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1684345

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Jimmy Dunlop
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with (a) his Irish counterpart and (b) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland on whether steps were taken to question Jimmy Dunlop about the Claudy bombings of 31 July 1972 prior to his death.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government has, and will continue to, hold discussions with the Irish Government on a range of issues, including legacy.</p><p> </p><p>Policing and justice in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. Operational matters regarding the investigation of criminal conduct in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI), which is rightly operationally independent of the Government.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/01/2024 14:26:45 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1684357

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Project Gigabit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her planned timetable is for the Project Gigabit procurements for hard to reach communities in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	11050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>In July 2023, we launched a Project Gigabit cross regional procurement to bring gigabit-capable broadband to homes and businesses in hard to reach parts of North West Wales, Mid Wales, and South East Wales. Our intention is to award a contract to the successful supplier in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>North Wales and South West Wales will be included in a further procurement once the cross regional contract is in place.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 26/01/2024 10:47:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1684358

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department made an assessment before 2023 of the potential impact of the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) on the number of personnel required to carry out checks in the event that the ETA did necessitate checks at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government remains committed to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and in support of this, ensuring there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, so no such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>As now, the UK will not operate routine immigration controls on journeys from within the Common Travel Area, with no immigration controls whatsoever on the Ireland-Northern Ireland land border.</p><p> </p><p>However, as is currently the case, individuals arriving in the UK, including those crossing the land border into Northern Ireland, will need to continue to enter in line with the UK’s immigration framework, including the requirement to obtain an ETA when it is introduced.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/01/2024 09:56:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1684359

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) Human Rights Commission and (b) Equality Commission in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>In line with the requirements of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) provide the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with a copy of their Annual Report and Accounts which are laid in the House.</p><p> </p><p>These accounts are publicly available and the honourable Member may view these via the NIHRC and ECNI’s websites which I have detailed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</strong></p></td><td><p>www.nihrc.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Equality Commission for Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>www.equalityni.org</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 26/01/2024 13:45:07 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1684360

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Skynet: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned timescale is for launching the procurement for the wideband satellite system element of the Skynet 6 programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	11001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The competition for the Skynet wideband satellite procurement commenced on 31 May 2023. After detailed pre-qualification activity, an invitation to negotiate was issued to three groups on 14 November 2023 with the first bids expected back for assessment on 20 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/01/2024 14:25:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1684371

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for the commencement of outstanding building works on hospitals under the Hospitals Transformation Programme.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	11034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>Full planning permission has recently been granted for the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital development and enabling works have commenced on site. The full business case is expected in the coming months, in which the trust will set out the final delivery timetable for the building works for the Hospital Transformation Programme.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 26/01/2024 15:06:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1684373

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of research and development (R&D) tax relief claims being disallowed by HMRC on (a) the level of R&D being undertaken by individual companies and (b) retention of R&D companies in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	11035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s R&amp;D tax reliefs provide generous support to encourage companies to conduct R&amp;D activity, driving innovation and growth in the UK.</p><p>Where a claim is disallowed because it is not legitimate R&amp;D, HMRC would not expect this to have an impact on either retention or the amount of R&amp;D undertaken by companies.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/01/2024 10:18:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1684375

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	North Korea: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports of North Korea providing military support to Russia.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	11036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has supplied weapons, including ballistic missiles, to Russia, as fifty Foreign Ministers made clear in their 9 January joint statement. At a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on 10 January, the UK joined partners in condemning the use of DPRK-supplied ballistic missiles by Russia against Ukraine. The DPRK is already subject to a robust sanctions regime and the UK will continue to work with our partners to hold the DPRK to account for supporting Russia's illegal war in Ukraine. We will continue to work with allies and partners to identify, expose, and counter Russian attempts to acquire military equipment from third countries.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 26/01/2024 15:40:11 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1684378

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Community Diagnostic Centres: Osteoporosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of community diagnostic centres that have bone densitometry scanning facilities.
tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
tabling member printed	Matt Hancock
uin	11089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>As of mid-January 2024, 19 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are delivering dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) testing, with plans for five more CDCs to start providing DEXA tests by the end of 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 26/01/2024 15:02:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock

1684385

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer and Cider: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of draught relief for (a) beer and (b) cider.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	11031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>Under the new alcohol duty system, Draught Relief provides a 9.2% duty reduction on draught beer and cider products below 8.5% alcohol by volume. This ensures that there will always be a lower duty rate for draught products to recognise the value of our great British pubs. This means that every pint, in every pub across the UK pays less duty than their supermarket equivalent - this is the Government's Brexit Pubs Guarantee.</p><p>The Government is closely monitoring the impact of the recent reforms, including Draught Relief, and will evaluate the impact of the new rates and structures three years after the changes took effect on 1 August 2023. This will allow time to understand the impacts on the alcohol market, and for HMRC to gather useful and accurate data with which to evaluate the effects of the reform.</p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps the alcohol duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 26/01/2024 13:38:48 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb