Published: Friday 26 March 2021 Questions tabled on Thursday 25 March 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 Monday 12 April Questions for Written Answer 1 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's consultation, Good Work Plan: proposals to support families, which closed on 29 November 2019, if he will take steps to respond to that consultation in respect of shared parental leave. (176141) Questions for Answer on Tuesday 13 April Questions for Written Answer 1 N Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans make the Ministerial Code a statute. [Transferred] (174953) 2 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether children who are 5 years old or under are included in guest limits given for wedding ceremonies and receptions. (176049) 3 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans publish a comprehensive covid- 19 roadmap for (a) weddings, (b) civil partnership ceremonies and (c) receptions 2 Published: Friday 26 March 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 25 MARCH 2021 detailing permitted arrangements at each step including but not limited to (i) the bubbling of households for ceremonies and receptions, (ii) how food can be served and (iii) the use of private land and garden weddings. (176050) 4 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether alternative wedding ceremonies as defined in COVID-19: Guidance for small marriages and civil partnerships are permitted from 12 April 2021. (176051) 5 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with farming unions on the merits of negotiating a veterinary agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary rules with the EU. (175800) 6 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of a negotiated veterinary agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary rules with the EU on reducing barriers for UK food exporters. (175801) 7 N Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with (a) UK food exporters and (b) his counterparts in the EU on negotiating a veterinary agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary rules with the EU. (175802) 8 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) people and (b) households completed the Census 2021 on paper by the 21 March 2021 deadline; and what comparative assessment he has made of that number and ONS's projected number in that category. (175971) 9 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what percentage of people and households were able to complete the Census 2021 online by the 21 March 2021 deadline; and how that figure compares to what the ONS had estimated. (175972) 10 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the ONS has made of the number of fines it will issue for non-completion of the Census 2021. (175973) 11 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many fines were issued to people for (a) non-participation and (b) giving false information in the 2011 Census. (175974) Published: Friday 26 March 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 25 MARCH 2021 3 12 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many households were sent a letter with a unique code to access the 2021 online census; and how many people requested it (a) online or (b) via a text message to be sent to their mobile. (175975) 13 Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the ONS has made of the number of fines that will be issued for giving false information in the Census 2021. (175976) 14 N Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report of the Dunlop Review into UK Government Union capability published on 24 March 2021, what assessment he made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion on page 29 of that report that the review has concluded that it is not necessary or productive to bypass the devolved governments in funding arrangements. (175936) 15 Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report of the Dunlop Review into UK Government Union capability published on 24 March 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation of that report that in devolved areas there should be a second portion of the same fund which is open to bids from UK Government departments and devolved governments working in co-operation. (175938) 16 N Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the proportion of rapes in England and Wales which were unreported in each of the last five years. [Transferred] (174708) 17 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reducing the Office for Veterans' Affairs budget on (a) veterans and (b) their dependants; and if he will make a statement. [Transferred] (174838) 18 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that answers to Written Parliamentary Questions that are written or drafted by external contractors are drafted in accordance with the Civil Service Code. (175784) 19 N Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to answers to Written Parliamentary Questions that are written or drafted by external contractors, what steps his Department is taking to verify that the information in those answers is (a) complete and (b) accurate. (175785) 4 Published: Friday 26 March 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON THURSDAY 25 MARCH 2021 20 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to negotiate a veterinary agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary rules with the EU to reduce the barriers for UK food exporters. (175980) 21 Marco Longhi (Dudley North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to prevent voter fraud at the upcoming local elections in response to the increase in postal vote requests. (176066) 22 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office on Public Procurement: Value for Money on 25 March 2021, and the commitment to investigate reports that Deloitte consultants are drafting responses for Ministers, if he will investigate (a) the delay in answering Question 149740 on Care Homes: Coronavirus tabled on 5 February 2021 and (b) other parliamentary questions referencing Deloitte. (175797) 23 Navendu Mishra (Stockport): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to (a) ensure and (b) oversee compliance in respect of the award by contracting authorities of commercial contracts to businesses that supply public bodies and that have been deemed to be at risk under the terms of procurement. (176087) 24 N Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much David Cameron has received from the public purse since he resigned as Prime Minister and hon. Member in 2016; and what the purpose was of such payments. [Transferred] (174814) 25 Laura Trott (Sevenoaks): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department is making on addressing disparities in support for victims of the Infected Blood Scandal across the four nations of the UK. (176055) 26 Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the current export arrangements between the UK and the EU on the ability of hauliers to transport small quantities of goods directly from SMEs in the UK to consumers in the EU.