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1678326

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date	15/12/2023
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a three-month trial for planned border control posts from 30 April 2024 that enables the operation of a dual BCP and place of destination inspection system.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	7206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to implementing the full controls set out in the Border Target Operating Model, including physical inspections at Border Control Posts (BCPs) and Control Points (CPs).</p><p> </p><p>The Place of Destination (PoD) scheme was introduced as a temporary measure to enable the performance of checks on EU imports of high-priority plants and plant products during the transitional stages of introducing new imports controls. From 30 April 2024, the POD scheme will come to an end and all regulated plants and plant products must come through a BCP or CP for identity and physical checks to be carried out.</p><p> </p><p>BCPs and CPs are purpose built for SPS checks and staffed by experienced and knowledgeable Plant Health &amp; Seed Inspectors. They are essential to protecting our food supply-chains and agricultural sector from disease outbreaks that would cause significant economic harm.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is confident that existing and new BCP infrastructure will have sufficient capacity and capability to handle the volume of expected checks outlines in the Border Target Operating Model, with robust, dynamic, and effective operational measures ready to call upon if needed. Defra is working with existing BCPs to ensure they are prepared, and the Government has built new infrastructure at critical locations.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 10/01/2024 16:48:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1678327

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	Horticulture: Environment Protection
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 take steps to ensure that representatives of the environmental horticulture industry are included in her Department's Domestic Advisory Group.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	7207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has established two Domestic Advisory Groups to meet the requirements of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and several trade and sustainability chapters within our FTAs. The organisational membership of the UK TCA Domestic Advisory Group, and the Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Domestic Advisory Group, includes representative bodies from both the agricultural and environmental sectors in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The membership of the UK TCA and TSD Domestic Advisory Groups will be reviewed in 2024 and 2025 respectively. DBT and the FCDO will consider new applications during this process and encourage interested organisations to apply.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/12/2023 12:14:13 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1678328

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has sought legal advice on the compatibility of the planned increase to the minimum income requirement with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	7200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Full legal advice has been sought on the compatibility of the proposed increase to the Minimum Income Requirement element of the family immigration rules with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, as enshrined in domestic legislation in the Human Rights Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/12/2023 12:57:58 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1678330

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Libyan armed forces personnel trained at Bassingbourn barracks in 2014 were convicted of crimes; and what those crimes were.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	7193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions for criminal offences, however to identify offenders that were ‘Libyan armed forces personnel trained at Bassingbourn barracks’ would require examination of individual court records, which would be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 22/12/2023 10:16:05 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

1678336

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the eligibility of arms export licenses to Israel since the start of the conflict in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	7230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2023 answer text <p>Every export licence application is assessed on a case by case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. As part of these assessments we take into account the nature of the equipment to be exported, the end user/s, and how the equipment is likely to be used. We also take into account our international commitments and obligations, which include the International Arms Trade Treaty. All licences are kept under careful and continual review as standard. We are able to suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 28/12/2023 11:32:44 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1678337

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that humanitarian aid reaches those in need in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	7194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has announced £36 million in humanitarian aid this year to assist people in urgent need in Sudan. Securing improved humanitarian access into and across Sudan remains a top UK priority. Lack of security remains the biggest constraint for international agencies and NGOs delivering life-saving assistance. We continue to raise humanitarian access, including bureaucratic and administrative impediments, with the warring parties, our international partners and in international fora such as the UN. The UK is working with the UN, other donors and humanitarian agencies to coordinate the effective delivery of aid, and continues to put pressure on both parties to the conflict to abide by their commitments under International Humanitarian Law and to allow lifesaving humanitarian aid to reach the Sudanese people.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 27/12/2023 16:33:08 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1678338

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of secondary schools teachers retiring early.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	7187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>There are now over 468,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest FTE of teachers since the school workforce census began in 2010.</p><p>The department is taking action to support teachers to stay in the profession and thrive. The department accepted in full the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award for teachers and leaders, meaning teachers and leaders in maintained schools will receive a pay award of 6.5%. This is the highest pay award for teachers in over thirty years.</p><p>The department has also launched a new and updated suite of national professional qualifications for teachers and school leaders at all levels to help teachers to continuously develop their expertise throughout their careers so that every child, in every classroom, and in every school gets the best start in life.</p><p>Staff wellbeing is crucial to the department’s commitment to recruit and retain more teachers and support teacher quality. The department has made available a range of resources to help address teacher workload and wellbeing including launching the education staff wellbeing charter, which the department are encouraging schools to sign up to as a shared commitment to promote staff wellbeing. Further information on the charter is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>.</p><p>The department has also convened a workload reduction taskforce to explore how the department can go further to support trust and school leaders to minimise workload for teachers and leaders.</p><p>The department are also looking at how flexible working opportunities can be expanded and promoted in schools to help recruit, retain and motivate teachers and leaders. The department has worked with school leaders and other sector experts to publish non-statutory guidance, case studies, and a flexible working toolkit. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit</a>.</p><p>These measures are aimed not only at helping more teachers to remain in the classroom, but for them to thrive in their careers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2023 16:30:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1678339

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is planning to reform the slot allocation process to support air cargo operators.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	7191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government published a consultation on 4 December on airport slot allocation system reform. The consultation includes proposals to make the system more efficient, dynamic and transparent and is designed to balance the interests of both airports and airlines, including air cargo operators. The consultation is open until 8 March 2024 and we welcome views from all stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 20/12/2023 11:10:18 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1678340

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Night Flying: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is developing new regulations on night flying.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	7192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The current night flight restrictions set by Government at Gatwick, Heathrow, and Stansted Airports expire in October 2025. We intend to consult during early 2024 on proposals for the next night flight regime, following a consultation earlier this year on night-time noise abatement objectives for these airports.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 20/12/2023 11:08:41 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1678341

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	F-35 Aircraft: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has had recent discussions with (a) L3Harris on and (b) other UK-based companies using the open general export license for exports for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II in the period since 7 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	7188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Since the events of 7 October 2023, the Government continues to monitor closely the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p><p>The Department has not engaged with users of Open General Licences since 7 October 2023 in relation to the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p><p>All licences are kept under careful and continual review as standard and we are able to amend, suspend or revoke extant licences as circumstances require. In the event such decisions were taken for any licences, we would inform exporters via a ‘Notice to Exporters’.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/12/2023 10:08:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas