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1696852

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Import Controls: Occupied Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the legality of imports from illegal Israeli settlements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	19153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law and undermine the prospect of a two-state solution.</p><p>Under the existing UK-Israel trade agreement, goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the agreement between the UK and Israel, <ins class="ministerial">n</ins>or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian <ins class="ministerial">Authority</ins><del class="ministerial"> Liberation Organization</del>.</p><p><del class="ministerial">I can confirm that t</del><ins class="ministerial">T</ins>his will not change in the upgraded FTA with Israel. The UK will not compromise on any of our longstanding positions on the Middle East Peace Process throughout this negotiation, including with respect to settlements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/03/2024 17:59:34 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2024 10:35:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 26249 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1696853

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Israel: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of (a) existing and (b) enhanced (i) security, (ii) defence, (iii) science and (iv) technology relationships with Israel under the 2030 roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	19154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>We enjoy a close strategic partnership with Israel on a wide range of issues. The Memorandum of Understanding we signed in 2021 demonstrated our intent to deepen and expand cooperation across our mutual priorities for our mutual benefit. The subsequent 2030 roadmap outlines how this strategic partnership will continue to serve our collective interests, deepening UK-Israel cooperation across the breadth of our relationship, including science and tech, research and development and security, health, climate and gender.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 26/03/2024 17:28:05 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1696854

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on smallholder farmers of the measures in the Intellectual Property Chapter of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership relating to the requirement for signatory countries to ratify the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 1991.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	19155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s accession to CPTPP will not change the UK’s existing commitments under the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).</p><p>The Government does not foresee any impacts on UK small farmers due to the UK’s legal obligations under CPTPP Article 18.7.2 because there will be no changes to the UK’s existing legislative framework in this area.</p><p>UPOV provides for plant breeders’ rights, aiming to encourage the development of new varieties of plants, with benefits such as food security and mitigating climate change.</p><p>Mechanisms are available within CPTPP to discuss issues raised by signatory countries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/03/2024 11:36:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1696855

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will have discussions with the Leader of the House on allocating time for debate on a substantive motion relating to the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership ahead of the conclusion of the statutory 21 sitting day period for which the treaty is laid before Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	19156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to effective scrutiny of its trade agenda and has put in place a comprehensive framework for scrutiny of free trade agreements (FTAs). This includes a commitment to seek to hold a general debate on a new FTA where one is requested by the relevant Select Committee, subject to parliamentary time being available.</p><p> </p><p>The scheduling of parliamentary business is not a matter for the Department for Business and Trade.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/03/2024 15:38:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1691798

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Mali: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of violence in central Mali on religious minority groups.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	15729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK is closely monitoring rising instability in Mali. There has been an increase in human rights abuses and violations, including on religious minority groups. The violence is sadly widespread but does not appear to be religiously motivated. Following the recent withdrawal of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), it is essential that the authorities in Mali deliver on their commitment to a political transition, with free, fair, transparent and inclusive presidential elections. The UK is committed to working with our partners to support initiatives to protect human rights in Mali.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 05/03/2024 16:40:19 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1674178

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data her Department holds on the number of people who have undertaken unpaid trial shifts in (a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	4509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Minimum wage legislation prohibits unpaid work trials that are excessive and not part of a genuine recruitment process. An unpaid trial work period lasting a few hours may be reasonable and legal. This is because the main purpose would be to test the individual, and what is done would probably have little or no other value to the employer. However, an unpaid trial lasting more than one day is probably illegal in all but exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>DBT does not hold information about the number of people who have undertaken unpaid trial shifts in England, Wales and Scotland in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>If someone has undertaken an unpaid work trial and thinks they should have been paid NMW, they can call the ACAS helpline or make a complaint to HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 04/12/2023 17:12:31 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1674179

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of deductions made under the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy to (a) Housing Benefit and (b) Universal Credit claimants in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	4510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Information on the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) sufficient to produce such an estimate can be found on Stat-Xplore. Stat-Xplore includes the mean of RSRS reduction, the number subject to the RSRS and the number of spare rooms for both Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Element Claimants.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/12/2023 16:13:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1673236

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
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	Methylphenidate: Shortages
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 National Patient Safety Alert entitled Shortage of methylphenidate prolonged-release capsules and tablets, lisdexamfetamine capsules, and guanfacine prolonged-release tablets, issued on 27 September 2023, alert reference NatPSA/2023/011/DHSC, what progress she has made on tackling supply disruptions affecting Xaggitin XL 18 and 36 mg prolonged-release tablets.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	3916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of disruptions to the supply of medicines used for the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), primarily driven by issues which have resulted in capacity constraints at key manufacturing sites.</p><p>The National Patient Safety Alert to the National Health Service advises healthcare professionals on the management of patients during this time. We have well-established processes for managing and mitigating medicine supply issues, which involve working with the pharmaceutical industry, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS England, the devolved governments and others operating in the supply chain to help ensure patients have access to the treatments they need.</p><p>The Department has been working closely with the respective manufacturers and some issues have now been resolved. However, we know that there continue to be disruptions to the supply of some other medicines, including Xaggitin XL 18 and 36 milligrams, which are expected to resolve in early 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/11/2023 13:27:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1669216

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was for his Department to respond to enquiries about Personal Independence Payments in the period between June 2023 and September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	1384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Enquiries relating to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can come through various channels and relate to many different areas of work. An enquiry could be made for a range of reasons and could involve several contacts or multiple requests. For these reasons we are unable to provide an average response time.</p><p> </p><p>For telephony enquiries we operate a service where most enquiries are handled at the point of contact in real time by our Case Workers on the PIP enquiry line. Some enquiries will be forwarded (transferred) to more experienced colleagues or specialists, and in a very small number of cases a call back may be needed.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/11/2023 15:04:36 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1665844

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of civil servants in his Department on temporary contracts are women as of 18 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	203385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>DWP Paid Staff Only September 2023 data.</p><p>There was a total of 345 Temporary contracts of those 48% were women.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department is committed to increase the diversity of our workforce. Recruitment guidance encourages vacancy holders to advertise widely and all DWP’s vacancies are advertised on VERCIDA an inclusive jobs platform, that specifically promotes our diversity networks activities, inclusive culture and employer awards. These are also promoted our Civil Service Careers Website page.</p><p> </p><p>DWP uses a name-blind approach at application and sift stage as standard including at SCS level where feasible. Guidance encourages the use gender-neutral language and online tools to check readability and inclusive language in job adverts and other recruitment materials. In SCS recruitment the department takes proactive steps to improve the diversity of candidates progressed to interview including readvertising on occasion to increase the diversity and gender balance of shortlists.</p><p> </p><p>Our recruitment guidance is clear that restricted working patterns can only be advertised when supported by justifiable business objectives. For some roles we run engagement sessions where candidates can ask questions about working patterns and flexibility at the earliest stages. DWP is also a Career Confident Ambassador and has achieved level 3, the highest level of accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>Roles are designed against the full range of Success Profiles. As such all elements are valued equally, and candidates can succeed in our recruitment and selection processes in the absence of formal qualifications.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP workforce diversity statistics are monitored and published internally each quarter. Annual Diversity statistics are monitored and published in the Department for Work and Pensions Annual report and Accounts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 16:31:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden