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1647613

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the war in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	905612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government is dedicated to supporting Ukraine defend its sovereignty in the face of Russia’s illegal invasion. A key element of our response is being agile in our support as the conflict changes and strands of work such as training or equipment donation are constantly assessed to deliver this goal. We continue to enable and adapt support from across the world to meet Ukraine’s current and future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 26/06/2023 16:37:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1626286

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to provide funding to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to enable Levelling Up Fund Round 3.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	184011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>As confirmed at Spring Budget, round 3 of the Levelling Up Fund will proceed as planned with a further £1 billion to invest in places. Funding will be released from HM Treasury to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department for Transport after the places and projects receiving funding are confirmed. Work is underway to design round 3, and further detail will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/05/2023 13:58:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1613164

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2023
	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	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason a young person's railcard is not valid for use in local and national elections as voter ID; and if he will take steps to make the young person's railcard a valid form of voter ID.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	182118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government carefully considered a wide range of documents when selecting which <ins class="ministerial"> <strong>acceptable forms of identification to use at polling stations </strong></ins><del class="ministerial">forms of identification would be accepted for use at polling stations</del>. It is essential that the list of <ins class="ministerial">accepted identification</ins><del class="ministerial">accepted forms of identification</del> includes those <del class="ministerial">that are</del> owned by the majority of the electorate, but also that the list <del class="ministerial">is finite and so</del> can be effectively administered by polling station staff. Evidence from <del class="ministerial">the voter identification</del> pilots showed that use of <ins class="ministerial">a </ins>young person's rail card was very low <ins class="ministerial">where they were trialled in Woking in 2018</ins><del class="ministerial"> against concessionary travel passes for older people, where they were trialled in Woking in 2018</del>. <del class="ministerial">Additionally, young</del> <ins class="ministerial">Young </ins>person's railcards are <ins class="ministerial">also </ins>generally offered in <del class="ministerial">both</del> digital and <del class="ministerial">hard copy</del> <ins class="ministerial">physical </ins>formats <ins class="ministerial">but digital formats are not currently accepted as voter identification</ins><del class="ministerial">and, although it is intended that digital formats may be accepted n future, the Government did not specifically include digital format documents for the roll out of the policy, in order to support its effective delivery</del>. <del class="ministerial">Allowing the hard copy</del> <ins class="ministerial">It was judged that allowing a physical </ins>version of a young person's railcard but not a digital version could lead to <del class="ministerial">voter</del> confusion.</p><p>Cabinet Office research shows that 98% of electors already own a form of photographic identification (in date or expired) that is accepted under the changes and this increases to 99% for those ages 18-29. A number of student cards are accredited by the Proof of Age Standards Scheme, and so are accepted. This includes the National Union of Students endorsed 'TOTUM +' student card, and a Young Scot card, meaning there are nationally available student cards that will be accepted as identification in polling stations.</p><p>The Government has committed in legislation to review the voter identification policy after implementation and<ins class="ministerial">, as set out previously,</ins> will consider appropriate changes to the list of accepted identification documents as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison previous answer version 71577 answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison 71848 answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison question first answered 27/04/2023 15:19:03 question first ministerially corrected 24/05/2023 14:42:24 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1612315

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Tywyn
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will discuss with the Welsh Health Minister the provision of healthcare for English tourists in Tywyn in Gwynedd following the closure of the minor injuries unit and the inpatient ward at the Tywyn Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	181605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>Healthcare is a devolved matter in Wales. However, I will be writing to the Health Minister to raise the closures at Tywyn Hospital.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 26/04/2023 11:02:12 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1609121

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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: Lichfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for (a) completion of engineering works and (b) making good of (i) ground works and (ii) roadways for phase 1 of the HS2 route north of Birmingham in (A) the vicinity of the A38 at Streethay and (B) the rest of the HS2 works in Lichfield constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	177694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>HS2 works in the Lichfield constituency continue to progress as planned. As elsewhere on the route, HS2 Ltd would communicate updates to programmes of works in this area to the community and local stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/04/2023 08:38:22 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1608568

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Engines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the EU policy on banning internal combustion engines.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	176543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>A full cost benefit analysis has been published alongside a consultation on the Government’s final proposals for a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions regulation for new cars and vans in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/04/2023 13:15:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1603056

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Vaccination: Windsor Framework
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether vaccines are contained within the definition of medicines in the Windsor Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	162462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Vaccines are a type of medicine. ‘Medicinal products’ are defined in Regulation 2 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. The Windsor Framework secures a United Kingdom-wide regime for the approval and supply of medicines, removing the role of the European Medicines Agency and helping to ensure that medicines are available at the same time and on the same basis right across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/03/2023 14:58:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 62354 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1603057

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Drugs and Vaccination: Clinical Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the number of clinical trials for (a) vaccines and (b) other medicines.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	162463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>In March 2021, the Government published its vision Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery. The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery: 2022 to 2025 implementation plan, published June 2021, outlines the steps that the Department and its partners will take to increase the number of clinical trials and studies, including those for vaccines and other medicines.</p><p>The Government has recently entered a 10-year partnership with Moderna which includes substantial investment in United Kingdom-based research and development, including running a significant number of clinical trials in the UK.</p><p>In addition, Lord James O’Shaughnessy was appointed in February 2023 to undertake a review of commercial clinical trials in the UK. He will publish his advice this spring, this will include recommendations of priority actions to make progress in 2023, as well as setting out longer-term ambitions for UK clinical trials.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/03/2023 10:39:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 62355 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1603058

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2023
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 March on Transport Update, whether the construction of HS2 between Birmingham and the point where it joins the West Coast Main Line near Handsacre will be affected by the construction rephase.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	162464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work through the implications of the funding settlement with HS2 Ltd and further details will be confirmed formally shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/03/2023 16:45:26 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1599943

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	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	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Windsor Framework, published on 28 February 2033, whether manufacturers and growers in Northern Ireland have to meet EU standards if their goods are only being sent to other parts of the UK and not to the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	155010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Only the absolute minimum (less than 3%) of EU law continues to apply in Northern Ireland, to avoid a hard border and maintain Northern Ireland's unique access to the EU market, alongside its unfettered access to the UK internal market. Those rules which do apply on goods are applied to goods produced in Northern Ireland. But this reflects what we have heard time and again is the balance businesses want in order to prosper:</p><p>- Companies producing for their most important market in Great Britain will retain completely unfettered access to the UK market in all scenarios.</p><p>- There are many areas of goods rules within the scope of the old Protocol where no international or EU standards apply - in retail sectors like jewellery, clothes, homeware, footwear and furniture, covering a quarter of Northern Ireland manufacturers. In those cases UK national rules set the standards for goods on the market in Northern Ireland.</p><p>- Elsewhere in manufacturing, it is international standards which apply in practice, with commitments from the UK and EU in the TCA to maintain them.</p><p>- Fourthly, in agrifood, the rules in place reflect longstanding arrangements and integrated supply chains. But through this agreement they now do so within a dual regime - with retail trade into Northern Ireland able to use UK food safety standards and flow smoothly.</p><p>- This dual regime is also consistent with existing devolution arrangements, which mean it is entirely possible constitutionally to have different standards across the UK. Those differences are accommodated through the market access principle in the UK Internal Market Act 2020, enabling goods made in one market to be sold in another, even if rules differ across the different nations. That principle will be protected and strengthened under this deal</p><p>This is a pragmatic form of dual-regulation - resolving real-world barriers, and recognising UK standards in critical areas like agrifood retail trade and medicines supplies; while protecting the market access, and longstanding arrangements, of Northern Ireland producers.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 06/03/2023 15:06:02 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant