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1178921

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War II: Wrecks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the physical condition of the wrecks of (a) HMS Prince of Wales and (b) HMS Repulse.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	18395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department's Salvage and Maritime Operations organisation conducted a survey in March 2019 as part of its Wreck Management Programme. This showed significant damage to both ships, especially HMS REPULSE, likely caused by illegal salvage.</p><p>This issue has been raised with the Malaysian Government and we continue to work closely with the relevant authorities in the region to afford these sites suitable protection. The wrecks of HMS REPULSE and HMS PRINCE OF WALES are designated as protected places under the UK's Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/02/2020 12:28:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178337

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she is providing for Chinese nationals whose visas expire imminently and whose home provinces are affected by covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	2022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>We are taking a proportionate approach to individuals who are unable to comply with their visas due to the coronavirus outbreak.</p><p>We have set up a dedicated helpline and are providing visa extensions for anyone whose immigration status has been affected. Full guidance has been published on the GOV.UK website and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-immigration-guidance-if-youre-unable-to-return-to-china-from-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-immigration-guidance-if-youre-unable-to-return-to-china-from-the-uk</a></p><p>No one will be unfairly penalised for events beyond their control.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/02/2020 17:34:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178411

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his current projection is of the number of Type (a) 23, (b) 26, (c) 31e and (d) 45 ships that will be in service in the Royal Navy in each year from 2020 to 2030.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	2046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to ensuring the Royal Navy has the ships and capabilities required to fulfil Defence commitments now and in the future.</p><p>Babcock is contractually obligated to deliver five Type 31 Frigates to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) by the end of 2028, and HMS GLASGOW, the first of the Type 26 Frigates, will be in-service with the MOD in 2027. The last Type 23 Frigate will be transitioned out of service in 2035. The first Type 45 Destroyer entered service in 2010, these Destroyers have a projected 25-year life span.</p><p>The Prime Minister has committed to undertake the deepest review of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy. This review will examine how we strengthen and prioritise our alliances, diplomacy and development and will consider all aspects of our defence and security capabilities, including our approach to procurement and maintaining our technological edge. We are considering a number of options to increase the availability of ships during this period.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 15002 question first answered 26/02/2020 12:17:20 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178419

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Fishing Catches
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 proportion of landing declarations by fishing vessels of 12m and over in length were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours of landing in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	2049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>15,594 of the 47,450 landings declarations submitted in 2019 by fishing vessels in the 12-metre fleet and over were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/02/2020 15:52:58 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178463

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Asia: Wrecks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the protection of Royal Navy wrecks in Asia.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	2057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office take the illegal salvage of our wrecks in South East Asia extremely seriously and are saddened at the level of salvage that has previously taken place. The Government considers the wrecks to be the final resting place of our servicemen who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and they should be allowed to rest in peace.</p><p>The matter has been raised with the Indonesian and Malaysian Governments and we continue to work closely with the relevant authorities in the region to afford these sites suitable protection.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 25/02/2020 12:11:07 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178465

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War II: Wrecks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the anchors of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse for posterity before they are removed from the seabed by metal scavengers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	2058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence considers the wrecks of our warships to be the final resting place of our servicemen.</p><p>While we have assessed that recovery of the anchors from HMS PRINCE OF WALES and HMS REPULSE could be possible, this would require significant planning and considerable resource, both in retrieval and in conserving them for display. Recovery would also be counter to our stance of not disturbing our wrecks, in honour of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.</p><p>The Ship's Bells from both ships were visible alongside the respective wrecks and were recovered. They are now held as lasting memorials, and for the benefit of the nation, by the National Museum of the Royal Navy.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 25/02/2020 12:18:04 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1177856

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 steps her Department is taking to develop a system for a full range of public goods; what steps her Department is taking to ensure that system is (a) equitable and (b) transparent; and whether decisions taken under that system will be open to appeal.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The Agriculture Bill will introduce ambitious new schemes in England, based on the principle of “public money for public goods”, which will allow us to reward farmers and land managers who protect our environment, improve animal welfare and produce high quality food in a more sustainable way.</p><p> </p><p>Our Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme is the cornerstone of our new agricultural policy. Founded on the principle of “public money for public goods”, ELM is intended to provide a powerful contribution to achieving the goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan and commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, while supporting our rural economy.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with a range of environmental and agricultural stakeholders to collaboratively design the new ELM scheme so that it is fit for purpose. We are currently running a programme of Tests and Trials, the priorities for which are the building blocks we will need for the National Pilot, due to commence in late 2021 and run to 2024. The National Pilot will provide a critical opportunity to test and refine the scheme design prior to full roll out of the ELM scheme in late 2024 across England.</p><p> </p><p>Clause 3 of the Agriculture Bill provides the Secretary of State with the power to make regulations to check, enforce and monitor the conditions of financial assistance provided under the Bill. This includes the power to establish a mechanism for appealing against decisions. Clauses 4 to 6 of the Bill also require the publication of multi-annual financial assistance plans, annual financial reports and impact and effectiveness reports. This transparency will enable public scrutiny of our future spending plans and the extent to which Government funding for agriculture, horticulture and forestry activities has been delivered on a value for money basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/02/2020 14:35:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176744

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Fish: Sales
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 estimate she has made of the average percentage variation between the live weight (a) shown on logbooks for fishing vessels of 10m and over registered in England and (b) derived from sales notes for (i) cod, (ii) monkfish, (iii) brill, (iv) whiting, (v) gurnard, (vi) lemon sole, (vii) squid, (viii) megrim, (ix) plaice, (x) red mullet and (xi) John Dory in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The following data shows the percentage change between the live weight of landed catch as recorded in logbooks, landing declarations and sales notes, for the species referred to, as reported by English administered over-10 metre vessels landed into UK ports in 2019. This information is based on data currently held by the Marine Management Organisation.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this data is yet to go through full validation checks, undertaken each year in advance of publication of the UK Annual Sea Fisheries Statistics. In addition, whilst valuable for initial cross-checking, the logbook is essentially a diary record of fishing activity maintained by skippers and not the formal landing declaration which documents the precise weight of landed catch.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Logbook, landing declaration and sales note live weights for selected species reported by English administered over 10 m vessels landed in to UK ports: Unvalidated data 2019 nei = not elsewhere included</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Species Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Logbook Live Weight (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sales Note Live Weight (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Landing Declaration Live Weight (tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Logbook to Sales Note Percentage Change</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Logbook to Landing Declaration Percentage Change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglerfishes nei</p></td><td><p>4,092</p></td><td><p>2,907</p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td><td><p>-29%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atlantic cod</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p>5,652</p></td><td><p>-54%</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brill</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common squids nei</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>116%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European plaice</p></td><td><p>1,484</p></td><td><p>1,515</p></td><td><p>1,542</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gurnard</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>872</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John dory</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lemon sole</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Megrims nei</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>841</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red mullets</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiting</p></td><td><p>2,206</p></td><td><p>2,258</p></td><td><p>2,379</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: UK Fisheries Administrations</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/02/2020 14:27:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176749

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Fishing Catches: Software
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 2020 to Question 7676, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, what volume of data the catch recording app will generate in a year; how the data are hosted; and whether the data from that app will be cross checked with (a) sales notes and (b) other data on the fisheries activity database (i) automatically as part of an integrated system or (ii) manually.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>When fully operational, it is expected that the catch recording system will generate data on approximately 200,000 fishing trips per year. This data will be hosted by the Centre for Fisheries, Environment and Aquaculture Science using Microsoft Azure. Data collected will be cross checked with sales notes and other data on the fisheries activity database using both automatic checks and manual checks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:40:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1176750

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Fishing Catches: Software
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 7 January 2020 to Question 238, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, whether the figure of £1.8 million includes the cost of (a) providing training to fishers on how to use the catch recording app, (b) providing training and guidance to staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on the use of that app, (c) hosting and managing the data generated and (d) further hardware and software developments to ensure the MMO can compile a single record of fish caught and landed.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The figure of £1.8 million includes the development of guidance and training for both fishers and staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). Costs associated with hosting and managing the data as well as further hardware and software developments to ensure the MMO can compile a single record of fish caught are not included.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/02/2020 13:36:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard