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1127745

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Fossil Fuels: Surveying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Oil and Gas Authority’s proposed supplemental guidance for the Disclosure of certain Geophysical Survey Data (created or acquired under an Exploration Licence pre-2018) published in March 2019, whether the impact assessment included a full assessment of the effect of that guidance on geophysical companies based in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	256969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The treatment of legacy geophysical survey data is a matter for the independent oil and gas regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority, which ran a consultation exercise on the issue to which it will respond later this year.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 256970 question first answered 28/05/2019 11:41:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1127746

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Fossil Fuels: Surveying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Oil and Gas Authority’s proposed supplemental guidance on the disclosure of certain Geophysical Survey Data (created or acquired under an Exploration Licence pre-2018) published in March 2019, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility with the rule of law of the retrospective application of that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	256970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The treatment of legacy geophysical survey data is a matter for the independent oil and gas regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority, which ran a consultation exercise on the issue to which it will respond later this year.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 256969 question first answered 28/05/2019 11:41:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1127864

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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 Heat Incentive Scheme
	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 the cost to his Department has been of the Renewable Heat Incentive, and what assessment he has made of the value for money of that incentive.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Colin Clark
	uin	257099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>Payments to participants on the Renewable Heat Incentive are funded through Annual Management Expenditure (AME) rather than Department Expenditure (DEL). Once all heat readings are submitted, we expect the cumulative AME spend on the RHI to the end of 2018/19 to be approximately £2.68bn.</p><p>Ofgem e-Serve administers the scheme on behalf of the Department alongside a number of other schemes. Funding for delivering those schemes was just over £19 million in 2018/19.</p><p>In relation to value for money, this is assessed as part of regular Impact Assessments, the last of which was published in February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/05/2019 11:41:51 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

1127879

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident Missiles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: The Dreadnought Programme 2017 Update to Parliament published 20 December 2017, what the procedure will be for taking the decision on replacing the warhead in this Parliament; if she will make it her policy for there to be a vote in Parliament on the decision; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	257003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the 2017 and 2018 updates to Parliament, work is continuing to refine options and technical solutions to inform the Government's decision on replacing the warhead. We will continue to provide updates as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/05/2019 13:13:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1127939

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	New Zealand: Military Alliances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps she is taking to build defence and security co-operation with New Zealand.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	257023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>New Zealand is a close defence partner. We work together on operations and defence capabilities, including the P8 Poseidon, while maintaining regular exchanges of personnel. HMS Montrose visited Auckland in January 2019. This relationship is further underpinned by regular meetings between senior officers and officials. We are also partners under the Five Power Defence Arrangements and as part of the Five Eyes Community.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/05/2019 13:09:34 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1127780

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Play
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons children’s play is not prioritized in the five foundations for building character.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	257060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>World-class education is not only about having the highest standards in academic and technical education, it also means ensuring that education builds character and resilience.</p><p>We want all children and young people to have opportunities to develop the key character traits of believing that they can achieve, being able to stick with the task in hand, seeing a link between effort today and reward in the future, and being able to bounce back from the knocks that life inevitably brings to all of us. Character must also be grounded in positive values such as kindness, generosity, fairness, tolerance and integrity.</p><p>The 5 Foundations for Building Character announced on 7 February by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education are sport, creativity, performing, volunteering and membership, and the world of work. Each of these areas covers a very wide range of activities that children and young people can enjoy doing. In developing key character traits, research suggests that high-quality delivery of the 5 foundations should take a structured approach, occur over a sustained period of time, and be self-directed by the child or young person. Through the support of teachers, coaches or other professionals, children and young people are more likely to receive a higher level of challenge and develop the traits that can help them achieve their goals.</p><p>Play can provide benefits to children and young people through physical activity and promotion of wellbeing, but the audit of the availability of out-of-school activities across the country does not currently include playing outside as that activity does not provide the structured and high quality elements that are required in character building activities as proposed in the 5 Foundations for Building Character.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 257062 question first answered 28/05/2019 14:13:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1127782

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Extracurricular Activities: Children's Play
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the audit of out of school activities will include playing outside.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	257062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>World-class education is not only about having the highest standards in academic and technical education, it also means ensuring that education builds character and resilience.</p><p>We want all children and young people to have opportunities to develop the key character traits of believing that they can achieve, being able to stick with the task in hand, seeing a link between effort today and reward in the future, and being able to bounce back from the knocks that life inevitably brings to all of us. Character must also be grounded in positive values such as kindness, generosity, fairness, tolerance and integrity.</p><p>The 5 Foundations for Building Character announced on 7 February by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education are sport, creativity, performing, volunteering and membership, and the world of work. Each of these areas covers a very wide range of activities that children and young people can enjoy doing. In developing key character traits, research suggests that high-quality delivery of the 5 foundations should take a structured approach, occur over a sustained period of time, and be self-directed by the child or young person. Through the support of teachers, coaches or other professionals, children and young people are more likely to receive a higher level of challenge and develop the traits that can help them achieve their goals.</p><p>Play can provide benefits to children and young people through physical activity and promotion of wellbeing, but the audit of the availability of out-of-school activities across the country does not currently include playing outside as that activity does not provide the structured and high quality elements that are required in character building activities as proposed in the 5 Foundations for Building Character.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 257060 question first answered 28/05/2019 14:13:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1127759

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Elections: Monitoring
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for UK participation in non-European country election monitoring after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	256940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>​UK officials and private citizens take part in electoral observation missions organised by international organisations such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Commonwealth and the EU. The Government does not organise such missions unilaterally. After the UK has left the EU, UK officials and private citizens will continue to take part in electoral observation missions organised by international organisations of which the UK is a member or is otherwise eligible to participate.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 28/05/2019 12:08:31 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1127884

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the key obstacles to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Colin Clark
	uin	257106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>​We consistently call for an immediate end to all actions that act as key obstacles to peace and undermine the viability of the two-state solution, including terrorism, anti-Semitic incitement, settlement expansion, demolitions in the West Bank and the dire situation in Gaza.. We continue to believe the best way to achieve this is through direct negotiations between the parties, supported by the international community, leading towards a two-state solution with Jerusalem as a shared capital.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/05/2019 15:34:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

1127909

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Togo: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he has taken to develop the UK Government's relationship with Togo.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	257019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The British Government does not have diplomatic representation in Togo. Our non-Resident Ambassador – the British High Commissioner to Accra – provides our diplomatic representation and recently received accreditation from the Government of Togo. In March, our Honorary Consul also received accreditation. This progress demonstrates the strengthening of our bilateral relationship with Togo and enables us to progress our relationship further.</p><p>Our non-Resident Ambassador has discussed how the UK-Togo relationship can expand with President Gnassingbé, specifically concerning economic development and improved trade links.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/05/2019 14:29:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell