Debates between Helen Hayes and Matt Hancock during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Helen Hayes and Matt Hancock
Wednesday 15th June 2016

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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We are calling for them. The Prime Minister was absolutely right then, and we are delivering on that now. Later this month we will publish the beneficial ownership register for the UK. All the overseas territories have signed up to beneficial ownership registers, and we urge them to make them public.

Helen Hayes Portrait Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab)
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11. In the run-up to the anti-corruption summit, leaders of charities and faith groups around the world were calling on the Prime Minister to insist on the same levels of transparency in our overseas territories and Crown dependencies as we have here in mainland UK. Why did the Prime Minister ignore them? Was he unable or unwilling to stop the facilitation of corruption in our tax havens?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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We have made huge progress in ensuring that we have registers of beneficial ownership in the overseas territories. We are also publishing the beneficial ownership register for the UK. The progress that has been made in the overseas territories is the greatest under any Government in history, which perhaps is one reason Transparency International said that the summit had been a good day for anti-corruption.

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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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Cyber-security is incredibly important, especially as we increasingly deliver digital government. The national cyber-security strategy ran up to 2016. The new strategy is underpinned by investment of £1.9 billion—almost double the funding—and we will publish the strategy later this year.

Helen Hayes Portrait Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab)
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T5. The backward steps in gender inequality at the top of the civil service are unacceptable. Will the Minister release the gender breakdown of those who were shortlisted for the role of permanent secretary so that we can have further transparency on this important issue?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Helen Hayes and Matt Hancock
Wednesday 9th December 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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Our country, both in government and the private sector, is under constant cyber-attack. We need to make sure we step up our game to respond to that. We are bringing in a national cyber centre, a single place of expertise under the GCHQ umbrella, which will clearly be able to co-ordinate and talk to wider society and business. This will ensure that the expertise is all in one place and properly funded to take this fight on.

Helen Hayes Portrait Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab)
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4. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of methods used to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the electoral register.