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1279008

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to promote sustainable fisheries.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	911176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Fisheries Act sets out clear objectives on sustainability with detailed policies published in the Joint Fisheries Statement. We will publish our Fisheries Management Plans to meet our commitment to fishing within sustainable limits. As an independent coastal state, we are committed to working with our international partners to manage our shared stocks sustainably.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2021 15:35:01 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1279009

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Oilseed Rape: Pesticides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to promote the development of environmentally friendly pesticides to help support the domestic farming of rapeseed.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	911177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides outlines how the Government will support the development of nature-based solutions, low toxicity methods, and biopesticides, in line with the principles of Integrated Pest Management.</p><p> </p><p>In partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Defra is funding field trials for Integrated Pest Management in oilseed rape.</p><p> </p><p>Defra also supports research on the genetic improvement of rapeseed to increase resilience to pests.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2021 15:36:32 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1279010

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries: Quotas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he has plans to reallocate (a) new and (b) existing UK fishing quota to small boat fishers.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	911179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>We recently consulted on how to apportion additional quota between the UK administrations. We also consulted on how we allocate England’s share. We will publish the Government’s response and our English allocation policy after annual negotiations conclude. It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their share.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear since the 2018 White Paper that we would allocate our existing quota using the current method.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2021 15:38:08 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1279011

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on animal sentience.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	911180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>We have committed to bringing in new laws on animal sentience. Any necessary changes required to domestic legislation will be made in an effective and credible way and will be brought forward when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2021 15:39:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1278572

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Distribution of Seats: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Committee has made an assessment of the implications for the (a) administration of elections and (b) strength of the Union of a reduction in the number of Scottish parliamentary seats.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	911080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission's role relates only to aspect a) of the question.</p><p>On the administration of elections, it will provide the necessary support to the electoral community in responding to any changes made to constituency boundaries by Parliament, to ensure the continued delivery of well-run elections.</p> answering member constituency City of Chester answering member printed Christian Matheson question first answered 21/01/2021 12:47:13 answering member 4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1278026

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children there have been for the Offence of Slavery, Servitude and forced or compulsory Labour under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	140123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides an offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Section 2 provides for a single offence of human trafficking covering sexual and non-sexual exploitation; and, Section 4 provides that it is an offence to commit another offence with a view to committing a trafficking offence under Section 2.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Act came into force and up to the end of March 2020, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data does not indicate the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the charged offence.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report the nature of, or type of exploitation carried out on victims of modern slavery or trafficking offences other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 140124 question first answered 21/01/2021 08:19:50 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1278027

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children have there been for Human Trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	140124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides an offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Section 2 provides for a single offence of human trafficking covering sexual and non-sexual exploitation; and, Section 4 provides that it is an offence to commit another offence with a view to committing a trafficking offence under Section 2.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Act came into force and up to the end of March 2020, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data does not indicate the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the charged offence.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report the nature of, or type of exploitation carried out on victims of modern slavery or trafficking offences other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 140123 question first answered 21/01/2021 08:19:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1278184

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what armaments the UK exported from January 2018 to January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	140251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK containing detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This information is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data%0d" target="_blank">gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a> and the most recent publication was on 13<sup>th</sup> October 2020, covering the period 1<sup>st</sup> April – 30<sup>th</sup> June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Information covering 1<sup>st</sup> July – 30<sup>th</sup> September 2020 will be published on 9<sup>th</sup> February 2021 and information covering 1<sup>st</sup> October 2020 – 31<sup>st</sup> December 2020 will be published on 13<sup>th</sup> April 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 21/01/2021 16:10:20 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1278208

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent amendments her Department has made to export controls in the context of the potential provision of armaments to the Israeli Government.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	140254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (the “Consolidated Criteria”) remains the policy for assessing all licence applications on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Consolidated Criteria has long provided a thorough risk assessment framework and requires us to assess the impact of licensing equipment and its capabilities. HM Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated Criteria</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 21/01/2021 15:56:22 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1278307

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to improve reporting on open licences.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	140268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom operates one of the most robust and transparent export control regimes in the world. We rigorously examine each export licence application on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics on a quarterly and annual basis on export licences (including open individual licences) granted, refused and revoked. We also provide information on registrations and de-registrations of open general licences. This information is publicly available at: gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</p><p> </p><p>We have made public the ability to search and run reports on published licensing data too. This is available at: exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk</p><p> </p><p>My Department has explored further increasing transparency on open licence usage, whilst being mindful of administrative burdens on industry and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 21/01/2021 15:47:31 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith