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1653504

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Members: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 June 2023 on Members of Parliament: Risk-based Exclusion, Official Report column 83, who she is bringing in to advise her on these matters.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	194464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering this appointment to ensure that an adviser has the necessary expertise and shall provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 194465 question first answered 20/07/2023 10:48:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1653505

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Members: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 June 2023, Official Report, column 83, what recent progress she has made on appointing an adviser on standards.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	194465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering this appointment to ensure that an adviser has the necessary expertise and shall provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 194464 question first answered 20/07/2023 10:48:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1652425

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Political Parties: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 June 2023 on Members of Parliament: Risk-based Exclusion, Offical Report, column 110, whether she plans for the new cross-party forum to consider proposals on the transparency of political donations.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	193642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Transparency of funding is a key cornerstone of the UK’s existing electoral system. There is already an established framework which requires the political parties to record all donations, and certain donations must be reported to the Electoral Commission. This includes donations from impermissible donors, and also donations from the same permissible source that amount to over £7,500 in one calendar year. For transparency, donation reports are published online by the Electoral Commission for public scrutiny.</p><p>The terms of reference for the cross-party forum will be agreed in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2023 10:52:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1641931

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Immigration: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Stockport on 20 April 2023, Official Report, column 386, when she plans to send details of the Home Office surgery to the hon. Member.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	187817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Following Business Questions on the 20th April 2023 I wrote to the Home Office to raise this matter. I understand that the Home Office has now contacted the hon. Member for Stockport to provide details of the next surgery near his constituency and that the case raised on the 20th April 2023 has now been resolved.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2023 15:08:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1641159

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Legislative Drafting: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, HCWS47, on Review of legislative drafting, whether the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel's revised drafting guidance has been approved by Ministers; and whether she plans to place a copy of the approved guidance in the Library of the House.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	187220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel will publish its revised drafting guidance on GOV.UK in due course, and a copy will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This guidance will reflect the Government’s position as set out in the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-23/hcws47" target="_blank">HCWS47</a>.</p><p>The 2019 Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting is not a Government publication. It was produced for an external seminar, and although based on guidance of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, it was not published by them. Stonewall was not consulted in relation to either publication.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 187221 187222 question first answered 19/06/2023 16:50:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1641160

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Legislative Drafting: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, HCWS47, on Review of legislative drafting, whether the Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting published in 2019 by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Government Legal Department has been withdrawn.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	187221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel will publish its revised drafting guidance on GOV.UK in due course, and a copy will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This guidance will reflect the Government’s position as set out in the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-23/hcws47" target="_blank">HCWS47</a>.</p><p>The 2019 Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting is not a Government publication. It was produced for an external seminar, and although based on guidance of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, it was not published by them. Stonewall was not consulted in relation to either publication.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 187220 187222 question first answered 19/06/2023 16:50:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1641161

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Legislative Drafting: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether Stonewall was consulted on the drafting of the Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting published by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Government Legal Department in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	187222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel will publish its revised drafting guidance on GOV.UK in due course, and a copy will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This guidance will reflect the Government’s position as set out in the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-23/hcws47" target="_blank">HCWS47</a>.</p><p>The 2019 Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting is not a Government publication. It was produced for an external seminar, and although based on guidance of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, it was not published by them. Stonewall was not consulted in relation to either publication.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 187220 187221 question first answered 19/06/2023 16:50:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1641577

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Treaties: Committees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a committee to consider international agreements in the House of Commons.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	187537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Business and Trade Committee has an important role to play in the scrutiny of the Department for Business and Trade and its public bodies, including international trade agreements. The International Trade Committee previously conducted inquiries into the Free Trade Agreements with Australia and New Zealand, as well as more recent inquiries into the UK’s CPTPP accession and UK trade negotiations with India and the Gulf Cooperation Group.</p><p>The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRaG) provides an effective and robust framework for scrutiny of treaties that require ratification, including Free Trade Agreements. In addition, any legislation required to implement international agreements needs to be scrutinised and passed by Parliament in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2023 14:33:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1626666

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that their Departments meet deadlines for replying to Members’ correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	184464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to Members’ correspondence. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number of actions:</p><ul><li>Over the 2022 Summer recess my office conducted a series of discussions across Whitehall regarding the importance of timely and quality responses to Members.</li><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>I met with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions, and I have been pleased to note an improvement in performance in that department’s statistics.</li><li>In March I met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to correspondence.</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on ministerial correspondence and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 686 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Ministerial Correspondence and Written Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office Guide to Handling Correspondence, which is available on Gov.uk, includes guidance for civil servants on how to handle correspondence from MPs, Peers, members of the devolved legislatures and members of the public (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance</a>).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/05/2023 13:37:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1612895

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether the House will have a debate on a substantive motion on the UK’s accession to CPTPP.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Ms Anum Qaisar
uin	182112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The CPTPP will act as a gateway to the Indo-Pacific, one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing regions on Earth. When we join, the bloc will account for around 15% of global GDP and could boost the UK economy by £1.8 billion in the long run, with wages set to rise by £800 million compared to 2019 levels as a consequence.</p><p>Once signed, the agreement will be laid before Parliament for 21 sitting days of formal scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRaG). There will be at least three months between publication of the agreement and the commencement of the scrutiny period under CRaG. Any legislation required to implement the agreement will be scrutinised and passed by Parliament in the usual way. The Government commitment to holding debates during the CRaG process is subject to the request being made in a timely manner and parliamentary time being available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2023 11:15:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4917 label Biography information for Ms Anum Qaisar