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1293798

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
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	Development Aid: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed reduction in the Official Development Assistance budget on (a) universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights and (b) women and girls in the global south.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	912772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK is proud to defend universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; these are fundamental to the empowerment of women and girls. Between 2019 and 2020 alone, UK aid helped over 25 million women and girls use modern methods of contraception.</p><p>Advancing gender equality and women’s rights are a core part of the UK Government’s work on development, including enabling girls to fulfil 12 years of quality education.</p><p>We are working through the implications of the ODA reductions for individual programmes and activities. No decisions on individual country or sectoral budgets have been made yet.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2021 14:23:33 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1285348

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
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	Russia: LGBT+ People
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 representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on (a) the recent abduction of two gay Chechen men in Western Russia by uniformed Chechen security officials and (b) the wider treatment of LGBT people in Russia.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	151655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned about the continuing persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya. Persecution for being LGBT, anywhere in the world, is abhorrent. As we state in our Travel Advice, there are credible reports of arrest, torture and extrajudicial killing of LGBT people in Chechnya. In December 2018 the UK was one of 16 countries to invoke the OSCE's Moscow Mechanism, requiring an independent OSCE investigation. The OSCE Moscow Mechanism's independent 2018 report confirmed allegations of serious human rights violations in Chechnya against LGBT people and other groups including unlawful detention, torture, and extrajudicial killings. We continue to urge Russia to implement the recommendations made in the Moscow Mechanism report and to end the climate of impunity for human rights abusers in Chechnya.</p><p>On 10 December 2020, we announced designations under our autonomous Global Human Rights sanctions regime, including those responsible for the ongoing torture and murder of LGBT people in Chechnya. We continue to raise our concerns about the persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya with the Russian Government at all levels. On 17 November 2020, I raised this with my counterpart, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Titov.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 22/02/2021 11:45:52 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1284413

registered interest
date	05/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) gasworks and (b) former gasworks sites (i) there are in total, (ii) are being redeveloped and (iii) have been redeveloped in (A) London and (B) England.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	149739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>Statistics published by BEIS show that the last gas works in England closed in 1988. Information is not held centrally on the number of former gasworks sites that there are in London or in England as a whole.</p><p>Robust figures are not held centrally by MHCLG on the numbers of former gasworks sites that have been redeveloped, or are being redeveloped, in London or in England as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 10/02/2021 14:37:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1283621

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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	Soil and Groundwater Technology Association
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2021 to Question 145762 on the Soil and Groundwater Technology Association, if he will make an assessment of the independence of the Soil and Groundwater Technical Association.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	148753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Soil and Groundwater Technical Association is a not-for-profit membership organisation focused on the issue of contaminated land. It is formed of UK organisations representative of this focus. There are currently no plans to assess the independence of the Soil and Groundwater Technical Association.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/02/2021 16:21:17 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1281980

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to (a) distribute clear face masks to schools and colleges, and (b) help schools make reasonable adjustments for those children who suffer from hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	145760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s guidance on face coverings can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-in-education/face-coverings-in-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-in-education/face-coverings-in-education</a>.</p><p>As the guidance outlines, during national lockdown, in schools and colleges where Year 7 and above are educated, face coverings should be worn by adults (staff and visitors), pupils and students when moving around indoors, outside of classrooms and other teaching environments, such as in corridors and communal areas where social distancing is difficult to maintain.</p><p>Based on current evidence and the measures that schools and colleges are already putting in place, such as the system of controls and consistent bubbles, face coverings will not generally be necessary in the classroom.</p><p>Children in primary schools do not need to wear a face covering.</p><p>Some individuals are exempt from wearing face coverings. This includes people who cannot put on, wear, or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability, or if you are speaking to or providing assistance to someone who relies on lip reading, clear sound or facial expressions to communicate. The same legal exemptions that apply to the wearing of face coverings in shops and on public transport also apply in schools and colleges.</p><p>Face coverings can make it more difficult to communicate with pupils and students with additional needs or those who many rely on lip reading or facial expressions for understanding. We expect staff to be sensitive to these needs when teaching and interacting with pupils and students.</p><p>Schools can get advice and support for children with hearing impairments from specialist teachers of the deaf. These teachers support children and young people with hearing impairment, and their families, from the point of diagnosis. The Department for Education also funds the whole school special educational needs and disability consortium (£1.9 million per annum), hosted by National Association for Special Educational Needs, to provide schools with access to resources and tips for the classroom, including for hearing impairment.</p><p>We continue to provide information to the sector on our guidance, and any changes to it, through regular departmental communications. We will also continue to work with Public Health England, as well as stakeholders across the sector, to monitor the latest scientific and medical advice and understand the impact of the system of controls on staff, pupils and parents.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 145822 question first answered 03/02/2021 17:53:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1281984

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	Pollution Control: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) environmental consultants and (b) advisors his Department has consulted in the last year on pollution standards and controls.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	145761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Defra has consulted with the following environmental consultants in the last year on pollution standards and controls:</p><p> </p><p>Ricardo</p><p>Enviro Technologies</p><p>Air Monitors</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 03/02/2021 17:23:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1281985

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	Soil and Groundwater Technology Association
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 independence of the Soil and Groundwater Technical Association.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	145762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the independence of the Soil and Groundwater Technical Association.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2021 15:11:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1281986

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	Land: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Category 4 screening levels (C4SL) Phase 2 Project Steering Group last met; and what the names are of the members of that group.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	145763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Category 4 Screening Levels Phase 2 Project Steering Group last met on Wednesday 27 January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The members of that group come from local authorities, Government departments and arm’s length bodies, not-for-profit membership organisations and trade organisations. This includes Defra, the Environment Agency and the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>A full list of the attendees for the last meeting has been made available to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2021 15:21:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1277436

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many breaches of international law in Yemen by Saudi forces and its allies have been documented by his Department in its tracking document since January 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	138907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>I am unable to answer the hon. Member's question due to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/01/2021 08:30:22 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1277437

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Pollution: Parliamentary Scrutiny
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 legislative proposals on pollution he plans to bring forward in this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	138908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Environment Bill will bring forwards legislative proposals for tackling pollution.</p><p> </p><p>It will drive significant environmental improvement and tackle pollution by setting and achieving legally-binding, long-term targets in key areas including air quality, water, and resource efficiency and waste.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the leading measures in the Bill to support the delivery of targets include:</p><ul><li>Air Quality: The Bill introduces a duty on the government to set at least two air quality targets by October 2022:</li></ul><p>o To reduce the annual average level of fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) in ambient air</p><p>o A further target to improve air quality</p><ul><li>Water: The Bill makes drainage and sewerage management planning, through which companies develop the capacity of their networks, a statutory duty.</li><li>Resource Efficiency and Waste Reduction – The Bill will enable Government to make waste producers cover the cost of collecting and recycling packaging waste, introduce deposit returns schemes, and introduce charges for single-use plastic items.</li></ul> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/01/2021 17:05:40 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma