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1283417

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight system on wine importers; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support to wine importers to help tackle issues relating to that system.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	148861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that businesses must get to grips with new customs procedures and is providing support.</p><p> </p><p>The Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system continues to work well. In practice, most businesses do not connect to CHIEF, using the services of a customs intermediary instead or, if they do their own customs administration, commercial software that interacts with CHIEF.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have engaged extensively with excise trade associations through the Joint Alcohol and Tobacco Consultation Group (JATCG) which has included regular meetings with the Wines and Spirits Trade Association (WSTA). HMRC will continue that support and help to trade associations and individual businesses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/02/2021 13:52:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1283632

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing short term measures to protect the cash system following the national covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	148862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important to millions of people across the UK and has committed to protecting access to cash for those that need it. The Government published a Call for Evidence on 15 October 2020 seeking views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system. The Call for Evidence closed on the 25 November 2020. The Government is considering responses and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Treasury has been working closely with regulators and industry to ensure customers continue to have access to essential banking services, while also protecting the safety of staff and customers. This has meant the vast majority of people have been able to access cash through the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to be fully supportive of the Post Office Banking Framework Agreement. The agreement allows 95% of business and 99% of personal banking customers to carry out their everyday banking at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK until December 2022. The terms of future Banking Framework Agreements are commercial decisions between industry and the Post Office. The Government will continue to engage with industry and the Post Office to ensure that that all customers, wherever they live, continue to have access to over the counter banking services.</p><p>Since 1998, all the major UK banks and building societies have participated in LINK, enabling their ATMs to be used by customers of the other members of the network. Presently, ATMs are the most commonly used means of withdrawing cash. Membership of LINK is a commercial decision.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 148863 question first answered 08/02/2021 10:01:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1283638

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the benefits of an industry-wide commitment to membership of LINK and the Post Office Banking Framework ahead of the introduction of legislation protecting access to cash.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	148863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important to millions of people across the UK and has committed to protecting access to cash for those that need it. The Government published a Call for Evidence on 15 October 2020 seeking views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system. The Call for Evidence closed on the 25 November 2020. The Government is considering responses and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Treasury has been working closely with regulators and industry to ensure customers continue to have access to essential banking services, while also protecting the safety of staff and customers. This has meant the vast majority of people have been able to access cash through the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to be fully supportive of the Post Office Banking Framework Agreement. The agreement allows 95% of business and 99% of personal banking customers to carry out their everyday banking at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK until December 2022. The terms of future Banking Framework Agreements are commercial decisions between industry and the Post Office. The Government will continue to engage with industry and the Post Office to ensure that that all customers, wherever they live, continue to have access to over the counter banking services.</p><p>Since 1998, all the major UK banks and building societies have participated in LINK, enabling their ATMs to be used by customers of the other members of the network. Presently, ATMs are the most commonly used means of withdrawing cash. Membership of LINK is a commercial decision.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 148862 question first answered 08/02/2021 10:01:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1282661

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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	Wines: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support small wine traders.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	146982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises our trade in wine with the EU is economically important to UK business and jobs they support. We listened to the concerns raised by MPs and the industry during the negotiations that the introduction of VI1 certification arrangements would damage this trade and perhaps especially our smaller more specialised traders. That is why in the new UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement we successfully negotiated a significant simplification to the usual VI1 certificate process. This allows producers or traders to self-certify certificates used in the movement of wine products made in the UK or the EU and moving to the other territory. Importantly, these certificates will not require any form of analysis above providing details of the alcoholic content; addressing another significant concern of the industry.</p><p>Moreover, in order to address any trade uncertainty that new certification arrangements would introduce, we provided the safeguard of an easement in certification requirements until 1 July 2021. This allows any wine imported from the EU to continue to arrive on commercial documentation, as it did when the UK was subject to EU rules.</p><p>As we look to develop our own domestic wine policy, we will continue to look to introduce simpler arrangements in our trade in wine with the EU and with other countries that supply wine to us. Scope exists to allow existing and simplified VI1 certification to be transmitted electronically, which will reduce paper and courier costs. We will look to see how this could be rolled out, but perhaps more fundamentally, we first need to consider whether there is any value in retaining the wine specific certification requirements at all.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/02/2021 14:44:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1279184

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will appoint the Financial Conduct Authority to track changes in cash acceptance by UK businesses in response to the finding in research from Which? that found 1 in 3 people have had their cash refused since the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	141572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important to millions of people across the UK and has committed to protecting access to cash. The Government published a Call for Evidence on 15 October 2020 seeking views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system.</p><p>The Government will ensure that regulators have the right responsibilities and powers to oversee the cash system. As set out in the Call for Evidence, effective coordination between the financial authorities will continue to be critical, but the Government considers that there may also be benefit in giving a single authority overall responsibility for ensuring the retail cash system meets the needs of consumers and businesses. The Government’s view is that the FCA may be well positioned to take on the function through legislation. The Call for Evidence closed on the 25 November 2020. The Government is considering responses and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also remains closely engaged with the financial regulators, including through the Treasury-chaired Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor and assess risks around cash relating to COVID-19. In order to help control the virus, all businesses and individuals are encouraged to follow the latest Government advice. It is important to wash your hands regularly. To work safely, retailers have been recommended to minimise contact around transactions, for example, considering using contactless payments. It remains the individual retailer’s choice as to whether to accept or decline any form of payment, including cash or card.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 141573 question first answered 27/01/2021 11:48:23 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1279185

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the March 2020 Budget, what his timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals for protecting people’s ability to access cash.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	141573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important to millions of people across the UK and has committed to protecting access to cash. The Government published a Call for Evidence on 15 October 2020 seeking views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system.</p><p>The Government will ensure that regulators have the right responsibilities and powers to oversee the cash system. As set out in the Call for Evidence, effective coordination between the financial authorities will continue to be critical, but the Government considers that there may also be benefit in giving a single authority overall responsibility for ensuring the retail cash system meets the needs of consumers and businesses. The Government’s view is that the FCA may be well positioned to take on the function through legislation. The Call for Evidence closed on the 25 November 2020. The Government is considering responses and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also remains closely engaged with the financial regulators, including through the Treasury-chaired Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor and assess risks around cash relating to COVID-19. In order to help control the virus, all businesses and individuals are encouraged to follow the latest Government advice. It is important to wash your hands regularly. To work safely, retailers have been recommended to minimise contact around transactions, for example, considering using contactless payments. It remains the individual retailer’s choice as to whether to accept or decline any form of payment, including cash or card.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 141572 question first answered 27/01/2021 11:48:23 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1278617

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 130796 on Wind Power: Seas and Oceans, when the review of UK content measurement and reporting methodology will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	140897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>The sector is leading the review of the UK content methodology and is responsible for the timelines associated for the review.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 29/01/2021 08:23:17 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1277487

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Internet: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the forthcoming Online Advertising Programme will be used to place an obligation on digital platform providers to monitor the adverts that they carry to tackle online financial scam advertising.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	139086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Fraudulent online financial advertising is illegal. Respondents to the Online Advertising Programme call for evidence highlighted that online fraud is among the top online harms in online advertising. We will consult this year on measures to address this and other harms identified.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/01/2021 16:08:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1274971

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has responded to the Canadian Government’s request for a reciprocal social security arrangement covering uprating; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	134520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not had any recent discussions on this issue with the Government of Canada. The Department plans to respond shortly to the request from Canada for a reciprocal social security agreement</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 134521 question first answered 18/01/2021 13:35:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1274972

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she last discussed a reciprocal social security agreement with the Government of Canada.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	134521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not had any recent discussions on this issue with the Government of Canada. The Department plans to respond shortly to the request from Canada for a reciprocal social security agreement</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 134520 question first answered 18/01/2021 13:35:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore