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1141966

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to prevent animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	912192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government is leading the way in promoting animal welfare by bringing forward legislation that will increase the maximum custodial penalty for animal cruelty in England from 6 months’ to 5 years’ imprisonment. We have also made it a requirement for all slaughterhouses to have CCTV; updated and improved the laws regulating dog breeding and pet sales; and banned the third party sale of puppies and kittens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 912197 question first answered 25/07/2019 15:37:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1141967

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that domestic climate change adaptation policy does not disproportionately affect low-income households.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	912194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government considers the distributional impact of its interventions on different groups, including low income households, and our National Adaptation Programme sets out the steps the Government will be taking, until the next five year plan in 2023, to further adapt to climate change. Its central aim is to build resilience across the economy, and draws from across a large body of cross-Government work. To take just one example, the Government’s capital investment programme in flooding and coastal erosion is expected to provide over a ten-fold economic return on the initial outlay.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/07/2019 15:47:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1141969

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to prevent animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	912197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government is leading the way in promoting animal welfare by bringing forward legislation that will increase the maximum custodial penalty for animal cruelty in England from 6 months’ to 5 years’ imprisonment. We have also made it a requirement for all slaughterhouses to have CCTV; updated and improved the laws regulating dog breeding and pet sales; and banned the third party sale of puppies and kittens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 912192 question first answered 25/07/2019 15:37:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1141970

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will bring forward legislative proposals to recognise animal sentience.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	912198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>There has never been any question that this Government’s policies on animal welfare are driven by the fact that animals are sentient beings. However, the Government has been very clear that we will make any necessary changes required to UK law in a rigorous and comprehensive way to ensure animal sentience is recognised after we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/07/2019 15:44:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1141971

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Seas and Oceans: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle marine pollution.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
uin	912200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Our Resources and Waste Strategy sets out actions we are taking, including a ban on the sale and/or supply of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds by April 2020. We are leading global efforts through the Commonwealth Clean Ocean Alliance, which we support with a package worth up to £70m. We also work with the International Maritime Organisation to tackle litter from ships and are helping shape a new international action plan on shipping litter.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/07/2019 15:55:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

1141972

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
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, how frequently the Commission receives reports from the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	912182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art produces an annual report which is published and considered by the House’s Finance Committee. The Commission does not receive routine updates. The last annual report was published on the Committee’s website in October 2018. This year’s annual report is due to be considered by the Advisory Committee in September and will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/07/2019 10:58:01 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1141556

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliamentary Security Department: Uniforms
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the total cost of providing new uniforms for parliamentary security staff; and what proportion of that cost was paid by the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL17424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The total cost of providing over 350 new uniforms for parliamentary security staff was £150,000. The proportion of that cost paid by the House of Lords was £45,000.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 25/07/2019 11:15:26 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1140804

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Class B High Pressure Laminate cladding with combustible insulation can be reused on a building in the event that the combustible insulation is replaced.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	280244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published in April 2019 a Frequently asked Question on the Government website one of which answer the question “How do the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 affect buildings undergoing remediation?”</p><p>The requirement is that building work on such buildings must be carried out so that only materials which achieve European Classification A1 or A2-s1, d0 become part of an external wall or specified attachment (as defined in regulation 2) unless covered by one of the exemptions in the regulations.</p><p>This means that materials which are already part of the external wall, or are existing specified attachments, and are not becoming part of the wall are not covered by the ban (unless there is a change of use). However, during this process care must be taken to ensure that the building is no less compliant in relation to building regulation requirements than before the work was carried out (e.g. cavity barrier).</p><p>The full list of frequently asked questions is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:15:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140808

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Public Health: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the percentage change has been in the (a) NHS budget and (b) local authority public health grant in each year from 2013-14 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	280248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the percentage change in total funding for NHS England and the local authority public health grant in each year since 2013:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>NHS England funding increase %</p></td><td><p>Public Health Grant increase %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>First year of NHS England</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>24%<sup>1,2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>-2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>-2.5%<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>-2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>-2.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1 </sup>2015-16 includes a £200 million in-year cut implemented in advance of Spending Review 2015.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Spending Review 2015 baseline, includes the transfer in October 2015 of funding from NHS England to local authorities for commissioning services for children aged 0 – 5 in October 2015.</p><p><sup>3 </sup>From 2017/18, includes funding retained by 10 Greater Manchester local authorities as part of a business rate pilot, not allocated via a grant.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/07/2019 14:34:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1140809

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the recommendations of the independent assessment commissioned by the Joint Funds Unit of Overseas Security and Justice Assistance policy were.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	280367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Pursuant to my answer to Question 276193, the audit’s findings highlighted the importance of context, and areas where the process could be improved. The audit showed that the majority of programme teams have a good understanding of the human rights risks facing their programmes, and a realistic view of the extent to which risks can be mitigated.</p><p>Responding to the audit’s recommendations, the JFU is updating CSSF programmatic guidance, and the Stabilisation Unit is updating its core security and justice training for HMG staff to align with the revised guidance.</p><p>As stated in my answer to Question 249954, there are no plans to publish the OSJA audit.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 25/07/2019 10:39:04 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden