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1723758

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date	26/07/2024
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	Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
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 will disapply the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	1986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>A healthy natural environment is critical to a strong economy. This government is committed to delivering for nature and will work with stakeholders, including nature conservation organisations, to develop an approach that both restores nature and enables economic growth. We will only legislate where we can confirm to Parliament that the steps we are taking will deliver positive environmental outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 05/08/2024 15:30:29 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1723759

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Water: Pollution Control
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of her policies on (a) the mitigation credit market and (b) investor confidence in nature markets.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	1987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>This government was elected on a mandate to get Britain building again, alongside protecting and restoring the natural environment. We are determined to transform the system to ensure a win-win for people and nature.</p><p> </p><p>The existing nutrient mitigation market plays an essential role in enabling housing to go ahead in areas affected by nutrient neutrality without making pollution worse. The Government is continuing to support mitigation provision through Natural England’s Nutrient Mitigation Scheme and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund, which work with and alongside private sector providers.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 05/08/2024 15:35:17 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1723765

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Tibet: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chinese counterpart on (a) the use of residential boarding schools as a means of undermining Tibetan culture, (b) the release of the Panchen Lama from detention, (c) the right of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to choose his successor and (d) other issues relating to human rights in Tibet.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Blair McDougall
uin	1999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>This Government will take a consistent, long term and strategic approach to managing the UK's relations with China, rooted in UK and global interests. We will co-operate where we can, compete where we need to, and challenge where we must.</p><p>We will stand firm on human rights, including China's repression of the people of Tibet. We will champion freedom of religion or belief for all abroad, and work to uphold the right to freedom of religion or belief through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora, and through bilateral engagement.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 05/08/2024 14:01:33 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
tabling member	5076

1723770

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Armed Forces: Compensation
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 end the treatment of military compensation as income for the purpose of welfare benefit means tests.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	1911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer to question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-07-17/500" target="_blank">500</a>, given on the 25 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 02/08/2024 11:26:04 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1723792

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Minimum Wage: High Peak
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people on minimum wage in High Peak constituency.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Jon Pearce
uin	2005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The Department previously estimated that around 1,000 employee jobs were covered by the National Minimum and Living Wage in the High Peak constituency in 2020.</p><p>More recent estimates based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings are subject to a high level of uncertainty due to lower-than-usual achieved sample size.</p><p>Therefore, the Department is unable to provide a more recent estimate, as per the Code of Practice for Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 31/07/2024 15:15:18 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5115

1723801

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Poultry: Import Controls
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 he plans to review the import ban on French ducks.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	1969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>It is important to protect animal health and welfare and avoid the economic impacts posed by disease incursion. Therefore, UK businesses importing duck products or meat must currently ensure they are sourced from unvaccinated animals. The Department understands the concerns of GB importers and remains in close dialogue with industry and the French authorities to seek further information relating to France’s Avian Influenza Vaccination Plan.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 01/08/2024 14:11:12 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1723822

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Food: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to healthy food for families on low household incomes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Through our Health Mission, the Government has set a bold new ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children in our history. Tackling the childhood obesity crisis is central to that commitment, and the King’s Speech set out the immediate steps we will take in the first parliamentary session to ban the advertising of junk food to children. We are also considering ways in which the planning system can do more to support better access to healthy food for families, for instance through more consistent approaches to controlling hot food takeaways near schools.</p><p>For families on low household incomes, Healthy Start, introduced in 2006, supports pregnant women and children up to four years old with the cost of healthy foods, as well as providing access to free Healthy Start vitamins. The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for promoting uptake of the scheme.</p><p>In addition, the Government is committed to making quick progress to deliver on its commitment to offer breakfast clubs in every primary school. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity by ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is well prepared for school and set-up to achieve, by providing a supportive start to the day.</p><p>Approximately 2.1 million disadvantaged school-age pupils are eligible for, and claiming, a free school meal, on the basis of low income. This has increased by almost 1 million since 2015/16. Transitional protections are currently in place, ensuring pupils retain this entitlement even if their family’s household income increases. An additional 1.3 million infants enjoy a free lunchtime meal under universal infant provision, with approximately 87% taking this up. We encourage all schools to promote healthy eating and provide healthy, tasty, and nutritious food and drink. Compliance with the School Food Standards is mandatory for all maintained schools, academies, and free schools.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 01/08/2024 09:55:58 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723827

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to work with foodbanks to help ensure that healthy options are available for people from low income households.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We are introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school to ensure children are fed a nutritious breakfast and are ready to learn and have created a new Ministerial Taskforce to drive cross-government action on child poverty.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 31/07/2024 14:24:57 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723828

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Processed Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will stake steps to work with food producers to reduce (a) fat, (b) sugar and (c) salt in processed foods.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling obesity and creating the healthiest generation of children in our history, as a core part of our Health Mission. This means taking action to ensure healthy choices are the easy choice, reducing the consumption of the least healthy foods, making everyday food healthier, and promoting healthier eating.</p><p>As suppliers of what we eat and drink, the food industry has a key role to play in supporting the health of the nation. Some action has already been taken under the voluntary reduction and reformulation programme which requires businesses in all sectors, including retailers, manufacturers, and the eating out of home sector, to reduce the level of salt, sugar, and calories in the everyday foods we buy. The broad remit of the programme ensures that many of the processed foods we eat are in scope, including cakes, biscuits, confectionary, pizzas, crisps, sandwiches, and ready meals.</p><p>Reports that demonstrate the progress made by businesses are published on GOV.UK website. These reports show that salt reductions of up to 20% have been made in some products, and that levels of sugar have gone down in all products included in the programme, with the largest reductions of approximately 15% and 13% seen in breakfast cereals, and yogurts and fromage frais, respectively. For calorie reduction, the first progress report showed generally little change in calorie levels across all sectors and categories. It is clear that more needs to be done, and further action to tackle childhood obesity under the Government’s Health Mission will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 01/08/2024 09:21:34 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723830

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will support food growing schemes in schools.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating.</p><p>Having a school garden or setting up a gardening club are some of the ways schools can achieve this approach. This is a decision for schools to make, dependent upon local circumstances. The department recognises a lot of schools find ways to collaborate between headteachers, school cooks, children, teachers, governors and parents to make this happen.</p><p>All education settings are welcome to register as participants in the National Education Nature Park. This initiative inspires children and young people to learn about and connect with nature, spend time outdoors and develop valuable green skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 05/08/2024 11:17:53 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell