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1701841

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Wines: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) vineyards producing and (b) retailers selling wine in pint measures since January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	22318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. The sale of prepacked wine in 568ml ‘pint’ quantities will be permitted after the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (amendment) Regulations 2024 come into force on 19<sup>th</sup> September 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 22/04/2024 15:35:22 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1700175

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Defibrillators: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing VAT on defibrillators on their (a) affordability and (b) accessibility.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	21109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government maintains VAT reliefs to aid the purchase of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), including VAT relief on purchases made by local authorities and those made through voluntary contributions, where the AED is donated to eligible charities or the NHS. Otherwise, they attract the standard rate of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently inviting community organisations to bid for funding as part of a £1 million grant scheme that expands access to AEDs, particularly in public places where they are most needed. In addition, last year the Government committed to supplying state-funded schools in England with defibrillators to make sure there is a device in device in every school, with deliveries completed in June 2023. This means that every state-funded school in England, over 21,500 schools, now has access to an AED.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/04/2024 14:41:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698888

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an automatic voter registration system for elections.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER), introduced in 2014, brought registering to vote into the 21<sup>st</sup> century by making it possible to register to vote online in as little as three minutes. It also ensured that every individual had control and ownership over the process.</p><p>The UK Government has no plans to reassess its policy with regards to automatic voter registration, as to do so would risk undermining the principle of individuals taking ownership of registering to vote.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 15/04/2024 15:41:57 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698531

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Tuberculosis: Drug Resistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps his Department has taken with the United Nations to help tackle (a) drug-resistant tuberculosis and (b) antimicrobial resistance.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The department actively contributed to the High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis held at the UN General Assembly last September, at which Lord Ahmad represented the UK. The UK's current £1billion commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will support treatment for 41,800 people with Multi-Drug Resistant TB.</p><p>The UK funds major programmes and research to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and strengthen health, water, sanitation, and hygiene systems. The High-Level Meeting on AMR is an excellent opportunity to catalyse global progress, set high ambitions across the One Health spectrum, and promote equitable access to and stewardship of antimicrobials.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/04/2024 08:13:49 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698532

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Permanent Court of Arbitration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18492 on European Court of Human Rights, whether the Prime Minister considers the Permanent Court of Arbitration to be a foreign court.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply to the answer of 18 April 2024, Official Report, PQ 20335.</p><p> </p><p>A clear distinction can be made between the domestic courts of the United Kingdom applying our law on one hand, and international (foreign) courts on the other, which hear cases within their often limited jurisdiction, in which at least one party is likely to be a nation state, and which are composed of international panels of judges or arbitrators applying international law, and whose rulings or opinions are often but not always final and binding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20332 20333 20334 20336 question first answered 19/04/2024 11:20:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698533

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18492 on European Court of Human Rights, whether the Prime Minister considers the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea to be a foreign tribunal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply to the answer of 18 April 2024, Official Report, PQ 20335.</p><p> </p><p>A clear distinction can be made between the domestic courts of the United Kingdom applying our law on one hand, and international (foreign) courts on the other, which hear cases within their often limited jurisdiction, in which at least one party is likely to be a nation state, and which are composed of international panels of judges or arbitrators applying international law, and whose rulings or opinions are often but not always final and binding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20331 20333 20334 20336 question first answered 19/04/2024 11:20:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698534

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18492 on European Court of Human Rights, whether the Prime Minister considers the Tribunals of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes to be foreign tribunals when they meet in (a) Washington DC and (b) London.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply to the answer of 18 April 2024, Official Report, PQ 20335.</p><p> </p><p>A clear distinction can be made between the domestic courts of the United Kingdom applying our law on one hand, and international (foreign) courts on the other, which hear cases within their often limited jurisdiction, in which at least one party is likely to be a nation state, and which are composed of international panels of judges or arbitrators applying international law, and whose rulings or opinions are often but not always final and binding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20331 20332 20334 20336 question first answered 19/04/2024 11:20:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698535

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	International Court of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18492 on European Court of Human Rights, whether the Prime Minister considers the International Court of Justice to be a foreign court.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply to the answer of 18 April 2024, Official Report, PQ 20335.</p><p> </p><p>A clear distinction can be made between the domestic courts of the United Kingdom applying our law on one hand, and international (foreign) courts on the other, which hear cases within their often limited jurisdiction, in which at least one party is likely to be a nation state, and which are composed of international panels of judges or arbitrators applying international law, and whose rulings or opinions are often but not always final and binding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20331 20332 20333 20336 question first answered 19/04/2024 11:20:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698536

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	International Criminal Court
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18492 on European Court of Human Rights, whether he considers the International Criminal Court to be a foreign court.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The clue is in the name.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/04/2024 10:02:44 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698537

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	European Court of Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2024 to Question 18492 on European Court of Human Rights, what assessment the Prime Minister has made of the potential impact of the location of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on how its jurisdiction applies to (a) the country in which it is based and (b) other countries; and if he will make a comparative assessment of how the jurisdiction of the ECHR applies in (i) France and (ii) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	20336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply to the answer of 18 April 2024, Official Report, PQ 20335.</p><p> </p><p>A clear distinction can be made between the domestic courts of the United Kingdom applying our law on one hand, and international (foreign) courts on the other, which hear cases within their often limited jurisdiction, in which at least one party is likely to be a nation state, and which are composed of international panels of judges or arbitrators applying international law, and whose rulings or opinions are often but not always final and binding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20331 20332 20333 20334 question first answered 19/04/2024 11:20:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady