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Department: Leader of the House

Oral Answers to Questions

Steve Barclay Excerpts
Thursday 16th June 2011

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hugh Robertson Portrait The Minister for Sport and the Olympics (Hugh Robertson)
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The short answer is that I entirely agree with the right hon. Lady. What was very apparent yesterday in dealing with the Libyan regime was how much easier it is to deal with these situations if the regime is the subject of European Union banning orders. With all such regimes it is a huge help if they are the subject of the relevant international sanctions. Like her, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to the delegation from the Dutch Olympic committee. They are close allies of ours in the cause of football reform, an issue close to the heart of the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Tom Greatrex), and I hope that they have a successful trip.

Steve Barclay Portrait Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) (Con)
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Further to my correspondence with the Minister over the past two and half months following the Public Accounts Committee hearing on Ofcom and the notice I gave him that I would be raising this issue, will he confirm whether Ofcom will use present value estimates on net returns of long-term investments in its 2010-11 annual accounts? Would that comply with Treasury principles?