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1171949

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Freeports: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans the Government has to create a free port in Aberdeen.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure that we produce an ambitious and attractive Freeport offer that achieves the Prime Minister’s aim of levelling up our regions and attracting business investment across the whole of the UK. In doing so the Government is working with the Devolved Administrations, including the Scottish Government.</p><p>Specific locations for Freeports will be chosen through a fair and transparent process. Details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 5554 5555 5556 5577 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:51:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171950

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Freeports: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether an economic impact assessment has been undertaken on a potential free port in Aberdeen.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure that we produce an ambitious and attractive Freeport offer that achieves the Prime Minister’s aim of levelling up our regions and attracting business investment across the whole of the UK. In doing so the Government is working with the Devolved Administrations, including the Scottish Government.</p><p>Specific locations for Freeports will be chosen through a fair and transparent process. Details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 5553 5555 5556 5577 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:51:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171951

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Freeports: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department last met with the Aberdeen Harbour Board to discuss a potential free port in Aberdeen.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure that we produce an ambitious and attractive Freeport offer that achieves the Prime Minister’s aim of levelling up our regions and attracting business investment across the whole of the UK. In doing so the Government is working with the Devolved Administrations, including the Scottish Government.</p><p>Specific locations for Freeports will be chosen through a fair and transparent process. Details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 5553 5554 5556 5577 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:51:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171952

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Freeports: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what additional infrastructure would be necessary to support a free port in Aberdeen.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure that we produce an ambitious and attractive Freeport offer that achieves the Prime Minister’s aim of levelling up our regions and attracting business investment across the whole of the UK. In doing so the Government is working with the Devolved Administrations, including the Scottish Government.</p><p>Specific locations for Freeports will be chosen through a fair and transparent process. Details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 5553 5554 5555 5577 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:51:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171955

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Freeports: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government will fund all additional infrastructure required to facilitate a potential free port in Aberdeen.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure that we produce an ambitious and attractive Freeport offer that achieves the Prime Minister’s aim of levelling up our regions and attracting business investment across the whole of the UK. In doing so the Government is working with the Devolved Administrations, including the Scottish Government.</p><p>Specific locations for Freeports will be chosen through a fair and transparent process. Details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 5553 5554 5555 5556 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:51:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171959

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory levy on gambling firms to fund gambling addiction treatment, education and research.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission requires all operators licensed under the Gambling Act 2005 to make a contribution towards the research, prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm. Most operators donate to GambleAware, a charity which commissions dedicated support for problem gamblers, as well as research and awareness-raising on gambling-related harm. For the 2018-19 financial year, operators donated £9.6<ins class="ministerial">m</ins><del class="ministerial">bn</del> to GambleAware, and industry body the Betting and Gaming Council estimates that operators gave a further £9.7m to other charities. For that same financial year, the gambling sector paid around £3bn to the exchequer in gambling taxes.</p><p>GambleAware commission support and treatment services for those suffering through gambling problems, including the National Gambling Helpline and counselling services provided by GamCare. GambleAware commissioned services complement those of NHS England who are scaling up treatment provision for problem gambling as part of the NHS Long-term plan. This will see up to 14 new specialist clinics open in the next 5 years, 2 of which have opened already. The Health Secretary has also announced that a cross-government addiction strategy, to include gambling, will be published in 2020.</p><p>In May 2018 the government published its response to the consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility measures, which made clear that if industry failed to provide the funding needed to meet current and future needs, government would consider all options, including a mandatory levy. Following this, in July 2019, five large gambling operators announced that they will increase the amount they give tenfold, from 0.1% to 1% of their gross profits over the next four years, and as part of this have committed to spend £100 million on treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/01/2020 17:12:46 question first ministerially corrected 29/01/2020 13:12:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 3030 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171960

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Football: Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many fines the Gambling Commission has issued to gambling businesses that sponsor Premier League football clubs; and what the sum total was of those fines in each year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission has issued licences to 2,690 gambling operators. Government does not hold figures on how many of these operators have entered into commercial sponsorship agreements with Premier League football clubs but of the 20 football clubs who currently compete in that league, 10 have front of shirt sponsors who are gambling operators. None of the operators who are currently involved in shirt sponsorship arrangements with Premier League football clubs – either under their own brands or through ‘white label’ partnerships – have been fined by the Gambling Commission for breach of their Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Gambling Commission publishes details of regulatory action it has taken on its website, including a list of sanctions imposed upon operators which can be seen here <a href="https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/Regulatory-sanctions-register-operators.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/Regulatory-sanctions-register-operators.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/01/2020 10:30:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171962

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Football: Betting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning betting groups from sponsoring football clubs.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>It is right that sporting organisations have the freedom to benefit commercially from their products and negotiate their own broadcasting and sponsorship deals.</p><p> </p><p>But such organisations also have an important role to ensure the agreements they enter into are socially responsible and not detrimental to their fans. Gambling operators too are obliged to ensure that all their sponsorship and marketing activity is done responsibly and never targeted at children or vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to a further review of the Gambling Act to ensure it remains fit for the digital age. Further details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 5581 question first answered 28/01/2020 14:23:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1171964

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Football: Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the relationship between gambling companies and English football.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	5581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>It is right that sporting organisations have the freedom to benefit commercially from their products and negotiate their own broadcasting and sponsorship deals.</p><p> </p><p>But such organisations also have an important role to ensure the agreements they enter into are socially responsible and not detrimental to their fans. Gambling operators too are obliged to ensure that all their sponsorship and marketing activity is done responsibly and never targeted at children or vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to a further review of the Gambling Act to ensure it remains fit for the digital age. Further details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 5580 question first answered 28/01/2020 14:23:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1197591

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	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	Offshore Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when discussions first took place on an oil and gas sector deal.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	49823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>In 2018, the upstream oil and gas industry sent BEIS its first proposal for a Sector Deal. This proposal was not formally pursued as a complete package but certain aspects were taken forward, such as establishment of the National Decommissioning Centre which opened in January 2019. Following our manifesto commitment to a transformational oil and gas Sector Deal aligned to the energy transition, we have re-commenced discussions with the industry, which we are committed to delivering this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions have been held at both official and Ministerial levels and have also involved the Oil and Gas Authority. This conversation will develop further over the next few months as the sector seeks to develop its proposals and consults with a wide range of stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is no formal timescale for concluding a Sector Deal we recognise that the challenges facing the sector from the collapse of the oil price and the operational challenges of Covid-19 provide an opportunity to channel the Sector Deal as part of the recovery for the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The meeting of the MER UK Forum on 11 June will provide an opportunity for the sector to bring forward its ideas for a Sector Deal proposal and to discuss these with industry leaders and Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 49824 49825 question first answered 08/06/2020 10:33:35 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn