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1146468

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure a level playing field in local economies by making local authorities subject to corporation tax on commercial activity.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	291404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text Commercial activity undertaken by local authorities carried on in a separate taxable subsidiary is already subject to Corporation Tax on profits. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 16:44:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1146857

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	912456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text This government has taken significant action, including introducing 100 new measures tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance, since 2010, securing and protecting £200bn that would have otherwise gone unpaid and helping to bring the UK’s tax gap to a near record low of 5.6%. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 15:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1146765

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Audit Office's report, Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors, published on 27 September 2019, what assessment he has made of the effect on medical supplies in the event that government freight capacity is not adequate by 30 November 2019.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	291520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>On 27 September the National Audit Office published a report on the readiness of the Department’s preparations for the post-European Union exit supply of medicines and medical products. We want to reassure patients we are doing everything we can to help make sure they can access the medicines they need after EU exit, whatever the circumstances.</p><p>We continue to implement a multi-layered approach to minimize any supply disruption on medicines and medical supplies, should the United Kingdom leave the EU without a deal. These plans include:</p><p>- Procuring additional capacity on alternative routes (away from the short straits) for goods to continue to come into the UK ahead EU exit;</p><p>- buffer stocks and stockpiling (where this is practical) or asking industry or the NHS Supply Chain to build up buffer stocks in the UK ahead of EU exit;</p><p>- Arrangements to deal with shortages in addition to normal shortage management routes, enabling ministers to issue serious shortage protocols to pharmacists;</p><p>- additional warehouse space for stockpiled medicines, including ambient, refrigerated and controlled drug storage;</p><p>- working with industry to improve trader readiness in preparation for the new customs procedures that will come into force on day 1 if we leave the EU without a deal; and</p><p>- changing or clarifying regulatory requirements so that companies can continue to sell their products in the UK if the UK leaves without a deal.</p><p>The Department has implemented a multi-layered approach to mitigate potential disruption to supply. No one measure is relied on at any point in time in order to support uninterrupted supply of medicines and medical products.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/10/2019 12:15:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1146778

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy to lay before Parliament the statutory instruments required to give legal effect to the regulations on age verification for commercial pornography sites by 3 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	291559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The British Board of Film Classification Guidance on Age Verification Arrangements is still in the standard three month standstill period under the EU Technical Standards and Regulatory Directive and the earliest it will complete is 2nd October 2019. We will provide further details once the standstill period has finished.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 02/10/2019 11:02:45 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1146799

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
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	Nurses: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of NHS England on the reintroduction of financial incentives to attract people into nursing careers.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	291600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement, with Health Education England, are leading work on the NHS People Plan, working alongside a wide range of external organisations in its formulation. As part of the development of the plan, arm’s length bodies have periodically updated Departmental Ministers on the scope of the People Plan nursing work strands which are focused on areas such as retaining, supporting the existing nursing workforce, increasing undergraduate supply and making the National Health Service the best place to work.</p><p> </p><p>Options for inclusion in the final People Plan will be a decision for the NHS People Board, ahead of the People Plan publication, planned by the end of this year. It is therefore not possible to make estimates on the impact of options which are not currently NHS or Government policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 291602 question first answered 02/10/2019 11:16:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1146800

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
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	Nurses: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of healthcare providers on nursing vacancies in NHS trusts.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	291601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Departmental ministers have numerous and wide-ranging discussions on a number of topics when they meet staff from National Health Service trusts this will include, but not limited to staffing levels and vacancies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/10/2019 11:21:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1146801

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
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	Nurses: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the length of time for nursing applications to reach pre-2015 levels in the event of the reintroduction of financial incentives for people entering the nursing profession.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	291602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement, with Health Education England, are leading work on the NHS People Plan, working alongside a wide range of external organisations in its formulation. As part of the development of the plan, arm’s length bodies have periodically updated Departmental Ministers on the scope of the People Plan nursing work strands which are focused on areas such as retaining, supporting the existing nursing workforce, increasing undergraduate supply and making the National Health Service the best place to work.</p><p> </p><p>Options for inclusion in the final People Plan will be a decision for the NHS People Board, ahead of the People Plan publication, planned by the end of this year. It is therefore not possible to make estimates on the impact of options which are not currently NHS or Government policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 291600 question first answered 02/10/2019 11:16:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1146846

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to reduce gambling related harm.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	291536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Millions of people gamble as a leisure pursuit without suffering harm but in recognition of the risk that gambling can carry, the sector is strongly regulated. The Gambling Commission has broad and flexible powers to set licence conditions and take action where there is evidence of harm.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018 the government published the response to the consultation on Proposals for Changes to Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures and as a result the maximum stake on B2 machines was cut from £100 to £2 in April this year. In addition, the Gambling Commission has tightened identity and age verification controls online and introduced tougher sanctions for breaches of advertising codes, and is currently consulting on whether gambling with credit cards online should be restricted or banned. A multi-million pound safer gambling advertising campaign, Bet Regret, was launched in February this year, aimed at reducing risky and impulsive gambling.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/10/2019 11:30:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1146425

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Invest NI
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Northern Ireland Office will make it its policy to support Invest NI in hosting visits by Ambassadors to the UK to the Causeway Coast.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Trade promotion is a devolved matter and we continue to work hard to restore a stable devolved government in Northern Ireland which can work with the UK Government to promote Northern Ireland's attractiveness for overseas investment and showcase all that Northern Ireland has to offer, including the Causeway Coast area. Arrangements for visits by Ambassadors are a matter for Invest NI and Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy, supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:51:21 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146426

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Business: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting the system used in England and Wales by which businesses can make claims against debtors who refuse to pay outstanding debts.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and any system for businesses to make claims against debtors who have not paid their outstanding debts is one that is best considered by locally elected and accountable Ministers. It is for matters such as this that it is important that we get Stormont back up and running as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:52:21 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell