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Daily Report Thursday, 2 July 2020 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 2 July 2020 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:29 P.M., 02 July 2020). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS Radioactive Waste: Russia BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Remote Working: Coronavirus INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Consumer Goods: Counterfeit Grant Fund Manufacturing Satellites Consumer Goods: Electrical Trade Marks: Legal Profession Safety Warm Home Discount Scheme Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: CABINET OFFICE Coronavirus Cabinet Office: Ministerial Electric Vehicles: Responsibility Manufacturing Industries Climate Change Cabinet Employment: Diabetes Committee Employment: Industrial Health Constitution, Democracy and and Safety Rights Commission Energy: Conservation Department for International Development: Foreign and Foreign Investment in UK: Commonwealth Office Coronavirus European Union: Committees Future Circular Collider Government Departments: Global Navigation Satellite Contracts Systems Influenza and Pneumonia: Hydrogen Ethnic Groups NHS: Holiday Leave Intelligence Services: Offshore Fixed Structures: Detainees Decommissioning DEFENCE Personal Care Services: Afghanistan: Russia Coronavirus Post Offices: Coronavirus Aircraft Carriers: Amphibious Free School Meals: Vehicles Coronavirus Ammunition and Radioactive Free School Meals: Voucher Waste: Beaufort Dyke Schemes Army: Vehicles Holiday Play Schemes: Body Armour: Females Coronavirus Defence: Procurement Home Education and Teaching Aids: Ealing RAF Valley: Noise Pupils: Disadvantaged Syria: Military Intervention Schools: Coronavirus Voyager Aircraft Schools: Food DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Schools: Social Distancing Arts: Finance Students: Coronavirus Arts: Government Assistance Universities: Coronavirus Broadband: Ceredigion Universities: Scotland Department for Digital, Vocational Education Culture, Media and Sport: ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Coronavirus RURAL AFFAIRS Film and Television: Fishing Catches: Computer Government Assistance Software Ice Skating: Coronavirus Food: Microplastics Music: Coronavirus Furs: Sales Temporary Accommodation: United Utilities: Japanese Coronavirus Knotweed EDUCATION FOREIGN AND Academic Year: Coronavirus COMMONWEALTH OFFICE Adult Education: Coronavirus Afghanistan: Russia Apprentices: Degrees British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus Department for Education: Public Opinion Department for International Development: Foreign and Department for Education: Commonwealth Office Renewable Energy Diplomatic Service: Training Education: Children Foreign and Commonwealth Education: Standards Office: Public Inquiries Free School Meals Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Taxis Gulf States: Overseas Aid HIV Infection: Screening Israel: Cemeteries Influenza: Coronavirus Israel: Palestinians Influenza: Pharmacy Malawi: Politics and Influenza: Vaccination Government Joint Biosecurity Centre Overseas Aid: Gender Learning Disability: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Coronavirus Alzheimer's Disease: Tea Members: Correspondence Antibiotics: Prescriptions Midwives: EU Nationals Apprentices and Education: NHS: Apprentices Coronavirus NHS: Coronavirus Blood Cancer: Medical NHS: Mental Health Treatments NHS: Overseas Workers Breast Cancer: Radiotherapy Nurses: Apprentices Cancer: Health Services Social Distancing: Supported Cancer: Hospitals Housing Cancer: Mental Health Social Distancing: Visual Services Impairment Cancer: Mental Illness Social Services Cleft Palate: Health Services Social Services: Housing Contraceptives Social Services: Minimum Coronavirus: Asians Wage Coronavirus: Demonstrations Social Services: Reform Coronavirus: Disease Control Tobacco: Sales Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups Vaccination Dementia: Coronavirus Vaccination: Children Health Professions: Students Vaccination: Procurement Health Professions: Training Visual Impairment: Social Health Protection Distancing (Coronavirus, Restrictions) HOME OFFICE (England) Regulations 2020 Agriculture: Seasonal Workers Health Protection Asylum: LGBT People (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (England) 2020 China and India: Coronavirus Health Services: Stress Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus Health Services: Immigrants Home Office: Public Inquiries INTERNATIONAL Home Office: Revenue and DEVELOPMENT Customs Coronavirus: Children Immigrants: Health Services Coronavirus: Vaccination Immigrants: Health Services Democratic Republic of and Social Services: Congo: Humanitarian Aid Immigration Department for International Immigration: Applications Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Immigration: Coronavirus Forced Marriage: Children Immigration: EU Nationals Foreign, Commonwealth and Marriage: Coronavirus Development Office Police: Schools Humanitarian Aid: Children Prostitution: Coronavirus Nigeria: Oil Road Traffic Control: Police Overseas Aid: Standards Sexual Offences: Victim Rohingya: Refugees Support Schemes Yemen: Humanitarian Aid Travel: Coronavirus JUSTICE Travellers: Caravan Sites Magistrates' Courts Uk Border Force Prisoners' Release: Youth Mobility Scheme Coronavirus HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Trials: Coronavirus LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCOTLAND 5G Coronavirus: Scotland Help to Buy Scheme: Coronavirus TRANSPORT Housing: Construction Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Cycling and Walking: Government: Coronavirus Bosworth Mortgages Motorcycles: Driving Tests Planning Permission Public Transport: Fares Planning: Reform Shared Spaces: Coronavirus Property Development Transport: Schools Travel: Coronavirus TREASURY Jobcentres: Coronavirus Concert Halls and Theatres: Poverty: Children VAT Social Security Benefits: Consumers: Protection Coronavirus Coronavirus Job Retention Social Security Benefits: Scheme Terminal Illnesses Customs: Brexit State Retirement Pensions: Customs: Electronic Females Government Unemployment: Training Developing Countries: Debts Universal Credit Government Departments: Universal Credit: Dunfermline Development Aid and West Fife PAYE Universal Credit: Wales Schools: Wales MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS Small Business Grants Fund: HOME OFFICE Insurance Companies Health Services: Immigrants WOMEN AND EQUALITIES WRITTEN STATEMENTS Females: Coronavirus BUSINESS, ENERGY AND WORK AND PENSIONS INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Access to Work Programme: Business Update Sign Language DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Child Maintenance Service: SPORT Coronavirus DCMS Contingencies Fund Employment Schemes: Young Advance People HOME OFFICE Food Banks Annual Report of the Health and Safety Executive: Biometrics Commissioner Finance HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Industrial Health and Safety: LOCAL GOVERNMENT Coronavirus Local Government Update Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Consumer Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing Carolyn Harris: [64969] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with online platforms on preventing sales of counterfeit and substandard electrical goods on their websites. Amanda Solloway: The Government takes the issue of IP infringement seriously, including counterfeit electrical goods, and is working with industry and law enforcement agencies on several initiatives to tackle this issue. Department officials have been holding roundtable meetings with representatives from online platforms and rights holders to discuss the availability of counterfeits on their platforms and to help co-ordinate law enforcement action against sellers. Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety Carolyn Harris: [64967] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on (a) new online harms legislation and (b) the inclusion of the sale of unsafe electrical goods in that legislation. Paul Scully: The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is engaging closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the issues of unsafe goods sold online. DCMS is continuing to scope the Online Harms regulation and is working to finalise the details of the regulatory framework. The Government response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation will be published in due course. Carolyn Harris: [64968] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent the sale of unsafe electrical goods on online platforms. Paul Scully: The UK has a strong product safety system which requires that products should be safe before they can be placed on the market, including those sold online. Officials in OPSS are reviewing the product safety legislation to determine whether the existing legislative framework is adequate in light of the changes to traditional supply and distribution chains brought about by e-commerce. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Coronavirus Geraint Davies: [64057] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report of the all-party
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