Published: Thursday 15 July 2021 Questions tabled on Wednesday 14 July 2021 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 Thursday 15 July Questions for Written Answer 1 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to strengthen young people's (a) engagement with and (b) understanding of (i) the work of the Crown Prosecution Service and (ii) other services provided by his Department. [Transferred] (32516) 2 Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership will receive its three month overdue core funding provision. [Transferred] (32528) 3 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional support to universities to help prevent and tackle incidences of sexual violence and misconduct in university settings. [Transferred] (32450) 4 Damien Moore (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department will take to implement its commitments on the triple lock for state pensions. [Transferred] (32505) 5 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to exempt British holders of an EU Digital Covid Certificate from quarantine on the same basis as applies to holders of the NHS Covid-19 Pass. [Transferred] (32521) 2 Published: Thursday 15 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 2021 6 Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost for providers of delivering the Government's tax-free childcare scheme during covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (32294) 7 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether declarations of interest were received by UK Government Investments from Tom Cooper on his appointment as a Director in 2017 in respect of (a) Inside Track 1 LLP, (b) Inside Track 2 LLP, and (c) Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP, when he was appointed as a Director in 2017. [Transferred] (32300) 8 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps UK Government Investments took to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in the appointment of Tom Cooper as a Director in 2017; and whether other directorships were required to be declared as part of the appointment process for that post. [Transferred] (32301) 9 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps UK Government Investments has taken to ensure that there is no conflict of interest in UKGI director Mr Tom Cooper’s ownership and management of a private consulting firm TKGC Consulting. [Transferred] (32302) 10 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require directors of UK Government Investments to publish details of their commercial clients. [Transferred] (32303) Questions for Answer on Monday 19 July Questions for Written Answer 1 N Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the engagement rate with Government consultations from historically under- represented groups. (33241) 2 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on (i) keeping and (ii) expanding the National Security Vetting Agency in York. [Transferred] (32443) 3 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he plans to undertake a retrospective assessment of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 EU referendum as recommended by the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report on Russia published on 21 July 2020. (33213) Published: Thursday 15 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 2021 3 4 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government to ensure that the Electoral Commission has sufficient powers to ensure the security of democratic processes where hostile state threats are involved as recommended by the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report on Russia published on 21 July 2020. (33217) 5 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2021 to Question 21838 on World War II: Channel Islands, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of transferring the documents from the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands that were subject to legal exemptions to the National Archives. (33173) 6 N Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the President of COP26, whether any British trade unions will be participating in COP26. (33239) 7 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the President of COP26, whether any non- British trade unions will be participating in COP26. (33240) 8 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the President of COP26, what recent assessment he has made of the environmental effect of proposals to open a new deep coalmine in Cumbia. (33210) 9 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in light of proposals to open a new deep coalmine in Cumbria. (33211) 10 N Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to achieve the UK's new Nationally Determined Contribution to the UNFCCC under the Paris Agreement. (33212) 11 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure Government Departments comply with the Principles of the Better Regulation Framework, interim guidance, published in March 2020, on impact assessments; and if he will make a statement. (33108) 12 N Feryal Clark (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) community, (b) and (c) Crown Post Offices in (ii) the Enfield North constituency and (b) the United Kingdom. (33369) 13 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to change the rules relating to the exhaustion of intellectual property rights. [Transferred] (32353) 14 N Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to prevent the extension of the Cambo heavy crude field; and what discussions has he had with the Oil and Gas Authority on the environmental impact of those proposals. (33291) 4 Published: Thursday 15 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 2021 15 Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) role of the US Centre for Computational Toxicology in advancing the development of New Approach Methodologies and (b) potential benefits to the UK of establishing a counterpart. (33343) 16 Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to (a) prioritise and (b) progress on delivering the recommendations of the 2015 Innovate UK NAT Roadmap. (33344) 17 Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of strategies of his Department to increase the number of commercial service providers or research laboratories skilled in New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) data interpretation to deliver the Government’s commitment to reduce and replace animal testing. (33345) 18 N Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, what steps have been taken by the Department to (a) investigate the use of fire and rehire tactics by executive non-departmental public bodies, (b) communicate the Government's policy on fire and rehire tactics to those bodies and (c) discourage the use of fire and rehire tactics by those bodies. (33234) 19 N Stuart C McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to require button batteries to be coated with a bitter agent to discourage children from putting them in their mouths and swallowing those batteries. (33242) 20 N Matt Rodda (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2021 to Question 18565 on the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund Scheme, if he will make an estimate of the future cost to the public purse in the (a) short term and (b) long term in relation to the Natural Environment Research Council and British Antarctic Survey’s role as a sponsoring employer of the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund pension scheme.