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date	10/04/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	GATT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has provided advice to the Prime Minister on whether the Government is able to trigger article 24 of the WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	243322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>I regularly meet ministerial colleagues to discuss important issues of common interest, including on matters relating to the UK’s exit from the EU. I am unable to disclose the legal content of those discussions because whether or not the Law Officers have given advice and the content of any such advice is, by convention, not disclosed outside Government. The Convention protects my ability as chief legal adviser to the Government to give full and frank legal advice about some of the most contentious and difficult issues the Government will be considering.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 16/04/2019 13:57:32 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

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registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis his Department has made of the economic impact of broadband blackspots in (a) London and (b) Vauxhall constituency.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	166438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department has analysed the impacts of superfast broadband, including the economic impact. Our 2013 UK Broadband Impact Study, and an evaluation in 2015 of the UK's National Broadband Scheme are both available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-broadband-impact-study--2 and www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uks-national-broadband-scheme-an-independent-evaluation.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing a further independent evaluation of the Department’s superfast programme, which has provided superfast broadband access to over 4.85 million homes and businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not conducted a specific analysis of the economic impact of poor broadband connectivity in London or the Vauxhall constituency.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/07/2018 15:31:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

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registered interest
date	19/01/2017
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	Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will assess the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 to include paralegals in the statutory list of relevant advisers in respect of compromise agreements.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	60929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>Settlement agreements (previously known as compromise agreements) provide the ability for workers or employees to contract out of certain aspects of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Therefore it is important that individuals entering into these agreements have appropriate independent advice.</p><p>In 1998 Parliament amended the list of people who could give such advice, which was previously restricted to qualified lawyers. The list now includes trade union officials, employees or members and those who work or volunteer at advice centres provided that the trade union or advice centre, respectively, has authorised them as being able to do so. If a paralegal fell in to one of these categories they would be able to provide such advice.</p><p>The Government has no current plans to extend further the list of relevant independent advisors for the purposes of settlement agreements.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/01/2017 11:19:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey