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1000255

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	02/11/2018
	date tabled	02/11/2018
	ddp created	02/11/2018 15:17:21
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	05/11/2018 18:05:05 12/11/2018 10:55:03
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs
	house id	1
	identifier	187376
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/11/2018 10:23:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention against trafficking in human organs signed on 23 March 2015.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 187376
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	187376
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The United Kingdom formally signed the Council of Europe Convention on Organ Trafficking on 25 March 2015 and has legislation in place to ensure consent is always provided to prevent organ trafficking. The Government also supports the 2008 Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, which encourages all countries to draw up legal and professional frameworks to govern organ donation and transplantation activities.</p><p> </p><p>When the UK signed the convention, it did so on the basis that it reserved the right not to apply the jurisdiction rules laid down in paragraph 1.d and e of Article 10 of the convention. There are no current plans to ratify the convention.</p>
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100084

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:33
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:57:44
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	UK Export Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	211332
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 14:39:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance export working capital scheme have been small to medium sized enterprises in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211332
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211332
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion, expressed as a percentage, of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the total number of exporters UK Export Finance (UKEF) has supported broken down by UKEF product for the last five financial full years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buyer Credit</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bond Support Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Insurance Policy</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Working Capital Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Letter of Credit Guarantee Scheme</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supplier Credit Facility</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Products launched in 2011/12</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SMEs are defined by the EU as companies that have fewer than 250 employees, and either a turnover of less than €50m or a balance sheet total of less than €43m.</p><p> </p><p>Information on UKEFs Bond Support Scheme has been included given that it was introduced specifically to support to smaller exporters, especially SMEs.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin
	publisher	25259
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100085

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:34
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:57:50
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	UK Export Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	211333
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 14:39:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance supplier credit facility have been small to medium sized enterprises in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211333
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211333
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion, expressed as a percentage, of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the total number of exporters UK Export Finance (UKEF) has supported broken down by UKEF product for the last five financial full years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buyer Credit</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bond Support Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Insurance Policy</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Working Capital Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Letter of Credit Guarantee Scheme</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supplier Credit Facility</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Products launched in 2011/12</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SMEs are defined by the EU as companies that have fewer than 250 employees, and either a turnover of less than €50m or a balance sheet total of less than €43m.</p><p> </p><p>Information on UKEFs Bond Support Scheme has been included given that it was introduced specifically to support to smaller exporters, especially SMEs.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin
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100086

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:34
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:57:56
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	UK Export Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	211334
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 14:39:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance letter of credit guarantee scheme have been small to medium sized enterprises in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211334
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211334
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion, expressed as a percentage, of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the total number of exporters UK Export Finance (UKEF) has supported broken down by UKEF product for the last five financial full years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buyer Credit</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bond Support Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Insurance Policy</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Working Capital Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Letter of Credit Guarantee Scheme</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supplier Credit Facility</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Products launched in 2011/12</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SMEs are defined by the EU as companies that have fewer than 250 employees, and either a turnover of less than €50m or a balance sheet total of less than €43m.</p><p> </p><p>Information on UKEFs Bond Support Scheme has been included given that it was introduced specifically to support to smaller exporters, especially SMEs.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

100087

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:34
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 02:58:02
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	UK Export Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	211335
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 14:39:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of successful applicants to the UK Export Finance buyer credit facility of credit guarantee scheme have been small to medium sized enterprises in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211335
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211335
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion, expressed as a percentage, of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the total number of exporters UK Export Finance (UKEF) has supported broken down by UKEF product for the last five financial full years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buyer Credit</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bond Support Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Insurance Policy</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Export Working Capital Scheme*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Letter of Credit Guarantee Scheme</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supplier Credit Facility</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Products launched in 2011/12</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SMEs are defined by the EU as companies that have fewer than 250 employees, and either a turnover of less than €50m or a balance sheet total of less than €43m.</p><p> </p><p>Information on UKEFs Bond Support Scheme has been included given that it was introduced specifically to support to smaller exporters, especially SMEs.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

1003831

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/11/2018
	date	09/11/2018
	date tabled	09/11/2018
	ddp created	09/11/2018 16:48:55
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	13/11/2018 16:45:18 14/11/2018 18:00:04
	hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	identifier	189731
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/11/2018 17:28:56
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue a response to EDM 158, transparency of developing country debts.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 189731
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189731
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises that ensuring debt sustainability and transparency in Low Income Countries (LICs) is important. UK-based lenders are subject to extensive prudential disclosure requirements under UK prudential and accounting law, including for material loans made to foreign Governments, which appropriately reflect firms’ exposures. Compliance with these requirements are independently assessed by the relevant UK regulator during their supervisory activities.</p><p> </p><p>Given the complex international nature of LIC debt, we continue to believe that internationally-agreed assessments and coordinated approaches to tackle debt vulnerability are most effective. The G20 have been supporting work on debt sustainability, including G20 sustainable lending guidelines and voluntary industry-led initiatives to promote debt transparency from private lenders to sovereign nations, especially LICs.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
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1010364

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/11/2018
	date	19/11/2018
	date tabled	19/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 01:46:46
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 02:02:29 22/11/2018 17:42:01
	hansard heading	Malaysia: Primates
	house id	1
	identifier	192920
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 17:10:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of palm oil production on the orangutan population in Malaysia.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 192920
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192920
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK supports sustainable trade of agricultural commodities associated with deforestation, including palm oil. We are a signatory to the Amsterdam Declaration in support of a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain and are a member of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 and have endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests.</p><p>In Malaysia the British High Commission is working with Malaysian government enforcement agencies and NGOs to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. During HRH the Prince of Wales' visit to Sarawak in November 2017 the state government reiterated its full commitment to protect the orangutan. Both Sabah and Sarawak states have invested in two rehabilitation centres for displaced orangutans. The UK is an active member of the Great Ape Survival Partnership (GRASP), a UN body dedicated to the conservation of great apes, including orangutans.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
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1010365

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/11/2018
	date	19/11/2018
	date tabled	19/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 01:46:49
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	ddp modified	22/11/2018 10:15:07 22/11/2018 10:51:01
	hansard heading	Fuels: Palm Oil
	house id	1
	identifier	192921
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 10:19:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the EU decision to phase out the use of palm oil in transport fuels by 2030.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 192921
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192921
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The revised Renewable Energy Directive includes a provision restricting biofuels with a high risk of causing indirect land use change (ILUC) from counting towards EU renewable energy targets. Details of the provision are to be determined by the Commission in a delegated Act by February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s position is that all biofuels should deliver genuine greenhouse gas savings compared to fossil fuels. In the UK we ensure that measures to promote a market for biofuels, including rewards provided through the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), avoid supporting biofuels with high ILUC impacts. The latest verified data for 2016/17 shows the average greenhouse savings of biofuels supplied under the RTFO is 71% compared to fossil fuels, even when emissions from indirect land use change are taken into account.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
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1015042

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/11/2018
	date	26/11/2018
	date tabled	26/11/2018
	ddp created	26/11/2018 22:40:55
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	26/11/2018 22:56:37 29/11/2018 18:17:05
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	195608
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/11/2018 17:45:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with external stakeholders on the effect of air pollution on child health.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 195608
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195608
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Defra ministers and officials meet stakeholders regularly to engage on the wide range of issues regarding air quality. I have hosted a number of roundtable discussions in preparing the draft Clean Air Strategy, meeting with a wide range of organisations representing public health interests, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), to discuss health impacts from particulate matter and how these could be reduced, and how we can improve the information provided about air pollution, forecasts and health impacts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials continue regular engagement with a wide range of these organisations during and after the consultation on the draft Clean Air Strategy, and are pursuing a number of ideas for joint working on improving communications about health and pollution, including child health.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
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1015043

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/11/2018
	date	26/11/2018
	date tabled	26/11/2018
	ddp created	26/11/2018 22:40:57
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	26/11/2018 22:56:39 29/11/2018 18:21:09
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	195609
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/11/2018 17:50:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to conduct or support any studies into the effect of air pollution on child health.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 195609
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195609
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra does not fund studies into the effect of air pollution on child health as this falls more in the remit of bodies such as the Department of Health and Social Care or Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have consulted on our new Clean Air Strategy, which sets out how we are investing £10 million in improving our modelling, data and analytical tools to give a more precise picture of current and future air quality and the impact of policies to improve it in the future. We will continue to work in collaboration with research councils who are funding a large programme of research on air pollution.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
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