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1131785

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 18 March 2019 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on behalf of her constituent, Mr Devlin Graham.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	263886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>We have received the letter from the hon Member for Glasgow Central and a response will be sent shortly.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 15:11:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1131788

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 4 April 2019 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on behalf of veterans in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	263889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Rt Hon the Earl Howe responded to the hon. Member on 7 May 2019. A copy of the letter has been emailed to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:51:56 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1126642

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the enquiry of 21 March 2019 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on behalf of her constituent, Ms Sheikh.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	254220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is required to respond to Members’ correspondence within 20 working days. However, when cases are complex it is not always possible to provide a full reply within that timeframe. Your office will be provided with an update as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/05/2019 13:11:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1126157

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 May 2019 on Labour Market Policy Update, HCWS1545, whether people currently serving a sanction for a period of over 26 weeks will have that sanction rescinded.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	253631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>We are planning to reduce the duration of the third escalation of a high-level sanction (currently three years) to six months. We aim for this change to come into force by the end of the year. For those who have completed a three-year sanction in the past, they will not be entitled to recompense because their sanction was made in accordance with the law that was in place at the time.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 253632 253633 question first answered 16/05/2019 15:35:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1126159

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 May 2019 on Labour Market Policy Update, HCWS1545, when the ending of benefit sanctions of over six months will come into force.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	253632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>We are planning to reduce the duration of the third escalation of a high-level sanction (currently three years) to six months. We aim for this change to come into force by the end of the year. For those who have completed a three-year sanction in the past, they will not be entitled to recompense because their sanction was made in accordance with the law that was in place at the time.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 253631 253633 question first answered 16/05/2019 15:35:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1126161

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 May 2019 on Labour Market Policy Update, HCWS1545, whether claimants previously sanctioned for periods over six months will be entitled to recompense.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	253633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>We are planning to reduce the duration of the third escalation of a high-level sanction (currently three years) to six months. We aim for this change to come into force by the end of the year. For those who have completed a three-year sanction in the past, they will not be entitled to recompense because their sanction was made in accordance with the law that was in place at the time.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 253631 253632 question first answered 16/05/2019 15:35:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1125242

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the Romanian Presidency on progressing its negotiations on abolishing VAT on sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	252004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>To date, the Romanian Presidency has held one official level discussion on the European Commission’s legislative proposal on VAT Rates. As drafted, this proposal would give the UK the flexibility to apply a zero rate of VAT to women’s sanitary products.</p><p> </p><p>During this discussion, the UK delegation made clear that the Government strongly supports the flexibility that the draft legislation would offer. Member States and the Commission are well aware of the Government’s firm commitment to zero rate women’s sanitary products as soon as it is legal to do so.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/05/2019 15:07:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1124537

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	National Breastfeeding Week
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to mark National Breastfeeding Week 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	250490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Breastfeeding Celebration Week 2019 is planned for week commencing 17 June. Along with partner organisations and breastfeeding charities. Public Health England (PHE) will engage in a social media centred celebration of breastfeeding. The theme for the week in 2019 is promoting the benefits of skin to skin contact, both immediately after birth and throughout the early weeks of life. PHE has commissioned a short film focussed on empowering young women who wish to breastfeed to support them achieving their intended breastfeeding duration and celebrating with women with black, Asian or minority ethnic ancestry who choose to breastfeed.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/05/2019 14:26:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1123688

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Companies: Ownership
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 exemptions have been made under the people with significant control register; and for what reasons those exemptions have been made.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	248713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>As at 30 April 2019, 836 live companies were exempt from the requirements to file information about their People with Significant Control. This is because they are subject to other disclosure requirements due to their voting shares being admitted to trading on a regulated market in the UK or EEA, or on markets listed in Schedule 1 to the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Exemptions can also be granted in very limited circumstances, in the interests of national security, the economic wellbeing of the UK, or in the support or prevention or detection of serious crime. I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 26 January 2016, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-01-26/HCWS488/" target="_blank">HCWS488</a>, which set out the circumstances in which such exemptions would be granted.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/05/2019 16:05:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 116369 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1123275

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the enquiry of 20 February 2019 to UKVI from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on behalf of her constituent, Mr Walid Chegra.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	247727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office responded on 29th April regarding this matter</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/05/2019 13:46:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss