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1606844

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date	23/03/2023
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	Sewage and Water Abstraction: Water Companies
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 recent steps she has taken to ensure that (a) publicly and (b) privately owned water and sewerage companies fulfil the duty to provide details of water abstraction and sewerage discharges to the public upon request; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	172359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>All data held by the Environment Agency on water abstractions, sewage treatment effluents or sewage related discharges is Environmental Information and available on request or in some cases is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Water and sewerage companies have published Event and Duration Monitoring (EDM) data relating to sewage discharges annually since 2020 that can be found <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenvironment.data.gov.uk%2Fdataset%2F21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwaterindustryteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C7a32d6f024994605165708dafe1b9c53%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638101691776880584%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Pv206bTBje97%2BO1bmTXHFNz%2BphMgmzNIUObR3WDdb78%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. The 2022 data will be published at the end of March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Defra also publish a summary of water abstraction statistics. The most recent update was published in July 2022, including data up until 2018: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fwater-abstraction-estimates&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwaterindustryteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cec32f825a0c145bc778808db2ea572ad%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638155060348158262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BQZBj2b%2BSHiCAMONi7n8BzpLaple7PTYx7tECPTVgEw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Water abstraction statistics: England, 2000 to 2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/03/2023 11:03:23 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1606063

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Crown Prosecution Service in the next Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	170737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>In the 2021 Spending Review, the CPS secured a significant funding increase enabling it to respond to growing pressures in the criminal justice system. This settlement saw a significant investment in CPS funding, increasing its budget from £630m a year to £728m by 2024/25. That settlement has been maintained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:40:28 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1606064

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Barristers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what her Department's policy is on the parity of fees for prosecution and defence counsels.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	170738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Equality of arms between defence and prosecution is an important principle within the criminal justice system. Following last year’s increase to defence counsel fees, as recommended by the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid, this Government is providing additional funding to uplift the fees CPS pays to prosecution counsel. This funding restores parity between defence and prosecution counsel.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2023 14:38:31 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1604964

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Israel: Diplomatic Service
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of staff from the Consulate General in Jerusalem wearing t-shirts which erase Israel's existence at a marathon race event in Jerusalem on 10 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	167038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>There is no implication for UK policy. The UK's position is long-standing - we wish to see a viable two-state solution with Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace, prosperity and security.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/03/2023 11:33:52 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe