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1643016

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Food: Origin Marking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has allocated to the promotion of UK geographic indication products; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	188453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of producers and retailers of geographical indication (GI) protected products to ensure consumers recognise their protected status, primarily achieved through display of the UK GI logo on labels. While there is no specific budget allocated to the promotion of UK-produced GI products, we will continue to celebrate them where appropriate in Government communications as we aim to encourage consumers to ‘look for the UK GI logo’. We also champion our GIs to other countries, particularly through new and existing trade deals.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/06/2023 17:35:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1643017

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Food: Origin Marking
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 data her Department holds on the number of UK products that (a) hold and (b) have been granted (i) protected food name and (ii) geographical indication status in the European Union in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	188454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Data on products protected under the EU Geographical Indication schemes is published by the EU on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Finfo%2Ffood-farming-fisheries%2Ffood-safety-and-quality%2Fcertification%2Fquality-labels%2Fgeographical-indications-register%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPauline.Johnson%40defra.gov.uk%7C04a13dc4671e435c19d508db68e957b4%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638219123632040755%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=avLPhS3D2WQ5UABrjOpHwjo4Nb3KY6nTnKkqZpEECg0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/food-safety-and-quality/certification/quality-labels/geographical-indications-register/</a>. 22 UK-produced GI products were protected under the EU schemes in the last 10 years: 1 in 2013, 3 in 2014, 2 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 8 in 2017, 2 in 2018, 2 in 2019, and 1 in 2022. ‘Protected food names’ is a common/interchangeable term for Geographical Indications.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/06/2023 17:32:04 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1643018

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Food: Origin Marking
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 data her Department holds on the number of producers that produce products that are registered under the UK Geographical Indication scheme that also have UK Accreditation Service certification.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	188455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditation is a requirement of Control Bodies wishing to provide verification services to GI producers. We are not aware of any producers of products registered under the UK’s GI schemes that also have UKAS accreditation to provide verification services.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/06/2023 17:27:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1643019

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Food: Origin Marking
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 she plans to inspect producers of UK products with UK Geographical Indication scheme status; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	188456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Registration of a product name under the UK GI schemes means any product sold or marketed under that name in GB must come from a verified producer. Verification involves inspection of the producer’s processes and product to ensure compliance with the registered specification. For GI products produced in the UK, maintaining their verification is a responsibility of producers and is secured from HMRC in the case of GI spirit drinks, from the Food Standards Agency in the case of wines, and in the case of agri-food products from either a Local Authority (typically their Trading Standards function) or from a commercial Control Body accredited to provide services by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). GIs produced outside of the UK must be verified in their country of production. Defra, as Competent Authority for the operation of the GI schemes, has no role in assigning verification status and there are no plans for direct inspection of producers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/06/2023 17:24:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1643021

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Food: Origin Marking
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 she will publish a list of verified producers of products with UK geographical indication status.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	188457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>92 UK produced products are protected as Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG), collectively referred to as ‘GI products’ These are protected under the UK GI schemes (providing protection in GB) or/and the EU GI schemes (providing protection in EU/NI). All producers of GI products in the UK are required to be verified as compliant with the registered specification in order to use the registered name, and there is a duty to notify Defra of their verification status. HMRC publish the verification status of spirit drinks GI producers, but whilst we recognise the potential benefits of better-informed consumers and retailers, Defra does not currently publish the data for wine or agri-food GI producers and there are no plans to do so. Products produced outside the UK and registered on the UK GI schemes must be verified in their own country, who may choose to publish lists of their verified producers domestically.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/06/2023 17:20:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1643022

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Economic Partnership Agreements: South Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on the operation of the Southern African Customs Union-UK economic partnership agreement; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	188458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>When the Department for Business and Trade assesses the impact of UK trade deals, it assesses the marginal impact of a new free trade agreement on the UK economy and on our trade relationships overall. As such, we do not conduct explicit analysis on the impact of UK new trade agreements on all the existing trade agreements of UK trading partners</p><p> </p><p>However, while we have not specifically analysed this, there is no reason to expect the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership to impact the operation of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the UK and Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Member States and Mozambique.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/06/2023 13:05:27 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1641113

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Mount Vernon Cancer Centre: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what avenues for new capital funding are available for the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	187020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>We are investing over £9 billion in the National Health Service this year to deliver significant new capacity, including through additional beds, community diagnostic centres, surgical hubs, discharge facilities, hospital upgrades and new hospitals.</p><p>As the vast majority of funding has already been allocated to individual schemes within these programmes, any new schemes will be considered through a new rolling capital investment programme, that will allow for the construction of more hospitals in the long term.</p><p>In the meantime, NHS Trusts should continue to engage with their Integrated Care System to help consider whether there is scope to prioritise schemes within local investment plans.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/06/2023 15:28:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1641114

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Northwick Park Hospital: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on arranging capital funding for intensive care bed expansion at Northwick Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	187021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>NHS England are currently allocated an additional £250 million to support trusts to increase capacity and improve flow across urgent and emergency care. Northwick Park made a bid as part of the Urgent Emergency Care (UEC) capital fund for a modular unit to reduce pressure on urgent and emergency care services. The programme allocations will be announced in due course.</p><p>Investments outside the UEC capital fund would need to be prioritised through the operational capital of integrated care systems.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/06/2023 11:48:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1640055

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Trade: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the UK's trade finance gap; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	186586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade does not maintain an estimate of the United Kingdom’s trade finance gap.</p><p>However, the government has a comprehensive trade finance offer to businesses.This includes the range of products offered by UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, which has a mission to advance prosperity by ensuring no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, doing so sustainably and at no net cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>In 2021/22, UKEF provided £7.4 billion of support to exporters, supporting 545 companies directly (of whom 81% were small and medium sized enterprises), and thousands more indirectly in supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/06/2023 14:36:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1639322

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Romania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the Romanian community on the rights of access to (a) schools and (b) after-school clubs for the children of Romanian parents; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	186002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has had no discussions with representatives of the Romanian community on either of these matters. Every child resident in this country has a right to an education and a school place, irrespective of their national origins.</p><p>In addition, the Government is making £289 million available for a new childcare ‘pathfinder’ scheme. This will support Local Authorities to work with primary schools and private providers to set up and deliver wraparound childcare before and after school.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/05/2023 11:51:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas