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1472086

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date	22/06/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Exports: Horticulture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including UK ornamental horticulture and landscaping in the Government's global export strategy.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	22542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>With production of ornamentals being worth £1.4 billion in the UK at farm-gate in 2020, the Government recognises the importance of the ornamental horticultural industry sector to our economy. Last year the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group published their 'Unlocking green growth: A plan from the ornamental horticulture &amp; landscaping industry'. This identifies how barriers to the sector's growth can be unlocked through a collaborative approach between government and industry, with one of the opportunities for the sector's growth identified as the inclusion of UK ornamental horticulture and landscaping as part of the government's global export strategy. We are working with industry and across government to explore how this can be achieved.</p><p>Exports of ornamentals were worth £68 million in 2020. DIT works closely with the Commercial Horticulture Association (CHA), providing support to horticultural exporters from across the UK (including tree and plant growers, ornamental horticulture and landscaping). Jointly, DIT and CHA have developed a capability brochure showcasing UK capability in horticulture, which is available on the Agri-Tech UK portal <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agritech-uk.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmma.Pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7C64dee4d3971f42a8364208da5d9c85bf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637925224087402294%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C7000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HoXPijFAngI8wUxowgszBQMEfOw8ER3wSeH34MFy3OM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.agritech-uk.org</a>. The portal is used by DIT commercial officers overseas to support companies listed in the searchable company directory expand their business overseas.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/07/2022 07:36:59 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472352

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism and Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans and help tackle the legacy of the Troubles.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	900565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill will establish a process that focuses on information recovery, delivering for victims and survivors, providing certainty for veterans and helping Northern Ireland to move forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 900572 question first answered 22/06/2022 15:49:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1472353

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on providing support for (a) working families, (b) pensioners and (c) benefit recipients in Northern Ireland in the context of the rise in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	900566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has provided significant resources to the Executive to address these issues and I continue to urge the parties to form an Executive, so that the £435 million provided by the Government can be allocated to help people across Northern Ireland as a matter of urgency.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 22/06/2022 15:48:00 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1472354

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of support for veterans in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	900570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The unique circumstances in Northern Ireland mean delivery for veterans is approached in a different way from the rest of the UK. I can assure the hon. Member that I and my officials work closely with colleagues across Government, including the MOD and Office of Veterans Affairs, to ensure veterans can access gold standard care irrespective of where they live.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 22/06/2022 15:47:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1472355

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism and Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans and help tackle the legacy of the Troubles.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	900572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill will establish a process that focuses on information recovery, delivering for victims and survivors, providing certainty for veterans and helping Northern Ireland to move forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 900565 question first answered 22/06/2022 15:49:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1472356

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the appropriateness of the use of the doctrine of necessity in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	900573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about issues affecting Northern Ireland, including the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is lawful under international law. The legal basis on which we are acting is set out in the published statement of the Government’s legal position.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 22/06/2022 15:45:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1472414

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's policy is on whether the (a) developer, (b) contractors hired during construction, (c) leaseholders and (d) other associated parties are responsible for remediating historic fire safety issues on affected buildings.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	23440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear that those responsible for historical building safety defects must pay to put them right.</p><p>The Government has delivered a wide-ranging industry agreement with 47 major residential property developers that they will remediate all buildings above 11 metres in height that they had a role in developing or refurbishing in the past 30 years. These developers have also pledged to refund money paid out by existing Government remediation schemes to fix buildings that they originally developed and will not apply for further funding. Where the developer cannot be traced or fails to agree to cover the costs, cladding remediation will be met by Government grant funding.</p><p>The Building Safety Act 2022 contains new powers to ensure that those responsible for building safety defects can be held to account. The Act retrospectively extends the limitation period under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 to 30 years; this provides a route to cost recovery from a wide range of parties, including contractors, developers and architects, where shoddy workmanship and corner cutting have caused buildings to be unsafe. In addition, other new powers in the Act ensure that construction product manufacturers can be held to account for their failures.</p><p>The Building Safety Act brings forward legal protections for leaseholders from historical building safety costs. The Act legally protects qualifying leaseholders (those living in their own home or with up to three UK properties in total) from all costs relating to the remediation of unsafe cladding and contains robust and far-reaching protections from non-cladding costs, including those relating to interim measures such as waking watches. Where those directly responsible (e.g. developers) cannot be held to account, building owners and landlords will now be the first port of call to pay for historical safety defects, not leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/07/2022 16:20:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 9336 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1472415

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Rebates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prevent tax rebate companies from taking a proportion of money owed to a person in a tax rebate.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	23323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>Individuals can claim tax repayments directly from HMRC, which has introduced new digital services to make this easier. If they claim directly, as many individuals do, they get to keep the full amount of the payment they are due.</p><p> </p><p>Around 500,000 individuals use third-party repayment agents annually to claim tax refunds. Many individuals value this service, understand and accept the fee structure, and are repeat users. The government recognises this and does not want to prevent individuals who want to use repayment agents from doing so.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government recognises concerns that some individuals are being charged excessive fees, and that the terms and conditions under which services are provided have not been made clear.</p><p> </p><p>The government launched a consultation “Raising standards in tax advice: protecting customers claiming tax repayments” on 22 June 2022, which proposes measures to protect the public from unscrupulous repayment agent practises. This consultation will close on 14 September 2022. This forms part of the government’s agenda to raise standards in the market for tax advice.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/06/2022 14:57:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1472416

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison sentences given to offenders; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of longer sentences for offenders.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The government’s top priority is protecting the public; it is essential that we have a sentencing framework that delivers this and ensures victims and the wider public have confidence that the punishment fits the crime in every case.</p><p>In 2020, the Government published a Sentencing White Paper and consequently delivered measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. Measures include ending automatic halfway release from prison for serious crimes, making a Whole Life Order the starting point for a premeditated murder of a child and a new power to refer high-risk offenders to Parole Board in place of automatic release.</p><p>While prisons keep people safe by taking dangerous criminals off our streets, we recognise that they can only bring down crime and keep the public safer in the longer-term if they properly reform and rehabilitate offenders. We therefore published the Prisons Strategy White Paper in December 2021 where we re-iterated our commitment to help individual turn their backs on crime and we will spend £200 million a year by 2024-25 to improve prison leavers’ access to accommodation, employment support and substance misuse treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/06/2022 13:26:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472417

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Skin Diseases: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the most common skin condition affecting people under the age of 21 that was treated on the NHS in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. Skin conditions are predominantly treated in a primary care setting, for which data is not collected. While the most severe cases or those requiring inpatient procedures would require treatment in a secondary care setting, NHS Digital provisionally estimates that in 2021/2022, pilonidal cysts were the most common skin condition requiring hospital admission in people under the age of 21 years old.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 30/06/2022 10:11:51 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon