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1151476

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Members: Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of Twitter's response to complaints by House authorities about abuse or threats directed at Members of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	3699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Parliament has established a reasonable relationship with the main social media companies, including Twitter. We continually monitor the effectiveness of our work as we regularly raise abusive content directly with the company on behalf of Members.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/10/2019 18:50:03 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1138849

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Members' Staff: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to improve the working conditions for Members' staff.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	277112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>Members’ staff are regularly consulted on service issues by House authorities. These consultations include regular meetings between House staff and MPs’ staff representative bodies, and invitations to focus groups to feed into service design. A sample of Members’ staff have also recently been surveyed on how effective the services provided by the House are for them. There is also an annual meeting between House staff and MPs’ staff bodies (specifically Members and Peers Staff Association and Unite) at which service issues can be raised.</p><p>More recently, the House of Commons Commission has discussed the Gemma White review, and it welcomed the broad thrust of the recommendations made, which included better HR services for Members’ staff and how the sense of isolation that they feel can be addressed. They have asked the House Administration to carry out further work to examine the practical steps that can be taken in response to it.</p><p>Terms and conditions of service for Members’ staff fall within the remit of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 24/07/2019 12:25:47 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 129857 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1052355

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make an assessment of the merits of supplementary heating in the Library Corridor so that the officers of the House standing there are kept warm.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	215109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The welfare of our staff is of course our principal concern. Whilst the issue of supplementary heating has not been raised by any of the Doorkeepers through the usual management channels, I can confirm that the situation has already been assessed and a simple solution, involving the closing of a fire door, has been identified, which will be implemented immediately, subject to consultation with the fire safety team. In addition, the high level windows in library corridor, which had been contributing to a cold draught in the corridor, have now all been closed.<br></p><p>The Doorkeepers are on post for a maximum of 30 minutes at a time, and the post is rotated daily between a team of 11 Doorkeepers, so the team should find that the proposed solution will deliver immediate benefits to their working environment.<br></p><p>The Library Corridor is not presently heated. It is lined on both sides with bookcases which means there is nowhere to install any radiators, and the pipework to do so currently does not exist.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/02/2019 19:03:18 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1017343

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons Chamber: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, the last occasion on which a fire evacuation drill was conducted in the Chamber of the House of Commons; and whether he plans to conduct such a drill in future.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	197454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Fire evacuation drills of the parliamentary estate are planned on an annual basis and the Chamber of the House of Commons was included as part of the last evacuation drill of the Palace of Westminster as a whole on 21 May 2018. Dates and time of fire evacuation drills are subject to change only for essential House business or security considerations.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/12/2018 12:13:17 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 90661 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1007169

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Bullying and Harassment of House of Commons Staff Independent Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the oral contribution of 05 November 2018, Official Report column 1281, how many individuals with complaints prior to July 2017 have come forward.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	191480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme helplines provide the House of Commons with information about the volume of calls received and the Independent Investigation Service holds information about the number of formal complaints pursued. This information does not include whether the behaviours complained about pre- or post-date July 2017, although callers are advised that only complaints about incidents later than this date can currently be upheld under the Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 29/11/2018 18:05:16 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 86784 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders