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1343035

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date	05/07/2021
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	UN Climate Change Conference 2021: Family Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will champion women and girls' sexual and reproductive health and rights at the forthcoming COP26; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	25716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government continues to strongly champion sexual and reproductive health and rights, and we use all opportunities to advocate for these rights on the world stage. As COP26 presidents, we want to see all countries stepping up their commitments to promote gender equality in climate action. The UNFCCC Gender Action Plan is the guiding tool for action on gender-responsive climate policies and finance, and empowering women and girls to be leaders in local and national responses to climate change. Through the COP26 Health Programme the UK is also working alongside our international partners to champion the development of climate resilient health systems, which should encompass the development of resilient sexual and reproductive health services.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 08/07/2021 13:05:47 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1343384

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) regularly report on implementation of the recommendations of the June 2020 review commissioned by his Department, Living in our shoes, Understanding the needs of UK Armed Forces families.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	902178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government response to the Living in Our Shoes report included a commitment to publish an ambitious new strategy for Armed Forces families.</p><p>The new strategy will provide a framework for measuring progress against the Living in Our Shoes recommendations, many of which are already being actioned.</p><p>Progress will be reported publicly through the Armed Forces Covenant annual report. The strategy will be published this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 05/07/2021 15:11:36 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1343385

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the Armed Forces Bill.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	902179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The Welsh Government was consulted during the development of the Armed Forces Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with all the Devolved Administrations, as demonstrated recently by certain Government’s amendments to the Bill that followed requests from the Welsh and Scottish Governments.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to engage on developing the statutory guidance that will support the legislation to strengthen the Armed Forces Covenant.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 05/07/2021 15:12:23 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1343386

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he had had with the Foreign Secretary on the involvement of British armed forces in the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	902181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence meets with the Foreign Secretary regularly to discuss security in the wider Gulf region.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 05/07/2021 15:59:23 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1343387

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to modernise and strengthen the NATO alliance.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Felicity Buchan
uin	902182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK is working with Allies to ensure NATO continues to protect the Euro-Atlantic area from current and future threats. At the Summit on 14 June, leaders agreed new proposals on deterrence and defence, emerging and disruptive technology, resilience, strengthening relationships with NATO Partners and climate security. NATO remains the cornerstone of our defence and the UK is the leading European Ally in the Alliance.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 902189 question first answered 05/07/2021 16:17:16 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan

1343388

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support veterans.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	902185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that veterans receive a gold standard of support and the recognition they deserve so that the UK becomes the best place in the world to be a veteran.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year we will publish the next iteration of the Veterans Strategy Action Plan setting how we’ll ensure veterans can lead successful civilian lives, this will build on the steps we have already taken through improved support for employment, housing and access to healthcare.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 05/07/2021 15:14:56 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1343389

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to modernise and strengthen the NATO alliance.
tabling member constituency	Cheadle
tabling member printed	Mary Robinson
uin	902189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK is working with Allies to ensure NATO continues to protect the Euro-Atlantic area from current and future threats. At the Summit on 14 June, leaders agreed new proposals on deterrence and defence, emerging and disruptive technology, resilience, strengthening relationships with NATO Partners and climate security. NATO remains the cornerstone of our defence and the UK is the leading European Ally in the Alliance.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 902182 question first answered 05/07/2021 16:17:16 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4406 label Biography information for Mary Robinson

1343390

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support women in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	902191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>It is important we improve the experience of women in the Armed Forces which is why we are investing in policies such as flexible service, wrap-around childcare and better working practices. It is also important that we provide support in cases of unacceptable behaviour. That is why the Wigston Report and reforms to the Service Justice and Service Complaints Systems will change Defence’s culture and make it easier to tackle unacceptable behaviours.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/07/2021 16:17:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1343438

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was invested by the (1) Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, (2) NHS Pension Scheme, (3) Teachers’ Pension Scheme, (4) Local Government Pension Scheme, (5) Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, and (6) Armed Forces Pension Scheme, into (a) Huawei Technologies Co., LTD., (b) Huawei Investment & Holding Co., LTD., and (c) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., LTD, in the period between 2014 and 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>The main unfunded public service pension schemes have not invested in any of the mentioned companies.</p><p> </p><p>Most Public Service Pension schemes are unfunded Defined Benefit pension schemes, with the exception of the Local Government Pension Scheme. Members’ pension benefits are set out in statute and there is no fund of assets from which pension benefits are paid. Employer and employee contributions are paid to the relevant public service pension scheme, but these contributions are not invested. Instead, the public service pension scheme uses the contributions to meet the cost of pensions in payment. Where there is a difference between pensions in payment and total contributions, the difference is made up by HMT through Annually Managed Expenditure (AME).</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Pension Scheme is a funded scheme in which all the assets are owned by the administering authorities, which are responsible for the management of their investments. The data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/07/2021 14:01:14 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1343439

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Gambling Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to strip the Gambling Commission of its power to impose affordability checks on vulnerable consumers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission received over 13,000 responses to its consultation and call for evidence on Remote Customer Interaction (including on issues to do with affordability) and has published an interim update on its website outlining next steps. It intends to publish a full report this summer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government remains in close contact with the Commission as its work progresses and the Commission is sharing key evidence with the Department on affordability and other topics where it could be relevant to our Review of the Gambling Act 2005. We are considering all evidence submitted to our Review, and any proposed changes will be led by that evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 09/07/2021 12:50:55 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville