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917429

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on whether Office of Rail Regulation guidance on work patterns is being followed in relation to driver work patterns under the new timetable on Southern routes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road is the independent safety regulator of the rail industry. Employers in the rail industry must ensure that appropriate legislation is adhered to. It is not the responsibility of the Department for Transport to make this kind of assessment.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/06/2018 13:44:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917505

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to respond to Question 136110, on Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund, tabled on 17 April 2018 by the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>I apologise for a late reply. The hon member asked when the evaluation report on the 2012-2015 Access to Elected Office Fund will be published. It will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/06/2018 16:37:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917522

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 4 June 2018, Official Report, Column 51, on what date the Thameslink industry readiness board was established; who sits on that board; who funds that board; what the cost to the public purse of the operation of that board has been for the last twelve months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Thameslink Industry Readiness Board first met on 13 January 2017 and is independently chaired by Chris Gibb. Chris Gibb is the independent Chair and its members are directors from Network Rail, Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern, Stagecoach Group (Representing East Midlands Trains and Virgin Trains East Coast), Arriva Rail London, Department for Transport, Office of Rail and Road, Siemens (supplier of the new Thameslink Fleet), and an Independent Assurance Panel representative. The cost of the board is part of the £7bn Thameslink programme.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/06/2018 15:14:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917525

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral contribution of 4 June 2018, Official Report, column 56, if he will make it his policy to establish a public service operator to carry out his duties as Operator of Last Resort in the event of a GTR franchise termination; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>As my Rt Hon Friend said in his statement to the House on 4 June it is vital to get back to stability as quickly as possible and investigate what went wrong. We do not wish to pre-empt the findings of those investigations which was commissioned or act in haste. Once the enquiries have concluded we will take the most appropriate decision and use the full power of the franchise agreement and legislation if needed.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/06/2018 14:04:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917526

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 4 June 2018, Official Report, column 53, by what date his Department plans to conclude it's review of whether GTR and Northern met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of the timetable change; and whether he plans to report the conclusions of that review to the House.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>In line with our duty to protect the public interest by securing compliance with the franchise agreements under which rail services are delivered, the Department will examine whether GTR and Northern have met their contractual obligations in line with the established ‘Enforcement Policy: Rail Franchise Agreements and Closures’ procedure.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604396/enforcement-policy-rail-franchise-agreements-and-closures.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604396/enforcement-policy-rail-franchise-agreements-and-closures.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/06/2018 07:24:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917528

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 4 June 2018, Official Report, column 51, on what date GTR personally assured him that it was ready to implement the timetable changes; and whether he requested information or data from GTR to evidence that assurance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State was reassured by senior GTR figures in early May 2018 that they were confident they would be able to implement the new train service.</p><p> </p><p>However, it became clear at the 11th hour that GTR were unable to deliver all planned services. We are in regular discussions with Network Rail and GTR. I have reiterated that the disruption suffered by passengers is wholly unacceptable, and the priority is to give passengers greater certainty over which services will run.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/06/2018 15:24:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917607

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Food: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of imported food after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is preparing to negotiate our exit from the European Union, and our new relationship with the EU which aims for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the United Kingdom and the EU. This does not change the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) top priority which is to ensure that food, whether imported or produced in the UK, remains safe and what it says it is.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA is already working hard to ensure that the high standard of food safety and consumer protection we enjoy in this country is maintained when the UK leaves the EU. The FSA is part of a cross-Government group exploring options for future border operations, but decisions on how the UK border will operate will depend on the outcome of the negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in her Mansion House speech, the introduction of border controls on the island of Ireland would ‘be inconsistent with the commitments that both we and the EU have made in respect of Northern Ireland’. The FSA’s plans to ensure that food in the UK continues to be safe therefore do not envisage a scenario where border controls are introduced on the island of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA will strive to ensure that controls to protect public health on imported food originated from the EU are properly risk-based and proportionate, taking account of surveillance and risk assessment findings and wider Government policy on trade. Its proposed plan reflects this objective.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has already commenced a programme comprehensively to revise and upgrade its approach to surveillance. The delivery of this programme, which aims to make far better use of data collected by others and to target more effectively expenditure on sampling, will better enable potential risks and threats to be identified while also ensuring that checks on imported food are carried out on a risk-based and proportionate basis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 149997 149998 question first answered 13/06/2018 15:30:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917608

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Food: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support environmental health professionals in Northern Ireland to maintain the safety and authenticity of food moving across each of the separate border crossings in the event of the reintroduction of border controls on the island of Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is preparing to negotiate our exit from the European Union, and our new relationship with the EU which aims for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the United Kingdom and the EU. This does not change the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) top priority which is to ensure that food, whether imported or produced in the UK, remains safe and what it says it is.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA is already working hard to ensure that the high standard of food safety and consumer protection we enjoy in this country is maintained when the UK leaves the EU. The FSA is part of a cross-Government group exploring options for future border operations, but decisions on how the UK border will operate will depend on the outcome of the negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in her Mansion House speech, the introduction of border controls on the island of Ireland would ‘be inconsistent with the commitments that both we and the EU have made in respect of Northern Ireland’. The FSA’s plans to ensure that food in the UK continues to be safe therefore do not envisage a scenario where border controls are introduced on the island of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA will strive to ensure that controls to protect public health on imported food originated from the EU are properly risk-based and proportionate, taking account of surveillance and risk assessment findings and wider Government policy on trade. Its proposed plan reflects this objective.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has already commenced a programme comprehensively to revise and upgrade its approach to surveillance. The delivery of this programme, which aims to make far better use of data collected by others and to target more effectively expenditure on sampling, will better enable potential risks and threats to be identified while also ensuring that checks on imported food are carried out on a risk-based and proportionate basis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 149996 149998 question first answered 13/06/2018 15:30:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917680

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Food: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the need to re-establish the inspection of food from the EU at UK ports in the event of no trade deal being reached with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is preparing to negotiate our exit from the European Union, and our new relationship with the EU which aims for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the United Kingdom and the EU. This does not change the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) top priority which is to ensure that food, whether imported or produced in the UK, remains safe and what it says it is.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA is already working hard to ensure that the high standard of food safety and consumer protection we enjoy in this country is maintained when the UK leaves the EU. The FSA is part of a cross-Government group exploring options for future border operations, but decisions on how the UK border will operate will depend on the outcome of the negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in her Mansion House speech, the introduction of border controls on the island of Ireland would ‘be inconsistent with the commitments that both we and the EU have made in respect of Northern Ireland’. The FSA’s plans to ensure that food in the UK continues to be safe therefore do not envisage a scenario where border controls are introduced on the island of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA will strive to ensure that controls to protect public health on imported food originated from the EU are properly risk-based and proportionate, taking account of surveillance and risk assessment findings and wider Government policy on trade. Its proposed plan reflects this objective.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has already commenced a programme comprehensively to revise and upgrade its approach to surveillance. The delivery of this programme, which aims to make far better use of data collected by others and to target more effectively expenditure on sampling, will better enable potential risks and threats to be identified while also ensuring that checks on imported food are carried out on a risk-based and proportionate basis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 149996 149997 question first answered 13/06/2018 15:30:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

917686

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Food Supply
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 assessment he has made of effect on food supplies of potential tailbacks at UK ports resulting from the re-establishment of food inspections on EU goods in the event of no trade deal being reached with EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	149999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The food industry is highly resilient with diverse supply chains. Government works closely with industry and the devolved administrations to prepare for and respond to a range of situations which could affect food supply.</p><p> </p><p>Defra works closely with other Government Departments, including HMRC’s Border Delivery Group which provides oversight and assurance of departmental plans for managing border related impacts of leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/06/2018 12:56:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas