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1128365

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on legal protections for armed forces personnel and veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	257488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>As a consequence of the long-standing Law Officers’ Convention, the Attorney General does not confirm whether advice has been provided to Ministerial colleagues on any particular issue, or the content of any advice that has been given. Policy responsibility for this matter lies with the Secretary of State for Defence.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 05/06/2019 08:32:56 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1128268

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 255390, Cabinet Office: Public Appointments, when he expects to appoint a Chief Data Officer.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	257531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my given to Question 255390 on 21 May.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/06/2019 09:22:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1128271

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 255389 on 5G, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of instructing the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre to (a) evaluate and (b) inspect Huawei 5G equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	257533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, as the national technical authority for information assurance and the lead Government operational agency on cyber security, leads for the Government in dealing with HCSEC and with Huawei more generally on technical security matters</p><p> </p><p>The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) is a private entity. As detailed in the HCSEC Oversight Board report, their plan of evaluation is driven by the commercial rollout of services by the UK operators that use Huawei equipment.</p><p> </p><p>As new equipment is rolled out, Government can work with them to refocus their efforts but we cannot instruct them. When operators do begin deploying equipment then it can be tested. HCSEC has not begun assessing any 5G equipment.</p><p>We have undertaken a thorough, evidence-based review of the 5G supply chain to ensure the secure and resilient roll-out of 5G. It will report in due course, and to Parliament first.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/06/2019 09:50:43 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1128274

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2019 to Question 254274 on Huawei: 5G, whether the National Cyber Security Centre monitors the number of UK telecoms operators that utilise Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice and guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	257536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my answer to Question 254274 on 22 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/06/2019 09:50:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1128286

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issued to the Department of Transport on membership of the new Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	257399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Appointments to ICCAN are made by Department for Transport ministers. The Cabinet Office has not issued any guidance to Department for Transport on membership of the new Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/06/2019 09:51:03 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1128316

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 254140, what the scope will be of the consultation launched by the Registrar into codes of conduct.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	257422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 established it is the role of the Registrar to keep and publish the Registrar of consultant lobbyists, in which third party lobbyists declare the names of their clients, and whether or not they subscribe to a relevant code of conduct.</p><p>The Registrar has a duty to monitor compliance, and the power to undertake enforcement action against non-compliance. Therefore, it is for the Registrar to determine whether to launch any consultation into codes of conduct and the scope of such a consultation. I understand the Registrar is currently finalising the exact scope of the proposed consultation and will publish further details on the ORCL website when the consultation is launched.</p><p>It is also for the independent Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to determine whether a code of conduct a registrant wishes to declare on the Register is 'relevant'. It is for the Registrar to determine whether to make known information about where a code of conduct has failed to meet the test of relevance, and such queries should be directed towards the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/06/2019 09:51:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1128319

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 254140, for what reasons the Registrar is launching a consultation on codes of conduct.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	257423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 established it is the role of the Registrar to keep and publish the Registrar of consultant lobbyists, in which third party lobbyists declare the names of their clients, and whether or not they subscribe to a relevant code of conduct.</p><p>The Registrar has a duty to monitor compliance, and the power to undertake enforcement action against non-compliance. Therefore, it is for the Registrar to determine whether to launch any consultation into codes of conduct and the scope of such a consultation. I understand the Registrar is currently finalising the exact scope of the proposed consultation and will publish further details on the ORCL website when the consultation is launched.</p><p>It is also for the independent Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to determine whether a code of conduct a registrant wishes to declare on the Register is 'relevant'. It is for the Registrar to determine whether to make known information about where a code of conduct has failed to meet the test of relevance, and such queries should be directed towards the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/06/2019 09:51:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1128321

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 254140, how many instances there have been of consultant lobbying firms listing a code of conduct in their entry to the Register that have failed to meet the test that the code is relevant, as defined by the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	257424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 established it is the role of the Registrar to keep and publish the Registrar of consultant lobbyists, in which third party lobbyists declare the names of their clients, and whether or not they subscribe to a relevant code of conduct.</p><p>The Registrar has a duty to monitor compliance, and the power to undertake enforcement action against non-compliance. Therefore, it is for the Registrar to determine whether to launch any consultation into codes of conduct and the scope of such a consultation. I understand the Registrar is currently finalising the exact scope of the proposed consultation and will publish further details on the ORCL website when the consultation is launched.</p><p>It is also for the independent Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists to determine whether a code of conduct a registrant wishes to declare on the Register is 'relevant'. It is for the Registrar to determine whether to make known information about where a code of conduct has failed to meet the test of relevance, and such queries should be directed towards the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/06/2019 09:51:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1128323

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	One Public Estate Programme: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants work on the One Public Estate programme; and what the staffing budget is for that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	257425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>One Public Estate is a programme delivered in partnership by the Office of Government<br>Property, within Cabinet Office, and the Local Government Association. The programme<br>currently employs 29 members of staff across the two organisations</p><p>The Office of Government Property employs 12 civil servants within the One Public Estate<br>programme, of which two are employed at 0.5 full time equivalent (FTE), equating to a total of 11 FTE posts. In addition, the programme is currently recruiting two vacant Office of Government Property posts.</p><p>The total staffing and IT costs for the One Public Estate programme in 2018/19 were<br>£1,882,195. The total staffing budget for 2019/20 is in the process of being confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/06/2019 09:51:57 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1128074

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Mattresses: Fire Resistant Materials
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was (1) the basis, and (2) the supporting evidence, for the proposal contained in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s 2016 consultation on the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations to continue to include children’s mattresses in the scope of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988, in the light of the EU ban on the use of brominated and organophosphate chemicals in children’s mattresses.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL15923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been reviewing the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988. The 2016 consultation on updating the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations sought views on proposals for clarifying and amending the scope of the regulations. The Department will publish its response to the 2016 consultation in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Chemicals, including brominated and organophosphate flame retardants used in UK furniture, are regulated under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). REACH aims to provide a high level of protection for health and the environment from the use of chemicals including those used in products.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/06/2019 16:20:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar