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535668

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Motorways: Newport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy in Wales of upgrading the M4 relief road.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	905791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>This Government has underwritten Welsh Government borrowing powers of up to £500 million to help deliver vital improvements to Welsh infrastructure, particularly the M4. Upgrading the route has been identified by businesses and commuters as a priority for decades. It is time for work to begin.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 905796 question first answered 13/07/2016 16:36:18 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

861174

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Living Wage: Thornbury and Yate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are estimated to benefit from the planned rise in the national living wage to £7.83 in Thornbury and Yate constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	132323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone. Through the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage we continue to ensure the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their contribution to the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) 2018 Impact Assessment includes an assessment of the number of people the Government expects to benefit from the planned increase in the National Living Wage to £7.83: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/24/pdfs/ukia_20180024_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/24/pdfs/ukia_20180024_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 132324 132325 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:02:53 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

861175

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Living Wage: South Gloucestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are estimated to benefit from the planned rise in the national living wage to £7.83 in south Gloucestershire.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	132324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone. Through the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage we continue to ensure the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their contribution to the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) 2018 Impact Assessment includes an assessment of the number of people the Government expects to benefit from the planned increase in the National Living Wage to £7.83: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/24/pdfs/ukia_20180024_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/24/pdfs/ukia_20180024_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 132323 132325 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:02:53 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

861176

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Living Wage: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy how many people are estimated to benefit from the planned rise in the national living wage to £7.83 in the South West.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	132325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone. Through the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage we continue to ensure the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their contribution to the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) 2018 Impact Assessment includes an assessment of the number of people the Government expects to benefit from the planned increase in the National Living Wage to £7.83: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/24/pdfs/ukia_20180024_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/24/pdfs/ukia_20180024_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 132323 132324 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:02:53 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

524047

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Thornbury and Yate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on transport infrastructure projects in Thornbury and Yate constituency in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	40048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Data on spend on transport infrastructure projects is not available at the level of Thornbury and Yate, however figures are available for the South West for total public transport spend, listed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Total Public Transport Spend for the South West</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-11<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2011-12<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2012-13<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2013-14<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2014-15<br> outturn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>987</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>928</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,047</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Current</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>767</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>Note: includes spend by Central Government, Local Government, and Public Corporations</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures above include all public transport spending including local transport infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>South Gloucestershire Council is responsible for local transport infrastructure in Thornbury and Yate, including local roads. The funding allocated to South Gloucestershire Council for local highways infrastructure and other transport schemes between 2010-11 and 2015-16 is listed in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Integrated Transport block £m</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance block £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1.690</p></td><td><p>14.334*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1.603**</p></td><td><p>4.373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1.466</p></td><td><p>4.632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1.466</p></td><td><p>5.108***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.061</p></td><td><p>4.549***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1.277</p></td><td><p>5.080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>9.563</p></td><td><p>38.076*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* in 2010/11 South Gloucestershire formed part of the Greater Bristol (Joint Plan) area and it is not possible to breakdown the maintenance block figure for that year.</p><p>** includes the top up announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement.</p><p>*** includes the top up announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p>South Gloucestershire Council have been successful in gaining the following funding for transport infrastructure projects, some of which will have benefitted the Thornbury and Yate constituency:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>£13.950m</strong> from the Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund in March 2015 for major maintenance of the A4174 Avon Ring Road between the A38 at Filton and the A4 at Hicks Gate. The scheme will involve structural maintenance of three significant structures, extending the life of the existing carriageway, as well as providing footways and cycleway maintenance and enhancements.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Department for Transport has invested £175.8m in six Local Major Transport schemes to provide bus rapid transport across the West of England which included <strong>£51.1m</strong> in 2015 to provide a route between South Gloucestershire and Bristol, this is now under construction with an estimated opening date of August 2017.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The West of England Partnership has allocated the following from the Local Growth Fund to transport schemes across the West of England, which will benefit the Thornbury and Yate constituency:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Sustainable Transport Programme</strong> - <strong>£20m for </strong>transport capital measures to make it easier to walk, cycle, and travel by public transport</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>West of England local pinch points programme</strong> - <strong>£4m </strong>for 3 schemes at congestion hotspots and provide new and improved access to key economic sites.</p><p><br><strong>West of England minor transport schemes package £0.5m</strong> - to improve highway infrastructure and network management.</p><p> </p><p><strong>MetroWest Phase 1</strong> <strong>£53.4m</strong>- to reopen the Portishead rail line and provide better local rail services in the West of England.</p><p> </p><p><strong>MetroWest Phases 2</strong> <strong>£3.2m </strong>towards a rail scheme to reopen the Henbury line, with potential new stations and improved local rail services in the West of England.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/06/2016 10:38:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1028628

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance that the Electoral Commission uses when determining the proportionality of setting the level of a variable monetary penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	203928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission has powers to impose a variable monetary penalty where it is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person has committed a prescribed offence or contravention under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. The Commission takes decisions on sanctions in line with its Enforcement Policy. This document was the result of a public consultation and is available on its website; I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library.</p><p>The Commission has called for an increase to the maximum penalty it can impose on political parties and others for offences or contraventions under the political finance rules. The Commission’s view is that the current maximum fine of £20,000 per offence could be seen as a cost of doing business, and that monetary penalties should be more proportionate to the income and expenditure of larger and well-funded parties and campaigners.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 07/01/2019 09:25:21 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1035122

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the appropriateness of the Commission's use of civil sanctions for the late submission of political parties' quarterly reports.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	205307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 requires registered political parties to report cash and non-cash donations and borrowing to the Electoral Commission on a quarterly basis. Parliament made it an offence to deliver, without reasonable excuse, donation reports that are inaccurate or miss the statutory deadline. Parliament also gave the Commission investigation and sanction powers for these, and other, offences. The Commission investigates and where appropriate sanctions inaccurate or late donation reports in line with its Enforcement Policy.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 08/01/2019 09:52:54 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1039568

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2019 to Question 203928 and the Answer of 8 January 2019 to Question 205307, on Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000: Fines, if the Speaker's Committee will undertake a review of whether it is an appropriate and proportionate enforcement policy practice by the Electoral Commission for a political party to be fined £6,000 for submitting a quarterly reporting one day after the deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	207584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>It is not the remit of the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, as set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, to scrutinise the Electoral Commission’s enforcement policies.</p><p>Parliament made it an offence to deliver, without reasonable excuse, donation reports that are inaccurate or miss the statutory deadline. Parliament gave the Commission investigation and sanction powers for these, and other, offences. Parliament also set out a legal right of appeal for those sanctioned by the Commission, including on the grounds that the amount of the penalty is unreasonable.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 20/05/2019 12:48:14 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1130724

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Christianity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK aid reaches persecuted Christians.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	261524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy commits the UK to be the lead on the “Leave No One Behind” promise. Our analysis of poverty and vulnerability looks at a range of factors that lead to exclusion including religious identity. Humanitarian assistance is provided on need, irrespective of race, religion or ethnicity and we work to ensure that aid reaches the most vulnerable including those from religious minorities.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who lead on the protection of freedom of religion and religious minorities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/06/2019 13:40:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1130725

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations: Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring international NGOs to consider religious vulnerability in their definition of need.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	261525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>All DFID partners carry out comprehensive vulnerability assessments to ensure aid is reaching those most in need, including those from religious minorities as it is already recognised that religion may be a factor in causing vulnerability. We continue to discuss the treatment of minorities with the UN, our humanitarian partners and minority representatives.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/06/2019 13:41:33 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall