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1506535

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Mint: Non-fungible Tokens
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's announcement entitled Government sets out plan to make UK a global cryptoasset technology hub, published on 4 April 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on working with the Royal Mint to create a non-fungible token.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	51454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The government can confirm that discussions with the Royal Mint on the creation of a non-fungible token are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 23/09/2022 05:18:06 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1506537

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how decisions on fee waiver applications are communicated to applicants.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	51456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Applicants wishing to apply for an entry clearance fee waiver must do so by submitting an online application form. Once assessed, a decision on the fee waiver application is sent by email to the email address specified on the application form by either the applicant or their representative.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for Leave to Remain fee waivers are mandated to be completed online, to receive a decision by email. However, in exceptional circumstances leave to remain fee waiver applications can be submitted on a paper form, in which case we will offer the applicant the choice of a paper or electronic decision.</p><p> </p><p>Child Citizenship fee waiver applications can also be submitted on paper or online. These decisions may be despatched by email or post accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>It is the applicant’s (or their representative’s) responsibility to monitor their email inbox and ‘spam’ folder in anticipation of our decision email.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of applicants whose leave to remain expired following the issue of a fee waiver decision of which the applicant was not aware, is not captured. To recover this information would require a manual examination of each individual case and would thus incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 51457 question first answered 23/09/2022 13:14:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1506538

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for leave to remain expired because applicants had not responded to decisions sent by email relating to fee waiver requests in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	51457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Applicants wishing to apply for an entry clearance fee waiver must do so by submitting an online application form. Once assessed, a decision on the fee waiver application is sent by email to the email address specified on the application form by either the applicant or their representative.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for Leave to Remain fee waivers are mandated to be completed online, to receive a decision by email. However, in exceptional circumstances leave to remain fee waiver applications can be submitted on a paper form, in which case we will offer the applicant the choice of a paper or electronic decision.</p><p> </p><p>Child Citizenship fee waiver applications can also be submitted on paper or online. These decisions may be despatched by email or post accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>It is the applicant’s (or their representative’s) responsibility to monitor their email inbox and ‘spam’ folder in anticipation of our decision email.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of applicants whose leave to remain expired following the issue of a fee waiver decision of which the applicant was not aware, is not captured. To recover this information would require a manual examination of each individual case and would thus incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 51456 question first answered 23/09/2022 13:14:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1504401

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce service standards for the processing of asylum applications.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	45731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not currently have a target time for processing applications for asylum, but are committed to ensuring asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delay. We have already made progress in prioritising claims with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children. Additionally, we are prioritising older claims and those where an individual has already received a decision, but a reconsideration is required.</p><p>Asylum Operations are working to reintroduce a service standard for the processing of asylum applications. It is our intention to reintroduce a service standard aligning with the recommendation from the recent Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s (ICIBI) published report - An inspection of asylum casework (November 2021).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/09/2022 16:58:39 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17538 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1490386

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Identity Cards: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of European Union identity cards seized by Border Force since 2010 were in the possession of people (a) under the age of 18 and (b) on organised visits from educational institutions.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	38526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold this data in an easily accessible format.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial year beginning from 01/04/2021 to 31/03/2022, there were 1235 forged/counterfeit documents, and 153 imposters encountered at the UK Border.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 09:46:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15014 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1490387

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Saudi Arabia: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Saudi Arabian counterpart on support for Yemeni refugees in Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	38527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>We engage candidly and regularly with the Saudi authorities on a range of issues, including the efforts to end the war in Yemen and the status of migrants and refugees in Saudi Arabia.</p><p>The UK is playing a leading role in supporting UN led efforts to sustain, extend and expand the UN brokered truce in Yemen which came into effect on 2 April. Peace is the only sustainable solution to the humanitarian crisis.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 21/07/2022 15:17:10 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1490389

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Nigeria: Economic Crime
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 recent discussions she has had with her Nigerian counterpart on tackling financial crime in Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	38528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Tackling financial crime in Nigeria is the responsibility of the Nigerian Government. It is a priority for Nigeria, and the UK is committed to helping them. In February we refreshed these commitments at a National Security Advisor led dialogue in London on our joint Security and Defence Partnership. The National Crime Agency is helping to strengthen the capacity of anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria to investigate and prosecute corruption cases including illicit financial flows. In July, the #ProtectWhatsYours campaign was launched in Nigeria, supported by UK funding. The campaign aims to highlight the direct harms and costs of illicit finance and financial crime to the people of Nigeria and to encourage increased reporting on those involved in these crimes.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/07/2022 15:22:12 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1490392

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (b) the Gambling Commission and (c) the Financial Conduct Authority on the regulation of crypto-based products and services.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	38529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>The Cryptoasset Taskforce, comprising HM Treasury, the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), continues to monitor ongoing development in cryptoasset markets, and is taking forward a range of regulatory measures to mitigate market integrity risks, protect consumers and support innovation in the cryptoasset market.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2020, cryptoasset firms operating in the UK have been subject to the Money Laundering Regulations. To protect consumers, on 18 January 2022, the government set out its intention to legislate later this year to bring certain cryptoassets into financial promotion regulation. This would ensure that relevant cryptoasset promotions are held to the same high standards for fairness, clarity and accuracy that exist in the financial services industry. Additionally, on the 20 July, the government introduced the Financial Services and Markets Bill, which includes a measure allowing HM Treasury to bring stablecoins, where used as a means of payment, within the UK regulatory perimeter.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed to consult later this year on the broader regulation of cryptoassets.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 22/07/2022 08:46:12 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1490393

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Public Service Broadcasting: Wales
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 her planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals for the Media Bill as announced in the Queen's Speech 2022; and what progress her Department has made on developing proposals relating to the (a) online prominence of Welsh language Public Service Broadcasting content and (b) remit of S4C.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	38530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government set out its programme for the third session in the Queen’s speech on 10th May 2022 which included a commitment to legislate for a Media Bill.</p><p>Regional and minority language broadcasting has an important role to play in the UK’s broadcasting ecology, providing not only an opportunity for speakers to access content in a language familiar to them, but as a means of cultural expression for communities across the UK.</p><p>In recognition of this, the government set out its intention in the Broadcasting White Paper - <em>Up Next</em> - to legislate to introduce a new prominence regime which would require designated TV platforms to give appropriate prominence to PSB online services, including S4C. We will also legislate to update the public service remit of S4C to reflect the growth of digital and online services, and remove the current geographical broadcasting restrictions to allow S4C to broaden its reach by offering its content on a range of new platforms in the UK and beyond.</p><p>The Government will introduce this legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/07/2022 09:09:04 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1489507

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Arts: Copyright
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings he has held with representatives of the creative industries in relation to the Government’s decision to expand the text and data mining exception.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	37453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government conducted a full public consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property 29 October 2021-7 January 2022, which included options on text and data mining. Creative industry views were well represented in the responses, but little quantitative evidence of impact was received. Creative industry representatives attended two of the six roundtable meetings which were held with different sectors as part of the consultation exercise. Other attendees included representatives of civil society, researchers and the tech sector.</p><p> </p><p>The former minister for Science, Research and Innovation also discussed the exception with representatives of the Alliance for Intellectual Property at a meeting on 6 July.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 20/07/2022 17:04:30 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan