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1229541

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Farmers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the 14-day quarantine rules apply to farmers who are able safely and need urgently to harvest their crops.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	81746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>We recognise and appreciate our dedicated farmers who continue to work tirelessly during this challenging time to keep our nation fed.</p><p>Public health remains the UK's top priority, which is why we make changes to the Travel Corridor list as necessary.</p><p>Those arriving from countries not included on the flight corridor exemption list - except for those travellers exempt from UK border rules - must self-isolate for 14 days upon their return.</p><p>Farmers and farm workers are not included in this exemption list and must therefore self-isolate. However, there are special arrangements in place for seasonal horticultural workers that enables them to go straight to the farm where they are working and commence work immediately whilst self-isolating.</p><p>Relevant guidance outlining this advice can be found here:</p><p>Travel corridors:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7C34b4b83950374efd63ec08d8500186ff%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637347314795408506&amp;sdata=6L9qFqGdpKW2cGzqyoRMwzN%2BvaMmnveGjOSxRaoAiZQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors</a></p><p>Travellers exempt from border rules in the UK:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7C34b4b83950374efd63ec08d8500186ff%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637347314795418498&amp;sdata=lt3pnUmPNhNcGHP99iwaPebVCrCa0fmy1o0u2SE2vUQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules</a></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/09/2020 16:39:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1218611

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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	Waste Management: Coronavirus
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 he is taking to support (a) Lakeside EfW and high temperature incinerator and (b) other waste industry organisations in providing services to local authorities and NHS trusts during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	65992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Government is continuing to work closely with the waste industry, including operators of incineration and EFW plants such as Lakeside, to understand the impact of Covid-19 on the sector and to provide the necessary and appropriate support to ensure the provision of services.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced unprecedented support for businesses in general, including a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, deferral of VAT payments for firms until the end of June and £330 billion of Government-backed and guaranteed loans including a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Early in the pandemic, Defra worked with the waste industry to develop an online platform to facilitate the sharing of resources between local authorities and commercial operators. The platform, WasteSupport, was launched on 16 April. In addition, the Environment Agency has been taking a proportionate approach to regulation and published a number of COVID-19 Regulatory Position Statements, to address specific concerns around compliance with permit conditions, for instance on exceeding waste storage limits at permitted sites. These can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-regulatory-position-statements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-regulatory-position-statements</a></p><p> </p><p>Throughout the outbreak, we have worked closely with the NHS to monitor the position in relation to clinical waste. We have clear, sensible contingency plans in place and continue to keep the position under review.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has worked with local government, other Government departments and the waste industry to produce and publish guidance to help local authorities manage their waste collection services and household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) during the Covid-19 outbreak. The guidance on reopening HWRCs was developed in conjunction with Public Health England and the Home Office and sets out how to operate HWRCs in a way that protects human health while maintaining safe systems of working. The HWRC guidance is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-to-local-authorities-on-prioritising-waste-collections/managing-household-waste-and-recycling-centres-hwrcs-in-england-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-to-local-authorities-on-prioritising-waste-collections/managing-household-waste-and-recycling-centres-hwrcs-in-england-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic</a></p><p> </p><p>Since publication of our guidance nearly all local authorities are now able to offer a HWRC service and local householders can make trips to these sites as needed. Weekly surveys indicate that, due to the hard work of those in the sector, nearly all English authorities are operating household waste collections as normal, with only a small percentage reporting minor disruption.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Regional Growth and I wrote to local authorities on 5 May to thank those working to deliver waste services during the Covid-19 outbreak for the vital role they are playing in protecting the environment, public amenity and people’s health. We wrote a further letter on 28 June asking local authorities to ensure that as much access as possible is provided to HWRC services where this can be done safely.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 07/07/2020 16:50:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1217948

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Tobacco: Sweden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the US Food and Drug Administration's designation of Swedish snus as a modified risk tobacco product, if he will discontinue the ban on snus oral tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	64875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Snus is banned in the United Kingdom under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016. The Government will consider reviewing the position on snus in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/07/2020 14:55:15 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1216404

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for his Department to undertake a review of tobacco legislation after the transition period; and what the terms of reference for that review will cover.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	62356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has a legal commitment to undertake a Post Implementation Review (PIR) of the Tobacco and Related Product Regulations 2016 and The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 by May 2021. A response to the PIRs on tobacco legislation from 2010-2016 will be published later this year.</p><p>The Government is committed to achieving a smokefree England by 2030. Plans to achieve this will be set out at a later date. We will continue to monitor the evidence base on the latest developments in the reduced risk products market, including e-cigarettes, to assess their risks and evidence to help smokers quit smoking.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 62357 question first answered 09/07/2020 10:54:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1216405

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his planned review of tobacco legislation after the transition period will be based on the harm reduction principle of regulating products according to individual risk to health.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	62357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has a legal commitment to undertake a Post Implementation Review (PIR) of the Tobacco and Related Product Regulations 2016 and The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 by May 2021. A response to the PIRs on tobacco legislation from 2010-2016 will be published later this year.</p><p>The Government is committed to achieving a smokefree England by 2030. Plans to achieve this will be set out at a later date. We will continue to monitor the evidence base on the latest developments in the reduced risk products market, including e-cigarettes, to assess their risks and evidence to help smokers quit smoking.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 62356 question first answered 09/07/2020 10:54:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1194568

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Airways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the response of British Airways to the covid-19 outbreak on the (a) contractual rights, (b) job security and (c) financial security of its employees.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	45080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that the recent announcement from British Airways will be very distressing news for employees and their families.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is engaging on a regular basis with airlines, unions and Public Health England on the application of public health measures in aviation</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has set out unprecedented support for workers of airline companies. Measures such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are being used across the aviation industry to protect the sector against the Covid-19 economic crisis.</p><p> </p><p>These measures, alongside other Government support measures such as Coronavirus Large Business Loan Interruption Scheme and the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF), are helping airlines of all sizes get through this crisis and beyond. The Chancellor has noted that under exceptional circumstances bespoke support could be provided to airlines.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/05/2020 15:40:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1184224

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to encourage girls to study STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	901474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>We want to see more girls studying STEM subjects and are committed to improving the gender balance in computing, maths and physics, where uptake by girls is low. We are funding several interventions in this area. A-levels mathematics students are likely to earn on average 11 per cent more on their salary by the time they are 34, than students who choose not to study maths. Indeed, studying STEM can lead to a wide range of brilliant careers - from computer scientist to Minister for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/03/2020 14:31:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1181675

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the use of technology by schools.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	901020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Education's EdTech Strategy, 'Realising the potential of technology in education', aims to support educational providers to embed and use technology effectively to support teacher workload reductions, cost savings and improved student outcomes. This includes supporting schools and colleges to spread best practice in effective technology use through our Demonstrator Programme, which is due to launch in the Spring.</p><p>The Demonstrator Programme will help tech enabled schools and colleges to provide peer-to-peer support to other schools to help them use technology in the most effective way.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2020 17:35:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1173415

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on creating an economic environment in which digital currencies can be developed.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	8202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s approach to cryptoassets was outlined in the 2018 Cryptoassets Taskforce report, and in July last year the FCA set out its position in relation to the regulatory perimeter in this space. The government and regulators have since taken steps to continue encouraging responsible innovation in this area, while also mitigating risks to consumers and markets.</p><p>For instance, this January the Treasury transposed the cryptoasset provisions set out in the EU Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5MLD). This will combat the risk of cryptoassets being used for illicit activity, in support of the government’s aims for the sector.</p><p>More broadly, the government is committed to creating an environment where tech businesses can thrive by investing in areas such as talent, cutting-edge research and growth finance. Venture capital investment in the UK tech sector grew by 44 per cent in 2019, from £7.1bn to £10.1bn. This was a faster growth rate than both the US and China.</p><p>The financial regulators continue to provide a platform that facilitates innovation in this space. For example, the Financial Conduct Authority has accepted a significant number of DLT-based projects into its Regulatory Sandbox to help enable the adoption of this technology to deliver better financial services with appropriate consumer safeguards.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/02/2020 11:51:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1170391

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is on course to meet its 2024 target of a maximum four-week waiting time for children and young people who are referred to a mental health specialist.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	2459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>NHS England is currently working nationally with 12 pilot sites to test the feasibility of delivering a four-week waiting time for access to National Health Service mental health support. Delivering and maintaining a waiting time across the large and complex children and young people’s mental health pathway is a challenge, and we are proceeding carefully so as not to establish any perverse incentives.</p><p> </p><p>The pilots will test not only what it takes to achieve and maintain a four-week waiting time, but also how best to define and measure this access to specialist children and young people’s mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>The agreed pilots end in 2020/21. Results will then be evaluated. The Department and NHS England will consider the results of the evaluation and will look at its implications for the development and rollout of access and waiting time standards for all children and young people who need specialist mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 21/01/2020 14:30:58 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie