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1378795

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Energy: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What new support he plans to provide to energy transition projects in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	904253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>Our Net Zero Strategy supports well-paid jobs, leverages up to £90 billion of private investment by 2030 across the UK and outlines support for projects in Scotland, including the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund and the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/11/2021 13:31:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1378796

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to extend employment rights to (a) workers in the gig economy and (b) all workers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	904254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has one of the best records on workers’ rights in the world - going further than the EU in many areas – and we believe the UK’s current three-tiered employment status framework strikes the right balance between the flexibility our economy needs and protections for workers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/11/2021 13:32:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1378797

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Electricity Generation: Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to introduce a regulated asset base for the offshore grid.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	904256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>Our Net Zero Strategy delivers more offshore wind with a more coordinated offshore grid, through the Offshore Transmission Network Review.</p><p> </p><p>Within this, Ofgem have consulted on options for delivery models for offshore connections, including a regulated asset base approach.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/11/2021 13:49:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1378798

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase funding for research and development.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	904257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>We are making the UK a Science Superpower and the Spending Review confirmed we will be funding the fastest increase in R&amp;D spending ever. We are increasing core science funding, doubling Innovate UK’s budget, giving £800m for ARIA and putting £1.7bn into Net Zero R&amp;D.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 16/11/2021 13:34:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1378799

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Low Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase pay for low-paid workers.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	904258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>In April 2022, we will increase the National Living Wage by 59p to £9.50. This puts us back on track for it to reach two-thirds of median earnings by 2024. The minimum wage increases are expected to benefit two and a half million workers across the UK next year.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/11/2021 13:35:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1378800

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Small Businesses: Harlow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he will take to support small businesses in Harlow.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	904259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>Businesses in Harlow will continue to benefit from a range of government programmes, including start up loans and support delivered through the Essex Growth Hub. Additionally, the £23.7m Harlow Town Deal will encourage new business investment into the town.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/11/2021 13:35:33 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1378850

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser's oral evidence to the Science and Technology Committee on 26 October 2021, what progress has been made by his Department on formulating a plan C for covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Harper
uin	75839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has published the ‘COVID-19 Response: Autumn and Winter Plan 2021’ to sustain the progress made through the vaccination programme, avoiding the economic and social restrictions deployed in the past. However, in the event of unsustainable pressure on the National Health Service, we have set out a range of measures under ‘Plan B’. We will monitor the data closely, taking action to support and protect the NHS when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 19/11/2021 13:15:33 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper

1378851

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support is being offered to Ukraine to help counter any military action by Russia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	75885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Defence has a longstanding relationship with our Ukrainian counterparts and continues to provide support in many areas including security assistance and defence reform. Since 2015, the UK has helped build the resilience and capacity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine through Operation ORBITAL which has trained around 22,000 Ukrainian troops.</p><p>We have significant concerns about Russia's aggressive pattern of military build-ups on Ukraine's border and in illegally-annexed Crimea. We remain clear that Russia's threatening and destabilising behaviour is unacceptable and continue to monitor events on the ground closely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/11/2021 12:00:57 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1378852

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 effect of the vaccination of children on the transmission of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	75886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency’s evaluation of the effect of vaccination of children on COVID-19 transmission is ongoing and findings will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 24/11/2021 16:42:39 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1378853

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Remote Working: Mental Health
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 effect of increased levels of home working on people's mental health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	75887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/11/2021 13:24:31 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon