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802091

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Gender Recognition Act in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	117778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities became responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on 16 November 2017, following a ‘Machinery of Government’ change.</p><p>The government has committed to carrying out a broad consultation on the Gender Recognition Act to look at making the process of legally changing gender less bureaucratic and intrusive for transgender people.</p><p>We will encourage employers to respond to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/12/2017 14:18:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

810193

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2017 to Question 117778, on gender recognition, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the correct application of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	120659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>We will soon launch a broad consultation on amending this Act. The consultation will focus on making the process of legally changing gender less bureaucratic and intrusive for transgender people. We will engage with businesses and employers during the consultation to gain their views.</p><p> </p><p>As the Minister for Women and Equalities only acquired responsibility for the Gender Recognition Act on 16 November 2017 from the Ministry of Justice, no prior consideration had been made by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office, however, issued guidance on supporting transgender employers in the workplace in November 2015. This included a section on the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service also recently updated its advice to employers on managing transgender staff.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/01/2018 13:44:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

225033

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of trends in the rate of child poverty in Wales since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Martin Caton
	uin	907779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>We are working collaboratively with the Welsh Government to eradicate child poverty in Wales and tackle its root causes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 04/03/2015 15:14:11 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
	tabling member	566 label Biography information for Martin Caton

756062

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Sports: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on increasing participation rates of Welsh children in sport.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	6931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is keen to encourage any schemes which help to increase participation rates of children in sport. However this is a devolved issue in Wales and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/09/2017 10:29:32 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

756063

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Sports: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the adequacy of provision of sport in (a) Gower constituency and (b) Wales to tackle mental health issues in primary school-aged children.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	6932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is keen to encourage any schemes which will increase the participation rates of children in sport and which may also help to tackle mental health issues. However, both of these matters are devolved and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/09/2017 10:32:51 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

885143

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on funding for the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	904795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government provided £6.3 billion of new funding to the NHS at the Budget – and has since made available an additional £4 billion for a new pay deal for 1.2 million NHS staff, including nurses.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/04/2018 14:56:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

942590

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussion she has had with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland the conditions of the licence for Billy Caldwell to ensure the availability of medicinal cannabis without the need to travel to Belfast.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	164518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office officials are in regular contact with Department of Health Northern Ireland officials to ensure that, following a recommendation from the expert panel, appropriate licences are in place which allow patients to be treated with cannabis-based medicines.</p><p>It would not be appropriate for me to discuss the specific circumstances of certain individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/07/2018 08:49:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

418132

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on Action 36 of the UK Anti-Corruption Plan; and when he expects corporate criminal liability to be introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	9735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has corporate criminal liability and commercial organisations can be, and are, prosecuted for wrongdoing. The UK Anti-Corruption Plan tasked the Ministry of Justice to examine the case for a new offence of a corporate failure to prevent economic crime and the rules on establishing corporate criminal liability more widely. Ministers have decided not to carry out further work at this stage as there have been no prosecutions under the model Bribery Act offence and there is little evidence of corporate economic wrongdoing going unpunished.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 28/09/2015 10:46:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

732581

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HM Courts and Tribunal Service hears appeals relating to the Child Support Agency as quickly as possible.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	1219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service will continue to work closely with the Tribunal judiciary to deal in a timely way with all categories of appeal it receives. Since appeal receipts have started to rise, steps are under way to increase the capacity and the performance of the Tribunal. These include reviewing listing practices, and recruiting over 400 judicial office holders to provide long-term capacity.</p><p>Information about the timeliness of Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) appeals is published on gov.uk. The most recent statistics, for the period January to March 2017, can be viewed at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017-and-2016-to-2017.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 29/06/2017 09:00:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

749466

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to increase the availability of legal aid in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	3580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The reforms to the scope of civil legal aid were designed to refocus funding on those who need it most and on the most serious cases in which legal advice and representation are justified.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Previous Ministers have made a commitment to publishing both a post-legislative memorandum for the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 as a whole and a post-implementation review of recent legal aid reform.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2017 15:20:37 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi