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1685415

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, which policies under each arms length body reporting to their Department fall within the scope of the Environmental principles policy statement, published on 31 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	11745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The duty, which came into force on 1 November 2023, does not require the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) nor its superintended bodies (the Crown Prosecution Service, the Government Legal Department, the Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) to maintain a comprehensive list of policies within scope of the duty.</p><p>The AGO and the bodies it superintends do not lead on policy.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 05/02/2024 09:42:43 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1685416

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which policies under each arms length body reporting to their Department fall within the scope of the Environmental principles policy statement, published on 31 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	11746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The duty does not require us to maintain a comprehensive list of policies within scope of the duty.</p><p>The duty applies to all policies made from 1 November 2023, whether developed by a central department or an arm’s length body, which are:</p><ul><li><p>made by Ministers of the Crown; and</p></li><li><p>not covered by the exemptions for the armed forces, defence or national security, taxation, spending or the allocation of resources within government.</p></li></ul><p>The environmental principles policy statement provides further information on what is considered policy in scope of the duty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/02/2024 14:48:43 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1685417

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	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	Department for Business and Trade: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which policies under each arms length body reporting to their Department fall within the scope of the Environmental principles policy statement, published on 31 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	11747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Environmental principles duty does not require the Government to maintain a comprehensive list of policies within scope of the duty.</p><p> </p><p>The duty applies to all policies made from 1 November 2023, whether developed by a central department, or an arm’s length body, which are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>made by Ministers of the Crown; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>not covered by the exemptions for the armed forces, defence or national security, taxation, spending or the allocation of resources within government.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The environmental principles policy statement provides further information on what is considered policy in scope of the duty. Examples include strategies and frameworks.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/02/2024 11:46:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1687826

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	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	L3Harris: F-35 Aircraft
	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 review L3Harris’s licence to produce release systems for the F-35 combat aircraft in the context of the International Court of Justice's order relating to the case of the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel), published on 26 January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	13287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>Decisions on export licensing are based on the UK's Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The Government's export licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we can amend, suspend or revoke extant licences, or refuse new licence applications, where they are inconsistent with these criteria.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/02/2024 13:02:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689149

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Arms Trade: Israel
	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 implications for her policy on arms exports to Israel of the press notice by Amnesty International entitled Israel/OPT: New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Gaza causing mass civilian casualties amid real risk of genocide, published on 12 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	13982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor closely the situation in Israel and Gaza.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against our Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including with regard to international humanitarian law. All licences are kept under careful and continual review and we are able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences in response to changing international circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/02/2024 10:55:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1691336

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	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	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February to Question 13982 on Arms Trade: Israel, whether she has (a) amended, (b) suspended, (c) refused and (d) revoked any licences to export (i) arms and (ii) arms components to Israel since 12 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	15430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a></p><p> </p><p>Information about licences to Israel from 12<sup>th</sup> February 2024 has not yet been published as official statistics. Information regarding export licence decisions made between 1 January 2024 – 31 March 2024 will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In the event a decision was taken to amend, suspend or revoke any licences, we would contact the affected exporters directly and, where relevant, issue a Notice to Exporters which would be published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2024 17:22:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1696384

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2024
	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	Trade Agreements: Nigeria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15265 on Shell: Nigeria, whether her Department has raised the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project during trade negotiations with Nigeria.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	18879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project was not part of the discussions with the Federal Government of Nigeria, when agreeing the UK-Nigeria Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP). The ETIP is a forward-looking and non-legally binding arrangement, which aims to cover issues both countries wish to work on, to resolve non-tariff market access barriers, and to boost mutual trade and investment.</p><p>However, the UK encourages a coordinated effort between the Nigerian Government, oil and gas companies, and communities to bring an end to all forms of oil contamination in Nigeria.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/03/2024 17:02:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1685418

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which policies under each arms length body reporting to their Department fall within the scope of the Environmental principles policy statement, published on 31 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	11748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The duty does not require us to maintain a comprehensive list of policies within scope of the duty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 06/02/2024 09:45:03 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690826

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tour de France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 2.148 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, whether UK Sport is actively pursuing a 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ bid.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	15043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>DCMS works closely with UK Sport on the hosting of major sporting events. UK Sport often undertakes feasibility work into major sporting events to understand the costs, impacts and technical requirements of hosting.</p><p>This supports the UK’s strategic objective to secure a programme of major sporting events into the 2030s that will generate impact across the cities and regions of the UK and allow our world-class events sector to thrive.</p><p>In May 2022, England were announced as hosts of the Rugby World Cup 2025. This event has ambitions to be the best attended women’s Rugby World Cup ever. Up to the end of Financial Year 2023/24, around £11 million will have been invested into staging costs for the Rugby World Cup 2025, and the RFU-led Rugby World Cup 2025 Impact programme.</p><p>The Tour de France Grand Départ is being considered as part of the UK’s ongoing feasibility work.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 15044 question first answered 29/02/2024 14:22:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690828

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Rugby and Tour de France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of the £30 million allocated for the UK’s proposed bids for the (a) 2025 Rugby World Cup and (b) 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ has (i) been spent on each event and (ii) is yet to be spent as of 21 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	15044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>DCMS works closely with UK Sport on the hosting of major sporting events. UK Sport often undertakes feasibility work into major sporting events to understand the costs, impacts and technical requirements of hosting.</p><p>This supports the UK’s strategic objective to secure a programme of major sporting events into the 2030s that will generate impact across the cities and regions of the UK and allow our world-class events sector to thrive.</p><p>In May 2022, England were announced as hosts of the Rugby World Cup 2025. This event has ambitions to be the best attended women’s Rugby World Cup ever. Up to the end of Financial Year 2023/24, around £11 million will have been invested into staging costs for the Rugby World Cup 2025, and the RFU-led Rugby World Cup 2025 Impact programme.</p><p>The Tour de France Grand Départ is being considered as part of the UK’s ongoing feasibility work.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 15043 question first answered 29/02/2024 14:22:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas