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1550723

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Water: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to initiate public information announcements across appropriate media warning of the danger of walking or playing on ice over waterways and ponds.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	108071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is not responsible for water safety.</p><p>Fire and Rescue Services may make local decisions to publish water safety information according to local circumstances or need.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/01/2023 14:12:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1307522

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Waste Disposal: Water
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Australian practice of using drainage nets to collect plastic and other small objects to prevent them from entering rivers and seas.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	178790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Waste water treatment in the UK is largely determined by the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994. The Regulations have the objective of protecting the environment from the adverse effects of wastewater by setting minimum treatment levels supplemented by additional requirements to limit pollution from discharges. All discharges to the water environment require a permit issued by the Environment Agency under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. The Environment Agency will include the necessary conditions in water company discharge permits to limit sewage-related debris from entering rivers and seas. In the UK, rather than the Australian practice of using drainage nets, this is achieved through engineering design and the use of screens at the point of discharge to the environment.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/04/2021 12:55:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	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

1437421

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VTB Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason a 30 day licence has been granted giving permission for any individual or entity to wind down any transactions with Russian bank VTB until 27 March.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	133125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text The general licence INT/2022/1272278 (Wind Down Positions Involving VTB) was issued on 25 February to allow for an orderly wind down of contracts with the bank, which was designated on 24 February. The general licence permits only the wind down of existing activity for third parties and expires on 27 March 2022. The general licence has been granted to reduce disruption in the UK financial system, not to permit VTB to proactively exit positions. It ensures that VTB will not benefit from a situation where UK persons cannot close out their positions or wind down transactions involving the bank. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/03/2022 18:29:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1490193

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	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	Uzbekistan: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) recent events in and (b) access to (i) international journalists, (ii) human rights organisations and (iii) telephone and internet connections in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	38496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK is saddened by the loss of life that occurred during recent events in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. We understand that initially peaceful protests against plans to change Karakalpakstan's autonomous status within Uzbekistan developed into violent unrest with casualties among civilians and law enforcement personnel. The situation now seems calm. Although there are reports of internet and telephone communications being blocked, we understand that communications in Karakalpakstan have mostly been reinstated, and international and local journalists have been given limited access to the region. The Uzbek authorities have announced an official investigation involving Parliament and civil society.</p><p>On 7 July, Lord Ahmad raised the unrest in Karakalpakstan with the Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister and the British Ambassador and his team in Tashkent are also in contact with the Uzbek authorities. We have been clear in our communications that the right to peaceful protest and respect for media freedom should be protected. In discussion of these events in multilateral fora, we urged the Uzbek authorities to adhere to their international commitments and due process, as they seek to understand what happened. We will continue to monitor developments closely.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 26/07/2022 12:34:13 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1304452

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to prevent migrants from unlawfully crossing the English Channel; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	913717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The danger to life from channel crossings and the criminal activity they fund is simply unacceptable.</p><p>Journeys are often illegally-facilitated and totally unnecessary, France is a safe country with a fully functioning asylum system.</p><p>We are working tirelessly to make this route unviable.</p><p>We are also introducing legislation to fix our broken asylum system and create a fairer and firmer system.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/03/2021 16:29:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

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

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

1346304

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Twitter: Racial Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) commission an investigation through her Department's agencies into the proportion of the racist tweets directed at three England football players following the UEFA Euro 2020 final that originated in the UK and (b) publish a report following that investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	32282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>Racist abuse is utterly unacceptable whether it takes place online or offline. Individuals who commit racist offences should face the full force of the law and we already have robust legislation in place to deal with online hate crime.</p><p> </p><p>While companies have taken some positive steps, more needs to be done to tackle online harms, including hate crime. The upcoming Online Safety regulatory framework will put in place measures to tackle illegal and legal but harmful abuse, including racist abuse. If major platforms do not meet their own standards to keep people safe and address abuse quickly and effectively, they could face enforcement action. There is no reason for companies to wait until the regime is fully running to take action against this abhorrent abuse, and we will continue to press them to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The police are reviewing offending material and will work with the relevant social media companies to identify account holders and progress their investigations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/07/2021 16:21:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1167586

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Tree Planting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans she has to increase the number of trees planted each year; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	900255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We are on track to plant 11 million trees and a further one million trees in urban areas. We have also modified our main grant schemes, to make them more accessible. We have announced additional funding for tree planting including £10 million for urban trees; £50 million for the Woodland Carbon Guarantee; and £5.7 million to kick-start the Northern Forest and the Woodland Carbon Fund is now open until 2022. Most recently we launched the Northumberland Forest of up to one million trees to be planted by 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 05/11/2019 11:13:51 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant