Mentions:
1: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) options to implement an air departure tax in a way that protects the connectivity of the Highlands and Islands - Speech Link
2: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) departure tax in place, but it must be done in a way that protects the connectivity of the Highlands and Islands - Speech Link
3: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) Services from UK ports to destinations across Europe have to operate on a commercial basis, and there - Speech Link
4: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) The businesses in those communities deserve that, and individuals and communities on the islands deserve - Speech Link
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had on progress on the introduction of public registers of beneficial ownership in the (a) Crown Dependencies and (b) Overseas Territories.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
On 14 March 2024, the FCDO co-hosted, with the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Government, the inaugural UK-OT Joint Ministerial Dialogue on Illicit Finance. We discussed, among other areas, beneficial ownership transparency. I [Minister Rutley] re-stated the UK's expectation that access for those with a legitimate interest, including media and civil society, will be established by the end of 2024 as an interim step to full public accessibility. Overseas Territory Governments re-affirmed the commitments outlined in the Statement that I laid in December (HCWS150). The Home Office continue to lead engagement with the Crown Dependencies.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department has undertaken contingency planning with the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean for steps to be taken in the event of a deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Haiti.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK remains committed to the safety and security of all British Overseas Territories. Since the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Haiti we have worked closely, with other international partners, to continue to strengthen the resilience of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in responding to the risk of illegal migration. In March, the Foreign Secretary set out the support we are providing to TCI to secure its borders and we have funded a visit by a team of experts from the Home Office and Ministry of Defence to recommend further measures. We have also funded asylum training across the Overseas Territories and are working with the Home Office to bolster capabilities further.
Oral Evidence May. 01 2024
Committee: Constitution CommitteeFound: There, it is more of value to the UK.
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism: Supervision Report 2020-22Found: Baroness Penn, Treasury Lords Minister 6 Introduction 1.1 The UK has developed a comprehensive
Oral Evidence May. 01 2024
Inquiry: Strategic transport objectivesFound: Scotland had much clearer transport strategies than the Department for Transport did for England/the UK
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Equality Impact Assessment RecordFound: ONS have also published experimental statistics on experiences of visa holders entering the UK under
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Island Communities Impact AssessmentFound: Islands are not specifically identified within the policy position paper.
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Island Communities Impact AssessmentFound: The population of displaced people from Ukraine on Scottish islands is very low.
Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) In other areas across the UK, however, holiday lettings are not having such a negative impact, and they - Speech Link
2: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) let us have more first homes, but let us not be damaging the very weak economy of many of Scotland’s islands - Speech Link
3: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) PASC estimates that a total of 197,000 properties in the UK fall within the FHL regime. - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) Eighthly, does the Treasury consider that the 5,000 new furnished holiday let properties in the UK that - Speech Link