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1627122

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date	11/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the statement in the document Energy Security Bill factsheet: Great British Nuclear, updated on 9th May 2023, that nuclear power provides continuous power, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s definition of the word continuous.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>Nuclear power provides continuous power in that it is a non-weather-dependent energy source, it is a proven technology that is an important part of our energy mix. It provides stability to the grid – supplying a solid foundation for power generation on which renewable technologies can build. To give a specific example, we need sources like nuclear for days like December 11th 2022, when wind only provided 3.8 percent of UK electricity, and solar less than one percent whilst nuclear produced a steady 15 percent in line with current capacity.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 19/05/2023 13:24:41 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626495

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Water Companies: Investment Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of shareholder dividends as a proportion of customer water bills for each water company in each of the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State does not intend to make an estimate of shareholder dividends as a proportion of customer water bills. This would not be an accurate method to compare dividends between water companies. All water companies publish their water charges as well as their dividends payments on their websites, and therefore the information requested is already publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/05/2023 11:31:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626499

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to ensure that potential changes to the retained EU law The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001 (as amended) (a) preserve safeguards relating to the impacts from oil and gas activities in protected sites and (b) support conservation objectives.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Any future changes to the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001 (as amended) would seek to, as a minimum, maintain existing standards of environmental protection.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/05/2023 15:40:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626500

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Land: Dartmoor
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries in the debate on Farming on Dartmoor of 18 April 2023, Official Report, column 82WH, whether the independent review of the ecological condition of designated sites on Dartmoor will include an assessment of the recommendations made by Natural England on the necessary steps to deliver the Government’s commitment to protect 30 percent of land by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We are currently developing our plans for the independent review of the ecological condition of protected sites. We will announce further details of the review’s panel members and scope shortly.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 23/05/2023 12:51:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626587

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish guidance on wider groups of Afghans eligible for resettlement under the Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2022, 24,500 people have been brought to safety from Afghanistan and the neighbouring region. This figure includes over 7,600 individuals granted settled status under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p> </p><p>Eligible people are prioritised and referred for resettlement under the ACRS through one of three referral pathways. This includes individuals evacuated or called forward for evacuation under Pathway 1, vulnerable refugees referred by UNHCR under Pathway 2, and British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni referred under the first stage of Pathway 3.</p><p> </p><p>In the second stage of Pathway 3, our commitment to work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk still stands. We are not able to open for referrals at this present time, but further information will be published in due course. <br></p><p>Our immediate focus is ensuring the resettlement of those eligible in the first stage of Pathway 3, which includes individuals who directly supported the UK and international community’s efforts in Afghanistan</p><p> </p><p>We recognise there are many vulnerable individuals who remain in Afghanistan and the region. However, the capacity of the UK to resettle people is not unlimited and difficult decisions about who will be prioritised have to be made.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/05/2023 12:35:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626588

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Afghan nationals have been (a) issued with visas and (b) resettled in the UK following the completion of the Pathway 3 referral process.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The issuance of UK visas is a matter for the Home Office. We are pleased to have welcomed the first arrivals to the UK under the ACRS Pathway 3 and look forward to welcoming all remaining individuals as soon as practicable. Arrival numbers will be updated in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, released by the Home Office and available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/05/2023 13:14:28 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626596

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Universal Credit: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 175632, on Universal Credit: Carers, for what reasons he has no plans to publish his high-level Equalities Impact Assessment for additional conditionality for lead carers of young children; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Government does not routinely publish equality impact assessments.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/05/2023 12:51:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626137

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	Animal Sentience Committee
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 steps the Government has taken on (a) establishing and (b) maintaining the Animal Sentience Committee since the assent of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	184043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>Work is underway to prepare for the forthcoming launch of the new Animal Sentience Committee. Michael Seals CBE was appointed on 2nd September 2022 as the first-ever Chair of the Committee and the Member appointments will be announced in due course. We will also bring the provisions of the Animal Sentience Act into effect, in order to formally establish the Animal Sentience Committee.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/05/2023 12:33:30 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1625616

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 26 April 2023 to Question 181331 on Refugees: Families, if she will make it her policy to include evidence of risk of (a) violence against women and girls in Iran and (b) mass arrests at peaceful protests as a compelling reason to prioritise a family reunion application.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	183693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>It is not appropriate to set out through policy a prescriptive list of circumstances which may lead to an application being prioritised. Instead, where the out-of-country operational team receives a request for prioritisation from an applicant or their representative, a manager will undertake a holistic consideration of the applicant’s individual circumstances to determine whether it should be prioritised.</p><p>Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. That is the fastest route to safety.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/05/2023 13:29:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1625633

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
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	Health Services: Women
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 his Department's Women's Health Strategy for England, published on 30 August 2022, when he plans to publish the implementation framework for the delivery plan; whether the framework will include timeframes for (a) intrauterine insemination and (b) IVF treatment for people in same-sex relationships; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	183694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>We do not plan to publish an implementation framework for a delivery plan for the Women’s Health Strategy. I wrote to MPs on 24 January 2023 setting out our priorities for the first year of implementing the 10-year Women’s Health Strategy. In this, we committed to update Parliament annually on progress, with the first update due in September 2023. In addition, the strategy committed the Government to publish a report on progress in delivering our commitments and the outcomes achieved in three years.</p><p>In regards to intrauterine insemination and IVF treatment for people in same-sex relationships, the Women’s Health Strategy contained a number of important changes and future ambitions to improve access to IVF for female same sex couples, which included removing the additional financial burden they face when accessing treatment. We expect this to take effect during 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/05/2023 16:00:04 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas