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1643426

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she held discussions with the Interior Minister of Bahrain on (a) Hassan Mushaima, (b) Abduljalil al-Singace, (c) Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, (d) Abdulwahab Husain, (e) Sheikh Mohammed Habib al-Muqdad, (f) Mohammed Ramadhan and (g) Husain Moosa in April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/06/2023 14:55:51 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643429

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
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	Bahrain: Human Rights
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 potential impact of human rights concerns in Bahrain on diplomatic relations between the UK and Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Bahrain is an important partner to the UK and we have a close and long-standing relationship. We benefit from a genuine and open dialogue in which we work together on a range of issues of mutual benefit, including defence, security, trade and investment, and human rights. The FCDO remains committed to supporting Bahrain's human rights reforms, including through projects delivered via the Gulf Strategy Fund. The FCDO's most recent assessment of the human rights situation in Bahrain is in the annual 2021 FCDO Human Rights and Democracy Report, published in December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/06/2023 15:33:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643430

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Torture: Bahrain
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 meet with Bahraini victims of torture.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government does not comment on individual cases but unhesitatingly condemns all forms of torture worldwide.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/06/2023 14:57:15 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643432

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on the introduction of a Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Building on constructive industry engagement, the Department for Business and Trade is working at pace to launch a Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme in due course.</p><p>I invite interested stakeholders, including those from the finance community as well as vessel builders and operators, to make contact with the National Shipbuilding Office and with my Department as we make preparations for the launch.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/06/2023 16:36:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643433

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the inclusion of her Department's work on end-of-life considerations for recreational vessels in the Clean Maritime Plan Refresh.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department intends to publish an updated version of the Clean Maritime Plan in late 2023. This update will set out the next steps for decarbonising the UK’s maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>Department officials are engaging across government, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on all our developing interventions to drive the sector to net zero, to ensure relevant policies are consulted on.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 19/06/2023 12:59:12 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1640598

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Liver Cancer: Transplant Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations made by the Liver Advisory Group in 2020 on liver transplantation for the treatment of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma and intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Liver Advisory Group, on behalf of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), are exploring pilot programmes for selected patients with both small intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma and perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pHCCa) with underlying primary sclerosing cholangitis.</p><p>The pathway for intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma is now live and there is an offering process in place which should ensure they receive a timely named patient offer. The protocol for pHCCa remains in development and will soon be live in the third quarter of this year. Additionally, in collaboration with NHS England, NHSBT are developing the pHCCa as a commissioning evaluation for the neoadjuvant pathway of proton beam therapy which is a ground-breaking intervention that is being evaluated in this clinical transplant pathway.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 13/06/2023 14:45:08 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1639988

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Nurses: Degrees
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 press release by NHS Health Education England entitled New blended learning nursing degree to focus on community, primary and social care skills, published on 17 May 2023, how the academic curriculum will be chosen for that degree; and whether nurses working in (a) community, (b) primary and (c) social care settings will be consulted in the development of the curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The standards for education and training of registered professionals such as nurses are the statutory responsibility of healthcare regulators.</p><p>The curriculum for the proposed blended learning degree will be in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency for nurses, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/standards-of-proficiency/nurses/future-nurse-proficiencies.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/standards-of-proficiency/nurses/future-nurse-proficiencies.pdf</a>.</p><p>The programme for the blended learning degree was shaped with input from experts and practitioners in community, primary and social care sectors, as well as the Nursing Midwifery Council, National Health Service employers, an expert by experience and a nursing student, through an advisory group that still meets to provide ongoing support to the universities in developing and delivering their curricula.</p><p>NHS England also sought evidence and assurance that the successful universities will have local partnerships with community, primary and social care staff to shape and deliver their curricula.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/06/2023 10:30:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1640091

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Bracken
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2022 to Question 28455 on Bracken: Weedkillers, whether her Department has put control measures in place to help protect (a) grazing land and (b) sensitive habitats from bracken in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>An application for emergency authorisation of the use of Asulox as bracken control for the summer period of 2023 has been received. This application is being considered and decisions on whether to grant emergency authorisation in each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be made as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 05/06/2023 12:35:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1639815

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hockey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme on promoting, developing and widening access to field hockey.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Supporting grassroots sport is a key government priority to ensure that everyone is able to access quality sport and physical activity opportunities, and enjoy the physical and mental health benefits that exercise provides.</p><p>The Government has committed to delivering the facilities that every community needs, and is investing over £300 million across the UK between 2021 and 2025 as a step towards that ambition. This will promote and widen access to grassroots sports, including field hockey.</p><p>England Hockey engages with the Football Foundation and wider partners on how they can work together and benefit from the Government’s investment in UK-wide multisport facilities. Sport England has also provided England Hockey with grant support to update their national facility strategy.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/06/2023 12:23:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1639848

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of requiring employees who have opted out of a workplace pension scheme to be automatically re-enrolled every three years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>The government continues to advocate for the importance of pension saving which offers greater financial resilience in later life. Automatic Enrolment (AE) has transformed pension participation rates, with 86% of eligible private sector employees saving into a workplace pension in 2021, up from 42% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>AE was deliberately designed with an opt-out to give people choice, enabling them to decide if saving for a pension is right for them given their circumstances and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>This is why when an individual makes the decision to pause or cease contributions, the AE framework requires their employer to re-assess and re-enol their eligible employees every three years, which prevents individuals from falling out of pension saving in the medium to long term.</p><p> </p><p>The re-enrolment regime has been successful, seeing 1 million eligible job holders automatically re-enrolled since the introduction of AE in 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/05/2023 14:47:55 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day