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1670615

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date	16/11/2023
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	Overseas Trade: Morocco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to encourage bilateral trade between the UK and Morocco.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	2379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade regularly engages businesses and the Moroccan government to promote and support bilateral trade and green investment. The UK-Morocco Association Agreement, which entered into force in 2021, facilitates this trading relationship.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and Morocco was worth £3.4 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2023, up £661 million in current prices on the same period the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2023, the 2<sup>nd</sup> Association Council was held, when Ministers discussed how best to increase bilateral trade and investment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/11/2023 16:00:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1463172

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Local Housing Allowance: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the average difference between the rent being paid by individuals in receipt of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and the LHA rate in each local authority in Wales in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	2379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>As of November 2021, the average monthly difference between the rent being paid by individuals in receipt of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and the LHA rate in each Welsh local authority is as below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Average monthly difference between rent and LHA rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>£75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>£59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>£69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>£12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthenshire</p></td><td><p>£58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>£50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>£74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denbighshire</p></td><td><p>£67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flintshire</p></td><td><p>£48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynedd</p></td><td><p>£70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Anglesey</p></td><td><p>£49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>£65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouthshire</p></td><td><p>£91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>£68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>£49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>£75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powys</p></td><td><p>£81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taf</p></td><td><p>£64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>£30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>£59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>£78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>£45</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average difference figures include both households where the rent paid by individuals is lower than the LHA and households where the rent paid by individuals is higher than the LHA. Positive values relate to where monthly rent is higher than the monthly LHA rate on average in a local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/05/2022 15:53:52 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1315117

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Ethiopia: Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he is having with his Ethiopian counterpart on the release of opposition leaders in detention in that country.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	2379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>I have a long-standing concern about the deterioration of political freedoms in Ethiopia, and I raised this when in Ethiopia last summer. The Foreign Secretary also raised the importance of respect for human rights, including political freedoms and the importance of credible elections in maintaining peace and stability, when he met with Prime Minister Abiy during his visit to Ethiopia on 22 January this year.</p><p>Most recently, I raised the elections delay with President Sahle-Work during the 17 May Sudan Conference in Paris. On 14 April, the British Ambassador met, alongside Ambassadors and representatives from other Embassies in Addis Ababa, the Deputy Prime Minister and Attorney General and pressed concerns about the narrow political and civic space and arrests of candidates.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 20/05/2021 14:31:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

747509

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the trial of in-work progression for universal credit claimants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>National roll-out of the in-work progression randomised control trial is now complete. Recruitment onto the trial ceased on 31 March 2017, and the trial will continue to run until 31 March 2018. We expect to publish the full evaluation report in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/07/2017 09:17:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

381165

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has on whether his Department had knowledge prior to 2000 of the fact that the anti-convulsant drug Epilim, Sanofi Aventis, known previously as Sanofi Pharma, was potentially teratogenic to foetuses.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	2379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The information available for Epilim in 1974 contained a warning that the compound was known to be teratogenic in animals and that any known hazards should be balanced against benefit when used in human pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 1983 the Committee on Safety of Medicines published warnings about reported increase of incidence of congenital malformations in association with sodium valproate; this was based mainly on various epidemiological studies. Further advice was published in June 1993 in relation to an increased risk of neural tube defects associated with sodium valproate, the need to inform women of the potential consequences and for healthcare professionals to refer the patient to an appropriate specialist, in addition to ensuring that appropriate screening is in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/06/2015 13:41:17 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce