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1643685

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date	12/06/2023
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	World Bank: Seeds
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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure that World Bank negotiation of Development Policy Financing takes account of seed laws.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188816 188817 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643686

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	World Bank: Agriculture
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 funding his Department provides to the World Bank to support a shift to sustainable agricultural production in low-income countries.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188815 188817 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643687

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	World Bank: Agriculture
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 his Department has made of the impact of World Bank (a) policies on and (b) investment in agriculture on (i) reducing poverty and (ii) increasing food security.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188815 188816 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643713

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum
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 adequacy of conditions for asylum seekers in Diego Garcia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Administration of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) provides accommodation, food, communications and dedicated 24/7 medical support, as well as educational and welfare facilities to the migrants in Diego Garcia. The facilities and support offered to the migrants are continuously reviewed and enhanced as required. BIOT does not have an asylum system. Migrants' claims for protection are considered in line with BIOT law and international legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/06/2023 09:54:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643886

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	189126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of progress towards delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy was set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy report to Parliament in July 2022, a copy of which is available in the House Libraries.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/06/2023 08:42:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643366

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled The second cycling and walking investment strategy, published 10 March 2023, what progress his Department has made on completing its objective of increasing walking activity to 365 stages per person per year by 2025.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of progress towards meeting its active travel goals was set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) report to Parliament in July 2022, a copy of which is available in the House Libraries. The most recent National Travel Survey statistics for 2021 show that the number of walking stages per person per year fell to 279 stages following impacts from the pandemic. The previous (CWIS1) objective of 300 stages per person had consistently been achieved from 2015 to 2019, with an average of 331 stages per person per year across this period, which is why the objective was made more ambitious in CWIS2. The latest statistics for 2022 are due to be published in September 2023, and the Department will provide a further assessment in its next report to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/06/2023 07:53:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643367

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel England: Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many successful Levelling Up Fund bids were assessed by Active Travel England in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>In August 2022, Active Travel England assessed all bids relating to active travel that were submitted as part of the second round of the Levelling Up Fund. This included 20 successful bids from local authorities containing active travel measures.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/06/2023 07:56:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms