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1518890

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Egypt: Climate Change Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether she plans to attend the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Summit in Sharm el Sheikh.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	59015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the COP26 President is working closely with Egypt in the run up to COP27. The composition of the UK Government's delegation will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/10/2022 15:13:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1519377

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Disability: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether she plans to appoint a Minister for Disabled People.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	59915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>My hon. Friend, the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho), has been appointed Minister for Disabled People. A summary of her responsibilities can be found on gov.uk here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--192" target="_blank">Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/10/2022 15:03:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1519464

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Minister for Human Relevant Science to be tasked with accelerating the take-up of innovative medical research techniques such as the use of artificial intelligence and organ-on-a-chip technology.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	60159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>My hon. Friend, the Member for Wealden (Nusrat Ghani), is the Minister of State (Minister for Science and Investment Security) at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. A summary of her responsibilities can be found on gov.uk here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fministers%2Fminister-of-state-minister-for-science-and-investment-security&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAO%27malley%40no10.gov.uk%7C935ecba7319242509b0e08dab03aa460%7C29c8cbb9d9af4c7eb28b470f15275e47%7C1%7C0%7C638016063158787638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FpWxsM8Q5Xc1LvkVI%2FSLDPZwEkZQFc6eExz%2FrZWrEUw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Minister of State (Minister for Science and Investment Security) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/10/2022 15:12:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1520001

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Intelligence and Security Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament Annual Report 2019–2021, published on 10 December 2021, HC 877, whether she plans to update the Memorandum of Understanding between the Prime Minister and the Intelligence and Security Committee.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	59410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the written statement issued on 10 December 2021 by the previous Prime Minister (UIN HCWS464). The Government remains confident that the current Memorandum of Understanding with the Committee is sufficient to allow for robust oversight of the Agencies and wider Intelligence Community.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/10/2022 15:23:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1385802

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential positive impact of GCHQ’s cloud computing contract with Amazon Web Services on the domestic cloud sector.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	88746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p><p>We have a long-standing, 75-year intelligence relationship with the United States, which is invaluable to each country's national security. The alliance has clear guidelines for how we share communication, translation, analysis, and code breaking information, and has helped protect our countries and allies for decades. Any move to cloud does not change this agreement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 88747 88749 question first answered 13/12/2021 10:30:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1385803

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential ways the UK cloud sector can become involved in the supply chain for Amazon Web Services' cloud computing contract with GCHQ.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	88747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p><p>We have a long-standing, 75-year intelligence relationship with the United States, which is invaluable to each country's national security. The alliance has clear guidelines for how we share communication, translation, analysis, and code breaking information, and has helped protect our countries and allies for decades. Any move to cloud does not change this agreement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 88746 88749 question first answered 13/12/2021 10:30:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1385805

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what safeguards are in place to protect the data of UK citizens in the event that Amazon Web Services becomes subject to a US law enforcement request in relation to the data its servers will hold as part of the recently reported GCHQ cloud computing services contract.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	88749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p><p>We have a long-standing, 75-year intelligence relationship with the United States, which is invaluable to each country's national security. The alliance has clear guidelines for how we share communication, translation, analysis, and code breaking information, and has helped protect our countries and allies for decades. Any move to cloud does not change this agreement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 88746 88747 question first answered 13/12/2021 10:30:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1378651

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value of the recently reported cloud computing contract between Amazon Web Services and GCHQ is.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely avow details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Avowing details around national security technology can have potential security implications as would be the case in this scenario. However, any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/11/2021 17:37:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1378652

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cloud computing companies submitted a bid for the contract that GCHQ is recently reported to have awarded to Amazon Web Services; and how many of those bids were submitted by domestic UK companies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely release details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/11/2021 17:53:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1378653

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	GCHQ: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recently reported contract awarded to Amazon Web Services, for what reasons GCHQ did not contract its cloud services with a domestic UK provider.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The national security community does not routinely release details of the technology partnerships it enters into. Releasing details concerning national security technology can have significant security implications as would be the case in this scenario. Any contract can be fully scrutinised through the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/11/2021 09:02:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah