.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	217479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Employment Benefit Trusts (EBTs) are often used as third parties in Disguised Remuneration (DR) schemes. DR schemes are contrived avoidance arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration, with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>It is the view of HMRC and the Courts that these types of arrangements have never been effective and tax was always due. HMRC has consistently challenged their use and publicised the risks of trying to avoid tax. They have opened and settled thousands of enquiries into the use of DR schemes, and successfully litigated a number of cases in the courts. The most well-known judgement was the unanimous Supreme Court decision in favour of HMRC against Rangers Football Club.</p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals get out of tax avoidance for good and is encouraging anyone who is concerned about their ability to pay what they owe, to contact them as soon as possible to discuss their position. In November 2017, HMRC set up a dedicated helpline for those wanting to settle their avoidance scheme use, and discuss payment options. HMRC will work with all individuals to reach a manageable and sustainable payment plan wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has now agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals totalling over £1 billion. Pay As You Earn (PAYE) liabilities fall on the employer in the first instance. The charge on DR loans does not change this principle and the employee will only be liable where the amount cannot reasonably be collected from the employer, such as where the employer is offshore or no longer exists. Around 85% of the settlement yield since 2016 is from employers, with less than 15% from individuals.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also introduced a simplified process for those who choose to settle their use of DR avoidance schemes before the loan charge arises. DR scheme users who currently have an income of less than £50,000 and are no longer engaging in tax avoidance can automatically agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need to give HMRC any information about their income and assets. This arrangement has been extended to 7 years for scheme users who have an income of less than £30,000.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/02/2019 17:25:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1055783

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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: Elections
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 findings of the Human Rights Watch December 2018 report Bangladesh Election Crackdown on Political Opponents and Critics and the Transparency International Bangladesh January 2019 Review of Election Process of 11th National Election, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle electoral fraud in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	217478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Bangladesh general election on 30 December 2018 was subject to numerous allegations of irregularities and voter intimidation. I released a statement on 1 January deploring the violence that had taken place and expressing the UK's deep concern regarding the conduct of the election. I called for a full, credible and transparent resolution of all complaints related to the conduct of the elections and repeated this message to the Bangladesh High Commissioner when we met on 10 January.</p><p>I wrote to my counterpart the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam, in January, to express UK concerns regarding the conduct of the election and on democratic trajectory in Bangladesh. The Foreign Secretary wrote to Foreign Minister Momen to deliver similar messages. The UK will continue to engage the Government of Bangladesh at all levels to address our concerns regarding democracy in Bangladesh.</p><p>Bangladesh remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and freedom of expression is a key concern. I raised my concerns regarding freedom of expression with Bangladesh State Minister of Information Tarana Halim on 14 December 2018. The Foreign Secretary raised his freedom of expression concerns with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 24 September 2018 at UN General Assembly in New York.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/02/2019 13:23:06 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby