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1353187

registered interest
date	31/08/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
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 implement the policies set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	903280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>Transformation of our railways has begun, and passengers are already benefiting, including through the introduction of new flexi season tickets.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2021 10:22:30 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1348685

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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	Sheep Scab: Disease Control
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 measures the Government is taking to work with key stakeholders to manage the spread of sheep scab, or psoroptic mange, in England.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	36753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Endemic diseases like sheep scab affect animal health and welfare, as well as productivity. As set out in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693158/25-year-environment-plan.pdf" target="_blank">25 year Environment Plan</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update/agricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update" target="_blank">Agricultural Transition Plan: June 2021 progress update</a>, we are working with industry to reduce the impact of endemic diseases, including through the launch in 2022 of an Annual Health and Welfare Review for eligible livestock farmers.</p><p> </p><p>Sheep Scab initiatives are currently managed at a local level but we are working with Devolved Administrations to plan how we tackle the condition across regions.</p><p> </p><p>A group of experts have recently been successful in a bid for funding from Defra via the Rural Development Programme for England to lead a two-year community-led project to improve the control of sheep scab in three hot spot areas where scab currently presents a significant problem: the North West, the Midlands and the South West. Farmers participating in this initiative will receive a unique combination of on-farm advice, best practice training, and free blood testing.</p><p> </p><p>Farmers seeking further advice on sheep scab can contact the <a href="http://apha.defra.gov.uk/documents/surveillance/diseases/into-note-sheep-scab-resistance-.pdf" target="_blank">Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 36754 36755 question first answered 28/07/2021 15:27:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1348686

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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	Sheep Scab: Disease Control
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 measures the Government is taking to work with devolved nations to tackle the spread of sheep scab across the regions.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	36754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Endemic diseases like sheep scab affect animal health and welfare, as well as productivity. As set out in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693158/25-year-environment-plan.pdf" target="_blank">25 year Environment Plan</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update/agricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update" target="_blank">Agricultural Transition Plan: June 2021 progress update</a>, we are working with industry to reduce the impact of endemic diseases, including through the launch in 2022 of an Annual Health and Welfare Review for eligible livestock farmers.</p><p> </p><p>Sheep Scab initiatives are currently managed at a local level but we are working with Devolved Administrations to plan how we tackle the condition across regions.</p><p> </p><p>A group of experts have recently been successful in a bid for funding from Defra via the Rural Development Programme for England to lead a two-year community-led project to improve the control of sheep scab in three hot spot areas where scab currently presents a significant problem: the North West, the Midlands and the South West. Farmers participating in this initiative will receive a unique combination of on-farm advice, best practice training, and free blood testing.</p><p> </p><p>Farmers seeking further advice on sheep scab can contact the <a href="http://apha.defra.gov.uk/documents/surveillance/diseases/into-note-sheep-scab-resistance-.pdf" target="_blank">Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 36753 36755 question first answered 28/07/2021 15:27:55 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1348687

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
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	Sheep Scab: Disease Control
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 support the Government is providing to farmers who are struggling to manage the outbreak of sheep scab, or psoroptic mange, on their farms.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	36755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Endemic diseases like sheep scab affect animal health and welfare, as well as productivity. As set out in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693158/25-year-environment-plan.pdf" target="_blank">25 year Environment Plan</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update/agricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update" target="_blank">Agricultural Transition Plan: June 2021 progress update</a>, we are working with industry to reduce the impact of endemic diseases, including through the launch in 2022 of an Annual Health and Welfare Review for eligible livestock farmers.</p><p> </p><p>Sheep Scab initiatives are currently managed at a local level but we are working with Devolved Administrations to plan how we tackle the condition across regions.</p><p> </p><p>A group of experts have recently been successful in a bid for funding from Defra via the Rural Development Programme for England to lead a two-year community-led project to improve the control of sheep scab in three hot spot areas where scab currently presents a significant problem: the North West, the Midlands and the South West. Farmers participating in this initiative will receive a unique combination of on-farm advice, best practice training, and free blood testing.</p><p> </p><p>Farmers seeking further advice on sheep scab can contact the <a href="http://apha.defra.gov.uk/documents/surveillance/diseases/into-note-sheep-scab-resistance-.pdf" target="_blank">Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 36753 36754 question first answered 28/07/2021 15:27:55 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1347801

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Musicians: Visas and Work Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress he has made on (a) short term visa and (b) work permit requirements for touring artists and support staff since since the publication on the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	34582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>We have always acknowledged that the end of freedom of movement would have consequences for touring musicians and performers. That is why, as the Secretary of State has said, we have moved at pace and with urgency to provide greater clarity about the current position, including working with our friends in EU Member States, to support the creative sectors tour in Europe with ease.</p><p> </p><p>Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in the EU, and we have spoken to every Member State. We have established musicians and performers do not need visas or work permits for short-term tours in at least 19 out of 27 Member States. This includes France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and many more. The length of tour permitted without a visa or permit varies across Member States. For many Member States it is for up to 90 days, which will capture the vast majority of tours.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to speak to all Member States to encourage them to ensure their rules and guidance are clear and accessible. And we are now working closely with those Member States that do require visas or work permits for short-term tours to encourage them to adopt a more flexible approach, in line with the UK’s own rules which allow creative professionals to tour here easily. Formal approaches have been made to those Member States, and DCMS ministers will play an active role in discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 34583 34584 question first answered 22/07/2021 13:59:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1347802

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Theatre: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer on 25 May to Question 3150 on Theatre: EU Countries, what assessment his Department has made of the varying time limits placed on touring activities without needing visas or work permits offered by the 17 EU Member States.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	34583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>We have always acknowledged that the end of freedom of movement would have consequences for touring musicians and performers. That is why, as the Secretary of State has said, we have moved at pace and with urgency to provide greater clarity about the current position, including working with our friends in EU Member States, to support the creative sectors tour in Europe with ease.</p><p> </p><p>Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in the EU, and we have spoken to every Member State. We have established musicians and performers do not need visas or work permits for short-term tours in at least 19 out of 27 Member States. This includes France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and many more. The length of tour permitted without a visa or permit varies across Member States. For many Member States it is for up to 90 days, which will capture the vast majority of tours.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to speak to all Member States to encourage them to ensure their rules and guidance are clear and accessible. And we are now working closely with those Member States that do require visas or work permits for short-term tours to encourage them to adopt a more flexible approach, in line with the UK’s own rules which allow creative professionals to tour here easily. Formal approaches have been made to those Member States, and DCMS ministers will play an active role in discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 34582 34584 question first answered 22/07/2021 13:59:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1347803

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to work with his counterparts in the EU member states that have more restrictive visa and work permit requirements than those of the UK, to ensure that artists from the UK can continue touring on a reciprocal basis.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	34584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>We have always acknowledged that the end of freedom of movement would have consequences for touring musicians and performers. That is why, as the Secretary of State has said, we have moved at pace and with urgency to provide greater clarity about the current position, including working with our friends in EU Member States, to support the creative sectors tour in Europe with ease.</p><p> </p><p>Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in the EU, and we have spoken to every Member State. We have established musicians and performers do not need visas or work permits for short-term tours in at least 19 out of 27 Member States. This includes France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and many more. The length of tour permitted without a visa or permit varies across Member States. For many Member States it is for up to 90 days, which will capture the vast majority of tours.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to speak to all Member States to encourage them to ensure their rules and guidance are clear and accessible. And we are now working closely with those Member States that do require visas or work permits for short-term tours to encourage them to adopt a more flexible approach, in line with the UK’s own rules which allow creative professionals to tour here easily. Formal approaches have been made to those Member States, and DCMS ministers will play an active role in discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 34582 34583 question first answered 22/07/2021 13:59:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1347804

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Events Industry: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government's proposed trade deals with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein include permit free touring provisions for UK support staff involved in touring activities in the EEA.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	34585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s creative industries are the finest in the world and this Government understands that the cultural and creative sectors rely on the ability to move people across borders quickly, simply, and with minimal cost and administration.</p><p>On 8 July, the UK - Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein Free Trade Agreement was signed.</p><p>The agreement allows UK touring artists, entertainers and support staff to travel to and work in Norway and Liechtenstein for 90 days in any 180 day period, and Iceland for 90 days in one calendar year without the need for a work permit.</p><p>The deal was based on the same UK offer that the EU turned down in negotiations. This shows our proposals were workable and our door remains open if the EU is willing to reconsider its position.</p><p>To provide further clarity on the arrangements, UK and EEA states plan to issue a non-binding clarification of entry routes for performers, artists and their support staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2021 14:00:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1347805

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freight: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the new cabotage rules set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU, what recent assessment he has made of ways to ease new restrictions on cabotage and road haulage for tours operating from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	34586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) allows EU hauliers to continue to operate to, from, through and within the UK without the need for permits. The TCA ensures that the vast majority of journeys will continue as they did before the end of the transition period.</p><p>The Department for Transport continues to have regular discussions with colleagues across Whitehall on this issue, and is working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport through their Touring Working Group. The Department also continues engage directly with the road haulage sector to help them adapt to the new rules under the TCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 34587 34588 34589 question first answered 22/07/2021 11:14:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1347806

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Arts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the publication of guidance for (a) splitter vans and (b) all other vehicles used by artists touring in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	34587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) allows EU hauliers to continue to operate to, from, through and within the UK without the need for permits. The TCA ensures that the vast majority of journeys will continue as they did before the end of the transition period.</p><p>The Department for Transport continues to have regular discussions with colleagues across Whitehall on this issue, and is working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport through their Touring Working Group. The Department also continues engage directly with the road haulage sector to help them adapt to the new rules under the TCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 34586 34588 34589 question first answered 22/07/2021 11:14:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling