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1717126

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to grow the international rail sector.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	25668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government fully supports the growth of international rail passenger services given the environmental, social and economic benefits they provide.</p><p>My officials continue to engage on a regular basis with infrastructure managers and European partners to discuss the potential for new routes and potential market entrants, particularly given the unique requirements of operating through the Channel Tunnel. My officials welcome engagement with prospective operators where there is a credible proposition to develop new services.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/05/2024 11:23:01 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1717127

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Eurostar: Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Eurostar on the potential merits of stopping their services at stations in Kent.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	25669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>My officials engage regularly with Eurostar and, alongside other issues, continue to discuss the potential reinstatement of services at Kent stations once it is commercially viable for them to do so.</p><p> </p><p>I met with Eurostar in December 2023 and, as I also made clear to the House last October, I emphasised the UK Government’s desire to see the return of international services to Ebbsfleet and Ashford as soon as reasonably possible, particularly given the important benefits they provide for people and businesses in Kent.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/05/2024 11:09:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1716811

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Oil: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what prosecutions referred by HMRC are (a) ongoing, (b) pending and (c) complete into the illegal importation of Russian oil branded as (i) refined and (ii) from other countries.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	25586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>It would not be possible to determine the number of cases involving the illegal importation of Russian oil referred by HM Revenue &amp; Customs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) without an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/05/2024 12:40:46 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1716843

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if she will hold discussions with the Electoral Commission on the reasons for which it rejected the application from (a) Kingston Independent Residents Group and (b) Workers Party Britain on registering a description that included the leaders of those parties.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	George Galloway
	uin	25444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Parties have the option to register descriptions which can appear on the ballot paper, instead of the party name. As the registrar for political parties, electoral law requires the Commission to assess whether a party’s description meets the requirements set out in law. If it does not, the description cannot be registered.</p><p>If a person, other than the candidate, is named in a description and thus appeared on the ballot paper, it is likely to mislead a voter about the candidate standing in their area. It would not therefore meet the legal requirements for a description, and the Commission would be required to refuse it.</p> answering member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood answering member printed Cat Smith question first answered 13/05/2024 09:41:23 answering member 4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith
	tabling member	609 label Biography information for George Galloway

1716873

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the planned development corporation for Euston and associated civil engineering works.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	25509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working through considerations around the use of a development corporation, or suitable alternative, to oversee development at Euston HS2 station and the proposed ‘Euston Quarter’. The Department continues to define and develop a range of development models and financing mechanisms to best meet the objectives of the ‘Euston Quarter’ including via discussions with our key stakeholders and delivery partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/05/2024 10:52:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1716874

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the rescoped HS2 project; what recent estimate he has made of the benefit cost ratio of that project; and whether he plans to update the estimated costs of HS2 using 2024 prices.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	25510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>In light of the Network North announcement, the scope of HS2 is now being reviewed to make sure only what is required for the reduced scheme is being delivered, including the revised approach to Euston. Once this work has been done, we will publish a cost range and benefit cost ratio for the revised HS2 scheme as part of an updated business case for the HS2 programme. The Department will publish this work when it is complete. HS2 records costs in 2019 prices and in nominal terms. Decisions over inflation methodologies and indices to express the wider programme's costs are ongoing between the Department and HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/05/2024 10:47:10 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1716875

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on public funding for the Euston development corporation and associated civil engineering works.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	25511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to delivering a privately financed HS2 Euston station as part of a transformed ‘Euston Quarter’ outlined in the Network North paper. The Department is working alongside partners to deliver comprehensive regeneration across the ‘Euston Quarter’ which is set to be led by a Development Corporation or similar. The Government’s ambition remains to make best use of funding from alternative sources to enable the delivery of HS2 to Euston, and the creation of a transformed ‘Euston Quarter’, while ensuring that funding is underpinned by contributions from those people and businesses this development supports.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/05/2024 10:43:42 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1716887

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Rwanda: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role armed forces personnel will play in deportation flights for the Rwanda scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	25415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 April 2024 to Question 21377 to the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Mr Pollard).</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 14/05/2024 10:15:26 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty attachment 1 file name UIN 21377.docx title Question 21377
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1716907

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much remuneration the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme receive for their roles on the committee.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	25466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>In 2023, the remuneration was £91,500 per year for the Chair, £41,350-£72,650 per year for the Committee Chairs and £24,150 per year for other members of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/05/2024 08:43:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1716910

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date the Government last made a contribution to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme under British Coal.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	25467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not needed to input funds to the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme since becoming Guarantor.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/05/2024 08:42:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris