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1221948

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Borders: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on border planning for the Welsh coast for the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
uin	71177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the <a href="https://bit.ly/3epl7px" target="_blank">oral statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> on 13 July about the publication of a detailed Border Operating Model. This will allow Welsh border industry and traders to prepare for the end of the transition period.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/07/2020 12:57:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes

1221949

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure business readiness in the agricultural sector in northern Wales at the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
uin	71178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to support agricultural businesses right across the country in getting ready for the end of the UK transition period. Further details of our actions and the steps which businesses in northern Wales and across the UK need to take can be found on <a href="http://gov.uk/transition" target="_blank">gov.uk/transition</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/07/2020 13:35:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes

1221441

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the UK Government’s response to each of the proposed amendments to the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol made by the European Commission on 12 June 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	70528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is not seeking to renegotiate the Protocol, which depends on the consent of the elected representatives of the people of Northern Ireland. The Protocol must be implemented in a way that upholds the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and respects the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland.</p><p>In terms of the proposed amendments, we will provide a fuller response once further discussions have taken place.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/07/2020 15:47:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1221071

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Relations with EU: Clinical Trials and Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK-EU future relationship enables UK participation in EU-funded multinational (a) clinical trials and (b) research collaborations on (i) covid-19 treatments and (ii) other medicines after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	69524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a global leader in life sciences and continues to collaborate with European and other countries on scientific research. At the end of the UK transition period, clinical trials will continue to be approved at a national level, working to international standards as they are now. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) along with partners in the UK healthcare system, has taken steps to ensure that all trials, including multinational trials, can continue. The UK is collaborating extensively with international partners in the research effort against COVID-19 and we will continue to do so after the end of the UK transition period.</p><p>The UK’s approach to the future relationship negotiations sets out our ambition to reach an agreement that would facilitate trade in medicinal products. However, any responsible Government has a duty to prepare for all scenarios and have robust contingency plans in place. We continue to hold stockpiles to cope with a range of scenarios.</p><p>We are doing everything we can to ensure our health and social care staff have the equipment they need to tackle Covid-19 virus. Sourcing sufficient PPE is an international challenge and we are working with many international partners, including the EU. In terms of ventilators, as a result of the Ventilator Challenge the NHS has significantly increased supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 69525 69526 question first answered 20/07/2020 16:32:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1221072

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Relations with EU: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK-EU future relationship does not introduce delays to the movement of goods and people in relation to the (a) supply of medicines and (b) maintenance of vital machinery and equipment in the event of a future pandemic after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	69525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a global leader in life sciences and continues to collaborate with European and other countries on scientific research. At the end of the UK transition period, clinical trials will continue to be approved at a national level, working to international standards as they are now. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) along with partners in the UK healthcare system, has taken steps to ensure that all trials, including multinational trials, can continue. The UK is collaborating extensively with international partners in the research effort against COVID-19 and we will continue to do so after the end of the UK transition period.</p><p>The UK’s approach to the future relationship negotiations sets out our ambition to reach an agreement that would facilitate trade in medicinal products. However, any responsible Government has a duty to prepare for all scenarios and have robust contingency plans in place. We continue to hold stockpiles to cope with a range of scenarios.</p><p>We are doing everything we can to ensure our health and social care staff have the equipment they need to tackle Covid-19 virus. Sourcing sufficient PPE is an international challenge and we are working with many international partners, including the EU. In terms of ventilators, as a result of the Ventilator Challenge the NHS has significantly increased supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 69524 69526 question first answered 20/07/2020 16:32:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1221073

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Relations with EU: Protective Clothing and Ventilators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK maintains access the EU’s RescEU stockpile of (a) ventilators (b) protective masks and (c) other related equipment after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	69526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a global leader in life sciences and continues to collaborate with European and other countries on scientific research. At the end of the UK transition period, clinical trials will continue to be approved at a national level, working to international standards as they are now. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) along with partners in the UK healthcare system, has taken steps to ensure that all trials, including multinational trials, can continue. The UK is collaborating extensively with international partners in the research effort against COVID-19 and we will continue to do so after the end of the UK transition period.</p><p>The UK’s approach to the future relationship negotiations sets out our ambition to reach an agreement that would facilitate trade in medicinal products. However, any responsible Government has a duty to prepare for all scenarios and have robust contingency plans in place. We continue to hold stockpiles to cope with a range of scenarios.</p><p>We are doing everything we can to ensure our health and social care staff have the equipment they need to tackle Covid-19 virus. Sourcing sufficient PPE is an international challenge and we are working with many international partners, including the EU. In terms of ventilators, as a result of the Ventilator Challenge the NHS has significantly increased supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 69524 69525 question first answered 20/07/2020 16:32:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1220554

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to review the policy of enabling foreign (a) governments and (b) companies to invest in critical national infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	68707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government considers national security implications arising from foreign investment on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>On 22 June this Government laid secondary legislation to amend the Enterprise Act 2002, strengthening the Government’s powers to intervene in certain investments made into the UK.</p><p>The Government will also bring forward the National Security and Investment Bill when Parliamentary time allows. As announced in the Queen’s Speech, the Bill will upgrade the Government’s powers to scrutinise investments and consider the risks that can arise from hostile parties acquiring ownership of, or control over, businesses or other entities and assets that have national security implications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/07/2020 10:54:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1220586

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Warnings: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to establish a public warning system using mobile phone technology that includes native language options for residents and people visiting from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	68688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is reviewing the opportunities of a mobile alerting capability to issue alerts to mobile devices. The Government recognises the need for messages to be easily understood by everyone receiving them.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/07/2020 16:36:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1220607

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups and Females: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he took to ensure that (a) women and (b) ethnic minorities were represented in shaping the Government's covid-19 response (i) planning and (ii) decision-making.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	68669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s COVID-19 response has been a cross-Government effort, involving thousands of people who have worked tirelessly as the UK faces unprecedented challenges. Planning and decision making has touched almost all of Government, with women and ethnic minorities represented at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/07/2020 08:34:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1220290

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to update the Government’s covid-19 recovery strategy for the period after 4 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	68304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government set out our COVID-19 recovery strategy, ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-plan-to-rebuild-the-uk-governments-covid-19-recovery-strategy/our-plan-to-rebuild-the-uk-governments-covid-19-recovery-strategy" target="_blank">Our Plan to Rebuild</a>’ in May. The Government has been regularly publishing information on the recovery effort and setting out its plans, updating guidance on GOV.UK as appropriate. The Government is committed to keeping the public informed and will continue to publish documents when it is appropriate to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/07/2020 09:52:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond