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1236106

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date	21/09/2020
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	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that he Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy includes (a) women, peace and security and (b) women and girls’ rights in (i) conflict and (ii) peacebuilding as key priorities for his Department.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	92867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is an important component of the UK's work to promote human rights and support sustainable peace processes. In 2020 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. This Government will mark the anniversary by calling for renewed commitment by the international community to implement all of the WPS UN Security Council resolutions. Our priorities for the anniversary are to promote women's meaningful inclusion in peace processes and increase support and protection for women resolving conflict, countering violent extremism and building peace at the grassroots level. The cross-government National Action Plan on WPS 2018-2022 outlines our WPS strategy. We continue to prioritise preventive diplomacy and mediation through the UN and push for greater collaboration on peacebuilding amongst international organisations. The evidence is also clear that women's meaningful participation in conflict prevention through to conflict resolution is key to securing sustainable peace. We also continue to drive more concerted, coordinated and scaled-up global action across the international system to prevent gender-based violence in conflict settings.</p><p>The Integrated Review and the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are evidence of the Prime Minister's commitment to a unified British foreign policy that will maximise our influence around the world, ensuring the UK is a force for good in the world. When the Prime Minister launched the Integrated Review, he was clear that it will set out the way in which the UK will be a problem-solving and burden-sharing nation. Our aim continues to be for an ambitious and bold Integrated Review that is guided by the UK's foreign policy, national security and development objectives. Gender equality and women's rights will remain a core part of the Government's mission and it is at the heart of the new FCDO.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/09/2020 12:11:04 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1233478

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of financial support available to food and drink wholesalers who have been affected financially by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	88382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented levels of support for workers and businesses to protect, as much as possible, against the current economic emergency. Food and drink wholesalers are eligible for a number of these support schemes, with the most relevant likely to include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help keep millions of people in employment;</li><li>£10,000 cash grants for all business properties in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief and Rural Rates Relief;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme for small businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000, with no interest payments or fees for the first 12 months.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Food and drink wholesalers have also benefited from the recent Eat Out to Help Out Scheme which provided over 100 million half price meals during August and helped to protect the livelihoods of the 1.8 million people working in the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 88383 88385 question first answered 15/09/2020 08:08:46 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1233497

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on food and drink wholesalers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	88383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented levels of support for workers and businesses to protect, as much as possible, against the current economic emergency. Food and drink wholesalers are eligible for a number of these support schemes, with the most relevant likely to include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help keep millions of people in employment;</li><li>£10,000 cash grants for all business properties in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief and Rural Rates Relief;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme for small businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000, with no interest payments or fees for the first 12 months.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Food and drink wholesalers have also benefited from the recent Eat Out to Help Out Scheme which provided over 100 million half price meals during August and helped to protect the livelihoods of the 1.8 million people working in the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 88382 88385 question first answered 15/09/2020 08:08:46 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1233499

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason business rate relief has not been made available to food and wholesale businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	88384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties. As set out in the guidance, support is targeted at premises that are wholly or mainly being used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; for assembly and leisure; or as hotels, guest and boarding premises, and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to determine eligibility for reliefs, having regard to guidance issued by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday such as wholesalers, has also been made available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/09/2020 13:09:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1233501

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to mitigate job losses in the food and drink wholesale sector as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	88385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented levels of support for workers and businesses to protect, as much as possible, against the current economic emergency. Food and drink wholesalers are eligible for a number of these support schemes, with the most relevant likely to include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help keep millions of people in employment;</li><li>£10,000 cash grants for all business properties in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief and Rural Rates Relief;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme for small businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000, with no interest payments or fees for the first 12 months.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Food and drink wholesalers have also benefited from the recent Eat Out to Help Out Scheme which provided over 100 million half price meals during August and helped to protect the livelihoods of the 1.8 million people working in the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 88382 88383 question first answered 15/09/2020 08:08:46 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1233506

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Night-time Economy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential risk to (a) nightclubs, (b) dance halls and (c) discotheques of ending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	88386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware that the outbreak presents a significant challenge to nightclubs, which are unable to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic and must remain closed. The Government has put in place an unprecedented programme of support to help businesses across the economy through the crisis, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, loan guarantees, grants, VAT deferral and the forfeiture moratorium.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has said there will be no further extensions or changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). After eight months of the CJRS, the scheme will close at the end of October.</p><p> </p><p>It would be challenging to target the CJRS to specific sectors in a fair and deliverable way, and it may be the case that there are more effective ways to help those businesses who are still unable to reopen.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/09/2020 11:00:48 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1231525

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Landslips
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help prevent landslips occurring on the UK's railways.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	85104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The House will be aware of the tragic derailment of a passenger train at Carmont near Stonehaven in Scotland on 12 August 2020, which led to the deaths of driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, and caused injuries to six other passengers. I would like to express my sincerest condolences to the families affected by this incident.</p><p> </p><p>The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is currently investigating the circumstances that led to the derailment. The RAIB’s safety investigation will be undertaken in parallel with the industry’s own investigation and with the investigation instructed by the Lord Advocate, which will be carried out by Police Scotland, the British Transport Police and the Office of Rail and Road.</p><p> </p><p>The RAIB will be working to identify the immediate and underlying causes of the incident as part of its ongoing safety investigation, and will be developing recommendations for the industry on how to reduce the risk of landslips and earthwork failures in the future, so that we can prevent harm coming to rail passengers and rail employees alike.</p><p> </p><p>In conjunction with this investigation, the Secretary of State has commissioned Network Rail to carry out an immediate review into the resilience of assets on the national network. Network Rail’s report is expected to be published imminently.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 85105 question first answered 09/09/2020 16:45:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1231532

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to prevent incidents similar to the Stonehaven derailment.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	85105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The House will be aware of the tragic derailment of a passenger train at Carmont near Stonehaven in Scotland on 12 August 2020, which led to the deaths of driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, and caused injuries to six other passengers. I would like to express my sincerest condolences to the families affected by this incident.</p><p> </p><p>The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is currently investigating the circumstances that led to the derailment. The RAIB’s safety investigation will be undertaken in parallel with the industry’s own investigation and with the investigation instructed by the Lord Advocate, which will be carried out by Police Scotland, the British Transport Police and the Office of Rail and Road.</p><p> </p><p>The RAIB will be working to identify the immediate and underlying causes of the incident as part of its ongoing safety investigation, and will be developing recommendations for the industry on how to reduce the risk of landslips and earthwork failures in the future, so that we can prevent harm coming to rail passengers and rail employees alike.</p><p> </p><p>In conjunction with this investigation, the Secretary of State has commissioned Network Rail to carry out an immediate review into the resilience of assets on the national network. Network Rail’s report is expected to be published imminently.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 85104 question first answered 09/09/2020 16:45:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1231535

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coastal Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the use of coastal rail services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	85106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has not made a recent assessment of trends in the use of coastal rail services. However, the following published statistics may be of interest.</p><p>Using ticket sales data, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) estimates the number of passengers travelling to and from each railway station in Great Britain. The latest estimates (for 2018/19) are published, alongside annual estimates since 1997/98, in a statistical publication available from the below link:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage</a></p><p>The Department for Transport additionally publishes statistics showing rail passenger usage at selected major cities in an annual publication titled ‘<em>Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales’. </em>Statistics showing usage at Brighton and Liverpool are included in this publication.</p><p>The most recent statistical release, covering statistics for autumn 2018 is available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2020 16:50:51 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1231537

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Level Crossings: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent collisions with motor vehicles on rail crossings.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	85107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department continues to work closely with Network Rail, which has the chief responsibility for managing Britain’s railway infrastructure, to prevent collisions between motor vehicles and trains on level crossings.</p><p> </p><p>As part of Network Rail’s risk reduction programme, Network Rail has closed over 1,200 level crossings on the network since 2009 and has invested over £200 million to improve safety at other crossings, including deploying automatic barriers, miniature stop lights, CCTV and obstacle detection systems. During the period 2019-24, Network Rail will continue to target high risk level crossings and make improvements wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to planned closures of high risk level crossings on the network, Network Rail continues to run national public awareness campaigns to encourage responsible driving and discourage misuse. This includes using social media and radio advertising to target motorists who live by, work near, or travel through level crossings, so that they follow the warnings in front of them, including lights, barriers and alarms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2020 16:48:17 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi