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Questions Tabled on Friday 12 January 2018 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 Questions tabled on Friday 12 January 2018 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 Monday 15 January Questions for Written Answer 1 Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Stragety, when the Government plans to respond to the First Minister of Wales' request for a statement on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon and the Hendry Report. [Transferred] (122153) 2 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the effect on food price inflation in (a) 2019-2020, (b) 2020-2021 and (c) 2021-2022 of (i) the UK leaving the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and (ii) the UK leaving the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and levying most-favoured nation tariffs on foodstuffs imported from the EU after that date. [Transferred] (122143) 3 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the distributional effect per income decile of the population of food price inflation in (a) 2019-2020, (b) 2020-2021 and (c) 2021-2022 in the event that (i) the UK leaves the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and (ii) the UK leaves the EU customs territory on 29 March 2019 and levies most-favoured nation tariffs on foodstuffs imported from the EU after that date. [Transferred] (122144) 4 Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2018 to Question 120545, whether the Government provides funding for the salaries of teachers at (a) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School in Beit Awwa, near Hebron, (b) the Dalal 2 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 12 JANUARY 2018 Mughrabi Elementary School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron, (c) the Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron or (d) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for Boys and Girls, Jenin. [Transferred] (122185) 5 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the age of service vehicles in (a) London and (b) England and Wales. [Transferred] (122114) 6 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK's diplomatic response following sexually violent incidents resulting from the current, ongoing Rohingya crisis. [Transferred] (122119) 7 Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the residence rights of the EU family members of UK nationals who have derived those rights under Ruiz Zambrano case law are; and whether they are covered by the Phase 1 agreement with the EU. [Transferred] (122301) 8 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of emergency accommodation for refugees in Calais. [Transferred] (122210) 9 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will offer assistance across the whole of the UK. [Transferred] (122001) 10 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Government's plans are for the development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. [Transferred] (121762) Questions for Answer on Tuesday 16 January Questions for Written Answer 1 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric and (b) ultra-low emission. (122424) 2 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122477) 3 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how does his Department plans to replace European Investment Bank (EIB) investment in the UK after the UK has left the EU; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of EIB funding on the UK's green industry. (122491) Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 12 JANUARY 2018 3 4 Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the First Minister of Wales on proposed investment by the Welsh Government in respect of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. (122417) 5 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether an estimate been made of the extent to which companies are not complying with regulations on preventing nuisance calls for telephone users who subscribe to the Telephone Preference Service. [Transferred] (122268) 6 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122486) 7 N Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether UK businesses will be required to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) after 25 May 2018. [Transferred] (122309) 8 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122474) 9 Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) primary school and (b) secondary school children who are eligible for free school meals in (i) Nottinghamshire and (ii) England attend a school rated good and outstanding by Ofsted. (122467) 10 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what due diligence was carried out during the appointment process for board members for the Office for Students. (122409) 11 Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what future plans he has for Broadfield House, Crawley now that the TBAP Trust has ceased educational use at the site. (122439) 12 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent large supermarkets exceeding 400 sq metres of food waste as recommended by the report of the Government Chief Scientific Advisor, From Waste to Resource Productivity: Evidence and Case Studies, published on 14 December 2017. (122415) 13 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether as part of the implementation of A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment, published on 11 January 2018, he plans to take steps to ensure that no food waste is incinerated; and if he will make a statement. (122438) 4 Published: Monday 15 January 2018 QUESTIONS TABLED ON FRIDAY 12 JANUARY 2018 14 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122475) 15 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether any journalist has been given access to non-public Market Access reports pertaining to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU by his Department. (122410) 16 Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list the titles of all assessments undertaken by his Department's Market Access team on the UK leaving the EU. (122490) 17 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many vehicles in her Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122476) 18 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra- low emission vehicles. (122485) 19 Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it a precondition for any increase in trade between the UK and Iran that the Government of Iran adheres to international human rights norms by allowing peaceful demonstrations and protests against its policies. (122388) 20 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made on his Department's work leading a glare group as part of the UN expert group on vehicle lighting. (122441) 21 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles. (122480) 22 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the draft accessibility action plan for private hire vehicle passengers with assistance dogs. (122411) 23 Jared O'Mara (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's working group on taxi and private hire licensing plans to include in its remit disability equality training for drivers.
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