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registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will respond to EDM 876 on visitor visas for people from India.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	137600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to work with India to develop our bilateral relationship to deliver real benefits to both countries.</p><p>Visitors from India are important to our tourism market and the Government is committed to offering the most efficient and customer focused visa service in India.</p><p>Since January 2016 the UK has offered a two-year validity visit visa to Chinese nationals for the same price as a six-month visa. This is a pilot scheme, which we are running to assess the benefits and impacts of such an approach, and which will be subject to proper evaluation. There are currently no plans to extend this pilot to any other countries.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/04/2018 15:05:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

891310

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Universal Credit
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 he has (a) commissioned and (b) completed an (i) external and (ii) internal analysis of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the availability of private rented accommodation for households receiving the housing element of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	137907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to working with the Department for Work and Pensions and stakeholders across the private rented sector to understand how we can make best use of our financial levers and existing powers to support tenants to access good quality and affordable accommodation. Universal Credit is already significantly improving the rate at which those claiming benefits return to work. Being in employment improves the housing choices of those who would otherwise have remained dependent on benefits.</p><p>More than 1 million people in England who rent privately are in receipt of Housing Benefit and the housing element of Universal Credit (over 200,000 in London). In December 44 per cent of households claiming housing support under Universal Credit were in the private rented sector.</p><p>The Government is helping benefit claimants to access the private rented sector where LHA rates have diverged the most from local rents through further Targeted Affordability Funding in 2018/19 and 2019/20 and enhanced Discretionary Housing Payment funding for local authorities to protect the most vulnerable claimants impacted by welfare reforms such as freeze to LHA rates.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 14:51:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

891312

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to include protection of music intellectual property rights within a future Digital Charter.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	138071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Digital Charter is to make the internet work for everyone. It is a rolling programme of work to agree norms and rules for the online world and put them into practice. As part of the Charter we are looking at the legal liability that online platforms have for the content shared on their sites.</p><p> </p><p>The creative industries sector deal will also help the whole of the creative industries protect and enforce their copyright including through an expansion of voluntary work with industry along the lines of the IPO’s groundbreaking search roundtable process<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/04/2018 09:31:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

891314

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the quantum of additional funding to be provided to enable the establishment of a new UK Environmental Protection Agency.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	138079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been allocated £310m additional funding in 2018-19 from the Reserve to address additional activities arising from the UK’s exit from the European Union. These activities include establishing a new environmental body. The government will be consulting shortly on environmental governance, including proposals for this body.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/04/2018 15:33:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

891316

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Annuities: Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 19 October 2016 sale of annuities Official Report, column 812, what the timetable is for his Department to publish plans to support pensioners on low incomes with annuities.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	138082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In October 2016, the Government announced that it would not continue with proposals to create a secondary market in annuities. The conditions required for a competitive market could not be balanced with sufficient consumer protections and it would not have been appropriate to allow a market to develop which would have produced poor outcomes for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that older people are able to live with the dignity and respect they deserve and the State Pension is the foundation of state support for older people, with a full new State Pension now worth £164.35 per week. In addition, the Government provides Pension Credit which targets help towards the poorest pensioners who for whatever reason have been unable to provide for their retirement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides bus passes for free travel once an individual reaches the female State Pension age and Winter Fuel Payments to help with heating costs during the winter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/04/2018 14:54:30 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

891321

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which online media platforms operate in the UK for which children make up over 25 per cent of the audience.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold information of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/04/2018 09:32:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891322

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which online media platforms operating in the UK are designated as children’s media.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Online media platforms are not classed in this way and there is not a designated category for children’s media.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/04/2018 09:34:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891351

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Great Haywood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that HS2 Ltd release its plans for the Great Haywood Viaduct in advance of the relevant Select Committee sessions later in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	138037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The design of the Phase 2A scheme to date as set out in the Phase 2A Bill and the Environmental Statement deposited in July 2017 provides the level of detail necessary for the purposes of the Bill and the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The level of detailed design necessary to enable the scheme to be constructed has yet to be carried out, and is unlikely to be completed until after the Bill has secured Royal Assent.</p><p> </p><p>Once complete, HS2 Ltd will need to apply for approval of the detailed design of various elements of the scheme, which would include the Great Hayward viaduct, from local planning authorities along the route under the planning regime established under Schedule 17 to the Bill. This will ensure that although deemed planning permission for the scheme is granted by Parliament, local planning authorities will be able to approve the detailed design thereby ensuring that the design of permanent structures fits into the local environment.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/04/2018 15:28:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

891352

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Agriculture: Cultural Heritage
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 plans he has to include provisions on heritage and the historic environment in the forthcoming agriculture Bill; and what representations he has received on that topic.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	137966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government published “Health and Harmony: The future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit” on 27 February.</p><p> </p><p>At the heart of our proposals is a new system of paying farmers and land managers “public money for public goods”. Amongst the public goods we are consulting on are the preservation of environmental goods including enhancing beauty, heritage and engagement with the natural environment. Other public goods could include the preservation of traditional farming and landscapes in certain areas, and public access to the countryside. The consultation also seeks views on what other public goods the Government should support.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently analysing the responses received to the consultation so far. The consultation closes on 8 May and we will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/04/2018 09:50:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

891355

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	North Korea: South Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other NATO members states on the inter-Korean summit.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	137961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary regularly discusses the threat posed by North Korea with his counterparts from other NATO member states. The Foreign Secretary has made clear that the UK welcomes talks, and that we remain committed to the complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary most recently met his NATO counterparts in Brussels on 27 April, the day of the inter-Korean Summit. While the Summit was not a formal agenda item, the Foreign Secretary was able to discuss developments with other Ministers present.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 30/04/2018 14:58:09 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn