Published: Thursday 20 June 2019

Questions tabled on Wednesday 19 June 2019

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 20 June

Questions for Written Answer

1 Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of progress on the carbon capture and storage project announced in November 2018. [Transferred] (266091)

2 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of access to English language classes to reduce levels of loneliness among resettled refugees. [Transferred] (265589)

3 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk of Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spreading to other countries in Africa. [Transferred] (266171)

4 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to advise farmers on safety measures when spreading fertiliser. [Transferred] (266250)

5 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page five of Public Health England's position statement on the impact on health of emissions to air from municipal waste incinerators, what steps Public Health England is taking to increase its understanding of the measurement of number concentrations of particles in health terms. [Transferred] (266068) 2 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

6 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the safe level of exposure is to (a) PM1 and (b) PM0.1. [Transferred] (266069)

7 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days taken from court listing to completion in each magistrates’ court in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was. [Transferred] (266097)

8 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days taken from court listing to completion at Sheffield Crown Court in each year since 2010 was. [Transferred] (266098)

9 Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what estimate his Department has made on the potential cost incurred by MPs' offices in answering web-based inquiries generated by (a) 38 Degrees and (b) other websites in the last 12 months. [Transferred] (266190)

Questions for Answer on Monday 24 June

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of alleged rape were referred to the CPS in each year since 2015-16, and in how many of those cases the CPS pressed charges in each of those years; and what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest period of time between referral and charging was for those cases. (266848)

2 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Attorney General, how many Rape and Serious Sexual Offences prosecutors have been available to make Crown Prosecution Service charging decisions in each year since 2015. (266849)

3 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of rape and serious sexual offence cases did not result in CPS charging advice (a) within 28 days, (b) within 2 months, (c) within 3 months, (d) within 4 months, (e) within 5 months, (f) in over 6 months and (g) in over 12 months of being referred to the CPS by the police in each of the last five years. (266850)

4 Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Attorney General, whether he has had discussions with the CPS on removing reference to the merits-based approach from (a) guidance and (b) training materials on rape and sexual offences. (266818)

5 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the change in the number of people in receipt of the basic state pension between 2019 and 2024. (266796) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 3

6 N Jo Platt (Leigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to appoint a chief data officer. (266866)

7 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are working on contingency planning in the event that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019 without a negotiated deal; which Departments those civil servants are employed by; how many have been seconded to work on contingency planning in Departments which are not their principal employer; and how many civil servants were working on such plans in each month since January 2019. (266734)

8 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) meetings, (b) correspondence and (c) other communication occurred between former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Baron Saville of Newdigate (i) before, (ii) during and (iii) after the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday. (266760)

9 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Government has not issued a commencement order for Section 10 of the Political Parties Act 2009, in relation to non-resident donors. (266672)

10 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with Kier on the financial situation of that company. (266673)

11 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances his Department has received from Kier that any job losses will not affect public services or projects delivered by Kier. (266674)

12 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Government has had with Kier on the effect of job redundancies at Kier on delivery of public services by that company. (266675)

13 N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Kier has indicated to his Department that it plans to terminate any of the public sector contracts it holds. (266676)

14 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances Kier has given to the Government that Kier's financial situation will not affect its ability to fulfil the public sector contracts it holds. (266677)

15 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to conduct an investigation into the effect of Interserve's entry into administration on that company's creditors. (266678)

16 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Interserve has cancelled any public sector contracts since January 2019. (266679) 4 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

17 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new rules to prevent government suppliers from winning government contracts if they do not pay their suppliers on time are now in force; and whether Kier's recent payment performance falls below the standards expected by those rules. (266680)

18 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on climate change of local authorities in England declaring a climate emergency in their area; and if he will make a statement. (266620)

19 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2019 to Question 259850 on Waste Heat Recovery, whether Canetis Technologies Ltd have discussed the representations of their own products with the Building Research Establishment. (266625)

20 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 262224, which councils have (a) declared a climate emergency (b) set a target for net zero emissions by 2030; and whether any councils set other dates for net zero greenhouse gas emissions. (266626)

21 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 262226, which (a) organisations from the medical sector and (b) other organisations have contacted his Department; and whether any of those organisations called on the Government to meet the net zero target by (i) 2030 and (ii) by any other date earlier than 2050. (266627)

22 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 262225 on Business: Carbon Emissions, which organisations made those representations; which businesses signed the letter referred to in the Answer; and how many of those (a) organisations and (b) businesses supported net zero (i) by 2030 and (ii) before 2050. (266628)

23 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 258961, which body determines the tests on domestic boilers, and what organisations are represented by that body. (266632)

24 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 258965, how test conditions for domestic boilers differ from real world in situ conditions. (266633) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 5

25 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 258965, whether test conditions for domestic boilers allow for any features or functions of those boilers to be changed or disabled during the test. (266634)

26 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether solar energy and storage will be mandated in all new homes before 2025 when building regulations Part L are next reviewed. (266636)

27 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support SMEs affected by the cap on the R&D tax credit scheme. (266762)

28 N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the practice of employers requiring waiting staff to pay for clients' unpaid bills. (266798)

29 N David Linden (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264463 on Parental Leave: Childbirth, for how long the consultation will last. (266863)

30 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the potential effect on economic growth in the South West of the planned improvements to the A303/A358/A30 corridor. (266878)

31 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on economic growth in the South West of improving the A303-A30-A358 corridor; and if he will make a statement. (266879)

32 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assess the economic effect of each of the policy options being considered as part of the UK Research and Innovation review into open access policy. (266809)

33 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the forthcoming open access policy on researchers who do not qualify for UK Research and Innovation Open Access funding and support. (266810)

34 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK researchers are able to collaborate with international researchers following the implementation of UK Research and Innovation's forthcoming open access policy. (266811)

35 Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will allocate funding to support proposals for a permanent home for the collection of designer, Abram Games. (266881) 6 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

36 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what research his Government has conducted on the potential effect of the roll out of the 5G network on wildlife and pollinators. (266892)

37 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether a person over the age of 75 who is in receipt of pension credit and living with a spouse who is under the age of 75 will have to pay for a TV licence. (266723)

38 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on increasing the uptake of pension credit to reduce the effect of limiting free TV licences fee for people over 75. (266724)

39 Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has cost to the public purse was of providing free TV licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency, (b) Lancaster local authority area and (c) Wyre local authority area in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (266851)

40 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will adopt the recommendations relating to fire safety and classroom notice boards submitted by the British Educational Suppliers Association to his review of Building Bulletin 100. (266635)

41 Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training. (266808)

42 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the Higher Education Policy Institute entitled Pressure Vessels: The epidemic of poor mental health among higher education staff, what assessment he has made of the reasons behind the increase in poor mental health among academics and the increasing numbers of university staff being referred to counselling and occupational health services. (266797)

43 N Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of children's progress in specialist maths schools. (911509)

44 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to implement a national bereavement policy for schools to help assist children who have experienced the death of a member of their immediate family. (266650)

45 N Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the rate of exclusions of secondary school pupils in (a) Sunderland and (b) England. (266708) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 7

46 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria (a) his Department and the Education and (b) the Skills Funding Agency use to assess the allocation of funding to academy trusts to protect the provision of education. (266824)

47 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment criteria is used by (a) his Department and (b) the Education and Skills Funding Agency to ascertain whether additional funding to protect the education of children is deemed (a) recoverable and (b) non-recoverable. (266825)

48 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library correspondence between his Department, the Education and Skills Funding Agency and the Academies Enterprise Trust on the publication of the turnaround plan agreed with that trust. (266826)

49 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): T o ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria the Education and Skills Funding Agency used to assess the amount of funding required to support the Academies Enterprise Trust. (266827)

50 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual top slice has been for each school in the Academies Enterprise Trust multi-academy trust (a) in total, (b) for operating costs, (c) for school improvement and (d) for efficiency savings in each year since the trust was founded. (266828)

51 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2019 to Question 264773, whether his Department has published data on the amount (a) bid for and (b) allocated by each project funded under the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund. (266857)

52 N Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to introduce climate change and ecological education as a core subject in the national curriculum. (266617)

53 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school pupils were suspended due to violence-related issues in the last two years. (266706)

54 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential benefits for the farming sector of the (a) introduction of E10 and (b) future use of bioethanol. (266631)

55 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264330, when his Department plans to publish an update on the afforestation programmes that are being undertaken to achieve the Government’s commitment to be net zero in emissions by 2050. (266716) 8 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

56 Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to improve animal welfare standards for live exports. (266772)

57 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when the Government last updated its published technical notices on the UK leaving the EU without a negotiated agreement; and whether his Department has publish further updated technical notices. (266735)

58 Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has allocated funding to Marie Stopes International for advocacy on laws on abortion in (a) Malawi, (b) South Sudan and (c) other countries in the last ten years. (266637)

59 Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2019 to Question 252496, which institutions his Department relied on for estimates of illegal abortions before July 2018. (266638)

60 Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what opinion surveys his Department has commissioned on the views of (a) UK taxpayers and (b) people who live in the countries which receive UK aid according to his Department's policy on funding abortions overseas. (266639)

61 Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will take steps to publish detailed country policy analyses pertaining to the Effectiveness Evaluation of the Prevention of Maternal Deaths from Unwanted Pregnancy Programme. (266640)

62 Sir William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the International Planned Parenthood Federation in the last five years; and how much funding his Department plans to provide to that organisation in the 2019-20 financial year. (266641)

63 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what comparative assessment he has made of the levels of take up of vaccinations internationally. (266656)

64 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve access to education in developing countries. (266889)

65 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Government response to the consultation on E10. (266630)

66 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there are no further delays to the opening of Crossrail beyond March 2021. (266792) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 9

67 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending Crossrail to Ebbsfleet. (266793)

68 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to make disability equality training mandatory for taxi and minicab drivers. (266651)

69 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the services between Nottingham and Liverpool provided by the East Midlands Railway franchise. (266817)

70 Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to transfer Barton on Humber services in to the East Midlands Railway franchise. (266819)

71 Faisal Rashid (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward plans to draft the parking code of practice. (266883)

72 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the financial resources required to meet WHO standards for fine particulate matter by 2030; and what assessment he has made of the steps taken by European cities such as Stockholm who have already met those those standards. (266718)

73 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing diesel trains with hybrid and electric trains. (266712)

74 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department used the re-balancing toolkit to assess the regional and local economic benefits of improving the whole A303/A358/A30 corridor. (266875)

75 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department used the Economic impact study produced by local authority partners in January 2019 in making an assessment of the potential merits of improving the A303/A358/A30 corridor. (266876)

76 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (b) the Treasury and (c) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the wider economic benefits to the South West of the his Department’s proposed improvements to the A303/A358/A30 corridor. (266877)

77 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential economic benefits to the South West of the proposed improvements to the A303-A358-A30 corridor. (266447) 10 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

78 N Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Valuation Office Agency makes a deduction for (a) water and (b) fuel from the advertised rent for a room in shared accommodation when calculating the 30 per centile of the shared accommodation rate in each broad rental market area. (266836)

79 N Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the local reference rent levels for each broad rental market area published on 30 April 2019 are based upon the median of market rents for each area. (266837)

80 N Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance she has issued to her Department's decision-makers on the classification of EU nationals with indefinite leave to remain through the EU settled status scheme as habitually resident for the purposes of claiming (a) universal credit and (b) other means-tested benefits. (266838)

81 N Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to reach an outcome for mandatory re-considerations of personal independence payment applications. (266707)

82 Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Worthing West constituency and (b) Arun District, Worthing Borough and West Sussex County authorities areas in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (266613)

83 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of training for fit-to- work assessors to assess a person's mental health. (266653)

84 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for fit-to- work assessors for military veterans. (266654)

85 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of military veterans claiming universal credit that have been sanctioned. (266655)

86 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in employment that live in poverty. (266657)

87 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency and (b) Carmarthenshire local authority area and (c) Wales in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (266831) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 11

88 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Newcastle- under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire local authority area in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (266802)

89 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and (b) North Lanarkshire local authority area in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (266806)

90 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264329, of the 0.749 million claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debts, how much debt has been repaid from each benefit in the Prescribed Social Security Benefits / Payments category. (266717)

91 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Ceredigion constituency and (b) Wales in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (266888)

92 N Clive Lewis (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in Norwich South constituency in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19. (266801)

93 N Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to increase the uptake of pension credit. (266722)

94 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of universal credit with an existing advance that have successfully applied for a budgeting advance have (a) received the maximum available budgeting advance, (b) chosen to repay the budgeting advance over the maximum time period allowed and (c) repaid the budgeting advance within the pre-agreed time period. (266642)

95 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants who applied for a budgeting advance (a) received the maximum available advance and (b) chose to repay over the maximum time period allowed. (266643)

96 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of universal credit have been successful in an application for a budgeting advance. (266644) 12 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

97 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 263677 on universal credit, what recovery methods her Department uses. (266645)

98 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department issues guidance or criteria to its staff on the circumstances in which a request from a universal credit claimant for an advance payment for a (a) new claim and (b) benefit transfer should not be granted. (266646)

99 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants had advance payments refused for a (a) new claim and (b) benefit transfer in the last 12 months. (266647)

100 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a minimum level of income that a universal credit claimant must retain after a 40 per cent reduction to repay an advance has been applied. (266652)

101 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to support people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in the workplace. (266886)

102 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that job centre staff are aware of the effect of myalgic encephalomyelitis on an individual's ability to work. (266887)

103 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding allocated to incapacity benefit as a proportion of (a) GDP and (b) the GDP average of OECD member states, excluding the UK. (266847)

104 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is taking to retrieve money owed by absent parents. (266704)

105 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Arfon constituency and (b) Gwynedd local authority area and (c) Wales in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19. (266832)

106 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients whose prescription for a cannabis-based medical product is blocked by an NHS trust can appeal that decision. (266861)

107 Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England, (b) drug manufacturers and (c) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on funding for licensed cannabis-based products. (266862) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 13

108 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of NHS services for people with rheumatoid arthritis. (266693)

109 Suella Braverman (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has committed to research into Tinnitus. (266854)

110 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to table 4 on page 29 of the Health Foundation's report of 18 June 2019, Investing in the NHS Long Term Plan, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the estimate that the NHS will need an additional £8 billion of investment by 2023-24 to meet the objectives in the NHS Long Term Plan. (266714)

111 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of abolishing parking fees for staff at NHS hospitals. (266788)

112 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase early diagnosis of cancers. (266791)

113 Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Sir Mike Richards’ review of cancer screening programmes, whether the findings from that review will be incorporated into proposals on tackling workforce shortages for breast imaging and diagnostic workforce and included in the final NHS People Plan. (266830)

114 Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many licences have been issued for the prescription of medicinal cannabis. (266815)

115 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the release of the Abortion Statistics for England and Wales in 2018 that show a 19 per cent increase in abortions at 24 weeks or more for disability, whether the women who had late term abortions were given the option of painkiller for their unborn baby prior to the termination. (266669)

116 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recent release of Abortion Statistics for England and Wales 2018 showing that at least 15 unborn babies were terminated due to a cleft palate or cleft lip, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the advice issued to women with unborn children diagnosed with that condition on the procedure to remedy it. (266670)

117 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide counselling for women who have had an abortion performed in a private clinic. (266671) 14 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

118 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are on a waiting list to receive mental health treatment in (a) Lancashire and (b) England. (266720)

119 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the June 2019 Children's Society report on mental health, what plans he has to narrow the gap between the number of children and adolescents who are referred for mental health treatment by their GP, schools and social services and the number of children and adolescents receiving mental health treatment. (266761)

120 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths of patients in the care of each mental health NHS trust in the North West were attributed to suicide in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 (c) 2019; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of deaths by suicide among patients undergoing treatment for mental health problems. (266769)

121 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase spending on low-level mental health support for children to enable the provision of preventative and early intervention services for (a) depression, (b) anxiety, (c) eating disorders and (d) other such conditions. (266800)

122 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute that 46 per cent of people in problem debt have also been diagnosed with a mental health issue, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Work and Pensions to tackle that issue. (266807)

123 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of 14-year-olds today that will die from a sudden cardiac death before they reach their 36th birthday. (266733)

124 N Peter Kyle (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2019 to Question 233558 on Eating Disorders, what the timetable is for his Department to begin piloting the four-week waiting time target for adults and older adult community mental health teams. (266829)

125 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the roll out of the 5G network on wildlife and pollinators. (266891)

126 N Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the existing NICE guideline on myalgic encephalomyelitis. (266885) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 15

127 N Grahame Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription penalty charge notices have been successfully appealed in each of the last five years. (266839)

128 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of mental wellbeing on the propensity to develop physical illness. (266844)

129 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients prescribed antidepressants who do not take that medication for the prescribed length of time. (266845)

130 N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prescribing mindfulness-based pain management in treating chronic pain. (266846)

131 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 238669 on mental health services: veterans, what the outcome was for the armed forces personnel who were referred for mental Health treatment but did not enter into such treatment in each of the last four quarters. (266752)

132 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS Trusts and (b) other public sector bodies have been enabled to receive 100 per cent renewable energy through Crown Commercial Services. (266820)

133 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons for residential property can be learned from the relationship between Crown Commercial Services and the East London NHS Foundation Trust; and if he will make a statement. (266833)

134 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 230615, and with reference to evidence demonstrating a reduction in rates of Group B Streptococcus infection in Northern Ireland since mandatory reporting of confirmed cases in babies was introduced there in March 2013, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making Group B Streptococcus a notifiable disease. (266696)

135 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Permanent Secretary to the Northern Ireland Department of Health on that Department's working with frontline GP services to ensure that mental health support is available for teenagers immediately. (266697)

136 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reclassification of (a) pregabalin/Lyrica and (b) other drugs on the sale of drugs on the street. (266698) 16 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

137 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the timescale for licensing the pill to identify breast cancer. (266702)

138 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce the new alcohol limit for drivers. (266703)

139 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has discussed the potential link between consumption of vitamin D supplements and reduced risk of developing cancer with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) the General Medical Council. (266710)

140 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the NHS has to introduce new drugs to tackle migraines in the next six months. (266711)

141 N Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with NHS England on making tackling Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae/Carbapenemase Producing Organism infections a priority in relation to the management and control of healthcare associated infections. (266821)

142 N Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to tackle the threat of Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae/Carbapenemase Producing Organism. (266822)

143 N Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential public health benefits of including asthma as a medical exemption from prescription charges. (266770)

144 Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of asthma sufferers that are unable to access medication as a result of the cost of prescription charges. (266771)

145 N Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for the provision of NHS early intervention services for adult sufferers of eating disorders. (266775)

146 N Mr Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding his Department plans to allocate to the NHS to ensure the commencement of the NHS pilot of a four-week waiting time target for adult eating disorder treatment. (266777)

147 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent tooth decay in (a) children and (b) adults. (266699) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 17

148 Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that an adequate number of doctors are trained to meet future needs. (266890)

149 Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's diplomatic representations to the Government of Saudi Arabia on trends in the number of planned executions in that country in each of the last five years. (266713)

150 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representation to the French Government on protecting the human rights of refugees based at (a) Calais and (b) Dunkirk. (266773)

151 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on the extradition of 94 Taiwanese citizens to China. (266709)

152 Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many international trade unions affiliated to the International Federation of Journalists have been invited to (a) speak, and (b) attend the Global Media Freedom Conference being held by his Department in July 2019. (266823)

153 N Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to The Guardian report on 18 June 2019 on alleged UK military involvement in Yemen, whether the UK is a party to the conflict in Yemen. (266880)

154 Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the protection of the LGBT community and (b) religious minorities in Iran. (266865)

155 Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Brazilian counterpart on the release from detention of former Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a result of the recent publication of documents revealing a plot to jail Mr da Silva to prevent him from standing in the 2018 presidential election. (266834)

156 Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with (a) representatives of the Scottish Government, (b) Scottish local authorities (c) the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (d) other Scottish local authority organisations, (e) Scottish Clergy and (f) other religious organisations in advance of the implementation of changes to the Immigration Rules in relation to Tier (i) 2 and (ii) 5 religious workers visas. (266843) 18 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

157 Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the assisted digital locations in Scotland will be; and what type of visa applicants will be able to use that service. (266700)

158 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people entering the national referral mechanism in England that require translation support in the last 12 months. (266780)

159 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people entering the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are offered English language learning as part of their package of move-on support; and whether that support is provided by (a) the NRM or (b) charities providing shelter to survivors. (266783)

160 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people that re-enter the National Referral Mechanism having been re-trafficked cannot communicate in English. (266784)

161 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the ability of survivors of trafficking who enter the National Referral Mechanism with little or no English language proficiency to learn sufficient English in 45 days to be able to access work in the UK. (266785)

162 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the six local authorities where National Referral Mechanism pilots are taking place are offering access to (a) English-language learning and (b) provision with specialist, non-statutory services. (266789)

163 N Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for his signing an extradition order before the extradition case is heard in court. (266624)

164 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a statutory time-limit on the detention of people in immigration removal centres. (266799)

165 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people held in a immigration detention centre (a) are recognised as victims of modern slavery and/or human trafficking and (b) claim to be victims of modern slavery and/or human trafficking. (266715)

166 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of occasions police officers have provided first aid when responding to a violent incident. (266737) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 19

167 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support his Department provides to police officers that have responded to a violent incident. (266738)

168 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have (a) taken time off work and (b) accessed mental health support after responding to a violent incident in the last two years. (266739)

169 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to fund the Metropolitan Police Service's intervention programme Divert after 2020. (266774)

170 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has received in fees from super priority service for a biometric residence permit replacement in each of the last five years. (266790)

171 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessments his Department carried out in determining that £800 was an appropriate fee for the super priority service for a replacement biometric residence permit. (266841)

172 N Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving the fees for super priority service for a replacement biometric residence permit (BRP) for victims of crime who have had their BRPs stolen. (266842)

173 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of anti-social behaviour have been recorded in (a) Cumbria Constabulary, (b) Lancashire Constabulary and (c) Merseyside Constabulary in the last five years. (266719)

174 N Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what activities he (a) has taken and (b) will take part in to highlight Refugee Week 2019. (266766)

175 Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to use the powers in section 2(1) of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 to amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to enable two persons who are not of the same sex to form a civil partnership in England and Wales. (266884)

176 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the global resettlement scheme announced on 17 June 2019, whether refugees entering under that scheme will be granted (a) indefinite leave to remain, (b) refugee status, with five years of leave attached or (c) another form of leave. (266867) 20 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

177 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to continue to resettle 5 000 refugees a year after 2021. (266868)

178 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue accrued to the public purse as a result of fees levied on citizenship applications for children from Syria. (266649)

179 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for a change of conditions of leave granted on the basis of family or private life were (a) received (b) granted, (c) refused and (d) awaiting a decision from August 2017 to August 2018. (266694)

180 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders are awaiting deportation from the UK by (a) nationality and (b) type of offence. (266725)

181 N Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the International Civil Aviation Organisation's permitting of the use of X (unspecified) on passports, for what reasons the Government does not issue non-gendered X passports for people who do not identify as either male or female. (266756)

182 N Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK citizens who are members of Hezbollah. (266894)

183 N Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the relationship between Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance Support Organisation. (266618)

184 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted of the offence of coercive control in each Police Force area in England and Wales in each year since 2016. (266746)

185 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what happens to (a) adult and (b) child victims of modern slavery after they have been referred to the National Referral Mechanism for the mandatory 45 days. (266747)

186 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how victims of modern slavery are monitored in respect of ongoing safeguarding after referral to the National Referral Mechanism; and how many victims of modern slavery have been reported as continuing to be trafficked in the last 12 months. (266748) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 21

187 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) charged and (ii) convicted of child sexual abuse offences in each of the last five years in England and Wales. (266749)

188 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of an online offence of viewing or possessing child abuse images in each of the last five years; and how many of those people have been (a) imprisoned and (b) given a non-custodial sentence. (266751)

189 David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first-time passport applications his Department has received since 23 June 2016. (266705)

190 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal investigations have been undertaken into (a) students and (b) other people who were alleged to have cheated in the TOEIC English language test. (266614)

191 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the 22,694 individuals that the Home Office has identified ETS has limited confidence in the validity of their TOEIC test due to administrative irregularity, how many re-applied for their visas with a new secure English language test. (266615)

192 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students received a section 10 notice as a result of being accused of cheating in the TOEIC English language test. (266616)

193 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the priority service is for visa applications to the UK in each country in which they are issued. (266658)

194 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the priority service for visa applications to the UK in New Delhi. (266659)

195 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the super-priority service for visa applications to the UK in each country that those visas are issued. (266660)

196 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the super-priority service for visa applications to the UK in New Delhi. (266661)

197 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for the (a) priority service and (b) super-priority service for visa applications to the UK in each of the last five years. (266662) 22 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

198 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for the (a) priority service and (b) super-priority service for visa applications to the UK at the British High Commission in New Delhi in each of the last five years. (266663)

199 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have paid for the priority service for a visa application have received a decision on their application within five days in each of the last five years. (266664)

200 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have paid for the priority service for a visa application have not received a decision within five days in each of the last five years. (266665)

201 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, wow many people who have paid for the super priority service for a visa application have received a decision within one day in each of the last five years. (266666)

202 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have paid for the super priority service for a visa application have not received a decision within 24 hours in each of the last five years. (266667)

203 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was to process visa applications to the UK made in New Delhi in the most recent period for which figures are available. (266668)

204 N Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether Members' staff can (a) register with and (b) access an on-site medical doctor. (266763)

205 N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the programme to improve the airworthiness of the RAF's A400M fleet; and whether any of that cost is being being borne by (a) the RAF, (b) Airbus and (c) a combination of the two. (266855)

206 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will be signing the UK Steel Charter. (266721)

207 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to commemorate the scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in June 1919. (266856)

208 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits to council tax payers of local authorities in England declaring a climate emergency in their area; and if he will make a statement. (266619) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 23

209 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to restore local housing allowance rates to cover the cheapest third of local rents. (266787)

210 Emma Dent Coad (Kensington): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the flats in (a) Barandon Walk, (b) Testerton Walk, (c) Hurstway Walk, (d) Treadgold House and (e) Bramley House are waiting to be deep cleaned after the Grenfell Tower fire; and of those flats how many are (i) occupied and (ii) empty. (266893)

211 Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England are waiting to be rehoused with a registered social landlord. (266764)

212 Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824. (266648)

213 Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to local communities (a) in the preparation of Neighbourhood Plans and (b) facing legal challenges from prospective developers to their Neighbourhood Plan proposals. (266727)

214 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will advise the removal of High Pressure Laminate cladding and combustible insulation from high risk buildings. (266778)

215 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will undertake a further BS 8414 test on high pressure laminate cladding and combustible insulation. (266779)

216 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will undertake to identify high risk buildings with this combination of cladding and insulation as part of the Building Safety Programme. (266781)

217 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the non-Aluminium Composite Material samples held by the Building Research Establishment are high pressure laminate cladding with combustible insulation. (266782) 24 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

218 N Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the high pressure laminate cladding that failed the BS 8414 test was (a) Fire Retardant Euroclass B or (b) Standard Grade Euroclass D. (266786)

219 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to start collecting data on the number of former armed service personnel who are (a) homeless, (b) rough sleepers and (b) in temporary accommodation. (266745)

220 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new forms of tenure for older people in specialist housing-with-care settings. (266695)

221 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on contracts with bailiffs and civil enforcement agents to recover council tax debts in each year since 2010. (266692)

222 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of highly combustible material in the balconies of blocks of flats. (266726)

223 David Warburton (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Transport, (b) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (c) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential wider economic benefits to the South West of the Government’s proposed improvements to the A303/A358/A30 corridor. (266871)

224 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to implement the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019. (266812)

225 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for stakeholder engagement on the development of the secondary legislation code of practice in respect of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019; what the format will be for that engagement; and when that engagement will take place. (266813)

226 N Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided by the Department for Work and Pensions towards the cost of Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service in each of the last four years; and what proportion of the cost of the First Tier Tribunal (Social Security & Child Support) that funding represented in each of those years. (266835) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 25

227 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prosecutions for breaches of the Data Protection Act 2018 which have resulted in fines in the last 12 months. [Transferred] (266113)

228 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) personal and (b) solicitor applications for probate to the Winchester registry office had been outstanding on 17 June 2019 for more than (i) 10 days and (ii) 10 weeks; and when that backlog of cases will have been resolved. (266621)

229 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the target time for dealing with probate applications; and what regulatory impact assessment he has made of the effect of those changes on (a) applicants and (b) solicitors. (266622)

230 N Sir Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to waive probate fees in cases where applications are not processed within ten days through no fault of the applicant; and if he will make a statement. (266623)

231 N Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time has been in Merseyside for personal independence payment tribunal appeals in each of the last 12 months. (266776)

232 N Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private prosecutions brought for compensation for victims of child sexual abuse in January 2017. (266816)

233 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proportion of staff turnover has been in HMP Hull in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. (266869)

234 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of service is for a prison officer at HMP Hull. (266870)

235 N Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to custody have served less than half their full sentence term due to early release in each year since 2007. (266858)

236 N Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders were released from custody having served their full sentence in each year since 2000. (266859)

237 N Neil O'Brien (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convicted offenders did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for (a) drug offences, (b) possession of weapons, (c) robbery, (d) sexual offences, (e) theft and (f) violence against the person in each year since 2007. (266860) 26 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

238 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing provision for discharged prisoners. (266740)

239 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has evidence that tents have been given to prisoners on release in (a) South Wales and (b) Yorkshire in the last 12 months. (266741)

240 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of cases where a female was sent to prison and her children were subsequently taken into local authority care in the last 12 months for which information is available. (266742)

241 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving a sentence for sexual offences against a child in England and Wales in each of the last five years . (266743)

242 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) electronic surveillance and (b) other supervision is available for people convicted of sexual offences against children on release. (266744)

243 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced for child sexual offences were given (a) a non- custodial sentence and (b) a custodial sentence of (i) less than 12 months, (ii) one to five years and (iii) more than five years in (A) 2017 and (B) 2018. (266750)

244 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former armed service personnel who have declared their membership of those services are serving a sentence in each prison in South Wales. (266753)

245 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to consult on the possibility of a statutory definition for vexatious applications in the court system in England and Wales. (266754)

246 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff have been disciplined for bringing contraband into prisons by role in each of the last five years. (266755)

247 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of X-ray body scanners in prisons in England and Wales. (266757)

248 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 237103 on Prisons: Security, what the timetable is for the tendering and subsequent rollout of body scanners in England and Wales. (266758) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 27

249 Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department has received from witnesses and victims on a failure to provide separate entrances and waiting areas in courts in England and Wales in each of the last three years. (266759)

250 Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on increasing the pay of civil servants in his Department. (266701)

251 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much debt was outstanding in relation to individuals sent to prison for council tax non-payment in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266681)

252 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the average (a) cost to the public purse of a prison sentence and (b) amount of debt outstanding in cases where people have been sent to prison for council tax non-payment in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266682)

253 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many committal proceedings have been started against people for council tax non-payment in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266683)

254 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many liability orders were granted to local authorities by magistrates in England and Wales for the non payment of council tax in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266684)

255 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people paid their council tax debt in full to avoid committal to prison in England and Wales in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266685)

256 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people paid their council tax debt in full part way through committal proceedings in England and Wales in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266686)

257 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people kept up with suspended committal order payments for council tax debt in England and Wales in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266687)

258 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people did not keep up with suspended committal order payments for council tax debt in England and Wales in each year between 2010 and 2018. (266688)

259 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of council tax debt has been remitted by magistrates on the grounds of hardship in each year since 2010. (266689) 28 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

260 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of council tax debt cases have magistrates ordered a means assessment of the debtor in each year since 2018. (266690)

261 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who received a custodial sentence for council tax debt were women in each year since 2010. (266691)

262 N Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals before the summer recess, to enact the recommendations of the Judge Hart's report entitled, Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry; and if she will make a statement. (266852)

263 N Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a future reduction in the salaries of the Members of the Legislative Assembly since the Assembly has not functioned since January 2017; and if she will make a statement. (266853)

264 N David Linden (Glasgow East): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to her oral contribution of 28 November 2018, Official Report, column 246 and pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264462, on Parental Leave: Childbirth, whether the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has informed her of his reasons for the key findings of the review of the provisions for parents of premature babies to not now be shared with interested parties. (266864)

265 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) Cabinet and (b) Junior Ministers attended the state banquet during President Trump's state visit. (266872)

266 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) Cabinet and (b) Junior Ministers attended the state banquet during President Obama's state visit. (266873)

267 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Home Secretary was issued with an invitation to the state banquet during President Trump's state visit. (266874)

268 N David Linden (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he plans to visit a food bank in June 2019. (266882)

269 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is planning to extend mandation of Making Tax Digital to other taxes. (266728)

270 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish the planned consultation on the design of Making Tax Digital for corporation tax. (266729) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 29

271 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Making Tax Digital for corporation tax will follow the same model as Making Tax Digital for income tax with a move to quarterly updates. (266730)

272 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans for a further consultation on the process for (a) year-end adjustments and (b) the design of software for (a) making tax digital for income tax and (b) making tax digital for corporation tax in relation to the working practices of businesses and their (A) accountants, (B) agents and (C) advisers. (266731)

273 Peter Dowd (Bootle): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has plans to introduce postponed accounting for VAT for importers in the event that the UK leaves the EU with a deal. (266732)

274 Dr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 258958 on Solar Power: VAT, which energy saving products will be subject to the proposed rise in VAT. (266629)

275 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of plans by Facebook to launch its own crypto-currency, Libra, on the stability of the financial system. (266794)

276 Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the effect of the Facebook crypto currency Libra on the stability of the financial system. (266795)

277 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) co-operatives and (b) community benefit societies were excluded from using CATO software under HMRC’s Making Tax Digital scheme. (266803)

278 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the usership of CATO software under HMRC’s Making Tax Digital scheme to include (a) co-operatives and (b) community benefit societies. (266804)

279 N Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether CATO software under HMRC’s Making Tax Digital scheme is able to be developed to include (a) co-operatives and (b) community benefit societies. (266805)

280 N Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money his Department allocated the consolidated fund to the (a) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (b) Cabinet Office, (c) Ministry of Defence, (d) Department for Education, (e) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (f) Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (g) Department of Health and Social Care, (h) Home Office, (i) Ministry of Justice, (j) Department for Transport, (k) HM Treasury, (l) Department for Exiting the 30 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

European Union, and (m) Department for International Trade for contingency planning for leaving the EU without an agreement in each month since January 2019. (266736)

281 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle recent problems with the issuing of National Insurance numbers to 16 year-olds. (266765)

282 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many 16-year-olds have been affected by HMRC's technical problems that resulted in the non-issuing of National Insurance numbers. (266767)

283 N Gavin Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department provides to 16 year-olds who are unable to obtain employment because they had not received their National Insurance number. (266768)

284 N Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's definition is of battery storage in respect of the planned increase in VAT on energy-saving materials from five per cent to 20 per cent in October 2019. (266840)

285 N Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Youth Voice Census Report 2019, published in June 2018, what assessment he has made of gender on a young person's level of engagement with school and employment. (266814)

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 25 June

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

1 Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South): What steps he is taking to strengthen the rules-based international order. (911539)

2 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What support his Department is providing to Trinidad and Tobago to improve that country's (a) handling of murder cases involving UK citizens and (b) criminal justice system. (911540)

3 Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): What representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the proposed Hong Kong extradition treaty and the UK's responsibilities under the 1984 Joint Declaration. (911541)

4 Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire): What diplomatic steps he is taking to enhance UK soft power overseas. (911542)

5 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the political and security situation in the Middle East. (911543) Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019 31

6 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What steps he is taking to protect the rights and freedoms of journalists throughout the world. (911544)

7 Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What recent steps he has taken to ensure that staff working in his Department are paid (a) on time and (b) at the correct rate. (911545)

8 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): What recent progress the Government has made on tackling climate change through international co-operation. (911546)

9 Alan Mak (Havant): What diplomatic steps the Government is taking to lead the international effort to tackle climate change. (911547)

10 Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What recent progress the Government has made in strengthening the UK’s special relationship with the US. (911548)

11 Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Human Rights Watch and (b) other civil society organisations can conduct humanitarian and advocacy work in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. (911549)

12 Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove): What steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (911550)

13 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What diplomatic steps he is taking to help tackle international economic crime. (911551)

14 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What recent assessment he has made of the potential risk of military conflict between the US and Iran. (911552)

15 Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): What recent assessment he has made of the effect of Hamas rule in Gaza on regional stability. (911553)

16 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): What recent progress the Government has made on tackling climate change through international co-operation. (911554)

17 Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden): What diplomatic steps the Government is taking to lead the international effort to tackle climate change. (911555)

18 Chris Green (Bolton West): What steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (911556)

19 Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate): What recent assessment he has made of the political and humanitarian situation in Venezuela. (911557)

20 Stephen Timms (East Ham): What progress the Government has made on securing the return of Mr Rishikesh Kardile from Spain to the UK. (911558)

21 Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): What steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians overseas. (911559)

22 Colin Clark (Gordon): What recent assessment he has made of the strength of Government co-operation with the US Administration on international security. (911560) 32 Published: Thursday 20 June 2019 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Wednesday 19 June 2019

23 Ruth George (High Peak): What recent progress the Government has made on tackling climate change through international co-operation. (911561)

24 Clive Efford (Eltham): What recent discussions he has had with the UN on the Colombian Government response to the killing of human rights defenders, trade unionists and social leaders working to implement the peace process in that country. (911562)

25 Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What recent diplomatic steps he has taken to help secure a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. (911563)

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

T 1 Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (911564)

T 2 Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire): (911565)

T 3 Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire): (911566)

T 4 Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East): (911567)

T 5 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): (911568)

T 6 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): (911569)

T 7 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): (911570)

T 8 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): (911571)

T 9 Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): (911572)

T 10 Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): (911573)