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1469309

registered interest
date	10/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Remote Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of ending arrangements for local authorities to meet remotely or in hybrid format, as permitted under the powers granted by section 78 of the Coronavirus Act 2020, on democratic engagement by (a) councillors and (b) members of the public who are (i) disabled, (ii) clinically extremely vulnerable to covid-19 and (iii) carers for people who are disabled and clinically extremely vulnerable to covid-19; if he will make it his policy to permit local authorities to continue to meet remotely or in hybrid format on accessibility and equality grounds; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	15719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government launched a call for evidence last year to gather views and inform a longer-term decision about whether to make express provision for councils to meet remotely and enable councillors to attend meetings remotely, if necessary, on a permanent basis. The Department has considered the responses to the consultation and we will respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/06/2022 15:09:05 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468602

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to (a) end period poverty and shame in the UK by 2025 and (b) invest £250,000 on new period poverty programmes; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. 94% of eligible secondary schools had accessed this scheme by December 2021.</p><p>Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax Fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 14465 question first answered 13/06/2022 15:57:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468603

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to (a) provide further funding to end period poverty in response to rising inflation and (b) actively monitor levels of period poverty, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. 94% of eligible secondary schools had accessed this scheme by December 2021.</p><p>Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax Fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 14464 question first answered 13/06/2022 15:57:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1383496

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund: Wholesale Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that wholesalers can access the forthcoming Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund; if he will make reference to the eligibility of wholesalers in the forthcoming Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund guidance; what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring the wholesale sector’s access to that relief; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	84326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The £1.5 billion COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund will be allocated to local authorities based on the stock of properties in the area whose sectors have been affected by COVID-19 and are ineligible for existing support linked to business rates. <br> <br>My Department will publish guidance to help local authorities set up their local schemes once the legislation relating to COVID-19 Material Change of Circumstances provisions has passed. This will include the eligibility criteria for the scheme and individual local authority allocations. <br> <br>Decisions on the award of relief will ultimately be for local authorities, having regard to the guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/12/2021 13:48:49 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1379981

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the 2018 consultation Business rates treatment of self-catering accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	77412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>In March, the Government announced that it will legislate to require that self-catering accommodation meets an actual lettings threshold before being assessed for business rates. Since then, my Department has been working with Treasury and the Valuation Office Agency to finalise the details of how and when this will be implemented. We will set out further details shortly in the Government’s consultation response.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/11/2021 16:48:58 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1346327

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to (a) reduce beer duty, (b) lower business rates for pubs and (c) introduce a permanent lower level of VAT for (i) all food and beverages sold in pubs and (ii) the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	32347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury keeps all taxes under review and any changes made will be announced at the next fiscal event.</p><p> </p><p>The Fundamental Review of Business Rates will consider ideas for reform on all elements of the business rates system and will conclude in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/07/2021 14:03:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1339948

registered interest
date	24/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 1 March 2021 from 19 parliamentarians on five priorities for a green and fair economic recovery.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	21864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2021 answer text <p>A response was sent to the Member on 6 May and a further copy has been sent by email.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 30/06/2021 13:04:33 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1312247

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Climate Change and Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2021 to Questions 159269 to 159273 on climate change and biodiversity; what steps his Department has taken, through the UK’s presidency of the G7, to call on international partners to examine the findings of the Dasgupta Review including those on measures of economic success; whether global action on the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review is on the agenda for (a) the G7 summit in June 2021 and (b) other forthcoming G7 meetings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	187190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the publication of the Dasgupta Review as a strong example of UK thought leadership on an important environmental issue with clear – but often overlooked – economic consequences. The Government is closely examining the Review’s findings - including those concerning measures of economic success. The Government will call on international partners, including through the UK’s Presidencies of the G7 and COP26, to do the same and will respond formally to the Review in due course.</p><p>Following the launch of the Dasgupta Review, the Chancellor co-hosted the first G7 meeting with the Governor of the Bank of England on 12 February and stated that climate and nature considerations will be a central priority for this year’s Finance Agenda, paving the way to a truly green global economic recovery. The Chancellor urged his counterparts to match the UK’s ambitions ahead of COP26 and COP15 and stressed the importance of working together to support a smooth and effective transition of our economies to net zero.</p><p>The Chancellor also used his 6 April Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting to press once again for further ambition on climate and environment policies, and the Government will continue to do so at the G7 summit in June and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 29/04/2021 06:34:49 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1301247

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Infrastructure Bank: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK Infrastructure Bank plans to limit its funding to projects that are compatible with (a) currently legislated carbon budgets, (b) the Paris climate agreement, (c) the Government’s nature and biodiversity goals and priorities at national and international level and the (d) Sustainable Development Goals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	166376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Budget, the UK Infrastructure Bank will pursue two core policy objectives through its interventions in the infrastructure market: to help tackle climate change, particularly meeting our net zero emissions target by 2050; and to support regional and local economic growth. While the Bank’s initial focus will be on climate change mitigation and resilience, the Government will review the case for broadening this to include other areas such as improving the UK’s natural capital, before bringing forward legislation to put the Bank on a statutory footing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also publish a set of investment principles for the Bank later in the spring to help the bank assess what projects should be in scope. The Bank will make independent investment decisions and will need to develop assessment criteria to decide which investments it will take forward in line with its objectives. This will include environmental impacts. Following its launch later in the spring, the Bank will publish a document, developed in consultation with HM Treasury, setting out its approach to assessment in pursuit of its mandate.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 166377 166379 question first answered 17/03/2021 16:15:51 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1301248

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Infrastructure Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if will make it is his policy to require that the UK Infrastructure Bank has a list of excluded projects including, but not limited to (a) infrastructure related to the extraction of fossil fuels, (b) airport expansion, (c) incinerators, (d) new roads and (e) other high carbon infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	166377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Budget, the UK Infrastructure Bank will pursue two core policy objectives through its interventions in the infrastructure market: to help tackle climate change, particularly meeting our net zero emissions target by 2050; and to support regional and local economic growth. While the Bank’s initial focus will be on climate change mitigation and resilience, the Government will review the case for broadening this to include other areas such as improving the UK’s natural capital, before bringing forward legislation to put the Bank on a statutory footing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also publish a set of investment principles for the Bank later in the spring to help the bank assess what projects should be in scope. The Bank will make independent investment decisions and will need to develop assessment criteria to decide which investments it will take forward in line with its objectives. This will include environmental impacts. Following its launch later in the spring, the Bank will publish a document, developed in consultation with HM Treasury, setting out its approach to assessment in pursuit of its mandate.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 166376 166379 question first answered 17/03/2021 16:15:51 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas