Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the status of the Kingdom of Morocco in Western Sahara.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The UK considers the status of Western Sahara to be undetermined. We support UN-led efforts to reach a lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to this issue that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government holds the status of Western Sahara to be that of a non-self-governing territory.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The UK considers the status of Western Sahara to be undetermined. We support UN-led efforts to reach a lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to this issue that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has signed up to the Charter for Families Bereaved through Public Tragedy as recommended in the Hillsborough report.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The twenty-five points of learning, including the Charter, made by Bishop James Jones in his report on the experiences of the Hillsborough families span a number of departments and organisations which are considering their respective responses. The Home Office is coordinating those responses and the Government will therefore provide a full response in due course.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Statement of 1 May 2018, HCWS660, on beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, whether information on merchant shipping beneficially owned in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies is included in the Exchange of Notes arrangements.
Answered by Alan Duncan
The Exchanges of Notes concluded with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in 2016 provide for the exchange of information on the beneficial ownership of corporate and legal entities incorporated in these jurisdictions. As ships are assets, and not corporate and legal entities, the beneficial owners of merchant ships registered in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies would not be covered by the Exchanges of Notes, unless the vessels are owned by corporate and legal entities incorporated in these jurisdictions.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information on beneficial ownership of merchant vessels is collected from Red Ensign Group registers by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
Apart from the UK Ship Register, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency does not collect information on the beneficial ownership of merchant vessels from the other Red Ensign Group registers operated by the Governments of the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
Records will be maintained by the individual Governments.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information on beneficial ownership is requested from shipowners by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency when it receives an application to register a merchant vessel on the UK Ship Register.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency requests beneficiary ownership details, when an application is received to register a merchant vessel on the UK Ship Register, through the requirement of the Bill of Sale, or if the vessel is new build, the New Build Certificate; the Declaration of Eligibility; and the Certificate of Incorporation, to be supplied as part of the registration process.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has recently had discussions with chairman of Hitachi, Hiroaki Nakanishi, or representatives of that company on the building and operation of a nuclear power plant in Wales; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
Details of Ministerial UK official visits and official meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly and made available on the gov.uk website.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has plans to meet the chairman of Hitachi, Hiroaki Nakanishi.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
Details of Ministerial UK official visits and official meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly and made available on the gov.uk website.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the risks posed by hunting hounds using scents laid by trail hunts drifting across the transport network.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The Hunting Act 2004 came into effect on 18 February 2005 and bans all hunting of wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales, except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions set out in Schedule 1 to the Act. Many hunts have since turned to trail hunting as an alternative to live quarry hunting.
The Government neither has plans to assess the risk of laying scent trails nor to assess the merits of banning the laying of scent trails. There are also no plans to assess the risks posed by hunting hounds using scents laid by trail hunts drifting across the transport network.
Asked by: Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the article on the Puckeridge Hunt in the Hertordshire Mercury published on 8 February 2018, whether he will (a) make an assessment of the risks of laying scent trails and (b) make and assessment of the potential merits of banning the laying of scent trails.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The Hunting Act 2004 came into effect on 18 February 2005 and bans all hunting of wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales, except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions set out in Schedule 1 to the Act. Many hunts have since turned to trail hunting as an alternative to live quarry hunting.
The Government neither has plans to assess the risk of laying scent trails nor to assess the merits of banning the laying of scent trails. There are also no plans to assess the risks posed by hunting hounds using scents laid by trail hunts drifting across the transport network.