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1247185

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his decision for a one-year spending review on investment in maritime decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	109503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor and the Prime Minister have decided to conduct a one-year Spending Review in order to prioritise the response to Covid-19, and our focus on supporting jobs. Alongside this, the government continues to take its environmental responsibilities very seriously, and is committed to meeting its climate change targets.</p><p> </p><p>The government is considering how it can most effectively progress transport decarbonisation, including on maritime, through the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, the Department for Transport published the Clean Maritime Plan, which identified the potential for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission shipping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/11/2020 14:03:30 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1247410

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict
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 recent representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on reports of Turkey’s involvement in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	109505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary spoke to the Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu on 19 October and both agreed the need for an urgent de-escalation and a return to substantive negotiations. The Defence Secretary visited Ankara on 5-6 October and stressed the need for immediate de-escalation. We continue to encourage all external parties and friends of both states to redouble their efforts in support of an end to hostilities and to refrain from taking actions that may exacerbate the crisis. We support the efforts of the Minsk Group, of which Turkey is a member, to facilitate an end to the conflict.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/11/2020 09:30:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246519

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
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	Tobacco: Smuggling
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the IP Crime Group’s finding in its IP Crime and Enforcement Report that cigarettes and tobacco products were the most reported counterfeit goods in the UK in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The IP Crime Report highlights that cigarettes and tobacco products were the products most investigated by Trading Standards in 2019-20. However, the IP Crime Report does highlight many operational successes by Trading Standards in removing illicit cigarettes and tobacco products from sale. The Intellectual Property Office also carried out a significant number of investigations into illicit cigarettes and tobacco products.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 02/11/2020 07:56:05 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246522

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will publish the minutes of meetings his Ministers and officials have held with tobacco industry groups on track and trace policy (a) development and (b) implementation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Details of meetings between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the tobacco industry are published on GOV.UK. These include discussions on points of detail on the track and trace system. All meetings with the tobacco industry are conducted in line with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in particular in accordance with Article 5.3. HMRC has no plans to publish minutes of these meetings as they may contain taxpayer or commercially sensitive information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The implementing legislation for the tobacco track and trace system specifies strict and comprehensive criteria for independence from the tobacco industry. The service provider of the track and trace system needs to demonstrate to HMRC that they satisfy the independence criteria both before and during the period they provide the service. HMRC has processes in place to ensure these criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108266 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:52:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246523

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the traceability system for tobacco products is independent from tobacco industry influence.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Details of meetings between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the tobacco industry are published on GOV.UK. These include discussions on points of detail on the track and trace system. All meetings with the tobacco industry are conducted in line with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in particular in accordance with Article 5.3. HMRC has no plans to publish minutes of these meetings as they may contain taxpayer or commercially sensitive information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The implementing legislation for the tobacco track and trace system specifies strict and comprehensive criteria for independence from the tobacco industry. The service provider of the track and trace system needs to demonstrate to HMRC that they satisfy the independence criteria both before and during the period they provide the service. HMRC has processes in place to ensure these criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108265 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:52:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246548

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
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	Clinical Trials: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons have been learnt on clinical trial recruitment during the covid-19 pandemic; and what plans he has to apply those learnings in his Department’s approach to new medicines more widely.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is taking several steps to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and will apply these learnings in its future approach to clinical research. The NIHR has conducted a lessons learned exercise and is now developing a ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ for a response to a future emergency which requires a rapid and co-ordinated response from the system, and will also draw upon these lessons to identify and recommend changes to business as usual practice. To complement this, the NIHR regularly reviews the progress and performance of nationally prioritised COVID-19 Urgent Public Health Research studies, and insights are used to inform the continuous improvement of prioritisation, placement, set up and delivery of other COVID-19 studies.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/11/2020 16:34:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246550

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) randomised control trials and (b) other research have been done into the medical potential of cannabis in the UK since November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds and supports research on the medicinal benefits of cannabis. This includes six randomised controlled trials, one of which is jointly funded by the Medical Research Council. The NIHR also funds three further studies on medicinal benefits of cannabis and supports another through the Clinical Research Network. Details of studies can be found on the NIHR Open Data website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://nihr.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/" target="_blank">https://nihr.opendatasoft.com/pages/homepage/</a></p><p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has also supported research on the potential therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids, with much of the research in this area being funded by UKRI’s Medical Research Council.</p><p>The Economic and Social Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have small portfolios of research with some of those projects also being related to the medical use of cannabis. All UKRI funded research can be found online at Gateway to Research.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/11/2020 15:09:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246601

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2020 to Question 67591 on Warm Home Discount Scheme, if he will increase the amount of the Warm Home Discount to improve that scheme's targeting of fuel poverty beyond 2022.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>On 14 October, we published a consultation on the extension of the Warm Home Discount scheme until March 2022. Should the Government decide to extend the scheme further, we plan to consult on reforms to improve the fuel poverty targeting.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 03/11/2020 08:58:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246520

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the IP Crime Group’s finding in its IP Crime and Enforcement Report that cigarettes and tobacco products were the most reported counterfeit goods in the UK in 2019-20, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s illicit tobacco control strategy.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Since 2000, the government’s anti- illicit tobacco strategy has successfully reduced the cigarette tax gap from 22% in 2000-01 to 9% in 2019-20, and for hand rolling tobacco (HRT) from 61% to 34%. Key to this success has been the continual refresh of the strategy based on HMRC’s reassessment of the risks and any emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, HMRC and Border Force published the latest refreshed strategy ‘Tackling Illicit Tobacco- leaf to light’. This stated the government’s intention to take the fight against illicit tobacco wider, joining up interests across UK government and a variety of partner agencies, including local authority Trading Standards teams, the police and other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>This approach has seen a sustained effort against all types of illicit tobacco. In the year 2018-19, over 1.3bn illicit cigarettes and 140 tonnes of illicit HRT were seized and there were over 270 convictions for tobacco related offences.</p><p> </p><p>Measures specifically targeted at counterfeit tobacco include the introduction of the Raw Tobacco Approval and Tobacco Machinery Licensing Schemes. HMRC has also introduced a track and trace system for tobacco products and new on-pack authenticity features. These initiatives make it more difficult and costly to counterfeit tobacco in the UK and for any form of illicit tobacco to enter our legitimate supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government is not complacent, organised criminals continually respond to enforcement activity by diversifying but we remain confident in HMRC’s ability to recognise and respond to this under the existing strategy. The government will keep the need for a strategy refresh under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108264 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246521

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the flow of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco products into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Since 2000, the government’s anti- illicit tobacco strategy has successfully reduced the cigarette tax gap from 22% in 2000-01 to 9% in 2019-20, and for hand rolling tobacco (HRT) from 61% to 34%. Key to this success has been the continual refresh of the strategy based on HMRC’s reassessment of the risks and any emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, HMRC and Border Force published the latest refreshed strategy ‘Tackling Illicit Tobacco- leaf to light’. This stated the government’s intention to take the fight against illicit tobacco wider, joining up interests across UK government and a variety of partner agencies, including local authority Trading Standards teams, the police and other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>This approach has seen a sustained effort against all types of illicit tobacco. In the year 2018-19, over 1.3bn illicit cigarettes and 140 tonnes of illicit HRT were seized and there were over 270 convictions for tobacco related offences.</p><p> </p><p>Measures specifically targeted at counterfeit tobacco include the introduction of the Raw Tobacco Approval and Tobacco Machinery Licensing Schemes. HMRC has also introduced a track and trace system for tobacco products and new on-pack authenticity features. These initiatives make it more difficult and costly to counterfeit tobacco in the UK and for any form of illicit tobacco to enter our legitimate supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government is not complacent, organised criminals continually respond to enforcement activity by diversifying but we remain confident in HMRC’s ability to recognise and respond to this under the existing strategy. The government will keep the need for a strategy refresh under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108263 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day