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Published: Tuesday 8 June 2021 Questions tabled on Monday 7 June 2021 Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Tuesday 8 June Questions for Written Answer 1 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on introducing memorials across the UK in remembrance of people who have died from covid-19. [Transferred] (10455) 2 Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the President of COP26, how many applications were accepted from organisations applying for a presence at COP26. [R] [Transferred] (10561) 3 Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the President of COP26, if he will publish a category breakdown of the successful applications to have a presence at COP26. [R] [Transferred] (10562) 4 Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether advanced orders placed for new covid-19 vaccines such as the Janseen vaccine will be designed around the latest variants known to be in existence at the time of delivery. [Transferred] (10158) 5 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of covid-19 business support grants that were paid directly to property owners whose tenants were granted that funding. [Transferred] (10494) 6 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of Government grants that are held in off-shore bank accounts by business landlords. [Transferred] (10495) 2 Published: Tuesday 8 June 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON MONDAY 7 JUNE 2021 7 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data his Department holds on (a) landlords that are the ultimate recipients of covid-19 business support grants and (b) the UK tax status of those landlords. [Transferred] (10496) 8 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to require landlords that have received covid-19 business support grants from the Government to support their tenants in the event that a tenant business goes into administration because it can no longer afford its lease due to financial difficulties resulting from the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (10498) 9 Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will allocate resources to the undertaking of practical proofs of value and pilots in assured data technology on a joint collaborative and open Government and industry basis. [Transferred] (10722) 10 Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle dog attacks on livestock. [R] [Transferred] (10361) 11 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to the seafood industry after the UK's departure from the EU; and how much of that funding has been allocated to companies based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England. [Transferred] (10487) 12 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning the export licensing of Paraquat. [R] [Transferred] (10466) 13 Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to work with supermarket retailers to help ensure that elderly or disabled residents remain able to access (a) home delivery slots and (b) good quality produce with a suitable shelf life. [Transferred] (10339) 14 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to incentivise and support investment in the UK’s hop sector; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (10612) 15 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to provide grants to haulage businesses to pay for their drivers to train for Category C licences instead of introducing apprenticeships in the sector. [Transferred] (10687) Published: Tuesday 8 June 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON MONDAY 7 JUNE 2021 3 16 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory requirement on companies to report their disability pay gap. [Transferred] (10440) 17 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that a Passenger Assistant is compulsory on bus transport for vulnerable and adolescent teenagers provided by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. [Transferred] (10224) 18 Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services on the provision of a Passenger Assistant on bus transport for vulnerable and adolescent teenagers. [Transferred] (10225) 19 Damien Moore (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that applications for Emergency Travel Documents are processed in line with her Department's service standards. [Transferred] (10620) 20 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 187180, what the relationship was between the victim and the perpetrator in each murder case in the male and female residential categories. [Transferred] (10275) 21 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 187180, what the (a) sex and (b) ethnicity was of the perpetrator responsible for each of the murders. [Transferred] (10276) 22 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 187180, what the sex of the (a) perpetrator and (b) victim was in each of the cases of murder in the male and female residential categories. [Transferred] (10277) 23 Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how British National (Overseas) passport holders in Hong Kong can apply for residency in the UK once their British National (Overseas) passports have been relinquished as required by the Chinese government. [Transferred] (10564) 24 Damien Moore (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide more accessible toilets in town centres. [Transferred] (10618) 25 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will publish a breakdown of the (a) destination, (b) use, (c) type of product and (d) volume of Welsh steel exports in each year between 2010 and 2021. [Transferred] (10569) 4 Published: Tuesday 8 June 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON MONDAY 7 JUNE 2021 Questions for Answer on Wednesday 9 June Questions for Written Answer 1 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his timetable is for announcing the (a) membership and (b) terms of reference of the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration. (11654) 2 Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to (a) phase out the subsidies for electricity companies that burn wood from cutting down forests and (b) increase subsidies for the production of electricity from solar and wind power. (11679) 3 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 2333 on Employment: Coronavirus, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued. (11577) 4 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Security Industry Authority licence changes and additional training requirements for door supervisors and security guards that come into place on 1 October 2021, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) Cabinet colleagues and (ii) counterparts in other departments on the potential effect of those changes on licenced premises. (11726) 5 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Security Industry Authority licence changes and additional training requirements for door supervisors and security guards that come into place on 1 October 2021, what steps he is taking to minimise the potential effect of those changes on licenced premises. (11727) 6 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Security Industry Authority licence changes and additional training requirements for door supervisors and security guards that come into place on 1 October 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of those changes on the temporary ability of licenced premises to stay open for business.
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