Asked by: Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party - Islington North)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 May 2026 on the Return to the Humble Address on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, if his Department will publish an index of all files searched, records withheld and redacted, and the reasons for each withholding or redaction, excluding material whose release would prejudice any live investigation.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Government is committed to providing Parliament with all substantive material in scope of the Humble Address. Material is only being withheld and redacted for the reasons set out in the WMS HCWS57 and the response to the Humble Address laid on 21 May 2026 HC222.
Asked by: Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party - Islington North)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on whether (a) expense claims, (b) hospitality records, (c) gifts records and (d) travel records for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as Special Representative for International Trade and Investment contain references to (i) Jeffrey Epstein, (ii) David Stern, (iii) Green Park Group, (iv) Serpentine, (v) Asia Gateway, (vi) Witan or (vii) JPMorgan.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
It would be inappropriate to provide detail or to comment on this given the live police investigation.
Asked by: Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party - Islington North)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his arms licensing policy in relation to Indonesia of the human rights situation in West Papua.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
HM Government takes its export control responsibilities very seriously and we operate one of the most robust export control regimes in the world.
We assess all export licence applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including Criterion 2 which requires us to consider the current human rights situation in the country which is the final destination of controlled exports, as well as respect by that country for international humanitarian law. The Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). We also keep extant licences under constant and continual review on this basis.
Asked by: Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party - Islington North)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that the Insolvency Service investigates landlords that do not follow tribunal rent rulings to pay back monies owed.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
If a landlord fails to pay a rent repayment order, the order may be enforced by creditors using civil recovery action, such as pursuing a County Court judgment or ultimately petitioning for a winding-up order against the company. Should a winding-up order be made against the company, this would trigger an investigation by the Official Receiver into how the company's affairs have been conducted and to establish the cause of its insolvency.