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1627581

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it remains her policy to implement the Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published on 12 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	184939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>We plan to take forward our ambitious agenda of animal welfare and conservation reforms, as outlined in the 2021 Action Plan for Animal Welfare, during the current Parliamentary session and beyond. We will continue to introduce and support legislative and non-legislative reforms when we can.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/05/2023 10:45:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1627693

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	River Colne: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she had made an assessment of the implication for her policies of the Colne Valley Fisheries Consultative report entitled Micropollutants and the River Colne, published 12 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>Since the 2000s, we have increased monitoring and either banned or highly restricted a number of pollutants both domestically and internationally.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work at pace to assess the levels of pollutants occurring in the environment, their sources and potential risks to inform future policy and regulatory approaches. We take all robust evidence and analysis available into account, including the Colne Valley Fisheries Consultative report, when developing policies</p><p> </p><p>We will share details of further actions in the upcoming UK Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Work Programmes and Chemicals Strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/05/2023 10:51:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1627730

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Nurses: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address shortages in the nursing sector, with particular regard to specialist roles.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>We are on track to meet the commitment to 50,000 extra nurses in the National Health Service in England by 2024, with almost 43,000 more nurses in February 2023 compared with September 2019. This includes nurses working in specialist nursing roles. Additionally, there are over 5,300 more doctors and over 12,300 more nurses working across the NHS compared to a year ago.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/05/2023 12:01:08 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1627743

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Passports: Educational Visits
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of introducing collective passports for educational groups visiting the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	185122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary regularly speaks to his counterparts on a range of issues.</p><p>The UK is a signatory to the 1961 Council of Europe treaty which provides for collective passports for young people. Continued acceptance of these passports from those who have ratified the treaty is current practice. The UK has not left the Council of Europe.</p><p>Whilst it remains current policy to continue to accept collective passports issued by signatories to the treaty, as part of our Points Based Immigration System, it is our intention to move to a position where everyone obtains an individual permission from the Home Office in advance of travel and so in the future we are likely to require individual documents.</p><p>It should be noted several EU countries have declared they will no longer accept a collective passport issued by the UK under this treaty.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/05/2023 07:55:34 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1627818

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Mobile Phones and Internet: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with representatives of Ofcom on price increases for (a) mobile and (b) internet contracts in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	185001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that this is a difficult time for families across the country who are struggling to pay their bills as a result of the global rise in the cost of living.</p><p>My Department has engaged regularly with Ofcom over the past 12 months on a range of telecom consumer-related issues including the affordability of services.</p><p>Ofcom - the independent regulator - has a statutory duty to monitor ongoing household affordability in the sector, and Part C of their General Conditions require telecoms companies to provide clear information about their contracts.</p><p>On 9 February 2023, Ofcom announced a <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/review-of-inflation-linked-telecoms-price-rises" target="_blank">review</a> into the transparency of in-contract price rises. Ofcom expects this review to conclude by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 19/05/2023 08:31:57 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1627857

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Flood Control: Somerset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that Somerset is more resilient to future flood risk.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	185042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>Somerset has seen significant investment in recent years and has benefitted from the formation of the Somerset Rivers Authority partnership. Over £80 million of investment since 2014 in flood risk interventions helps the Environment Agency better manage flooding. It allows the Environment Agency to take pre-emptive action to delay the onset of flooding, to evacuate the waters more effectively. Together this enables communities to be more resilient and to recover more rapidly from flooding. The below investment was delivered in 2014/15:</p><ul><li>£6m on dredging, financed by DEFRA, delivered by the Environment Agency</li><li>£20m on raising roads and drainage improvements financed by Department of Transport delivered by Somerset County Council</li><li>£20m on repairing flood damage to assets from Defra Flood defence grant-in-aid</li><li>£13m on improvements to the Sowy and Kings Sedgemoor Drain from Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>£3.5m on Pumping station extra capacity and improvements at Aller and Westonzoyland</li><li>£500k improvements to the Parrett and Tone hydraulic model.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency are continuing to invest in Somerset, this includes maintaining existing defences and also helping communities to adapt and become more resilient in the face of a changing climate. Ongoing investment includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Bridgwater Tidal Barrier scheme – investment of over £128m – Operational barrier by 2026.</li><li>Dunball Sluice refurbishment – total investment of around £3.6m. Delivery by 2024</li><li>Pumping Station upgrades – Project to invest around £5.5m. Complete by 2025</li><li>Reservoir improvement investment (public safety) – Investment Program of £19m – Delivery complete by 2027</li><li>Taunton Strategic Flood Alleviation Improvements – Council have agreed £6m funding in 3 interventions:</li></ul><p>1. River Tone left bank defence improvements, Frieze Hill to Town Bridge</p><p>2. Raising of Firepool lockgate and defences between the River Tone and the Bridgwater to Taunton Canal (TTC10)</p><p>3. Longrun Meadows - optimising flood water storage.</p><p> </p><p>Communities in Ilminster, Chard and Minehead are also benefitting from recently approved investment to help reduce flood risk. The Environment Agency and Somerset Council have secured funding from the Frequently Flooded Allowance fund to carry out investigative studies on what future flood risk interventions are required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/05/2023 10:31:56 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1627890

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Canal and River Trust: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress the Government has made on publishing the outcome of the grant settlements for the Canal and River Trust.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	185069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s review of the grant funding for the Canal and River Trust is ongoing. We expect to announce the decision on future grant funding shortly.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/05/2023 10:49:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1627915

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Research: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release UK and India sign landmark research agreement, published on 26 April 2023: whether the £8.3 million of funding announced will be counted towards the (a) international or (b) domestic government science spend.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	184970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics aims to count research performed in the United Kingdom as part of UK domestic gross expenditure on R&amp;D, but not research performed overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The £8.3 million of funding announced in the press notice published on 26 April forms part of the Government’s funding commitment to R&amp;I and will be counted as part of this commitment.</p><p> </p><p>The memorandum of understanding and the funding announced in the press notice will support researchers in UK universities to develop collaborative research projects with leading researchers in India.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 19/05/2023 10:38:02 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 75549 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1627916

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Research: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release UK and India sign landmark research agreement, published on 26 April 2023, whether funding for the collaborative activities to be carried out under the Memorandum of Understanding, listed as “Other UK-India Agreements”, is included within the £3.3 million of UK funding announced for the technology and skills partnership programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	184971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The technology and skills partnership programme is a stand alone UKRI programme in partnership with the Government of India. It does not include the funding for other collaborative activities listed in the press notice of 26 April.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 19/05/2023 10:38:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 75550 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1627236

registered interest
date	12/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the comparative cost to consumers of (a) an electricity system with nuclear as part of the energy mix and (b) a system based on variable renewables alone; and if he will place a copy of this assessment in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The “Modelling 2050 – Electricity System Analysis” publication,<sup>[1]</sup>presents aggregated outputs for thousands of power sector scenarios in 2050 and shows that a range of different technology mixes can achieve Net Zero at similar costs (Figure 11). This work did not look at a renewable only scenario (e.g. wind, solar, and tidal) as this cannot ensure security of supply.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em><sup>[1]</sup></em></strong> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modelling-2050-electricity-system-analysis" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modelling-2050-electricity-system-analysis</em></a></p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 19/05/2023 14:06:06 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas