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818016

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Direct Selling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to tackle doorstep crime.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	903120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government set up the Joint Fraud Taskforce through which police, banks and trading standards work together to help protect vulnerable people from the fraudulent approaches made by doorstep criminals. The Banking Protocol, which helps bank staff recognise signs of fraud, such as unusually high cash withdrawals, has stopped over £9 million pounds from getting into criminal hands and led to over 100 arrests.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/01/2018 16:50:10 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

806189

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Marine Environment: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the UK's role in global ocean conservation.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	119390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The oceans are vital to support life on earth, and are critical to the United Kingdom. The UK and its Overseas Territories are custodians to the fifth-largest marine estate in the world. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) therefore has an important role in promoting security at sea and improving the conservation and sustainable use of our oceans, and we are looking at how the UK can take this yet further. We already take a leading role on maritime protection and are on track to deliver marine protected areas across nearly 4 million square kilometres of the planet's oceans and seas through our Blue Belt programme by 2020.</p><p>The FCO works closely with the Department for Environment Food &amp; Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and others including agencies such as the UK Hydrographic Office, the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to promote global marine conservation. The FCO and DEFRA in particular have also been closely involved in the negotiations of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) to develop an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.</p><p>I am committed to combatting the menace of marine plastic pollution. This Government introduced a charge on plastic carrier bags, cutting their use in the UK by 80 per cent, and avoiding the disposal of 9 billion carrier bags, many of which might otherwise have ended up in the oceans. And from 1 January 2018, we will ban the production of plastic microbeads, the strongest legal measure of its kind anywhere in the world.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/12/2017 17:27:32 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

765783

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Home Building Fund has been allocated; and what proportion of that amount has been allocated to small and medium-sized house builders.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	106267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The £3 billion Home Building Fund provides long and short term loan finance to build the homes this country needs.</p><p>Of the £3 billion Home Building Fund, £1.38 billion (46 per cent) has been allocated to successful applicants. Of the £1 billion funding specifically allocated to support small and medium sized builders, custom builders and innovators, £540 million has been allocated. The amount of that fund specifically allocated to small and medium sized builders is £292 million.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/10/2017 16:35:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

686982

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has put in place to ensure the continuation of secure personal correspondence between armed forces personnel deployed in remote locations and their families after the e-bluey system ends on 31 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	63576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2017 answer text <p>Personnel deployed on operations enjoy access to a variety of methods for contacting their friends and family, including via internet access or mail services. Therefore the cessation of the e-bluey service will not impact on the provision of secure personal correspondence for deployed personnel.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/02/2017 14:30:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

682974

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for ensuring close co-operation with EU countries on defence policy after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	62767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The nature of our future relationship with the EU on foreign, security, and Defence issues remains under consideration. We are, however, clear that we will continue to have a leading role in European and wider global security, and wish to continue to cooperate with European partners to tackle shared challenges.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/02/2017 17:05:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

683008

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on progress in the campaign against Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	62701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>We are in frequent contact with our coalition partners, as we reach a key phase in the campaign against Daesh.</p><p>The Prime Minister, the member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) discussed Daesh with President Trump during her visit to Washington DC on 27<sup>th</sup> January and with President Erdogan and Prime Minister Yildrim during her visit to Turkey the following day, reaffirming our commitment to work together to fight Daesh.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/02/2017 14:24:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

683009

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of relations between India and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	62693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) made her first bilateral visit overseas, outside of Europe, to India in November 2016. This demonstrates how strongly we value the relationship with India. As the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) said when he visited India in January, the UK and India are natural partners. We share a longstanding, broad and deep friendship with India, including in trade and investment, people-to-people ties and our partnership on defence and international security.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2017 15:43:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

683111

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the level of interest among small and medium-sized enterprises in the Great.gov.uk digital platform.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	62768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Great.gov.uk is designed to engage as many businesses as possible, especially small and medium-sized enterprises and to date we have had a highly positive response to our digital services with over 5000 business registered for accounts, including 1500 registrations for our “Find a Buyer” Service and over 360,000 visits to the site.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/02/2017 17:38:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

680748

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Romania: NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, When he plans for RAF Typhoons to deploy to Romania as part of NATO's southern air policing operations.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	908458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>UK Typhoon from 3 Squadron, RAF Conningsby, will contribute to NATO’s Southern Air Policing mission this summer. We are working with NATO, Romania, and other key Allies, including Italy and Turkey, to design and deliver our deployment.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/01/2017 17:05:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

670696

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage innovation in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	59349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is working with the Construction Leadership Council and its innovation work streams to drive forward innovation across the sector. It is also promoting innovation through its approach to its own construction procurement, set out in last year’s Government Construction Strategy, including requiring digital construction or Building Information Modelling (“BIM”) on all projects, stimulating adoption of digital construction in the sector’s supply chains. On major projects such as Crossrail and HS2, the client is acting as a powerful driver of innovation in construction. The Government has also set aside £1.7 billion of funding to pilot ‘accelerated construction’ to speed up house building on surplus public sector land. This will seek to encourage small and medium builders, new developers and innovative methods of construction in order to build at double the rate of traditional house builders. In addition, at Budget 2016 the Government committed funding to the next three years of the ‘Digital Built Britain’ Programme further to develop digital construction technologies and the UK’s global leadership in them.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2017 14:15:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts