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1491324

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 24 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on Mr Dandena.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	42053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Immigration Minister replied on 29 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/09/2022 09:39:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1491330

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Private Rented Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his conclusions from the public consultation on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	41975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is reflecting on the feedback received to ensure the policy is fair to both landlords and tenants. The Government will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/09/2022 14:12:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1491333

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made towards negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	41989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>On 20<sup>th</sup> July, we launched negotiations between the United Kingdom and Israel for an upgraded, innovation-focused Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with services at its heart.</p><p> </p><p>The first round of negotiations with Israel were completed in September.</p><p> </p><p>An upgraded FTA with Israel will cement our relationship with a rapidly growing economy, taking our trading relationship to the next level.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 10:42:17 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1491336

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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: Finance
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of the upcoming Contract for Difference Auction Round 4 on energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	41992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to minimising energy costs for businesses and consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The precise bill impact of Allocation Round 4 (AR4) will be dependent on future wholesale electricity prices, which remain uncertain. Although difficult to predict with certainty, the Government expects AR4 to have a relatively small impact on household bills. AR4 will deliver capacity which is a critical part of the Government’s strategy to reduce system costs and will increase energy independence by contributing towards the transition to a low carbon electricity system.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/09/2022 14:12:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1491337

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason it was not reported to Parliament that the quantified policies in the Net Zero Strategy are projected to deliver approximately 95 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to meet the sixth carbon budget.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	41976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Net Zero Strategy included a mix of quantified and unquantified policies. Depending on which accounting methodology would be adopted as the international standard at COP26, shortly after the Strategy’s publication, the quantified policies were projected to deliver either ~95% or, as under the now agreed standard, over 100% of the emissions reductions needed for the sixth carbon budget. It is also inherently difficult to quantify the emission reductions that a particular policy will generate over time.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/09/2022 14:13:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1491338

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the context of the weight given by Mr Justice Holgate to the advice of the Climate Change Committee in the judgment on the case of Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, Good Law Project vs. Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy handed down on 18 July 2022, if he will follow the Committee's guidance in relation to delivering on the UK’s carbon budgets.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	41977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Government Ministers always carefully consider the Climate Change Committee’s advice. The Climate Change Committee described the Net Zero Strategy as ‘an ambitious and comprehensive strategy that marks a significant step forward for UK climate policy’, and as ‘the world's most comprehensive plan to reach Net Zero’. It also stated that ‘It follows the transparent process for developing climate policy set out in the UK’s Climate Change Act’ and that ‘The Net Zero Strategy fulfils the requirement in the Act for the Government to present policies and proposals to meet the UK’s emissions targets’.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/09/2022 14:18:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1491339

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometrics
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 she has made of the (a) accuracy of live facial recognition technology, (b) potential for biased outputs and decision-making from facial recognition technology system operators and (c) the adequacy of criteria for deployment of facial recognition technology.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	41959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports the police using new technologies like facial recognition to protect the public. Whether and how they use it is an operational matter for the police in accordance with the legal framework, and they have published the results.</p><p>The College of Policing has published an Authorised Professional Practice, which provides national guidance and addresses the Court of Appeal judgment on <em>Bridges vs South Wales Police</em>. This includes details on how to measure accuracy, the requirement to comply with the public sector equality duty in relation to possible bias, the need for a human decision on whether and how to intervene following an alert for a possible match, and the deployment criteria.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/09/2022 12:15:05 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1491342

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of potential risk that people deported to Rwanda under the Migration and Economic Development partnership will be required to join that country’s armed forces.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	41962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Rwanda has been recognised globally for their record in welcoming and integrating migrants and asylum seekers, and our own comprehensive assessment found it to be generally a safe and secure country.</p><p> </p><p>Any decision to relocate a person to Rwanda will be made on a case-by-case basis taking into account their individual circumstances and relevant country information.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 07/09/2022 13:50:52 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1491352

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Africa: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that international climate finance delivered to African countries reaches the communities most affected by climate crises.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	41972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK recognises the importance and urgency of ensuring that those most vulnerable to climate change can adapt to the climate risks they face. The UK has committed to providing £11.6 billion of climate finance over 2021-26, striking a balance between mitigation and adaptation. We are working with other countries to build on the commitments made at COP26 (including the Glasgow Climate Pact) and make progress on the Glasgow-Sharm el Sheikh work programme (to deliver on the Global Goal on Adaptation) and the Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage.</p><p>At COP26, the UK has committed a further £143.5 million of support to African countries for adaptation through the Africa Regional Climate and Nature Programme, the Climate Adaptation and Resilience research programme, premium financing to pay for drought insurance, the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program, and the Shock Response Programme. The UK and 11 other donors also committed $1.5 billion for the protection of Congo Basin Forests. Additionally, a landmark $8.5 billion deal involving the UK, France, Germany, the US and the European Union is supporting South Africa's Just Energy Transition away from coal.</p><p>Furthermore, the 'Room to Run' Guarantee Agreement is expected to unlock up to $2 billion of African Development Bank (AfDB) funding to help countries to adapt to climate change and build green economies. This includes a guarantee commitment of $1.6 billion from the UK to the African Development Bank.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 41974 question first answered 08/09/2022 13:23:23 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1491354

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Africa: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Dying to Adapt published by Tearfund, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of that report's finding that 11 African countries could face climate adaptation costs up to five times higher than their national spend on healthcare.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	41974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK recognises the importance and urgency of ensuring that those most vulnerable to climate change can adapt to the climate risks they face. The UK has committed to providing £11.6 billion of climate finance over 2021-26, striking a balance between mitigation and adaptation. We are working with other countries to build on the commitments made at COP26 (including the Glasgow Climate Pact) and make progress on the Glasgow-Sharm el Sheikh work programme (to deliver on the Global Goal on Adaptation) and the Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage.</p><p>At COP26, the UK has committed a further £143.5 million of support to African countries for adaptation through the Africa Regional Climate and Nature Programme, the Climate Adaptation and Resilience research programme, premium financing to pay for drought insurance, the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program, and the Shock Response Programme. The UK and 11 other donors also committed $1.5 billion for the protection of Congo Basin Forests. Additionally, a landmark $8.5 billion deal involving the UK, France, Germany, the US and the European Union is supporting South Africa's Just Energy Transition away from coal.</p><p>Furthermore, the 'Room to Run' Guarantee Agreement is expected to unlock up to $2 billion of African Development Bank (AfDB) funding to help countries to adapt to climate change and build green economies. This includes a guarantee commitment of $1.6 billion from the UK to the African Development Bank.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 41972 question first answered 08/09/2022 13:23:23 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown