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1609380

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Pets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Department's White Paper entitled A Fairer Private Rented Sector, published 16 June 2022, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his polices of pets considered tenancies.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	177876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment of the policies proposed in the White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’ when we bring forward legislation.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/04/2023 11:11:07 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1608724

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential link between (a) animal abuse and (b) domestic violence; and if she will make a written statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	176683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) including domestic abuse is a government priority. VAWG is an unacceptable, preventable issue which blights the lives of millions.</p><p>Our Domestic Abuse Act became law in April 2021. This is a truly game changing piece of legislation which transforms our response to victims in every region in England and Wales and ensures perpetrators can be brought to justice. The Act also expands the definition of controlling or coercive behaviour to victims who do not live with their abuser. Domestic abuse can affect all parts of a victim’s life and relationships including, for example, through threats and harm to pets.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2022 we published statutory guidance to accompany the legislation and to provide explanation of the different characteristics of domestic abuse, which includes reference to how pets may be used by perpetrators.</p><p> </p><p>During the passage of the then Domestic Abuse Bill, Dogs Trust submitted written evidence highlighting that available research indicates a link between abuse to pets and abuse to people in the context of domestic abuse, for example they carried out a survey of domestic abuse professionals which found that 49% of them had been aware of cases where pets had been killed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to animal welfare. Whilst the Government has not made a formal assessment of existing research into the link between those who commit domestic abuse offences and those who commit animal welfare offences, as a reflection of the seriousness with which we take cruelty against our animals we supported the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act which received royal assent in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 20/04/2023 09:08:32 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1608760

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Pets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with animal welfare organisations on reforms to rules around renting to people with pets.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	176692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Further to the answer given in response to <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-27%2F174324&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce0d0e89204aa43da952208db41a5ba74%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638175952263243884%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=05aqFVWRmhF1%2BOgog50H71bx59vjX1MmJip1Jo%2BShvs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Question UIN 174324</a> on 3 April 2023, we will legislate to give tenants in the private rented sector a legal ‘right to request a pet’ that the landlord must consider and cannot unreasonably refuse. We know that some landlords are concerned about the potential damage caused by pets, so we will also allow landlords to require insurance covering pet damage. We will legislate in the Renters Reform Bill when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We plan to publish guidance for tenants and landlords on what would constitute an unreasonable refusal of a pet before the new rules come into effect and we will provide detail on how tenants can challenge decisions in due course.</p><p>Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on GOV.UK. Officials in the department continue to engage with external stakeholders whilst developing policies for pets in the private rented sector and have discussed the proposals with animal welfare organisations.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/04/2023 11:13:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1608059

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
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 fiscal impacts of increasing funding for sustainable aviation fuels.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	174530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). A SAF mandate will be introduced to drive demand. A consultation setting out further detail on the mandate and potential uptake trajectories for SAF was published on 30 March. It reaffirms our commitment that at least 10% of fuel must be made from sustainable sources by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The government is investing in SAF plants to boost supply. 8 SAF plants received support through the green fuels, green skies competition. A further £165m is being invested through the Advanced Fuels Fund between 2022 – 25 to support UK SAF plants reach commercial scale.</p><p> </p><p>DfT commissioned an independent review in October 2022 to understand how to accelerate investment in a UK SAF industry. The government will publish the review and respond to it shortly. The government has been clear that it wants to see the UK continue to capture its share of the global SAF market and play a leading role in the development, production and use of SAF. As the response to the independent report will set out, government will continue to work in partnership with industry and investors to explore the best approach to addressing barriers to investment.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 173008 173009 173010 question first answered 31/03/2023 14:45:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1607068

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential merits of introducing a price stability mechanism for the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	173008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). A SAF mandate will be introduced to drive demand. A consultation setting out further detail on the mandate and potential uptake trajectories for SAF was published on 30 March. It reaffirms our commitment that at least 10% of fuel must be made from sustainable sources by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The government is investing in SAF plants to boost supply. 8 SAF plants received support through the green fuels, green skies competition. A further £165m is being invested through the Advanced Fuels Fund between 2022 – 25 to support UK SAF plants reach commercial scale.</p><p> </p><p>DfT commissioned an independent review in October 2022 to understand how to accelerate investment in a UK SAF industry. The government will publish the review and respond to it shortly. The government has been clear that it wants to see the UK continue to capture its share of the global SAF market and play a leading role in the development, production and use of SAF. As the response to the independent report will set out, government will continue to work in partnership with industry and investors to explore the best approach to addressing barriers to investment.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 173009 173010 174530 question first answered 31/03/2023 14:45:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1607069

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
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 merits of implementing a contracts for difference scheme, similar to that used to in the wind sector, for the production of sustainable aviation fuels.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	173009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). A SAF mandate will be introduced to drive demand. A consultation setting out further detail on the mandate and potential uptake trajectories for SAF was published on 30 March. It reaffirms our commitment that at least 10% of fuel must be made from sustainable sources by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The government is investing in SAF plants to boost supply. 8 SAF plants received support through the green fuels, green skies competition. A further £165m is being invested through the Advanced Fuels Fund between 2022 – 25 to support UK SAF plants reach commercial scale.</p><p> </p><p>DfT commissioned an independent review in October 2022 to understand how to accelerate investment in a UK SAF industry. The government will publish the review and respond to it shortly. The government has been clear that it wants to see the UK continue to capture its share of the global SAF market and play a leading role in the development, production and use of SAF. As the response to the independent report will set out, government will continue to work in partnership with industry and investors to explore the best approach to addressing barriers to investment.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 173008 173010 174530 question first answered 31/03/2023 14:45:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1607071

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
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 merits of introducing a price support mechanism for sustainable aviation fuel.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	173010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). A SAF mandate will be introduced to drive demand. A consultation setting out further detail on the mandate and potential uptake trajectories for SAF was published on 30 March. It reaffirms our commitment that at least 10% of fuel must be made from sustainable sources by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The government is investing in SAF plants to boost supply. 8 SAF plants received support through the green fuels, green skies competition. A further £165m is being invested through the Advanced Fuels Fund between 2022 – 25 to support UK SAF plants reach commercial scale.</p><p> </p><p>DfT commissioned an independent review in October 2022 to understand how to accelerate investment in a UK SAF industry. The government will publish the review and respond to it shortly. The government has been clear that it wants to see the UK continue to capture its share of the global SAF market and play a leading role in the development, production and use of SAF. As the response to the independent report will set out, government will continue to work in partnership with industry and investors to explore the best approach to addressing barriers to investment.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 173008 173009 174530 question first answered 31/03/2023 14:45:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1606256

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	Genomics: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the US Department of Commerce adding two subsidiaries of BGI Group to its export blacklist, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of UK legislation for taking similar measures in the genomics sector; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review of the adequacy of protections for British technology and goods from companies linked to the Chinese military.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is satisfied that the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria announced in the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449, provide a thorough risk assessment framework for assessing all export licence applications, including the capacity of items to be misused in ways that could be used to commit human rights abuses.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/03/2023 11:23:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1606257

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	BGI Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the US Department of Commerce adding BGI Tech Solutions (Hong Kong) to its export blacklist, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of this company being awarded contracts by UK universities on national security; and whether her Department has provided guidance to universities with research partnerships with organisations deemed by the UK's allies to pose a significant threat to (a) national security and (b) human rights.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting UK businesses and academia to engage with any and all international collaborations that includes BGI in a way that reflects the UK’s values and takes account of national security concerns. We proactively engage with business and academia to make them aware of national security risks, including through the RCAT programme which supports universities with risk assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the academic sector to make informed decisions on international research collaboration through the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpni.gov.uk%2Ftrusted-research-guidance-academia&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSion.Griffiths%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc02ce4ca43e0498947ae08d9b4d994a3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637739668855514856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ocSfVJKa%2BiEAqzDFTM6bC3w9DcjWyLnhI2myeyzYcmU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Trusted Research</a> campaign and supported Universities UK to develop guidelines, published in October 2020, to help universities tackle security risks related to international collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the new UK Biological Security Strategy, which is due for publication in the coming months, the Government is currently undertaking a full programme of work to assess how we can minimise the risks from biological data to protect our burgeoning bioeconomy, shape global norms and standards, without stifling innovation, and build confidence in sharing personal data to improve health outcomes in the UK and across the world.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/03/2023 15:26:09 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1606258

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	BGI Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) scientists and (b) postgraduate students barred from working in the UK in 2023 on national security grounds are associated with BGI Group.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not publicly comment on matters of national security.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/03/2023 15:47:48 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith