Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020
Questions tabled on Monday 20 July 2020
Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 21 July
Questions for Written Answer
1 Karin Smyth (Bristol South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Women’s Budget Group report, A Care-Led Recovery from Coronavirus, published on 30 June 2020, what steps he plans to take to increase investment in the (a) child and (b) social care sectors to create more jobs in each of those sectors. [Transferred] (76060)
2 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allocate funding to cover additional costs incurred by local authorities from 2023 as a result of the requirement to recycle additional materials. [Transferred] (75474)
3 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, what the timescale is for creating the additional Border Control Posts. [Transferred] (75260)
4 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, how much advance notice will be provided to traders to allow them to prepare accordingly for the additional Border Control Posts. [Transferred] (75261) 2 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
5 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 42 of The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, what criteria will determine the risk-led approach to identity and physical checks on live animals until July 2021. [Transferred] (75262)
6 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the staffing levels required for the increased checks on animals and food referenced in that policy paper. [Transferred] (75263)
7 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigations are being made of the financial activities of Mukhtar Ablyazov in the UK. [Transferred] (75981)
8 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) scale and (b) number of victims of the financial crimes committed by Mukhtar Ablyazov and his associates. [Transferred] (75982)
9 N Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Glasgow Central are designated as having no recourse to public funds. [Transferred] (75364)
10 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on economic supply chains of the (a) construction industry and (b) residential property purchase sector. [Transferred] (76005)
11 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to support commercial tenants with rent arrears, who are otherwise running a viable business, when the moratorium on evictions is lifted as covid-19 restrictions are eased. [Transferred] (76084)
12 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Border Operating Model, published on 13 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the timescale for applying for a deferment account number. [Transferred] (75274)
13 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of traders who will need to obtain GB Economic Operator Registration and Identification numbers. [Transferred] (75275)
14 N Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes have been put in place to manage an increase in applications for Economic Operator Registration and Identification numbers. [Transferred] (75276) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 3
15 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government will respond to the National Infrastructure Commission Report. [Transferred] (76031)
16 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to UK businesses of complying with new customs rules required after the end of the transition period. [Transferred] (75491)
17 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what comparative assessment assessment he has made of the current number of customs intermediaries and the expected number that will be in place by January 2021. [Transferred] (75264)
18 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 12 of The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the number of what estimate he has made of the number of businesses currently using a customs intermediary to help them comply with their obligations. [Transferred] (75265)
19 N Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's oral statement of 13 July 2020, Official Report, column 1268, on EU Exit: End of Transition Period, how much has been spent on developing HMRC border trading systems as at 16 July 2020; and what estimate his Department has made of the future cost for that development. [Transferred] (75245)
20 N Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's 12 July 2020 news story entitled Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition Period, what improvements are required to HMRC border systems; and what his timeframe is for their (a) development and (b) completion. [Transferred] (75246)
21 N Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's 12 July 2020 news story entitled Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition Period, whether his Department and HMRC plan to test border systems with industry representatives before the end of the transition period. [Transferred] (75247) 4 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
Questions for Answer on Wednesday 22 July
Questions for Written Answer
1 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with her Cabinet colleagues on holding s public inquiry on the UK's response to the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a statement. (76578)
2 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Attorney General, what advice her Department provides to other Departments on the threshold required to be met before a public inquiry can be convened; and if she will make a statement. (76579)
3 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to his oral contribution at Attorney General Questions on 9 July 2020, Official Report, Column 1110, if he will publish the framework for the CPS's interim charging protocol for cases of domestic violence. (76848)
4 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Victims Commissioner's annual report 2019/20, what steps the Attorney General is taking with the Lord Chancellor to promote the changes to the review into the unduly lenient scheme to ensure victims are aware of their right to request a challenge. (76849)
5 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the 2019-20 annual report of the Victims Commissioner, what steps the Attorney General is taking with the Lord Chancellor to (a) promote the updated changes to the unduly lenient scheme and (b) increase the awareness of those changes among victims as part of the upcoming launch of the new Victims’ Code. (76850)
6 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the 2019-20 annual report of the Victims Commissioner, what progress has been made on the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate case study review as part of the Government’s end to end rape review. (76851)
7 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the 2019-20 annual report of the Victims Commissioner, what progress has been made on the joint review by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services into the drop in rape prosecutions. (76852)
8 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, what progress has been made on the review into the reduction in rape prosecutions; and what her timetable is for (a) completing that review and (b) publishing its recommendations. (76853) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 5
9 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking with the Lord Chancellor to increase the number of pre-trial video recordings of cross-examination of vulnerable victims in Crown courts; to which additional Crown court locations she plans to make available that capability; and when she plans to do so. (76854)
10 N Karin Smyth (Bristol South): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the number of young people under the age of 18 charged with air weapons offences. [Transferred] (76057)
11 Simon Baynes (Clwyd South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on tackling the covid-19 outbreak. (76921)
12 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to assess the potential effect on developing countries of the UK's future relationship with the EU. (76765)
13 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that a UK trade deal with the (a) US and (b) EU will be compliant with the (i) UK's climate action commitments and (ii) UN Sustainable Development Goals. (76766)
14 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the investigation into allegations of bullying by the Home Secretary (a) commenced and b) is planned to be published. (76581)
15 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to include economic impact in the next cross- departmental exercise on disaster management; and if he will make a statement. (76582)
16 Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 904850, for what reason the Government has not yet published the recommendations of Lord Dunlop's Review of UK Government Union Capability. (76746)
17 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish all documentation, emails and correspondence relating to the award of the focus group contract to Public First. (76734)
18 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the focus group contract awarded to Public First was not put out for competitive tender. (76735)
19 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value was of each of the last 15 focus group contracts procured by the Government. (76736) 6 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
20 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the results of the zero based review taking place in different business units in his Department; and whether the Government plans to undertake those reviews in each Department. (76566)
21 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 60651 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76872)
22 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Coroner on the recording of veteran suicide. [Transferred] (76110)
23 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage environmentally-friendly industry and manufacturing in the (a) Wolverhampton South West constituency and (b) UK. (76896)
24 Simon Baynes (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) a green and (b) a resilient recovery from the covid-19 outbreak. (76919)
25 Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the creation of the infrastructure required for further roll out of hydrogen gas as an alternative to less environmentally friendly options. (76936)
26 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will work with interested parties in resuming the E-Fan X demonstrator project; and if he will make a statement. (76576)
27 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is allocating to the establishment of (a) electric and (b) hydrogen powered flight; and if he will make a statement. (76577)
28 N Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has published on how redundancy payments should be calculated for employees who have been furloughed during the covid-19 outbreak; and whether rates of pay for furloughed employees who have had variable working hours will be based on the hours they worked prior to being placed on furlough. [Transferred] (76038) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 7
29 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 65917 on Renewable energy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of spending on solar PV energy by his Department compared to conventional energy sources. (76869)
30 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2020 to Question 60652 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install more solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76880)
31 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department provides for the workplace for (a) employees on the ADHD spectrum and (b) their employers. (76826)
32 N Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's specific guidance is on using previous wages to calculate redundancy and notice pay; and whether that calculation should include furlough pay. [Transferred] (76010)
33 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of natural heritage organisations being ineligible for National Heritage Lottery funding on biodiversity and conservation. [Transferred] (76130)
34 Sir Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will provide compensation for the additional costs incurred by ice rinks following the revision of Government guidance on 17 July 2020, altering the date when those rinks could open as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (76601)
35 Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the funding from the covid-19 financial support package for the arts and culture sector will be distributed; and whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment on the allocation of that funding. (76895)
36 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC Director-General on protecting the future of (a) BBC Cymru Wales and (b) S4C. (76580)
37 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support is available for local councils to maintain swimming pools while they remain closed; and if he will allow public swimming pools to open subject to protections being in place to prevent covid-19 contagion. (76590)
38 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ofcom's proposal to require compliance with the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation 8 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
Protection (ICNIRP) 2020 Guidelines in its wireless telephony licences would require licensees keep records based on the (a) levels and (b) methodologies of those guidelines; and what comparative assessment he has made of the consistency of (a) levels and (b) methodologies in those guidelines and the requirements of The Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016. (76693)
39 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the report entitled Allaying health concerns regarding 5G and exposure to radio waves (2nd edition), published by the Institute on Engineering and Technology on 13 July 2020; and what steps the Government is taking to reduce misinformation on 5G safety. (76694)
40 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether online pornography operators based outside of the UK will be required to meet the requirement to provide a duty of care as proposed in the Online Harms White Paper Initial Consultation Response. (76618)
41 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps online pornography operators must take to protect children from harm under the proposals in the Online Harms White Paper Initial Consultation Response. (76619)
42 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the interim codes of practice will be published under the proposals in the Online Harms White Paper Initial Consultation Response. (76620)
43 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the final Government response to the Online Harms Consultation responses will be published. (76621)
44 Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support additional expenditure on cleaning and hygiene measures in schools during the covid-19 outbreak. (76605)
45 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2020 to Question 60654 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76871)
46 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of the higher education student finance system by 2030 in the absence of policy changes. (76892) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 9
47 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 70489 on higher education: finance, what the cost to the public purse has been of support for media studies courses in higher education in each of the last three years. (76893)
48 Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to question 70489 on higher education, what the cost was to the public purse of support for higher education in each of the last 10 years, by degree subject area. (76894)
49 Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department will extend pupil premium plus funding to previously looked after children up to the age of 18 given that education and training is now compulsory from 16 to 18. (76662)
50 Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will extend the Care Leavers Internship Scheme to include all care- experienced and adopted young people. (76663)
51 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2020 on Children’s Social Care Update, Official Report, HCWS368, if he will publish his Department's analysis of the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 monitoring data. (76802)
52 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2020 on Children’s Social Care Update, Official Report, HCWS368, which local authorities have used at least one regulation from the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020; and if his Department will publish data on (a) which regulations have been used and (b) on how many occasions each of those regulations have been used. (76803)
53 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2020 on Children’s Social Care Update, Official Report, HCWS368, how many reports of safeguarding concerns in children’s social care settings there have there been in each month since March 2020; and how many settings those reports relate to. (76804)
54 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 July 2020 on Children’s Social Care Update, Official Report, HCWS368, how many inspections of children’s social care settings where safeguarding concerns have been reported have been undertaken by Ofsted in the period in which routine Ofsted inspections were suspended during the covid-19 outbreak. (76805)
55 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of air quality in Poplar and Limehouse constituency. (76909) 10 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
56 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of (a) particulate matter and (b) nitrogen dioxide in the air in Tower Hamlets. (76910)
57 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 21 April 2020 on panic buying which was transferred to his Department from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 6 June 2020. (76639)
58 Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with goods imported into the UK. (76653)
59 Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect the (a) environment and (b) woodlands in the vicinity of the High Speed Two route. (76654)
60 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with senior representatives at Kew Gardens on funding for that institution as a result of the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the outbreak on the (a) finances and (b) functionality of that institution. (76565)
61 Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2020 to Question 72166 on Animal Products: Imports, when he plans to make a decision on the import of trophy-hunted animals and animal parts. (76606)
62 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2020 to Question 60655 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install more solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76881)
63 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 59351 on Energy, what proportion of the electricity used by his Department's buildings in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date was produced by solar panels and wind turbines on those buildings. (76885)
64 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 19056 on Aviation, what estimate he has made of the CO2 emissions generated by the accumulated air miles in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to offset those emissions. (76886) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 11
65 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ban fur imports into the UK. (76917)
66 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to allocate additional funding to help tackle the covid-19 outbreak in Bangladesh. (76908)
67 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's investments into (a) covid-19 related research and development and (b) other product development research and development will be managed by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office after the merger. (76763)
68 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that disability inclusion in international development will remain a priority of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. (76764)
69 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to consult with (a) civil society and (b) development partners on the development of the new UK Aid strategy. (76767)
70 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent guidance she has issued to her Department's in-country offices on contract negotiations with local partners in the global south. (76835)
71 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether all existing UK Aid Match commitments will be maintained by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. (76836)
72 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many applications her Department has received for the covid-19 Rapid Response Facility, how many of those applications (a) have been approved, (b) have been rejected and (c) remain under review. (76837)
73 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of (a) PCS and b) FDA unions on the roles of their members in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. (76838)
74 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to support diaspora communities in the UK seeking to send remittances abroad to have access to transparent transaction costs in relation to those remittances. (76840) 12 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
75 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2020 to Question 60656 on Renewable energy, what plans her Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76883)
76 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, is she will take steps to help ensure that the UK continues to focus on combating poverty by ensuring that aid reaches the (a) most vulnerable and (b) those who are more vulnerable because of their faith. (76706)
77 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taken to ensure that religious identity is a criterion for the allocation of Official Development Assistance. (76707)
78 Christian Wakeford (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made on the George Eckert Institute's interim report on its independent review of Palestinian textbooks. (76938)
79 Christian Wakeford (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the recommendations of the George Eckert Institute's interim report on its independent review of Palestinian textbooks are implemented before the start of the new academic year in September 2020. (76939)
80 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she last met her counterpart in the US Administration to discuss tariffs applied to Scotch Whisky exports to the US; and if she will make a statement. (76780)
81 Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans she has to use primary legislation to implement free trade agreements with (a) the US, (b) Australia, (c) New Zealand and (d) Japan. (76678)
82 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 60657 on Renewable energy, what plans her Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76873)
83 John Nicolson (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations she has made to the US Administration on tariffs on beer exports to the United States. (76771)
84 Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2020 to Question 73000, whether the Government will enact the right it retains to regulate in the public interest, including for public health purposes, as is already recognised under international law, should an investor state dispute settlement claim adversely affect steps the Government has taken to tackle covid-19. (76793) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 13
85 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing a compulsory registration scheme for all drivers employed in the gig economy delivering food for (a) online retailers and (b) takeaways and restaurants. (76914)
86 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance with (a) vehicle tax and (b) insurance requirements of drivers employed in the gig economy delivering food for online retailers, takeaways and restaurants; and whether he plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of regulation in that sector. (76915)
87 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of Heathrow Airport on the use of mixed mode operations on the northern runway. (76747)
88 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on the use of mixed mode operations at Heathrow Airport. (76748)
89 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact assessment Heathrow Airport is required to undertake when changing its runway operations. (76749)
90 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic value of flights arriving at Heathrow before 6 am. (76750)
91 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include quality of life metrics in his Department's Web-based Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG). (76753)
92 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what weighting is given to the (a) environmental and (b) social impacts of transport investment in his Department's Web-based Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG). (76754)
93 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to reply to the correspondence of 21 May 2020 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on the Burscough Curves. (76648)
94 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to covid-19 lockdown restrictions, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance of people wearing face coverings on public transport. (76603) 14 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
95 Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has in place to ensure that UK-based pilots with an EASA licence can continue to work unrestricted in the EU from 1 January 2021 without incurring the costs of converting their licence to maintain those licence privileges in EASA member states. (76897)
96 Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect regional connectivity in the UK following the collapse of Flybe. (76898)
97 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 60658 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install more solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76874)
98 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2020 to Question 59354 on Energy, what proportion of the electricity used by his Department's buildings in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date was produced by solar panels and wind turbines on those buildings. (76875)
99 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has made for the UK's continued participation in the European Conference of Ministers of Transport's haulage permit scheme after the end of the transition period. (76773)
100 Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 11 February 2020, Transport Infrastructure, Official Report, column 712, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the timeline for the deployment of the funding committed to the purchase of more than 4,000 zero-carbon buses. (76704)
101 Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that there are sufficient buses requiring an MOT between March 2021 and June 2021, following the suspension of tests earlier this year and increased demand for bus MOTs during summer 2020. (76778)
102 Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the level of opt-out from auto- enrollment into workplace pensions during the covid-19 lockdown period. (76683)
103 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in her Department to (a) process claims and payments and (b) to provide unemployment support services effectively; and if she will make a statement. (76782) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 15
104 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees have been seconded from the Child Maintenance Services (CMS) to other sections of her Department as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; when the CMS will be return to the staffing levels before the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a statement. (76783)
105 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to remove barriers to disabled people returning to work after the covid-19 outbreak. (76768)
106 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to publish its National Strategy for Disabled People. (76769)
107 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of unemployment in (a) London, (b) Bexley Borough and (c) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency. (76604)
108 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis is for her Department's decision to restrict the eligibility criteria for a work allowance as part of universal credit. (76740)
109 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 60659 on Renewable energy, what plans her Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76876)
110 Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of people making special rules for terminal illness claims for universal credit who are (a) unsuccessful and (b) told to apply for universal credit under standard rules. (76649)
111 Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claims for the disability component of universal credit were made under the special rules for terminal illness in each year since 2016. (76650)
112 Angela Richardson (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the judgment in relation to (a) R (Jackson and Simpson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWHC 183 (Admin) and (b) i n the matter of an application by Siobhan McLaughlin for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), what progress her Department’s has made on amend her Department's policies on (i) bereavement support payment and (ii) widowed parents allowance. (76930) 16 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
113 Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason only £6 million of the £40 million in funding allocated for brain tumour research has been allocated to such research to date; and if he will make a statement. (76598)
114 Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish guidance on family visits to residential care homes as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (76677)
115 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK Government plans to participate with the COVID-19 Global Vaccine Access Facility for the domestic procurement of covid-19 vaccines. (76761)
116 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for concluding cross- party discussions on long-term funding for social care reform to enable the publication of the Green Paper on social care. (76762)
117 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 20 March 2020 on UV lighting and killing flue and other viruses in public places. (76636)
118 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with cancer and a mental health condition in the UK in each region of the UK in each year from 2014. (76640)
119 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mandatory training is provided for (a) the NHS workforce and (b) healthcare professionals working in oncology on the delivery of mental health assessments for people with cancer. (76641)
120 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support NHS England has provided NHS staff in relation to personalised care provided to people with cancer. (76642)
121 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan, what progress he has made on the activity Cancer Alliances have undertaken to offer personalised care to people with cancer. (76643)
122 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to include data collection on cancer diagnosis in the NHS Mental Health Dashboard. (76644)
123 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to include data collection on psychological and emotional wellbeing in future National Cancer Patient Experience surveys. (76645) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 17
124 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with cancer have been offered a holistic needs assessment (HNA); and what steps he has taken to ensure that patients' needs are met as a result of an HNA. (76646)
125 Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that homeless people are able to access dental treatment during the covid-19 outbreak. (76755)
126 Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the disproportionate effect of covid-19 on BAME communities does not further exacerbate (a) oral health inequalities and (b) lower dental attendance rates among some ethnic minorities. (76756)
127 Judith Cummins (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog of hospital dental departments due to the postponement of face-to-face care during the covid-19 outbreak between March and 8 June 2020. (76757)
128 Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the precautionary principle is adhered to in his Department's guidance and preparations for (a) a potential second wave of coronavirus and (b) potential future pandemics. (76562)
129 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the average waiting time for an endometriosis diagnosis. (76820)
130 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to ensure employers provide increased (a) paid sick leave, (b) flexible working hours and (c) flexible breaks and (d) other support in the workplace for people with endometriosis. (76821)
131 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase understanding of endometriosis among (a) GPs and (b) other non-specialist medical professionals. (76822)
132 Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of endometriosis to ensure women are able to recognise symptoms. (76823)
133 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, from which countries of origin the NHS imports personal protective equipment; and what due diligence checks are carried out to ensure the supply chain for those products complies with international law. (76832) 18 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
134 Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake to a review of disabled people’s health outcomes during the covid-19 outbreak. (76556)
135 Sally-Ann Hart (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate staffing levels in the social care sector after the transition period. (76931)
136 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2020 to Question 66169 on obesity, what steps the Government is taking to ensure its work on tackling obesity does not cause harm to people with eating disorders. (76827)
137 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Improvement and (c) the British Medical Association’s General Practice Committee have to review the coverage of mental health care in the Quality and Outcomes Framework during 2020-21; and what steps the voluntary sector can take to contribute to that review. (76828)
138 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process is available to people that are unable to wear masks as a result of to health conditions to prove that to enforcing officers. (76614)
139 Mrs Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the NHS is not using SureScreen CoVid-19 rapid antibody tests. (76670)
140 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physical checks have been made to assess the level of compliance with the requirement under the test and trace scheme to self isolate . (76772)
141 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60660 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76884)
142 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of recording of veteran suicide on the ability to tailor mental health services to ex-service personnel. [Transferred] (76109)
143 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set up a task force to implement the recommendations made by the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review. (76916)
144 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of health insurance providers to reimburse the costs of dialysis treatment for people with kidney Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 19
disease who need to travel in the EU in the event that there is no agreement on reciprocal provision of temporary healthcare cover for (a) tourists, (b) short-term business visitors and (c) service providers after the end of the transition period. (76865)
145 Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 62691 on NHS: Racial Discrimination, whether the risk assessments of NHS staff are mandatory; and what the obligations to conduct those risk assessments on employers of those staff are in (a) England and (b) Wales. (76922)
146 Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 62691 on NHS: Racial Discrimination, what steps his Department has taken to protect NHS staff who have been assessed as high risk. (76923)
147 Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which disabilities his Departments plans to exempt people from wearing a face covering in shops from 24 July 2020; and what processes will be put in place for people to prove they are exempt. (76924)
148 Selaine Saxby (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will give care homes discretion to decide on the best use of funding allocated under the Infection Control Fund. (76937)
149 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to enter into a partnership with the EU on its plan to negotiate an advanced purchase agreement of covid-19 vaccines. (76705)
150 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of covid-19 on people with rare diseases; what steps he has taken to ensure access to NHS services by those people; and what assessment he has made of the effect of shielding on the health of those people. (76709)
151 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment was undertaken by NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group to inform understanding of the patient perspective when considering reimbursement for a new treatment. (76710)
152 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of covid-19 on the feasibility of delivering the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases; and whether he has plans to undertake a review of that strategy as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. (76711)
153 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness among the general public and (b) help reduce waiting times for people registering as stem cell donors. (76714) 20 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
154 Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review by Baroness Cumberlege, what the planned timescale is for implementing recommendations 1,2,3 4, and 6 of that report with regard to sodium valproate. (76777)
155 Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing health passports as part of its (a) economic recovery strategy and (b) pre-second covid-19 wave contingency planning. (76659)
156 Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of health passports as part of its covid-19 recovery strategy. (76660)
157 Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing a documented immunity and vaccination status for covid-19 via a health passport on (a) the operation of the Government's air-bridge system and (b) the UK's economic resilience and efficiency as it recovers from the covid-19 outbreak. (76661)
158 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance he has issued to hospitals on reducing the number of deaths in their care of people with learning difficulties. (76563)
159 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on and (b) assessment he has made of the potential merits of devolving health responsibilities to city-region areas in England. (76593)
160 Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Pakistan and the Supreme Court of Pakistan to help ensure that Ahmadi Muslims are represented within the National Commission for Minorities Rights while having the right to self-identify as Muslims. (76903)
161 Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Pakistani counterpart on plans to build a Hindu Temple in Islamabad; and if he will make a statement. (76599)
162 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take with his European counterparts to help protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Poland following the election of President Duda; and if he will make a statement. (76584) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 21
163 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government plans to publish the Integrated Review of foreign policy, defence, security and international development. (76839)
164 Chris Green (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and (b) other groups subject to UK terrorism and terrorist financing sanctions will be targeted under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020. (76760)
165 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the Russia holding military exercises in the Caucasus region during recent hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia. (76796)
166 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on (a) Caspian oil supplies and (b) British regional interests in the energy field of recent hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia. (76797)
167 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question 60661 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its (a) UK Estate and (b) overseas estate buildings in the next five years. (76870)
168 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of allegations that senior members of Hamas’ Political Bureau are personally (a) designated terrorists by the US government and (b) subject to UK Terrorism and Terrorist Financing sanctions. (76912)
169 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing compulsory ID cards for British nationals; and when her Department last reviewed its policy on ID cards. (76913)
170 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to the oral question from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, Official Report, Column 1238, and with reference to the letter dated 6 July 2020 from the Police and Crime Commissioner to the Minister for Crime and Policing, copied to the hon Member for West Lancashire, stating that Lancashire Constabulary received an increase of £4.3m in 2020-2021 financial year for the recruitment and delivery of 153 additional police officers, for what reason that Answer stated that Lancashire Police received a £22.6 million increase in funding this year to enable it to recruit another 153 police officers over the next 12 months. (76637) 22 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
171 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of the Metropolitan police's wrongful stop and search of Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos for her policy nationwide on stop and search powers; and if she will make a statement. (76585)
172 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has of the adequacy of the response times of Action Fraud. (76824)
173 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what avenues of redress there are for people who have been defrauded by an individual who is based outside of the UK. (76825)
174 Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to remove the requirement for people with Settled Status to hold Comprehensive Sickness Insurance when applying for British citizenship. (76858)
175 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness for prospective applicants to student finance of the requirement to have legal status for three years. (76613)
176 Stuart C McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the transparency of EU Settlement Scheme reporting. (76758)
177 Stuart C McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Policy Equality Statement in relation to the EU Settled Status Scheme. (76759)
178 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish additional information on the proposals for the bespoke immigration route for British Nationals (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong. (76708)
179 Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's News story of 17 July 2020 entitled £200-million announced for vital improvements to troops' accommodation, if he will allocate a portion of that funding to RAF Valley to support personnel visiting for short training stints thereby making sourcing accommodation challenging. (76935)
180 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of including all bereaved armed services children in the Virtual Schools framework as set out in the Scotty’s Little Soldiers' Abeona pilot project in partnership with Norfolk County Council. (76633) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 23
181 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many female armed forces service personnel were (a) absent without leave (b) charged with desertion or (c) registered with military and civilian police as a missing person in each year since 2015. (76634)
182 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to use the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement to exempt defence contracts from international public procurement rules after the end of the transition period. (76794)
183 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of using the WTO's Government Procurement Agreement's defence exemption instead of the EU defence directives’ exemption. (76795)
184 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military (a) personnel and (b) advisers are operating in targeting centres in Saudi Arabia. (76728)
185 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 60664 on Renewable energy, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of installing (a) solar panels and (b) wind turbines on his Department's estate compared to the maintenance and installation of conventional energy sources in each of the last five years. (76878)
186 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce new safety regulations to ensure Royal Navy submarines keep clear of fishing boats and ferries. (76712)
187 Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, over what time period Homes England's target of at least 130,000 affordable housing starts applies. (76889)
188 Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish further details of the next affordable homes programme. (76890)
189 Simon Baynes (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support the safe reopening of high streets as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (76920)
190 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his officials had with the Deputy Mayor for Planning in April 2016 on his decision to accept a £45 million benchmark land value for the Westferry Printworks site. (76904)
191 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his officials had access to the market evidence that formed the basis of the London Deputy Mayor for 24 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
Planning's decision in April 2016 to accept a £45 million benchmark land value for the Westferry Printworks site; and what assessment his Department made of the implications for his policies of the level of compliance of that decision with the guidance as set out in the Mayor of London's Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance published in March 2016. (76905)
192 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the £45 million benchmark land value for the Westferry Printworks site on the provision of affordable housing in (a) Tower Hamlets and (b) England. (76906)
193 James Cartlidge (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the legal status of a neighbourhood plan that has reached referendum stage but the vote has not taken place due to covid-19 social distancing rules; and if he will make a statement. (76806)
194 Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 27 March 2020 on UV light. (76638)
195 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent landlords from refusing to accept tenants in receipt of benefit payments. (76586)
196 Jane Hunt (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the five-year housing land supply for 12 months due to the effect that the covid-19 outbreak has had on (a) new build starts and (b) the ability of local planning authorities to meet that supply. (76929)
197 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond the letter of 29 May 2020 from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire. (76891)
198 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require that laundry filters are put in all new washing machines to prevent microplastic waste from making its way to seas and oceans. (76713)
199 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what direct funding the Government has made available to Town and Parish Councils to cover the financial costs incurred by those councils as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (76594) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 25
200 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to ensure the consistent application of Business Support Grants for organisations in receipt of Small Business Rates relief across local government; and if he will make a statement. (76595)
201 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will allocate grant funding to meet the increase in council tax benefit payments from the 2020-21 baseline figure. (76596)
202 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse would be of introducing Business Rates Relief on community assets. (76597)
203 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2020 to Question 61688, if his Department will extend the accommodation support scheme for prison leavers beyond 31 July 2020. (76655)
204 Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) young adult, (b) other female and (c) other male prison leavers were released without an address to go to between 1 May 2020 and 8 June 2020 in (i) each of the regions of England and (ii) Wales. (76656)
205 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on referenced individuals of publishing unredacted tribunal judgements online. (76689)
206 Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences have been committed of non-compliance with section 42 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in (a) Sussex and (b) England. (76940)
207 Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences there have been for non-compliance with section 43 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in (a) Sussex and (b) England. (76941)
208 Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for non-compliance with section 44 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in (a) Sussex and (b) England. (76942)
209 Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences there have been of non-compliance with section 59 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in (a) Sussex and (b) England. (76943)
210 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2020 to Question 60666 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install more solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76882) 26 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
211 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral contribution of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1373, what assessment he as made of the suitability of the wrongdoing integrity hotline for reporting health and safety concerns in prisons. (76866)
212 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral contribution of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1373, whether non-directly employed prison staff have access to the wrongdoing integrity hotline; and if he will make a statement. (76867)
213 Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral contribution of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1373, what steps he is taking to ensure effective consultation with representatives from trades unions during the HMPPS review into the whistleblowing process for prison staff. (76868)
214 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral answer of the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1367, how much of the £100 million announced for the future probation system will be spent on (a) rehabilitative, (b) resettlement, (c) education and (d) employment services. (76697)
215 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish an update on the progress of the pilot schemes run at Manchester and Brentford courts in early 2020 to test the efficacy of flexible working hours for courts. (76855)
216 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish an update on the pilot schemes run at Liverpool Crown Court to test the efficacy of extended working hours for courts. (76856)
217 Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the independent evaluation of the flexible operating hours pilots. (76857)
218 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate its processing of probate applications during the covid-19 outbreak. (76616)
219 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average it has taken his Department to grant probate after the receipt of an application in the most recent month for which such records are available; and if he will make a comparative assessment of that figure and the figure relating to that matter from the equivalent month in the previous year. (76617)
220 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, whether any changes to Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 27
contracts of employment as a result of those contracts so awarded have been (a) consulted on with and (b) agreed by (i) affected staff and (ii) departmental trade unions. (76812)
221 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, what steps he has taken to ensure that affected staff with protected characteristics will not suffer detriment post-transfer as a result of those contracts so awarded. (76813)
222 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, what steps he has taken to ensure that his Department’s obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty will continue to be met post-transfer as a result of those contracts so awarded. (76814)
223 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, whether the new contractors of those contracts so awarded will be required to recognise trade unions; and if he will make a statement. (76815)
224 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, whether he will meet with representatives of departmental trade unions to discuss the potential implications of the transfer of staff in relation to those contracts so awarded. (76816)
225 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, whether he has consulted with respective police forces on any potential extension of warrant activities placed on them as a result of those awards. (76817)
226 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 60667 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines on its buildings in the next five years. (76879)
227 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, whether he plans to bring forward proposals for the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak before the House rises for Summer Adjournment. (76571)
228 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, when he plans to announce who the chair will be of the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak. (76573) 28 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
229 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, whether people who have lost friends and family as a result of the covid-19 outbreak will be able to participate in the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the disease. (76574)
230 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, whether the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak will be held under the powers of the Inquiries Act 2005. (76575)
231 Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy for all UK internal flights to be sustainably powered by 2030; and if he will make a statement. (76583)
232 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he or any of his advisors have met with representatives of Public First in the last 12 months. (76737)
233 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) his advisors were involved in the procurement of the focus group contract awarded to Public First. (76738)
234 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) any of his advisors were required to sign off the award of the focus group contract to Public First. (76739)
235 Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a response to EDM 689 on Conduct of the Prime Minister. (76899)
236 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to establish an independent public inquiry on the Government's handling of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (76564)
237 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure the decision on the treatment of the full life cycle of renewable, plant based plastics under the proposed plastic packaging tax will support the Government’s wider carbon reduction and climate change goals; and if he will make a statement. (76679)
238 Scott Benton (Blackpool South): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) Hamas and (b) Izz-al-Din Al-Qassem will continue to be subject to UK Terrorism and Terrorist Financing sanctions after the end of the transition period. (76911)
239 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the High Court's renewed arrest warrant for Mukhtar Ablyazov in July 2019, what steps are her Department is taking to secure his extradition from France. (76587) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 29
240 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations the Financial Conduct Authority has undertaken on the listing of Nostrum Oil and Gas on the London Stock Exchange, via the Isle of Man. (76588)
241 Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the losses incurred by UK investors as a result of the collapse of the share price of Nostrum Oil and Gas. (76589)
242 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on revenue accruing to the public purse as a result of the reduction in sales of scotch whisky to the US following the imposition of tariffs; and if he will make a statement. (76781)
243 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to update his Department's Green Book to include a social value case. (76751)
244 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value to the economy of investment in the maintenance and renewal of transport infrastructure. (76752)
245 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing a jobs strategy for disabled people as part of the Government’s covid- 19 recovery strategy. (76770)
246 Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of removing the minimum hours requirements for working tax credits. (76741)
247 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to extend business rates relief to food and drink wholesalers who supply to (a) schools, (b) hospitals, (c) care homes and the hospitality industry to mitigate against (i) businesses in that sector closing and (ii) jobs being lost as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (76652)
248 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 60662 on Renewable energy, what plans his Department has to install solar panels and wind turbines in 1 Horse Guards Road in the next five years. (76877)
249 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on businesses of not receiving coronavirus-related business interruption payouts from insurers; and if he will make a statement. (76918) 30 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
250 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the number of business who will need to use a customs intermediary in January 2021. [Transferred] (76006)
251 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to businesses of making customs declarations if they decide not to use a customs intermediary. [Transferred] (76007)
252 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of traders who have used the UK Customs Academy. [Transferred] (76008)
253 Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the (a) phase-out start date from August to October 2020 and (b) scheme end date from October to December 2020 of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for the conferencing and exhibitions sector in acknowledgement of the semi-easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions being permitted for that sector from October 2020. (76651)
254 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, which company or organisation the Government has commissioned to undertake research on the scope of practices and experiences of those subjected to conversion therapy. (76784)
255 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, if she will publish the terms of reference for the research that the Government has commissioned. (76785)
256 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, what timescales the Government has agreed for the completion of the research that it has commissioned. (76786)
257 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, what dangerous conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful the Government has identified; and if she will make a statement. (76787) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 31
Questions for Answer on Tuesday 1 September
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of CPS staff have had to self-isolate due to covid-19 and what (a) role and (b) staffing grade of those staff is. (76847)
2 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Sikh community engagement roles are being advertised for the 2021 Census. (76830)
3 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Punjabi speaking community engagement roles are being advertised for the 2021 Census. (76831)
4 N Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministerial sign off was required for the award of the focus group contract to Public First. (76729)
5 N Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the contract for focus group work was awarded to Public First. (76730)
6 N Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he met with representatives from Public First in the six months prior to the award of the focus group contract to that company. (76731)
7 N Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Minister or (b) official initiated discussions with Public First on the focus group contract. (76732)
8 N Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts his Department has awarded for focus group work in the last two years; what the value was of each of those contracts; and to which companies those contracts were awarded. (76733)
9 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times officials or ministers in his Department met with the Kent Resilience Forum to discuss Operation Brock in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) to date in 2020. (76798)
10 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 13 July 2020, Official Report, column 1276, what additional procedures will pet owners have to follow beyond those that currently exist; and what estimate he has made of the potential additional cost to pet owners of those procedures. (76799)
11 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his timetable is for introduction of the Smart Freight Service before the end of the transition period. (76800) 32 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
12 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what his timescale is for the consultation on on the use of the Smart Freight Service in Kent this summer. (76801)
13 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) lettings agents and (b) other independent businesses, required by covid-19 guidance to restrict activity, that are in shared access premises qualify for the Retail and Hospitality grant if they pay business rates and meet the relevant thresholds. (76902)
14 N Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring (a) retailer advertising and (b) influencer marketing on buy now pay later products to include identification of risks to consumers. (76681)
15 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the minutes of the discussions between his Department and the Office for Product Safety and Standards in February 2020 on (a) updating and (b) removing children’s products from the scope of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988. (76560)
16 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Official Development Assistance his Department has disbursed in (a) Least Developed, (b) Other Low Income, (c) Lower Middle Income and (d) Upper Middle Income countries in each of the last five years. (76834)
17 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on employers using money from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to make redundancy payments. (76632)
18 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether evidence received by Parliamentary Ombudsman on the Government's handling of the Horizon issue can be considered by the Independent review into the Post Office Ltd Horizon IT system. (76690)
19 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's acquisition of an equity share in OneWeb, who will develop the go-to-market strategy for each region that OneWeb operates in; and what assessment he has made of the extent that OneWeb is dependent on (a) broadband and (b) GPS services for revenues. (76691) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 33
20 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his plans are for the (a) governance arrangements and (b) board representation for the Government's equity share in OneWeb. (76692)
21 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government has taken to develop a replacement for Galileo's encrypted service for use by UK military and emergency services from 1 January 2021. (76790)
22 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 72998, what the evidential basis is for the Government to expect revenue streams from aerospace, maritime, government and military and enterprise/business broadband from 2022. (76792)
23 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will include the Campaign for Pubs in his Department's discussions with the hospitality sector. (76628)
24 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of easing covid-19 lockdown restrictions to allow pubs to return to pre- lockdown levels of capacity. (76630)
25 N Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential effect of the implementation of covid- 19 track and trace systems on the (a) protection and (b) use of personal data by businesses in the hospitality sector. (76932)
26 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his press notice entitled £1.57 billion investment to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage institutions, published on 5 July 2020, how much of the £1.57 billion after the deduction of Barnett funding consequentials will be spent on cultural, arts and heritage institutions in Wales. (76612)
27 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letters of 18 May, 5 June and 9 July 2020 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay regarding constituent Mr Anthony Chamberlain. (76611)
28 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Universities Minister in his Department plans to provide a date and time for the meeting with the hon. Member for West Lancashire to discuss Edge Hill University. (76647) 34 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
29 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) schools and (b) colleges are required to agree to requests from students wishing to enter the autumn exam series. (76684)
30 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if it is his policy to require (a) candidates or (b) schools and colleges to pay the entry fee for exams in the autumn series. (76685)
31 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate additional funding to schools to meet the cost of entering candidates in the autumn exam series. (76686)
32 N Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding he plans to allocate to (a) schools and (b) colleges for the cost of (i) invigilators and (ii) venues for the autumn exam series. (76687)
33 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government plans to issue guidance on whether grandparents can provide childcare for their grandchildren as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (76788)
34 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the looked-after children who were cared for in a friends and family foster placement were placed there as part of a voluntary agreement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 in (a) 31 March 2019, (b) 31 March 2018, (c) 31 March 2017 and (d) 31 March 2016. (76699)
35 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Support Fund, how many claims have been received on behalf of previously looked after children on special guardianship orders (a) in financial year 2019-20 and (b) since 1 April 2020; how many of those claims have been successful (i) in total and (ii) by local authority area; and what the average amount awarded for those claims was (A) in total and (B) by local authority area. (76700)
36 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Support Fund, how many claims have been received on behalf of adopted children (a) in financial year 2019-20 and (b) since 1 April 2020; how many of those claims have been successful (i) in total and (ii) by local authority area; and what the average amount awarded for those claims was (A) in total and (B) by local authority area. (76701)
37 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many previously looked after children on a (a) special guardianship order, (b) child arrangements order, (c) residence order and (d) adoption order in each local authority area received a pupil premium plus grant in 2020-21. (76702) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 35
38 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to amend the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 to allow contact between a looked-after child and a sibling that is not looked after. (76703)
39 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of treating students from Commonwealth countries the same as students from England for the purposes of university fees. (76627)
40 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 12 March 2020 and follow up correspondence of 19 June 2020 and 16 July 2020 on his constituent Mr Christopher Wright. (76609)
41 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce littering in public places. (76664)
42 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that flame retardant chemicals from end-life sofas and mattresses are prevented from polluting (a) the air, (b) rivers and (c) oceans. (76561)
43 N Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to undertake an independent assessment of the safety of glyphosate as part of the forthcoming National Action Plan for the Sustainable use of Pesticides. (76844)
44 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local authorities tackle increased littering during the covid-19 lockdown. (76631)
45 N James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to respond to the Natural England's report on the Weybourne to Hunstanton proposals for the England Coast Path submitted to his department on 21 Mach 2018; and when he expects to receive proposals from Natural England for the Hunstanton to Sutton Bridge section. (76900)
46 N James Wild (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Natural England's report on proposals for the Weybourne to Hunstanton England Coast Path submitted to his Department on 21 March 2018. (76901)
47 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has disbursed to multilateral institutions in response to the covid-19 pandemic; and how much of that aid has reached the Global South to date. (76829) 36 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
48 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made in negotiations on free trade agreements covering the automotive sector with (a) the US and (b) Australia. (76671)
49 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Australia on vehicle safety standards during negotiations on free trade agreements. (76672)
50 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to ensure that vehicles that do not meet current UK vehicle safety standards would not be permitted to be (a) sold and (b) registered in the UK as a result of an international free trade agreement. (76673)
51 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has granted arms sales open licences to Saudi Arabia which include dual-use weaponry. (76724)
52 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what licences for the sale of artillery and associated targeting equipment the Government has granted to Saudi Arabia in the last five years. (76725)
53 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what (a) amount and (b) type of (i) arms and (ii) equipment have been sold to Saudi Arabia under open licences since March 2015. (76726)
54 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what (a) volume and (b) type of arms and equipment have been sold to Saudi Arabia through open licences since March 2015. (76727)
55 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to publish the review upon which it based its decision to resume arms exports to Saudi Arabia in July 2020. (76789)
56 N Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to speed up the delivery of High Speed Two. (76602)
57 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with bus operating companies on improving the (a) reliability and (b) journey times of bus routes. (76558)
58 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on bringing forward the ban on new fossil fuel vehicle engines to 2030. (76559)
59 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities produced local cycling and walking infrastructure plans (LCWIPs) by November 2019; and how many have produced LCWIPs since then. (76622) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 37
60 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage local authorities to produce local cycling and walking infrastructure plans. (76623)
61 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department (a) has allocated and (b) plans to allocate in financial year 2020-21 to support the delivery of local cycling and walking infrastructure plans. (76624)
62 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of the £250 million emergency active travel fund on 9 May 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the additional investment required to double cycling by 2025. (76625)
63 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to allocate emergency covid-19 funding to providers of school transport that have reduced commercial viability as a result of social distancing regulations in (a) England, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) Oxford, and (d) Abingdon. (76887)
64 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that emergency powers granted to local authorities during the covid-19 outbreak are not being used to avoid local consultation and opposition on matters relating to transport. (76591)
65 N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timescale is for reaching a decision on the potential electrification of the railway line between Liverpool and Manchester via Warrington and Widnes. (76600)
66 N Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, whether trainee driving instructors who are practising for their test will continue to be permitted to instruct learner drivers on a no fee basis; when he plans that DVSA instructor ability tests will resume; and if he will make a statement. (76626)
67 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to record autism in the Labour Force Survey. (76553)
68 N Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the time frame beyond 30 days of the date of decision for the mandatory reconsideration of a universal credit decision to provide support agencies with a wider time frame to help people with that process. (76779)
69 N Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the procedure is for foreign nationals wishing to apply for a national insurance number; for what reasons her Department has not made 38 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
provision for virtual interviews for foreign nationals wishing to apply for a national insurance number during the covid-19 outbreak; whether she plans for such virtual interviews to begin in lieu of physical interviews and, if so, on what date; and what assessment she has made of trends in the number of foreign nationals being turned down for work as a result of employers’ concerns about making a mistake on a potential employee’s right to work due to their not being in possession of a national insurance number. (76859)
70 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to ensure it has the capacity to (a) implement legally enforceable (i) restrictions on and (ii) authorisations for chemicals after the transition period and (b) access chemicals regulation information in the period before a replacement for the European Chemicals Agency database is created. (76841)
71 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2020 to Question 18441 on Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances and with reference to the delay in publishing the Government’s Chemicals Strategy, if he will take steps to introduce a restriction on these chemicals as a group, in advance of that strategy, in line with the EU REACH restriction proposal. (76842)
72 N Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to have a target for a proportion of the proposed additional job coach roles to be held by people with disabilities. (76774)
73 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 21 April 2020 and follow up correspondence of 18 May 2020 and 18 June 2020 on his constituent Heather Bowden. (76608)
74 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 14 April 2020 and follow up correspondence of 4 May 2020, 4 June 2020 and 9 July 2020 on the charity Marie Curie and access to personal protective equipment. (76610)
75 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have participated in the PrEP trials in the UK since they have become available. (76742)
76 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many PrEP impact trial places have been made available since the start of covid-19 lockdown restrictions. (76743)
77 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 lockdown restrictions have affected the ability of people to participate in PrEP impact trials. (76744) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 39
78 N Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is measuring the efficiency of PrEP impact trials during the covid-19 lockdown. (76745)
79 N Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review Programme's 2019 publication entitled Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care, on the elevated risk of maternal death for Black and Asian women. (76776)
80 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to have an independent review of the definition of autism as a mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983. (76552)
81 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer received on 5 June 2020 to Question 52035 on Hospitals: Coronavirus, of the total number of covid-19 deaths in each NHS Trust containing a Nightingale Hospital, how many of those deaths occurred within the Nightingale Hospital. (76723)
82 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the proposed deductions to be applied to NHSE payments to dental providers for (a) April, (b) May and (c) until 8 June 2020. (76860)
83 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason NHS England made the decision to impose retrospective deductions to payments for Local Urgent Dental Care sites. (76861)
84 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of school closures as a result of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of dental decay among children. (76862)
85 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children whose planned dental GA admission to hospital was (a) suspended and (b) cancelled during the covid-19 lockdown restrictions. (76863)
86 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of people employed by (a) the NHS, (b) police forces, (c) fire brigades and (d) (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools who have been required to shield from covid-19. (76864)
87 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the developers of the Zoe covid-19 symptom tracking application on (a) testing of people reporting symptoms and (b) ensuring the data collected by that application is (i) used with consent of people taking part and (ii) remains in the remit of the Information Commissioner's Office. (76695) 40 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
88 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the British Medical Association North East Regional Council on tackling health inequalities. (76696)
89 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2020 to Question 67635 on Coronavirus: Screening, whether (a) covid-19 and (b) other notifiable diseases require further data protection agreements to include post code notification. (76698)
90 N Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of companies that have signed personal protective equipment contracts with his Department that have subsequently had those orders delayed by the NHS; and if he will make a statement. (76845)
91 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of including Chinese officials who have allegedly been implicated in the persecution of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the next round of Magnitsky sanctions designations. (76907)
92 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of Saudi Arabia on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months. (76715)
93 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of Iraq on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months. (76716)
94 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of Bahrain on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months. (76717)
95 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of Egypt on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months. (76718)
96 N Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have made to the Government of China on abolishing the death penalty in that country in the last 12 months. (76719) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 41
97 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance his Department has disbursed to (a) Least Developed, (b) Other Low Income, (c) Lower Middle Income and (d) Upper Middle Income countries in each of the last five years. (76833)
98 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is establishing an evidence base with the aim of introducing sanctions on Chinese nationals involved in (a) the human rights abuses committed against Uighur Muslims and (b) actions against democracy in Hong Kong. (76791)
99 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on covid-19 deaths of British citizens in (a) the US and (b) other overseas countries. (76818)
100 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his US counterpart on the arrest and detention in Seattle of the Independent's correspondent Andrew Buncombe. (76819)
101 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to make autism training for police officers mandatory. (76554)
102 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of the Home Department, if her Department will review the limit of 30 people attending wedding ceremonies as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (76667)
103 N Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for further updating the policy on restrictions on the number of guests at wedding ceremonies as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. (76668)
104 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps he is taking to ensure that Parliamentary staff are protected in the event that they raise health and safety concerns. (76665)
105 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have received payments from his Department or any other Government department as a result of alleging unlawful detention or maltreatment in UK custody since the 2003 invasion of Iraq; and how much in such payments the Government has so disbursed. (76843)
106 N Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of registrations for the Building Safety Fund have stated that they are a (a) local authority and (b) housing association. (76888) 42 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
107 N Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 14 April 2020 and follow up correspondence of 27 April 2020, 28 May 2020 and 25 June 2020 on his constituent Mr Peter Philpot. (76607)
108 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of regulation to (a) protect tenant welfare, (c) ensure property suitability and (c) ensure adequate living standards of properties in the exempt accommodation sector. (76658)
109 N John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that emergency powers granted to local authorities during the covid-19 outbreak are not being used to avoid local consultation and opposition on planning decisions. (76592)
110 N Paula Barker (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral answer of the Minister of State of 14 July 2020 to the Justice Select Committee, Question 264, what discussions his Department has had with UCU on opening up education (a) at HMYOI Feltham and (b) across the prison estate. (76925)
111 N Paula Barker (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of the Minister for Justice to question 266 in oral evidence to the Justice Committee on 14 July 2020, HC 306, what assessment he has made of the (a) level and (b) extent of engagement between Prospects Shaw Trust and University and College Union on risk assessments on delivering education at Feltham Young Offender Institution. (76926)
112 N Paula Barker (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of the Minister for Justice to question 266 in oral evidence to the Justice Committee on 14 July 2020, HC 306, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Prospects and (b) the Shaw Trust on (i) risk assessments for delivering education and (ii) industrial relations with the University and College Union at Feltham Young Offender Institution. (76927)
113 N Paula Barker (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of the Minister for Justice to question 266 in oral evidence to the Justice Committee on 14 July 2020, HC 306, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Prospects engages with the Universities and College Union on risk assessments for delivering education at Feltham Young Offenders Institution. (76928)
114 N Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July to Question 74457 on Court protection, what the average waiting time was for an application for deputyship to be heard by the Court of Protection in (a) April, (b) May and (c) June 2020. (76615) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 43
115 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards are in place to protect individuals whose names may be referenced in published tribunal judgments. (76688)
116 N Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) stakeholder group meetings, (b) literature reviews and (c) expert interviews have been undertaken to examine the role of juries and courts in rape cases as part of the Government's Rape Review. (76933)
117 N Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government's Rape Review will examine potential barriers to reporting rape and sexual offences crimes for migrant victims. (76934)
118 N Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to include the recording of autism in the Prison Population Statistics. (76555)
119 N Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 904751, what the (a) scope and (b) timeframe of the HMPPS review into the whistleblowing process for prison staff is. (76674)
120 N Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 904751, what steps he is taking to make whistleblowing a (a) safe and (b) meaningful exercise for all prison staff. (76675)
121 N Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 904751, what assessment he has made of the ability of prison staff to use the existing whistleblowing process with confidence that it is confidential. (76676)
122 N Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence of the Chief Executive, HM Courts and Tribunals Service to the Justice Select Committee on 23 June 2020, when his Department will publish information on (a) where the next round of Nightingale court venues will be located and (b) when these court venues will be functional. (76846)
123 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) the financial viability of the successful contractors and (b) their ability to deliver the contract in line with their original bids. (76807) 44 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
124 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, what contingency plans his Department has made to ensure service continuity in the event that any of those contracts so awarded run into financial difficulties. (76808)
125 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, whether departmental trade unions were consulted on those awards. (76809)
126 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, whether departmental trade unions have raised any concerns about those awards. (76810)
127 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s news story of 5 November 2019, Approved Enforcement Agency Services Contract Awarded, whether departmental trade unions have raised any concerns about those awards that have since been addressed by his Department; and if he will make a statement. (76811)
128 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the written judgment of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland in response to the judicial review brought by Fine Point Films and journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McAffrey NICA 35 Ref: MOR11288, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using reserved powers to compel the Police Service of Northern Ireland to release and delete copies of all unlawfully required journalistic material and communications data. (76666)
129 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, when he plans to publish a (a) timetable for the establishment of and (b) a draft terms of reference for the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (76567)
130 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, if he will ensure that the panel members for the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak are from diverse groups. (76568)
131 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, which Department will have responsibility for establishing the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak. (76569) Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020 45
132 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, how many civil servants will be allocated to supporting the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak. (76570)
133 N Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, what the annual budget will be of the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak. (76572)
134 N Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the VAT reduction for the hospitality and leisure sectors to yoga and fitness studios and gyms. (76680)
135 N Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Financial Conduct Authority issuing guidance on communicating the (a) potential effect on credit score, (b) potential sale of debts to collection agencies and (c) other risks of buy now pay later products to people considering using those products. (76682)
136 N Geraint Davies (Swansea West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential for improved walking and cycling infrastructure to increase footfall on local high streets. (76557)
137 N Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support to wet-led pubs based in town centres that will not benefit from the Eat Out to Help Out scheme and who have reduced revenues as a result of people working from home during the covid-19 outbreak. (76775)
138 N John Howell (Henley): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 71019 on Loans: Lebanon, if he will make representations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the potential misuse of IMF loan packages in Lebanon by Hezbollah. (76657)
139 N Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the existing Help to Buy Scheme for people purchasing new homes, where the build completion date has been extended beyond the deadline as a result of the disruption caused by the covid-19 outbreak. (76669)
140 N Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July to Question 65099 on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Directors, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the 2018-19 submissions for company directors on annual payroll schemes in the same was as for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme; and if he will make a statement. (76635) 46 Published: Tuesday 21 July 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 20 July 2020
141 N Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing specific support to wet-led pubs to help them recover from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak. (76629)
Questions for Answer on Wednesday 2 September
Questions for Written Answer
1 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to increase bilateral funding in response to the covid-19 pandemic for (a) primary health and (b) girls’ education programmes. (76720)
2 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the different fee rate caps for national and international experts working on projects funded by her Department, what assessment she has made of the equity of the system of fee rate caps for international, regional and national consultants; and what plans she has to remove those rate caps for national experts paid less than international and regional consultants. (76721)
3 N Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish a list of projects funded by her Department that have scored a (a) B and (b) C in their annual review in the last 18 months; and what steps her Department has taken to improve the performance of failing programmes. (76722)