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923453

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to expand the scope of the refugee family reunion rules.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	153364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s approach to refugee family reunion has provided a safe and legal route for more than 25,000 partners and children of those granted protection here in the last five years. Our family reunion policy allows immediate pre-flight family members of those granted protection here to reunite with them. The Immigration Rules also provide for relatives with protection in the UK to sponsor children in serious and compelling circumstances and there is provision in the policy to grant visas outside the Rules in exceptional circumstances, which caters for family members who otherwise do not qualify under the Rules.</p><p>We are listening carefully to calls to expand the scope of the refugee family reunion rules and are reviewing our approach as part of the Government’s wider asylum and resettlement strategy. We continue to follow the passage of two Private Members’ Bills on refugee family reunion closely and will continue our productive discussions with non-governmental organisations in this area.</p><p>However, expanding the policy without careful thought could risk more people being put in harms’ way. We also remain committed to focussing our support, and local authority resources, on the most vulnerable refugees. It is important that we think carefully before expanding the scope of family reunion to those who may not need protection.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/06/2018 17:05:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

923454

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of the new process for non-UK EU citizens resident in the UK to apply for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	153365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme will be a simple and streamlined application process, drawing on existing government data and processes to minimise the administrative burden on applicants. We are building an application process which is fit for purpose, and we are engaging with stakeholders who represent EU citizens in the UK to discuss and understand their needs.</p><p>We will be providing further detail on the scheme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/06/2018 14:36:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

923456

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department plans to take in relation to non-UK EU citizens who do not apply for settled status by the UK Government’s deadline.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	153367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>EU citizens, and their family members, who are resident in the UK before the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020 will have until 30 June 2021 to make their application to the EU settlement scheme. We will take a proportionate approach to those who miss this deadline where they have a good reason for doing so. Those who do will be given a reasonable further period in which to apply.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/06/2018 14:49:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

922315

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Solar Power: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans the Government have to remove external tariffs on technical parts and components required for solar technology.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	152801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Work is ongoing to develop the UK’s future independent tariff policy via the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill, as we leave the EU. No decision has yet been taken on what the future UK applied tariff rates will be post-EU Exit, and this department is continuing to look at all options.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the UK continues to support efforts at the WTO to reach agreement on the Environmental Goods Agreement which would promote the trade in green products, including that of solar panels and their associated technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade published a call for evidence on the 28 November 2017 with the aim of identifying which UK businesses produce goods currently subject to anti-dumping, or anti-subsidy measures, or to on-going investigations related to these.</p><p> </p><p>It asks those businesses to state whether they support, are neutral to, or oppose the maintaining of those measures, when the UK begins to operate its independent trade remedy framework. It asks for data about those businesses’ production and sales, and total UK production and sales.</p><p> </p><p>We invite other interested parties to provide relevant information for measures of interest to them. This will enable us to make an accurate assessment of applications to maintain measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 152803 question first answered 19/06/2018 16:58:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

922357

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on lead ministerial responsibility for drugs policy.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	152802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The complexity and pervasiveness of drug misuse and the harms it causes mean that no one department can tackle it alone. The Home Office remains the lead department for policy on legislation on the misuse of drugs and implementation of the 2017 Drug Strategy, working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care, which is responsible for the recovery strand of the Strategy, Ministry of Justice and other interested Government Departments and agencies. There are no plans to change this. Ministers and officials from both the Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care regularly hold discussions to develop a collaborative approach to reduce illicit and harmful drug use.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/06/2018 16:11:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

922358

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Solar Power: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to remove tariffs on solar technology components.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	152803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Work is ongoing to develop the UK’s future independent tariff policy via the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill, as we leave the EU. No decision has yet been taken on what the future UK applied tariff rates will be post-EU Exit, and this department is continuing to look at all options.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the UK continues to support efforts at the WTO to reach agreement on the Environmental Goods Agreement which would promote the trade in green products, including that of solar panels and their associated technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade published a call for evidence on the 28 November 2017 with the aim of identifying which UK businesses produce goods currently subject to anti-dumping, or anti-subsidy measures, or to on-going investigations related to these.</p><p> </p><p>It asks those businesses to state whether they support, are neutral to, or oppose the maintaining of those measures, when the UK begins to operate its independent trade remedy framework. It asks for data about those businesses’ production and sales, and total UK production and sales.</p><p> </p><p>We invite other interested parties to provide relevant information for measures of interest to them. This will enable us to make an accurate assessment of applications to maintain measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 152801 question first answered 19/06/2018 16:58:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

922005

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support the Government is providing to small and medium-sized businesses in the renewables sector.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	152224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in clean growth and much of the UK’s renewable electricity sector is comprised of small and medium sized businesses. Small and medium-sized businesses in the renewables sector benefit from a range of support delivered as a result of Government policies, for example through the contracts for difference, the feed in tariff and the renewable heat incentive policies. In addition, the Government is investing £2.5 billion to support low carbon innovation in the UK between 2015 and 2021 and are making clean growth a priority of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/06/2018 13:17:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

919911

registered interest
date	08/06/2018
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	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on whether Competent Persons Schemes are incorporating compliance with Construction Products Regulations within their inspection criteria to ensure that any non-compliant or illegal products are not being signed off or overlooked under the overall umbrella of Building Regulations: and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	151431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Competent person schemes operate under a set of Conditions of Authorisation. One of the Conditions requires them to monitor compliance of their registered installers with the requirements of the Building Regulations 2010. It does not require them to monitor compliance with the Construction Products Regulations. Trading standards bodies are responsible for enforcing Construction Products Regulations requirements.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/06/2018 14:25:51 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

900166

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Construction: Regulations
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 his Department has issued guidance to planning authorities on the specification of illegal glass units into windows in historic buildings and Conservation Areas in breach of construction products regulations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	141845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Buildings that are listed or in a conservation area may be subject to specific local policies in relation to replacement windows, and enquiries should be made to the local planning authority in each case. General guidance on planning considerations for conservation areas can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic-environment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic-environment</a>. Replacement windows also need to comply with relevant Building Regulations’ requirements. Guidance on complying with relevant Building Regulations’ requirements can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/05/2018 15:17:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

894842

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to the introduction of autonomous vehicles onto UK roads.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	139539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2014, the Department for Transport has allocated £10.85m to research and development relating to automated vehicles. This includes £7.75m of funding towards the 4 Cities Driverless Cars project, and £3.1m towards the lorry platooning trials on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, the Government is investing over £250m in connected and autonomous vehicle technologies, up to 2021, with the remainder coming through the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy. This is being match-funded by industry: its purpose is to create a world leading testing and development ecosystem in the UK. To date, this funding is supporting 73 collaborative R&amp;D projects and 4 capital testing infrastructure investments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/05/2018 15:58:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan