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1644064

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she will be conducting a post-implementation review of the UK Internal Market Act 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	189196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>As set out in legislation, we will conduct a review of certain aspects of the UK Internal Market Act 2020 within the two year period starting at the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/06/2023 10:53:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1644107

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Energy: Companies
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 regulate energy companies to (a) require them to automatically refund surplus credit to consumers who have used less than estimated at the end of the contract year, (b) limit the amount of consumer credit they hold and (c) protect the credits held by consumers in the event a supplier fails; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	189205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem rules state that direct debits must be as accurate as possible and suppliers have a general obligation to not be “overly reliant” on customer credit. Ofgem’s Market Compliance Review (MCR) assessed how suppliers set and review customer direct debit levels. The MCR did not find evidence that direct debits were being widely inflated.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can request a refund on their credit balance at any time and the credit must be refunded promptly.</p><p> </p><p>All domestic customers had their credit balances protected following the supplier failures of Winter 2021/22 and credit balances will remain protected in the event of further insolvencies.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 21/06/2023 07:31:42 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1644151

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 May 2023 on Regulation Update, UIN HCWS779, whether the review of the legal framework for the effective administration of the animal testing ban for chemicals exclusively intended as ingredients in cosmetics products will be subject to a public consultation; what her timeline is for the review; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	189223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking action to seek alternatives to animal testing for worker and environmental safety of chemicals used exclusively as cosmetic ingredients.</p><p>On 17 May 2023, the Home Secretary announced a licensing ban with immediate effect. The Home Office is working closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and other departments to review the effective administration of the licensing ban on animal testing of chemicals exclusively intended as ingredients in cosmetics. This will have due regard of the needs of the science industry, the need to ensure worker and environmental safety, and the need to protect animals from unnecessary harm. The Government is undertaking this work at pace and timings and engagement will be informed by the evidence.</p><p>The Government is also engaging with relevant companies to determine a way forward on legacy licences.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 22/06/2023 15:49:18 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643748

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the emails from the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion of 23 May, 25 May and 7 June 2023 on the impending execution of Mohmmad Ghobadloo in Iran; what discussions and contact his Department has had with Iran's Chargé d'Affaires on that case; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>A response to the email dated 23 May is in process and we aim to respond within 20 working days as per the Cabinet Office guidelines. The FCDO have no record of the emails dated 25 May and 7 June. Please can these be resent to FCDO.Correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk.</p><p>The UK Government is firmly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances and every country, including Iran. We raise our objections to executions of protesters at all appropriate opportunities, including with the Iranian Embassy in London and through our Ambassador in Tehran. On 19 May the Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon condemned Iran's continued use of the death penalty to instil fear and suppress dissent. On 9 January and 8 December, the Foreign Secretary ordered the summoning of Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK, to protest Iran's continued imposition of the death penalty on protesters. We will continue to work closely with our international partners to ensure Iran is held to account on the world stage.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/06/2023 15:17:04 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643784

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Vietnam: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Vietnamese counterpart to press for the immediate release of (a) Hoang Thi Minh Hong and (b) other detained climate activists; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>We regularly raise the treatment of activists and human rights defenders in Vietnam. The Minister for Indo-Pacific raised the case of Hoang Thi Minh Hong with her counterpart Vice Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang at the UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue meeting in London on 12 June. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has also made a public statement expressing concern at the arrest. We continue to monitor the situation in Vietnam and make the case for working in partnership with NGOs.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 15/06/2023 07:52:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643800

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 158881 on Slavery, what estimate her Department has made of the average number of days taken by (a) Multi-Agency Assurance Panels decision-making (b) second pair of eyes review processes; and what proportion of negative Conclusive Grounds decisions were upheld under these processes for identifying victims of modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>All negative reasonable grounds and conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism undergo a second pair of eyes review by a second caseworker or manager as part of the decision making process. Data on the time taken and proportion of negative decisions upheld following such a review are not routinely recorded. All negative decisions that are issued have been upheld by the second pair of eyes.</p><p>Prior to December 2022 Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) reviewed negative conclusive grounds decisions in an advisory capacity prior to the decision being issued. Following the review by MAAPs, the MAAP feedback report was returned to the Competent Authority. Data regarding the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under this process, and the time taken to do so, is not published.</p><p>The design of the MAAP process contributed to the number of days being added to decision-making timelines and were removed due to increasing pressure on the timeliness of NRM decision-making. Consideration continues to be given to the scope and process of any possible alternative assurance process that will not contribute to decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 188927 question first answered 20/06/2023 10:45:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643801

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 158881 on Slavery, what the average number of days taken to make a (a) full Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority decision including the Single Competent Authority component and (b) Single Competent Authority decision for non IECA cases under the National Referral Mechanism for identifying potential victims of modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The two competent authorities, the Single Competent Authority (SCA) and Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority (IECA), both make decisions on whether an individual is a victim of modern slavery. For conclusive grounds decisions made between January and March 2023, the average (median) number of days taken across the competent authorities was 566 days. For decisions made by just the SCA, it took an average of 654 days. For decisions made by just the IECA, it took an average of 352 days. For more information, see the quarterly published statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 10:42:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643802

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March to Question 158881 on Slavery, what the outcome was of her consideration towards an alternative process that can provide appropriate assurance and drive further improvements to National Referral Mechanism decision making for identifying potential victims of modern slavery; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>All negative reasonable grounds and conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism undergo a second pair of eyes review by a second caseworker or manager as part of the decision making process. Data on the time taken and proportion of negative decisions upheld following such a review are not routinely recorded. All negative decisions that are issued have been upheld by the second pair of eyes.</p><p>Prior to December 2022 Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) reviewed negative conclusive grounds decisions in an advisory capacity prior to the decision being issued. Following the review by MAAPs, the MAAP feedback report was returned to the Competent Authority. Data regarding the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under this process, and the time taken to do so, is not published.</p><p>The design of the MAAP process contributed to the number of days being added to decision-making timelines and were removed due to increasing pressure on the timeliness of NRM decision-making. Consideration continues to be given to the scope and process of any possible alternative assurance process that will not contribute to decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 188925 question first answered 20/06/2023 10:45:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643378

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office’s report on Active Travel in England, HC1376, Session 2022-23, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of the £233 million reduction in active travel funding announced in March 2023 on the trends in the level of active travel undertaken.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the report and will consider its recommendations carefully. The Department will provide its formal response following the scheduled Public Accounts Committee hearing.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 188701 question first answered 14/06/2023 14:50:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643379

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to National Audit Office’s report entitled Active Travel in England, HC1376, Session 2022-23, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that his Department is not expected to achieve three of its four 2025 objectives for increasing active travel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the report and will consider its recommendations carefully. The Department will provide its formal response following the scheduled Public Accounts Committee hearing.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 188700 question first answered 14/06/2023 14:50:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas