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Written Question
Foreign Companies
Monday 19th October 2015

Asked by: Roger Godsiff (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech in Singapore of 28 July 2015, when he plans to initiate the consultation into making property ownership by foreign companies more transparent; what format he plans for that consultation to take; who he plans to invite to participate in that consultation; and when he plans for it to be concluded.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The consultation on making property ownership by foreign companies more transparent will be launched in the near future. The format and scope will be decided on shortly. The

consultation will allow stakeholders sufficient time to provide a considered response.

Written Question
Procurement
Thursday 26th February 2015

Asked by: Roger Godsiff (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

This Government is committed to transparency and, since January 2011, central government departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on contracts above the value of £10,000. It can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.

All payments made by the Cabinet Office over £25,000 are published on data.gov.uk

Written Question

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Thursday 1st May 2014

Asked by: Roger Godsiff (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department requested that government departments review the check-off system for union subscriptions.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

The deduction of trade union subscriptions from payroll through check-off is a matter delegated to Departments.

Departments should keep these arrangements under review to ensure that they are appropriate and meet the needs of a modern workplace, as per section 7.3.3 of the Civil Service management code.

Written Question
Shipping: Recruitment
Wednesday 30th April 2014

Asked by: Roger Godsiff (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish copies of the correspondence sent by his Department to other government departments requesting that they review the check-off system for union subscriptions.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland on 3 March 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 663W.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Aug 2013
Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons

"I have been to Syria on two occasions as part of delegations and had audiences with President Assad, and they were certainly illuminating. Syria is ruled by him as a family fiefdom and has a history of brutality. Its political structure—the Ba’athist party—is modelled on the old Russian Communist party. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Aug 2013
Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons

"As I have clearly said, I believe that Assad should be held accountable for his actions and should be brought before the international courts.

The regime has the full patronage of Russia, which can veto resolutions in the Security Council. Syria has some of the most sophisticated weaponry around, supplied …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Aug 2013
Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons

"Let me answer the hon. Gentleman in this way. I said earlier that what happened over Iraq had poisoned British politics, but more to the point, many Members vowed privately at the time—the hon. Gentleman was here—that they would never again believe one single solitary assurance given by any Prime …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Sep 2012
Immigration

"The questions of how many people we need in the UK to sustain the standards of living we all want and of what role immigration can play in answering that question have been taboo subjects for much too long. The reason is that ever since Enoch Powell made his infamous …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Sep 2012
Immigration

"I was going to come to that issue later, but I thank the hon. Gentleman for making his point.

As has been said, this silence on the questions of how large a population the UK should have and of how much more immigration we should allow is not shared by …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Sep 2012
Immigration

"The people who visit my surgeries and constituency meetings come from all different backgrounds, including, as the hon. Lady says, many who came to the country in the 1950s, who put down roots and who have contributed enormously to the vitality and well-being of the great city I live in …..."
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