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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-10-15more like thismore than 2020-10-15
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Absent Voting: Visual Impairment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the findings by the Royal National Institute of Blind People in their report entitled Turned out 2019 that 68 per cent of blind postal voters and 22 per cent of partially sighted postal voters at the December 2019 General Election had to use assistance from another person to enable them to vote, what plans he has to review the accessibility of the postal vote system. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 104091 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that elections are accessible for all those eligible to vote and has already been working with the RNIB to improve the voting process for voters with sight loss.</p><p>It is important for security purposes that a physical poll card is sent to every elector at the property where they are registered, but we have already considered how electoral information might additionally be made available in more accessible format for those who request it.</p><p>Returning Officers already publish details of candidates in the order they will appear on the ballot paper online. We will work with partners in the electoral sector to ensure this information is accessible.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with the RNIB, the Electoral Commission and other relevant organisations to make blind and partially sighted voters aware of the support available to them at the polling station, and to consider what additional support could be provided to help blind and partially sighted people to vote including by post.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Norwich North more like this
answering member printed Chloe Smith more like this
grouped question UIN
104166 more like this
104167 more like this
104226 more like this
104227 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-10-22T16:55:16.693Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-22T16:55:16.693Z
answering member
1609
label Biography information for Chloe Smith more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1243345
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-10-14more like thismore than 2020-10-14
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Air Passenger Duty: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a 12-month waiver on Air Passenger Duty to provide support to the aviation sector, trade and connectivity during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 103484 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenging times facing the aviation industry as a result of COVID-19 and firms experiencing difficulties can draw upon the unprecedented package of measures announced by the Chancellor, including schemes to raise capital and support jobs and flexibilities with tax bills. The aerospace sector and its aviation customers are being supported with over £8.5 billion support through the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility, grants for research and development, loan guarantees and support for aerospace exports. The government has also launched a new Global Travel Taskforce to support the travel industry and the safe recovery of international travel.</p><p> </p><p>Airlines’ Air Passenger Duty liabilities will have considerably reduced following the decline in passenger demand caused by COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to consult on aviation tax reform and will provide more detail on next steps in due course.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Saffron Walden more like this
answering member printed Kemi Badenoch more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-10-22T15:41:57.747Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-22T15:41:57.747Z
answering member
4597
label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1232415
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-09-08more like thismore than 2020-09-08
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Blood Cancer: Health Services more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the rising incidence of blood cancer on the funding requirements of NHS services for blood cancer patients. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 86631 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The amount spent by the National Health Service on blood cancer-related services is not collected separately to the overall spend on cancer services.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-10-22T13:00:25.2Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-22T13:00:25.2Z
answering member
4380
label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this