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1010753

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date	20/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Diplomatic Service: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether UK citizens may continue to seek consular and diplomatic protection from EU member states in countries where the UK is not represented after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>​The UK has significant expertise in crisis preparedness and consular affairs. Thanks to its extensive global footprint of <del class="ministerial">273</del> <ins class="ministerial">274</ins> posts in 169 countries and territories, and its network of Honorary Consuls, the UK is able to provide professional consular services worldwide. In addition to our network, people who need assistance can call any of our embassies, high commissions or consulates, or the FCO switchboard, 24/7 for advice or help. The UK is open to maintaining a close level of cooperation with the EU, if this is perceived to be of mutual benefit, on crisis preparedness and consular affairs, including the provision of consular assistance to unrepresented EU citizens in third countries on a reciprocal basis. Details of this offer have been published on gov.uk, most recently in a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-note-on-coordination-of-external-security" target="_blank">technical note</a> on coordination on external security.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/11/2018 16:58:31 question first ministerially corrected 03/12/2018 12:32:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 87137 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1271127

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to police forces to prevent suicides amongst (a) serving and (b) retired police officers.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	129111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The death of any serving or retired police officer is a tragedy. The Government and police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This includes £7.5 to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service, which was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there is most risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience, as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic events.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection they need. We have been clear that the Covenant will also cover those who are retired from policing, to ensure that they are also supported effectively once they leave the service. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on the work undertaken.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on both serving and retired officers and staff.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The death of any serving or retired police officer is a tragedy. The Government and police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service, which was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there is most risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience, as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic events.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection they need. We have been clear that the Covenant will also cover those who are retired from policing, to ensure that they are also supported effectively once they leave the service. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on the work undertaken.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on both serving and retired officers and staff. </ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/12/2020 17:14:33 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2021 12:11:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 70692 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1003779

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve adult literacy rates.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	189611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of English, both in work and everyday life. That is why we provide full funding for adult learners in England to secure English qualifications from entry level to level 2.</p><p>To raise standards of adult literacy, we are reforming English Functional Skills qualifications, which are accessed primarily by adults. This will make sure that these qualifications are more rigorous and better recognised by employers.</p><p>Through the Flexible Learning Fund, we are investing over £11 million to design and test ways of delivering learning to adults with low or intermediate skills more flexibly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/11/2018 17:21:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010606

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: International Criminal Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to respond to the recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar on referrals to the International Criminal Court.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has made clear that referring the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an option the UN Security Council (UNSC) should consider. The UK ensured the Head of the UN Fact Finding Mission was able to brief the UNSC on 24 October to inform the Council's discussions. However, our assessment remains that there is insufficient support amongst Security Council members for an ICC referral at this time. It will not advance the cause of accountability for an ICC referral to fail to win Security Council support or to be vetoed; such a result would only give comfort to the Burmese military and reduce the pressure they currently face.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/11/2018 10:38:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010607

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to collect evidence of sexual violence in Kachin and Shan States in Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not collect evidence of sexual violence. The UK has a Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts, made up of independent experts who can be deployed to build the capacity of others, including governments and the UN to collect such evidence. In March 2017 the UK co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council Resolution which set up a UN Fact Finding Mission (FFM) to establish the facts and circumstances of human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Burma. Despite repeated calls from the UK and international partners, the Burmese authorities refused to grant the FFM access to Burma.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/11/2018 10:41:11 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010608

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress of the peace process in Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Our Ambassador attended the most recent Panglong Peace Conference in July 2018 and met with a range of parties to the National Ceasefire Agreement. He discussed the peace process with Burma's Minister of the Office of State Counsellor on 9 August. Government, military and parliamentary leaders met the leaders of the ten Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-signatory ethnic armed organizations on 15 and 16 October, ahead of the next Panglong Peace conference. The UK will sustain its support for negotiations towards a peace settlement whilst ensuring the Burmese military understand that their conduct will continue to come under international scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/11/2018 11:08:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010640

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what account he has taken of the interests of the British Overseas Territories, apart from Gibraltar, in preparing the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the Outline Political Declaration on the Future Relationship.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and Officials regularly engage with all the Overseas Territories on Exit matters, including through the Joint Ministerial Council which will meet for the fifth time in December. The Government is committed to taking the interests of the Overseas Territories into account as we leave the EU, and getting a deal that works for the wider British family, including the Overseas Territories.</p><p>The Overseas Territories are covered by the territorial scope of the Withdrawal Agreement and therefore the arrangements for the Implementation Period. As set out in the July White Paper, the UK will be seeking specific arrangements for the Crown Dependencies, Gibraltar and the other Overseas Territories, taking account of their existing relationships with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/11/2018 17:52:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010641

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his assessment is of the potential cost to industry of Articles 40-125 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of continuing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. We will ensure that Parliament is presented with appropriate analysis ahead of the vote on the final deal, and in Impact Assessments accompanying legislation, where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/11/2018 15:08:30 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010643

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his assessment is of the potential costs to the pharmaceutical industry of Article 45 of the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>There will be no cost to the pharmaceutical industry as a result of Article 45 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement. The Article requires the UK to share marketing authorisation data with the European Medicines Agency or Member States where needed for assessing generic marketing applications when requested. Member States will also be required to provide the UK with the same information when requested. The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency already regularly shares and receives such data with the European Medicines Agency and other Member States.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/11/2018 11:39:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010663

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, published in November 2018, what his assessment is of the effect of articles 47-50 of that agreement on UK supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	193403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. It includes a time-limited Implementation Period that provides a bridge to the future relationship, allowing businesses to continue trading as now until the end of 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Articles 47-50 provide an agreed high level text on how goods and customs procedures will be treated during this period. Goods in transit to or from the UK to the EU will retain their Union status and will be subject to existing declaration principles contained in the Union Customs Code (UCC). Additionally, UCC rules will be applied to non-union goods placed in temporary storage or special procedures in the UK and before separation for up to one year after the end of the Implementation Period, allowing trade time to discharge goods to a final customs procedure.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Political Declaration on the future UK-EU relationship sets out a plan for a free trade area for goods, with no tariffs and no quotas, combining deep regulatory and customs cooperation and underpinned by provisions ensuring open and fair competition.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 28/11/2018 17:45:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman