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1183263

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding from the public purse for Heathrow airport expansion is allocated in line with the recent judgment on that expansion.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The sale of nut-based products on board aircrafts is a commercial decision for individual airlines. However, the Government is pleased to note that a number of UK airlines have taken positive steps to ban nuts and nut products from their aircraft. We continue to encourage industry to take appropriate measures. Government also wants to see improved clarity and consistency in how airlines operating in the UK assist nut allergy sufferers.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have always been clear that Heathrow expansion is a private sector project which must meet strict criteria on air quality, noise and climate change, as well as being privately financed, affordable, and delivered in the best interest of consumers. It will receive no public funds. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/03/2020 16:05:02 question first ministerially corrected 13/03/2020 09:04:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 11819 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183273

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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	Seabed: Bomb Disposal
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 guidance his Department has issued to the Marine Management Organisation on removal of unexploded ordnance from the seabed using low order disposal technology; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	26129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>Defra recognises the significant impact underwater noise from ordnance clearance and other activities can have on vulnerable marine species. We are working closely with the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), other Government departments including the Ministry of Defence, statutory nature conservation bodies and marine industries to manage and reduce underwater noise.</p><p> </p><p>The underwater noise impact of using low order deflagration techniques for unexploded ordnance detonations is currently being researched by Hartley Anderson on behalf of the <ins class="ministerial">Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</ins><del class="ministerial">Defra Group</del>. The MMO is an active member of the Steering Group which is helping to progress this research. Closed water trials took place in 2019 and sea trials of the technology are planned for 2020. Defra does not expect to issue formal guidance on the use of low-order deflagration techniques until this research has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/03/2020 11:41:01 question first ministerially corrected 16/07/2020 10:23:06 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 12321 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1183077

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cambodia and Vietnam: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases in which a UK citizen was a victim of a serious crime in (a) Cambodia and (b) Vietnam did the UK (i) embassy and (i) local consular offices support in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	25663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">For the last three years the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has provided consular assistance to victims of crime in Cambodia and Vietnam as shown below. The FCO does not distinguish between victims of crimes and victims of serious crimes when recording consular cases.</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2018</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2019</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Victim of Crime</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Cambodia</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Vietnam</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Cambodia</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Vietnam</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Cambodia</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Vietnam</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Assault</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Domestic Abuse</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Modern Slavery/Human Trafficking</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rape &amp; Sexual Assault</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Murder/ Manslaughter</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Theft</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">29</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data regarding consular cases is published monthly on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Consular Data pages of GOV.UK, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-commonwealth-office-consular-data-2019#history</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/03/2020 16:38:57 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2020 17:37:37 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 12565 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1183131

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Trees
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 assessment he has made of trends in the number of trees growing in England in each of the last three decades.
tabling member constituency	Epsom and Ewell
tabling member printed	Chris Grayling
uin	25632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics annually on woodland area in England but not by tree numbers. These are Official Statistics produced to meet the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics. Woodland area statistics can be found on the Forest Research web site together with background information at <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/</a></p><p> </p><p>The below figures are reported in Forestry Statistics and use data from the National Forest Inventory:</p><p> </p><p>Year at 31 March | Thousand<ins class="ministerial"> Hectares</ins><del class="ministerial"> acres</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>1,201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>1,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,308</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 13/03/2020 08:13:39 question first ministerially corrected 13/03/2020 09:24:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 12261 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1413 label Biography information for Lord Grayling

1183173

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Sick Leave: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are giving to employers of people in insecure employment including (1) people on zero-hours contracts, (2) self-employed individuals working for organisations as if they were employees, and (3) people in similar precarious circumstances where it is not possible to claim statutory sickness benefit, in situations where people are advised to self-isolate due to contracting COVID-19, experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or having been in contact with cases of COVID-19; and what advice they are giving to people in such circumstances.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2020 answer text <p>As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that no one should be penalised for doing the right thing. These are rapidly developing circumstances, we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 20/03/2020 12:13:15 question first ministerially corrected 30/04/2020 16:47:49 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott previous answer version 13683 answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1181769

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Right of Abode: British National (Overseas)
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter from Lord Goldsmith to the Home Secretary on 14 February which stated that the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration does not prevent the extension of full right of abode in the UK to those in Hong Kong who own a British National (Overseas) passport; and what response they intend to make to the reported request in that letter that "false statements" about the nature of his advice in relation to the rights of British National (Overseas) passports should be "retracted and not repeated".
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2020 17:44:44 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2020 17:58:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 12691 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1181523

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has used the powers under section 52(1A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to require local authorities to keep electoral registers in a standardised digital format.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	22431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not issued a ministerial direction to require local authorities to keep electoral registers in a standardised digital format. However, the issue of a common standard for electoral register data has been discussed previously at meetings <del class="ministerial">of </del> <ins class="ministerial">between </ins>the Parliamentary Parties Panel<ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">and Cabinet Office officials</ins>.</p><p>This Panel is run by the Electoral Commission and gives representatives of the main political parties a forum to discuss issues affecting them. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/who-we-are/how-we-make-decisions/party-panels" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/who-we-are/how-we-make-decisions/party-panels</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/03/2020 17:05:36 question first ministerially corrected 13/03/2020 10:45:24 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 10320 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1180608

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the reported occupation of an Ahmadiyya place of worship in District Kusur, Punjab, by anti-Ahmadi extremists, denying Ahmadi Muslims the right to worship.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned about the occupation of an Ahmadiyya mosque in Kusur District, Punjab. The UK strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of innocent people based on their beliefs. We engage at a senior level on the mistreatment of religious and ethnic groups, including Pakistanis from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.</p><p>I raised our deep concerns about this incident in Kusur District and the importance of protecting of the Ahmadiyya community, as equal citizens, in a letter to Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Dr. Shireen Mazari, on <del class="ministerial">28</del> <ins class="ministerial">27 </ins>February.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/03/2020 15:17:45 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2020 11:19:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 10925 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1179512

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Dogs: Smuggling
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 he has made of the number of dogs and puppies that were illegally imported in 2019; and from which countries those dogs and puppies were illegally imported.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	19046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The attached Annex contains the number of dogs landed in Great Britain which did not meet the import requirements and therefore required quarantine in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The definition of ‘illegally landed’ does not necessarily mean the animal was smuggled into Great Britain. Our definition of an illegal landing is any dog that is landed in Great Britain which does not meet the import requirements and therefore requires quarantine under the Rabies Importation Order. While these figures may include some smuggled animals, it also includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>pet animals that arrive at UK airports and during the pets check are found to be non-compliant</li></ul><ul><li>animals that are found ‘inland’ and after a trading standards investigation are found to be non-compliant</li></ul><p> </p><p>The attached data will include animals imported under the Pet Travel Scheme and the commercial import (Balai) requirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 02/03/2020 12:07:47 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2020 11:58:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis attachment 1 file name Attached Annex PQ 19046.docx title Attached Annex for PQ 19046 previous answer version 9157 answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1177477

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Abortion: Down's Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many abortions took place after the diagnosis of Down's Syndrome in each of the last 10 years; and at what weeks gestation those abortions took place.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	14717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of legal abortions which took place in England and Wales <del class="ministerial">after the diagnosis of</del> <ins class="ministerial">where </ins>Down’s Syndrome<ins class="ministerial"> was mentioned as a medical condition on the HSA4 abortion form </ins> in each of the last 10 years by week of gestation is attached. Information on abortions for club foot, hammer toe or tarsal coalition is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/02/2020 14:22:23 question first ministerially corrected 10/06/2020 15:21:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately attachment 1 file name PQ14717 (corrected).xlsx title Abortion figures for Down's Syndrome corrected previous answer version 6833 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 attachment 1 file name Abortion figures for Down's Syndrome.xlsx title Abortion figures for Down's Syndrome
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce