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1700261

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislation: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Guide to Making Legislation, which Acts that received royal assent since 2010 have been subject to post-legislative review; and which Acts are being reviewed.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	21048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Post-legislative scrutiny memoranda have been published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> where bills have undergone the process. While all bills that have reached Royal Assent are eligible for post-legislative scrutiny after they are enacted, it can be agreed between the department and the relevant Commons departmental select committee that a memorandum is not required.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/04/2024 14:27:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1698505

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Secretaries of State: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, when she plans to respond to the First Report of the Procedure Committee on Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords, HC 338, published on 24 January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	20314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government submitted its response to the Procedure Committee’s report on Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords on Tuesday 26th March 2024.</p><p>As Leader of the House of Commons, I meet regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss issues across my portfolio and will continue to do so. Correspondence between the Government and the Select Committees of both Houses is published on <a href="http://parliament.uk" target="_blank">parliament.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 20315 question first answered 15/04/2024 09:29:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1698506

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Secretaries of State: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether she has had correspondence with the House of Lords Procedure Committee about Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the Lords.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	20315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government submitted its response to the Procedure Committee’s report on Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords on Tuesday 26th March 2024.</p><p>As Leader of the House of Commons, I meet regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss issues across my portfolio and will continue to do so. Correspondence between the Government and the Select Committees of both Houses is published on <a href="http://parliament.uk" target="_blank">parliament.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 20314 question first answered 15/04/2024 09:29:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1698635

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislative Drafting: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 16442 on Legislative Drafting: Gender, when she plans to publish the further information for drafters on gendered language.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	20468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel’s drafting guidance was published on <a href="http://Gov.uk" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> on 4th April 2024 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-bills-for-parliament" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-bills-for-parliament</a>) and has also been deposited in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/04/2024 09:22:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1694587

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Defamation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions she has informed the Law Officers that she is the defendant in a libel action in (a) her personal capacity, (b) her official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	17567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code which states: “The fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.”</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/03/2024 08:05:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1692832

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislative Drafting: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Answer of 19 June 2023 to Question 187222, on Legislative Drafting: Gender, whether the revised guidance has been completed; and whether she continues to plan to place it in the Libraries of both Houses and publish it on the gov.uk website.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	16442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has updated its drafting guidance in general and, following the written statement, has further information for drafters on gendered language. This will be published on GOV.UK in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/03/2024 10:53:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1690362

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Taxation: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to (a) her oral contribution on 11 January 2024, Official Report, columns 455-456, (b) the findings on page 2 of the Scottish Government’s Income Tax Policy Proposal: Scottish Budget 2023-24, published in December 2022 and (c) research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Scottish council tax, published on 11 September 2023, on what evidential basis she stated that people in England pay lower tax than people in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	14896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my remarks in response to her point or order on 31st January (Official Report, col. 898), and my responses during business questions on the 18th January (Official Report, col. 1039-40) and the 25th January (Official Report, col. 449).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 14897 question first answered 23/02/2024 09:00:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1690363

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Public Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to (a) her oral contribution on 11 January 2024, Official Report, columns 455-456 and (b) figures stated in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Public finances databank – December 2023, published on 23 December 2023, on what evidential basis she stated that the Government has managed to have a balanced budget.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	14897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my remarks in response to her point or order on 31st January (Official Report, col. 898), and my responses during business questions on the 18th January (Official Report, col. 1039-40) and the 25th January (Official Report, col. 449).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 14896 question first answered 23/02/2024 09:00:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1688557

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase parliamentary scrutiny of UK strategic export controls for military goods.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	13711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of effective Parliamentary scrutiny of strategic export controls and takes these matters very seriously. The UK operates one of the most transparent export licensing systems in the world, publishing quarterly and annual statistics on all of our export licensing decisions, including details of export licences granted, refused and revoked. The government is required by statute to present an Annual Report on UK Strategic Export Controls detailing the government’s approach to export licensing, including international commitments. The most recent quarterly data on strategic export controls is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-1-april-to-30-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-1-april-to-30-june-2023</a>), as is the annual report for 2022 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategic-export-controls-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategic-export-controls-annual-report-2022</a>).</p><p>As of January 2024, the Business and Trade Committee is the Parliamentary scrutiny committee with oversight of arms export controls, a role formerly carried out by the Select Committee on Arms Exports Controls (CAEC). A joint report outlining plans for future parliamentary scrutiny of strategic export controls was published by the Business and Trade, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees on 23rd January 2024 and can be found on parliament.uk (<a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42982/documents/213812/default/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42982/documents/213812/default/</a>).</p><p>The Government recognises the important role that the CAEC played in providing Parliamentary scrutiny of export controls and the work of the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU). While Parliamentary scrutiny is a matter for the House, the government is committed to keeping the Business and Trade Committee updated on the work of the ECJU as it carries out its new scrutiny role. Other relevant select committees will no doubt continue to examine strategic export controls as part of their wider work, allowing a broad range of scrutiny across the House.</p><p>Hon and Rt Hon Members can also raise matters relating to the scrutiny of the UK's strategic export controls directly with the Department for Business and Trade.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/02/2024 17:24:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1686849

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what proportion of named day questions were answered on or before the relevant named day by (a) all Government Departments and (b) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in (i) the 2022-23 Parliamentary Session and (ii) the current Parliamentary session.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	12618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Data on response times to all written parliamentary questions is held by the House, rather than the Government. The ​Procedure ​Committee reports on departmental performance following the end of each Parliamentary Session, the most recent of which can be found on parliament.uk (<a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1245/written-parliamentary-questions/publications" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1245/written-parliamentary-questions/publications</a>), and the Government looks forward to receiving the Committee’s report on data from the 2022-23 Session. The Hon. Member may wish to approach the House regarding data for the current Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/02/2024 11:05:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1679410

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Ministers: Members' Interests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral contributions of 12 December 2022, Official Report column 823, and 30 March 2023, Official Report column 1168, when she plans that the the ministerial registration of interests, hospitality, gifts and so forth will be put on the same footing as Parliament’s.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	7805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>In July 2023, the Cabinet Office published its response to three reports on strengthening ethics and integrity in central government. This states: “The Government will be implementing comprehensive reforms to improve the quality and accessibility of departments' transparency returns, which cover meetings, gifts, hospitality and travel.”</p><p>“The Cabinet Office is developing a single platform to collate and publish departments' transparency returns. This will provide a single public source of transparency data, replacing the system of separate publications. Following the deployment and adoption of an integrated database, the Government will look to move departments' transparency publications from a quarterly to a monthly basis.” The full response is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strengthening-ethics-and-integrity-in-central-government" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strengthening-ethics-and-integrity-in-central-government</a></p><p>My office is already collating monthly returns and we are working with the Cabinet Office in order to publish these ahead of the new system being rolled out across Government.</p><p>Separately, and in line with the Ministerial Code, the List of Ministers’ Interests is published twice yearly with updates issued at other times as needed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2024 16:05:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1679684

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Private Members' Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will take steps to increase the amount of parliamentary time given to debate Private Members' Bills in the 2023-24 parliamentary session.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	8006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Standing Orders provide for thirteen sitting Fridays per session. The House can agree, on a Government motion, to sit on additional Fridays when required. This is usually appropriate when the length of a session has been extended.</p><p>With the support of the Government, 24 Private Members’ Bills were passed in the last session, with only one additional Friday allocated. This is more than the 2021-22 session, which saw 13 Private Members’ Bills reach Royal Assent in thirteen sitting Fridays. This clearly demonstrates that sufficient support from across the House is more important in the successful passage of Private Members’ Bills than additional parliamentary time.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2024 15:24:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1678148

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to enable Members to directly scrutinise the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	7134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Procedure Committee is conducting an inquiry into this issue and it would not be appropriate for me to pre-empt the conclusions of that inquiry. The Government will respond to the Committee’s recommendations in the usual way once they have published their report.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/12/2023 13:15:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1677503

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how much her office spent on external recruitment consultants in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	6600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons has not incurred external recruitment consultancy costs in any of the last three financial years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/12/2023 09:50:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1676290

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how much her office spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Cabinet Office have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.</p><p>Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/12/2023 15:11:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1671818

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Accountability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to implement the recommendations in the Third Report of the House of Commons Procedure Committee of Session 2009-10 on Accountability to the House of Commons of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords, HC496, which was published on 22 March 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	2783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Procedure Committee has announced an inquiry into this issue and it would not be appropriate for me to pre-empt the conclusions of that inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/11/2023 09:20:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1661398

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many Government Bills have been withdrawn in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	200115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has been informed on each occasion a bill has been withdrawn. Information on the bills withdrawn in each session is available on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/10/2023 09:10:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1656135

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether she is taking steps to increase opportunities for the scrutiny of statutory instruments by backbenchers.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	195841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to a strong Parliament that effectively scrutinises legislation. In its response to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee's report <em>'Losing Impact: why the Government’s impact assessment system is failing Parliament and the public'</em> (HL Paper 116), the Government agreed that it is important that Parliament has the information it needs and that impact assessments should be published, where possible, when an applicable instrument is laid before Parliament.</p><p>Further to that response, the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee’s <em>‘Interim Report on the Work of the Committee in Session 2022-2023’</em> (HL Paper 205) sets out the steps the Government is taking on ensuring suitable opportunities for scrutiny by parliamentarians.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:18:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1656969

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether she has made an estimate of how many and what proportion of written questions from Hon and Rt hon. members have resulted in the Government (a) changing policy and (b) taking particular action in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	197229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. Decisions on each policy area are a matter for individual Departments.</p><p>Written Parliamentary Questions and Early Day Motions are important ways in which MPs can hold the Government to account and scrutinise policy.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 197321 question first answered 07/09/2023 16:22:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1657009

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Business and Legislation Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many times has the Parliamentary Business and Legislation Cabinet Committee met in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to be provided by the Cabinet Office to his Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-01/196664" target="_blank">196664</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/09/2023 15:41:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657010

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to deliver the government's legislative programme for the upcoming parliamentary year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Government is working hard to prepare the legislative programme for the next session of Parliament in the usual way. The programme will be announced in the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament on 7th November.</p><p> </p><p>Good progress is being made in delivering the Government’s legislative programme and manifesto commitments. So far this session, 30 Government Bills have reached Royal Assent. In addition, the Government has worked with members on all sides of the House to deliver 16 private members' bills. Details of all Acts of Parliament can be found on <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/" target="_blank">legislation.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament has shown that it provides flexibility in debating legislation and adapts when necessary, for example the passage of the Coronavirus Act and the recent legislation relating to the Northern Ireland budget.</p><p> </p><p>Public trust and confidence in our democracy and its institutions is vital and this is something which I am keen to promote as Leader of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 196660 196661 196662 question first answered 11/09/2023 15:33:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657011

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: House of Commons Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help improve collaboration with the House of Commons Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>As the Government’s representative on the House of Commons Commission, I work closely with all Members of the Commission on a range of matters and will continue to do so.</p><p>The Commission is responsible for the administration and services of the House of Commons. In order to inform the Commission’s work, I recently instigated a survey of all Members to better understand their needs and the support required to do their job and was pleased by the level of participation. I look forward to considering its findings.</p><p>Further information regarding the agendas and decisions of the House of Commons Commission is available on <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/348/house-of-commons-commission/content/118993/agendas-and-decisions/" target="_blank">parliament.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:14:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657012

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	House of Commons Members Estimate Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what her priorities are for providing oversight of the House of Commons Members Estimate.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Members Estimate Committee, which has the same MP membership as the House of Commons Commission, is appointed by the House of Commons under Standing Order 152D. The Committee’s agenda items are often discussed as part of the House of Commons Commission meetings and, as the Government’s representative on the House of Commons Commission, I have regular discussions with Members of the Commission on a range of matters and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:13:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657013

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Parliament: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to improve parliamentary capability within the civil service.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Capability Team provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades. Their training is designed in partnership with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, the Leaders and Government Whips Offices in both Houses, and departmental parliamentary and legislative teams.</p><p>Since April 2022, the Parliamentary Capability Team has delivered a total of 15,933 training interventions (attendance at courses and events, and e-learning courses completed).</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in promoting parliamentary capability and have taken a number of actions:</p><ul><li>I have met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries.</li><li>I have participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>In November 2022 my office published an updated Guide to Parliamentary Work which is available on Gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work</a>).</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 196663 question first answered 11/09/2023 15:19:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657014

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Privy Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many Privy Council meetings has she attended in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>I have attended 14 meetings of the Privy Council within the last twelve months.</p><p>Published details of all Privy Council meetings and business transacted since 2010 can be found at: <a href="https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/meetings-and-orders/orders-in-council/" target="_blank">https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/meetings-and-orders/orders-in-council/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2023 16:16:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight