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432470

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Legal Profession: Voluntary Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he has taken to promote pro bono work amongst members of the legal profession in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	902355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I chair two co-ordinating committees that bring together leading organisations dedicated to promoting the delivery of pro bono legal services by members of the legal profession, in conjunction with the voluntary sector in England and Wales and internationally.</p><p>Earlier this month, we took part in a range of events during National Pro Bono week, which is now regarded as an important annual national event and is supported by the legal professions, voluntary sector and law schools.</p><p>Over the past 12 months, we have supported a number of projects borne out of the co-ordinating committees, that we believe reinforce how important the pro bono movement is – not just domestically, but internationally as well.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2015 11:30:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

447

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2013
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers and freedoms relating to (a) skills and employment, (b) housing and (c) economic development have been devolved since May 2010 to (i) local government and (ii) local enterprise partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	162343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 1 July 2013]</em></p><p>The Government is taking considerable steps to devolve power and freedom to local government and Local Enterprise Partnerships.</p><p>Through the Localism Act, councils now have the general power of competence that enables them to do anything that an individual might do, apart from that which is specifically prohibited. In addition we have radically reformed the local government finance system putting levers and incentives in the hands of local authorities, for instance:</p><p>· The removal of ring-fencing from local government grants has given councils the freedom and flexibility over the money they receive and allows them to work with their residents to decide how best to make their spending decisions to fit their local priority needs.</p><p>· rewarded places that deliver growth, through the New Homes Bonus and Business Rate Retention.</p><p>· Local authorities now directly retain 50% of business rates locally which amounts to nearly £11 billion, instead of returning it to Whitehall.</p><p>· We established five pilot Rural Growth Networks aimed at tackling the barriers to economic growth in rural areas, such as a shortage of work premises, slow internet connectivity and fragmented business networks. These pilots expect to create up to 3,000 new jobs and support up to 700 new businesses, offering a local approach to local problems. We will share the lessons they learn with other Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Authorities to help them promote growth in other rural areas.</p><p>We have also given councils the ability to borrow against their Housing Revenue Account.</p><p>Through the city deals programme we have devolved powers and responsibilities to 26 cities. For example we have:</p><p>•provided levers to deliver the skills and jobs that local businesses and people need;</p><p>•created joint investment programmes; and</p><p>• devolved greater financial powers and incentives to invest in growth to all cities.</p><p>As we made clear in our response to Lord Heseltine's review of Growth, we intend to go further. We have committed to negotiating Growth Deals with every Local Enterprise Partnership through which we will allocate the Local Growth Fund and negotiate broader powers, freedoms and flexibilities where a strong case for decentralisation can be made. The Local Growth Fund brings together funding from skills, housing and transport and we have committed £2 billion in 2015/16 and it will continue to be at least £2 billion a year up to 2021. The Local Growth Fund includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>over £6 billion of transport funding;</li><li>£300 million of additional Housing Revenue Account borrowing;</li><li>£50 million of Local Infrastructure Funding for housing developers; and</li><li>£300 million skills capital funding.</li></ul><p>We are also for the first time putting £5 billion of European Structural Investment Funds for the 2014-20 period under the strategic direction of Local Enterprise Partnerships, bringing the total resource (including the Local Growth Fund) under the control of Local Enterprise Partnerships to over £17 billion up until 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

437057

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many alleged human traffickers have been prosecuted by the CPS as a result of calls made to the NSPCC human trafficking and modern slavery helpline between July 2014 and June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	19543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>In the last financial year the CPS successfully prosecuted 130 human trafficking cases. However, the CPS does not record how an allegation of human trafficking or modern slavery was brought to the attention of the investigative authorities.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/12/2015 13:01:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

662787

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Islamic State: Genocide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, for what reasons no reference was made in the Government's proposals for the prosecution of ISIS made at the UN on 15 December 2016 to genocide committed against Christians whereas specific reference was made to other minority groups; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	58629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The campaign to bring Daesh to justice is about achieving justice for all of Daesh’s victims, in Iraq, Syria and across the world. This has been the case from the outset of the campaign and is what I said to the UN when I spoke on 15 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/01/2017 11:00:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

681287

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the procedure is for presenting a case to the Crown Prosecution Service independently of the police.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	62297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal prosecuting authority for England and Wales. The functions of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) as head of the CPS are set out in section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.</p><p> </p><p>The DPP may instigate a prosecution in any case investigated by the police or any of the Government departments or other agencies specifically set out in section 3 and in the exercise of any power specifically assigned to her by the Attorney General. There is no power to prosecute offences which have been investigated by any person or body not listed in section 3 or in an assignment, with the exception that the DPP may also institute criminal proceedings in any case where it appears to her to be appropriate to do so, including cases of particular importance or difficulty.</p><p> </p><p>The use of this power is rare, and anyone approaching the CPS asking them to consider a case for prosecution under this section will usually be recommended to contact the police, as the CPS has no power to investigate a case.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, section 6 of the same Act preserves the right of any individual to commence a private prosecution although the DPP may also take over such proceedings where it is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/02/2017 18:03:42 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

805424

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps the Law Officers' Departments is taking to strengthen families.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The AGO supports the development of policy and legislation across Government where these are relevant to the responsibilities of the Law Officers, particularly in relation to the rule of law. In doing so, the AGO supports the cross-Government objective for strengthening families.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 22/12/2017 16:59:27 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

805457

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The AGO has not been the sponsoring department for any legislation in this session.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/12/2017 12:01:17 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1643617

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Chocolate: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the inclusion of cocoa and milk products on the list of prohibited goods by UK postal carriers on small chocolate producers exporting to the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	188886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to make an assessment of impacts of such decisions on small chocolate producers. We would, however, welcome any further information and evidence from small chocolate producers on this concern.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/06/2023 16:35:58 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1055802

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Ofgem
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the efficacy of the energy regulator.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	217537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department maintains a strong working relationship with Ofgem, working closely across a wide range of policy areas. I regularly meet with Ofgem to discuss strategic priorities, while the Department engages directly with the UK Regulators Network, where Ofgem and regulators across sectors share best practice.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/02/2019 16:31:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1254507

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Hydrogen: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution published on 18 November 2020, what the process is for communities to express an interest in becoming a hydrogen town.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>We will be looking to the gas industry together with local authorities and communities to put forward proposals for hydrogen heating trials, and a possible hydrogen town. We will be publishing details on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 26/11/2020 14:54:07 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce