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1059948

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will instruct the Building Research Establishment to design the BS 8414 tests on the fire performance of external cladding systems to reflect the worst-case scenario of a building fire.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	220137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Tests carried out using the BS 8414 methodology are designed using the established and recognised BS 8414 methodology. Rigs to be used in tests are constructed in line with standard industry practice to ensure compliance with Approved Document B guidance on the construction of external wall systems.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 220138 220140 question first answered 19/02/2019 15:55:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1050522

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal aid will be available for (a) applications and (b) appeals in relation to the EU settlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	213988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>For the majority of cases, the application and review process in relation to the EU Settlement Scheme will be straightforward. However, the Government recognises that not every case will be straightforward and, as with all cases outside the scope of legal aid, exceptional funding may be available where the requisite criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that the Home Office have introduced an employer toolkit which equips employers with the right tools and information to support EU citizens and their families to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/02/2019 17:27:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1046901

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to protect outdoor workers from the potential ill-health effects of long-term exposure to air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	211691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety in Great Britain; it does not regulate environmental exposures. In the UK, responsibility for meeting air quality limit values is devolved to the national administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has responsibility for meeting the limit values in England and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) co-ordinates assessment and air quality plans for the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/01/2019 15:34:12 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1046902

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research the Health and Safety Executive is undertaking to better understand the effect of polluted air on the health of outdoor workers.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	211692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is not currently undertaking any research to better understand the effect of polluted air on the health of outdoor workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and the Devolved Administrations carry out air quality modelling both to provide information on concentrations of pollutants in places where they do not monitor and to predict concentrations under different situations, for example in the future or as a result of possible new policies.</p><p>The UK Stratospheric Ozone and UV monitoring programme funded by Defra and the Devolved Administrations provides ozone and UV background information and includes a map of the ozone and UV monitoring stations across the UK.</p><p>Defra and the Devolved Administrations also support a number of research networks that gather data about certain air pollutants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 31/01/2019 15:12:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1046027

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ali Hajji and Naji Fateel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2018 to Question 192801 and with reference to the oversight bodies’ reported failure to address the case, what action he will take to ensure that Bahraini political prisoners Ali AlHajee and Naji Fateel, who are entering the 68th day of their hunger strike, have immediate access to medical care.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	211171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>As the Honourable Gentleman will know from previous answers in this House and the other place, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Embassy in Manama are aware of, and have raised, the cases of Ali Al Hajee and Naji Fateel at a senior level and continue to monitor them.</p><p>The Government of Bahrain have been clear in public statements that access to medical care for those in detention is guaranteed by the Constitution of Bahrain. We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report them to the appropriate Bahraini human rights oversight body. We continue to encourage these oversight bodies to carry out swift and thorough investigations into any such allegations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2019 15:24:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1038547

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Air Pollution
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 of the £3.5 million to improve air quality has been spent to date and on what measures; how much money allocated to specific measures is yet to be spent and what those specific measures are; and how much outstanding funding is yet to be allocated to specific measures.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	206817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations (NO2), setting out how we will achieve compliance in the shortest possible time, is supported by a £3.5 billion investment into air quality and cleaner transport over 2010 to 2021. This investment includes:</p><p> </p><ul><ul><li><p>£1.5 billion to support the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles to 2021 (including elements funded from the National Productivity Investment Fund). As of December 2017 £862.8m had been disbursed.</p></li><li><p>£1.2 billion – for the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. As of December 2017 £555m had been disbursed.</p></li><li><p>£495 million Implementation Fund and Clean Air Fund to support councils in the 2017 Plan of which £40m was disbursed as of March 2018 (including the Air Quality Grant for 16/17 and 17/18).</p></li><li><p>£100 million disbursed to Highways England for air quality as part of the Road Investment Strategy.</p></li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li><p>£89 million disbursed for the Green Bus Fund from 2010 to 2013 for low emission buses.</p></li><li><p>£40 million allocated through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2017-19.</p></li><li><p>£27 million allocated through the Clean Bus Technology Fund 2013 &amp; 2015 and Clean Vehicle Fund 2014 and other bus retrofitting.</p></li><li><p>An additional £7 million disbursed through the Air Quality Grant to local authorities to support air quality from 2011 to 2015.</p><p> </p></li></ul></ul> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/01/2019 12:11:21 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1038549

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to ministerial directions issued to 23 local authorities on 27 July 2017 alongside the 2017 UK Air Quality Plan, which of those local authorities has submitted (a) a final plan (b) a draft plan and (c) neither a final nor draft plan to his Department; and on what date each respective plan was received by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	206818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The 23 local authorities are working together in eleven groupings. Eight out of the eleven local authority groupings submitted a plan by the 31 December 2018. They are currently under consideration. The local authorities that have submitted a plan are Bath &amp; NE Somerset Council; Basildon &amp; Rochford District councils; Surrey Heath, Guildford and Rushmoor councils; Fareham Borough Council; Gateshead, North Tyneside and Newcastle City councils, Middlesbrough Borough Council, Sheffield City and Rotherham Borough Council, and New Forest District Council. The local authority groupings which have not submitted are Bristol City Council, Coventry City Council and Greater Manchester councils. Ministers are considering the suitable action for those that have and haven’t provided plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/01/2019 15:07:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1029325

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
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 estimate the Office for Product Safety and Standards has made of the number of modifications that Whirlpool has made to the dryers referenced in its November 2015 safety announcement to date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	204439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards is undertaking a review of the actions taken by Whirlpool in relation to its modification programme and we will report to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/01/2019 09:23:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1028477

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Bahraini counterpart on the quashing of the death sentences of Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa by Bahrain’s Court of Cassation and their upcoming retrial before that country's Court of Appeal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	203820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>​The UK has raised the cases of Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain. We welcome the investigation and recommendation of the Special Investigations Unit and the subsequent decision of the Minister of Justice to refer the cases of Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa back to the Court of Cassation for retrial. Officials from the British Embassy regularly attend court hearings of cases of interest to the UK. We will continue to closely monitor these cases.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/01/2019 16:42:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1028478

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on the UK Government's opposition to the use of torture.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	203821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK consistently and unreservedly condemns the use of torture in all forms. We continue to combat it wherever and whenever it occurs. The US Government is aware of our position on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 09/01/2019 13:22:46 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter