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390839

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will take steps to allow door-keeping staff a summer uniform made from lighter materials to reduce discomfort in hot weather.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	7716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Doorkeeping staff who perform a variety of outside and inside duties have a range of uniforms to wear as appropriate. Senior Doorkeepers who exclusively perform inside duties, and predominantly around the Chamber (which has cooling), have one uniform. These uniforms are 'bespoke' and to provide a second uniform would have considerable resource implications. The Serjeant at Arms has not received any requests from the Doorkeeping staff to either create a summer version of the uniform or to 'dress down' during hotter weather.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 21/07/2015 09:20:06 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

390838

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Select Committees: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress has been made on developing device independent applications for the distribution of select committee papers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	7713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Documents for select committees are circulated to committee members electronically, predominantly in PDF format; a format that can be read on a number of different devices. Following the decision of the House of Commons Commission, 557 Members have been issued with an iPad. Support for the system of distributing papers has focused mainly on the needs of iPad users, including software to allow the synching and personal annotation of documents. Members are not restricted to using iPads and can access the folders used for distributing committee documents on a desktop or laptop computer and, if they wish, copy them onto a tablet device of their choice. Alternative methods of distributing papers are being investigated and the Liaison Committee will be consulted to ensure that the views of Members are taken into account. Device independence remains a key requirement.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 21/07/2015 10:50:37 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

391513

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliament: Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2662, if he will extend the provision of the induction loop system to ensure people who have hearing loss or who are deaf can follow proceedings in all meeting rooms using a personal loop inducted into that system.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	7923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Following the hon. Member’s questions of 15 and 22 June, officials in the Department of Facilities have worked with the House of Commons audio-visual (AV) contractor to establish the costs and viability of extending the existing infra-red loop system to those meeting rooms on the Estate that do not currently have this facility. The work to install this facility in an additional twenty-one rooms across the Estate is planned to take place during the Conference Recess and be in place when the House returns in October.<br><br>An additional twenty-one rooms will be fitted with the infra-red loop system at a cost of approximately £31k. The rooms concerned are:</p><ul><li>Portcullis House : Rooms M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T and U</li><li>Norman Shaw North: Ground Floor Interview Room</li><li>Parliament St: Rooms A,B,C and D</li><li>Millbank House: Archbishop’s Room</li><li>7 Millbank: Conference Room E and Room 11</li><li>The Palace of Westminster: Conference Room H</li><li>Tothill St: Rooms G01, G02 and G03</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 07/09/2015 14:09:40 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

391864

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, whether options other than remaining in the Palace of Westminster have been considered for the long-term future of the House.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	8344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>An option to move Parliament out of the Palace of Westminster to a new purpose-built building was included in the Restoration and Renewal Pre-Feasibility Study of 2012. The House of Commons Commission reviewed that study on 29 October 2012. It decided to rule out the option of constructing a new building away from Westminster and agreed that no further analysis would be undertaken on this option. The House Committee of the House of Lords took a similar view.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 07/09/2015 14:10:32 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

391865

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons Chamber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, whether consideration has been given to ensuring that there will be adequate provision for every hon. Member to attend proceedings and take part in proceedings in the Chamber following the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	8348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The two Houses have established a Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster which will report and make recommendations to both Houses on the future restoration and renewal of the Palace. It will be for the two Houses to decide in due course whether or not they wish to make changes to the layout and seating arrangements of their respective Chambers in conjunction with the essential replacement of service infrastructure and other repairs to the fabric of the building. I am sure that the Joint Committee will be happy to receive the hon. Lady's ideas on this subject.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 07/09/2015 14:11:20 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

416521

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Electronic Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his oral statement of 2 July 2015, on English Votes on English Laws, Official Report, column 1646, what tender process was undertaken when deciding which electronic devices would be used by hon. Members for English and Welsh constituencies when casting their votes on pieces of legislation certified as being England or Wales only.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	8688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The House Service has been investigating means of electronic recording of divisions since October 2014. A trial was held in the House in March 2015 in which seven divisions were recorded in part by division clerks on two tablet devices. Those two devices had been purchased in February 2015 and a further four devices were purchased in May, in preparation for the next phase of the project. The devices chosen, for the use of House officials administering divisions, rather than hon. Members, had recently been added to the equipment catalogue for Members, so met Parliament’s requirements in terms of security, screen size and technical compatibility. They were purchased from a supplier on the Sprint procurement framework.</p><p>Full implementation of tablet recording of divisions is expected to take place later in the current Session. This change had been planned before the announcement of the Government’s proposals for English votes for English laws, although the use of tablets would make it easier and quicker to provide the results of divisions taken under the proposed ‘double-majority’ system.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 11/09/2015 12:07:56 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

417708

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what (a) overtime and (b) flexible working arrangements are in place for clerking, catering, security, Hansard and other ancillary or support staff and officers of the House during late sittings of the House.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The House of Commons terms and conditions of employment include provision to compensate staff for working late and/or additional hours during late sittings of the House.</p><p> </p><p>Staff in pay bands A–E (and some senior staff) required to work until the rise of the House or beyond are paid an Unsocial Hours Payment (UHP) for the commitment to work to an undefined time and a flat rate for each additional hour they work after 6pm once that have completed 8 hours work during that day. Staff who are not normally required to work to the rise of House or beyond, but agree to do so, may be eligible for paid overtime payments or time off in lieu (TOIL).</p><p> </p><p>Staff in catering pay bands are required to work until 15 minutes after the rise of the House if they are contracted to work in venues that supply services to Members. Staff who work in these areas or volunteer to work in these areas are paid overtime for any additional hours worked.</p><p> </p><p>Line managers have the discretion to agree flexibility around working hours by compensating individuals for additional hours worked by granting TOIL. Where business needs allow, TOIL can be granted to manage peaks and troughs in workloads. The extent to which TOIL is used varies between areas or roles, but is used frequently in some cases where workloads vary significantly between sitting and non-sitting periods. Work is under way to introduce a Flexible Time Management Policy.</p><p> </p><p>Security staff are employed by the Metropolitan Police Service and are paid in accordance with their terms and conditions of employment.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 14/09/2015 15:57:56 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 20747 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

418062

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliament: Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many items in the Parliamentary Art Collection are on loan outside the parliamentary estate.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>There are currently four objects from the Parliamentary Art Collection on loan outside the Parliamentary Estate.<br><br>The House of Commons and the House of Lords are actively committed to giving access to the Parliamentary Art Collection to as wide an audience as possible.<br><br>Loan requests are welcomed which will broaden access to the Collection and we are actively developing professional partnerships with other institutions around the UK who are organising exhibitions. In addition to this the Works of Art Committees of both Houses are working hard to raise the profile of the Parliamentary Art Collection and building to increase the number of loans outside the Parliamentary Estate.<br><br>The number of loans out changes from time to time as works are usually loaned for temporary exhibition.<br><br>As the Works of Art Committees have only recently reformed following the election we anticipate that the number of loans out may increase as pending loan requests are considered.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 16/09/2015 15:07:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

418060

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliament: Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 3834, what disposal strategy there is for the Parliamentary Art Collection.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The disposals policy for the Parliamentary Art Collection was reviewed and agreed in 2013 and is published with my answer.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 17/09/2015 17:06:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake attachment 1 file name WoA-Disposal-Policy-2013.pdf title 4-page document
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

418061

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliament: Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many items in the Parliamentary Art Collection are (a) on and (b) not on public display.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The total recorded number of works of art in the Parliamentary Art Collection (House of Commons and House of Lords) is 7,900.<br><br>On average, approximately 6,320 works, or 80% of the whole Parliamentary Art Collection is on display around the buildings of the Parliamentary Estate (Commons and Lords) at any one time. Approximately 1,500 of those works are in areas to which the public have access, including committee rooms and banqueting facilities to which guests may be taken.<br><br>The Works of Art Committees take care to ensure that the most important works in the collection are displayed in public areas on the line of route, in committee rooms and in banqueting areas to which the public have access.<br><br>Works from the collection are also drawn from other areas across the Estate for temporary displays such as the current ‘Waterloo, Wellington and Westminster’ exhibition in the Royal Gallery and the Election Artist display in Portcullis House which will accessible during the forthcoming ‘Open House’ weekend.<br><br>The public also have access to the Collection via the Parliamentary Art Collection website <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/art" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/art</a> which also features online exhibitions, videos and lectures about the collection.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 17/09/2015 17:06:26 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders