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1216818

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date	23/06/2020
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	Bahrain: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the imprisonment and planned execution of people in Bahrain on that country's compliance with international human rights obligations.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	63453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government of Bahrain is fully aware that the UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty, in all circumstances. The right to a fair trial is enshrined in the constitution of Bahrain; we continue to encourage the Government of Bahrain to follow due process in all cases and meet its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/07/2020 15:33:30 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1217107

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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	Ofgem
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to publish a revised Strategy and Policy Statement in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	63454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>With regards to energy, under the Energy Act 2013, a Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) requires that my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out the Government’s strategic priorities in formulating its policy for the energy sector. The forthcoming Energy White Paper will address the transformation of our energy system, promoting high-skilled jobs and clean, resilient economic growth as we deliver net-zero emissions by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/07/2020 16:55:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1216402

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Hussein Abdullah Khalil Rashid and Zuhair Ibrahim Jasim Abdullah
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Government of Bahrain on (a) the fairness of the trials of Zuhair and Husain Abdullah Khalil Rashid’s and (b) the allegations of the use torture of those people that resulted in them being given death sentences.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	62553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>We have raised the cases of Zuhair Ibrahim Jasim Abdullah and Hussein Abdullah Khalil Rashid at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain.</p><p>The Government of Bahrain is fully aware that the UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty, in all circumstances. The right to a fair trial is enshrined in the constitution of Bahrain; we continue to encourage the Government of Bahrain to follow due process in all cases and meet its international and domestic human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 26/06/2020 13:44:55 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1203617

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49803 on hydrogen buses, what funding his Department has provided to increase the use of battery electric buses; and how many battery electric buses have been purchased through that funding.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	59546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has provided funding to assist the purchase of low emission buses. Funding to date has been technology neutral, including, the ultra-low emission bus scheme (ULEBS) and the low emission bus scheme (LEBS). These provided successful bidders with £43,517,720 which was used to purchase 341 fully electric buses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Department is currently considering its response to expressions of interest in a £50 million All-Electric Bus Town competition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/06/2020 16:39:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse