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1301064

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the adequacy of telecommunications infrastructure in rural areas of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	913089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Scottish economy continues to gain hugely from the UK Government’s ambitious investments in data connectivity.</p><p>I want to see every area of Scotland, including the constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, be able to take full advantage of the digital technology available.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 10/03/2021 15:14:34 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1301065

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Arts: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effect on creative workers in Scotland of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	913097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government understands that the cultural and creative sectors rely on the ability to move people across borders quickly, simply, and with minimal cost and administration.</p><p> </p><p>We are now working urgently across Government and in collaboration with the music and wider creative industries, including through a new working group which includes the devolved administrations, to help address these issues.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 10/03/2021 15:17:45 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1301066

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to support the Scottish hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	913101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>We are continuing to support the Scottish hospitality sector through a combination of UK Government initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the now extended VAT reduction for the sector and support for businesses, such as business loans, which includes the new Recovery Loan Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the extended furlough scheme and grants for the self-employed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 10/03/2021 15:19:20 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1301067

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Broadcasting: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on ensuring that public sector broadcasters uphold obligations on impartiality during election periods in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	913105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Scotland has raised concerns previously about BBC Scotland broadcasting the First Minister's daily press briefing, which so frequently is about SNP politics rather than public health information. In the run-up to the Holyrood elections, BBC Scotland must look carefully at its legal requirement for impartiality.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 10/03/2021 15:22:05 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1301068

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Scottish Government on preparations for COP26 in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	913107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has regular discussions with other UK Government Departments and the Scottish Government regarding COP26 and I am confident that preparations are in good shape.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 10/03/2021 13:13:39 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1301069

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Scottish exporters on the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on their ability to trade.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	913109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>This year my Ministerial colleagues and I have had an unprecedented number of meetings with Scottish exporters and their sectoral representative organisations.</p><p> </p><p>On issues like supporting seafood, this Government has held extensive consultations with the industry.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working tirelessly to resolve issues around the new arrangements for getting our world class seafood to customers in Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 10/03/2021 15:12:07 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1300158

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
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	UN Climate Conference 2021
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 has had with the British Overseas Territories in preparation for the COP26 summit.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	164571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Overseas Territories (OTs), as small island states, are extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and work in the OTs contributes to global understanding of climate science.</p><p>The UK Government is working closely with all OTs to ensure that their unique perspectives are accurately represented and is designing a specific package to support Territory Governments in the run up to COP26 and beyond. Whilst they are not part of the formal COP negotiating framework, COP26 provides an opportunity for the OTs to showcase their unique biodiversity, environments and marine protected areas and to highlight the importance of adaptation.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/03/2021 15:34:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1300512

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of his Department's progress in levelling up the economy of the Tees Valley.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Clarke
uin	913177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to levelling up opportunity across the UK, including in the Tees Valley.</p><p> </p><p>At the Budget I confirmed a series of measures to level up Tees Valley’s economy:</p><ul><li>New investment in offshore wind ports infrastructure;</li><li>the Teesside Freeport, which I visited with the Prime Minster on Thursday;</li><li>and the new Treasury economic campus in Darlington.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Tees Valley will also benefit from two new Towns Fund Deals, in Middlesbrough and Thornaby.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/03/2021 14:11:50 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke

1300513

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing the level of statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	913179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In response to the pandemic, the Government has extended Statutory Sick Pay so that self-isolators are eligible and it is payable from day one rather than day four. Statutory Sick Pay is a statutory minimum and more than half of employees receive more when they are off sick. Changes to Statutory Sick Pay are one part of the Government’s wider support package for those sick or self-isolating, which includes the Test and Trace Support Payments, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the temporary £20 per week increase in Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2021 14:26:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1300514

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to help provide new employment opportunities to people affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South West Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Mr Gagan Mohindra
uin	913180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>We have protected jobs by extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Schemes out to September 2021.For those people who unfortunately lose their jobs, we are helping them to find new jobs by doubling work coaches, and with additional tailored support such as our flagship Kickstart and Restart programmes.</p><p> </p><p>To further support employment and retraining, at Budget we announced an additional £126 million for traineeships in England to enable more than 40,000 places over the next academic year, and we are increasing payments (to £3,000) for employers who hire new apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 14:13:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4804 label Biography information for Mr Gagan Mohindra