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1465057

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people of state pension age who will not be eligible for the £150 council tax rebate because they live in properties with tax bands E to H; and what assessment the Government made of the potential impact on that group before restricting eligibility to people in properties in Council Tax bands A to D.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	6802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures that people across the UK are facing with the cost of living. This is why the Government is providing over £15 billion in further support targeted towards those with the greatest need. From the Autumn, over eight million pensioner households who receive the winter fuel payment, will receive an extra one-off pensioner cost-of-living payment of £300 this year to help cover the rising cost of energy this winter.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have received £144 million of discretionary funding to support households that are not eligible for the council tax rebate, including households in bands E-H. Local authorities are best-placed to determine how this support should be targeted, informed by guidance from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.</p><p>Devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving Barnett funding as a result of the council tax rebate and associated discretionary funding in England.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/05/2022 15:35:26 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1463065

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to expedite UK visas for Russian men who have been conscripted into the Russian military against their will and whom are morally opposed to war.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	2527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The government has no plans to expedite visas for Russian nationals subject to conscription in the military.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 07:43:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2780 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1461939

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of the efficiency of each HM Passport Office branch for processing passport applications and renewals; and what steps her Department is taking to improve efficiency in branches that are comparatively less efficient.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Due to differences in some of the work undertaken at individual passport offices, such as more complex international work, productivity will vary at a local level. However, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has a range of tried and tested arrangements in place to monitor performance at local and national level, which helps to ensure that there is no disparity in the handling of like-for-like cases across each site.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:33:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1461954

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Spain: Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to arrange UK driving licenses as being acceptable within the Spanish transport system.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>UK driving licences are recognised by Spain for temporary visits. The Department for Transport has been working to secure arrangements so that where a UK licence holder is resident in Spain, they may exchange their licence for a Spanish one without having to take a driving test but unfortunately an agreement has not yet been reached.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Transport held a call with Spain’s Minister for the Interior on Friday 29 April to agree a way forward to include rapidly accelerating talks on driving licence exchange which are on-going.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/05/2022 13:04:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1461969

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Diesel and Petrol: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that petrol and diesel companies are not overcharging for fuel by charging in greater than normal excess compared to the wholesale cost of oil.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department monitors the fuel supply market and publishes weekly national average pump prices.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS analysis shows that both rises and falls in crude oil prices are passed through to consumers over the course of 6-7 weeks and found no evidence to suggest that, for given changes in crude oil prices, retail prices rise faster than they fall.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:44:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1461978

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Ukraine: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of available peaceful methods of de-escalation of conflict in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK welcomes Ukraine's ongoing commitment to a diplomatic path to de-escalate, and we will continue to support them in achieving an outcome that delivers for Ukraine and its people. President Putin seems determined to pursue his path of violence and aggression, as evidenced by his increased military action in the Donbas and continued barbaric assault of Mariupol. We are therefore continuing to increase our economic pressure on him through sanctions, as well as providing the military assistance Ukraine needs to defend itself.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 20/05/2022 13:17:32 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1460396

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of available peaceful methods of de-escalation of conflict in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	160507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 28/04/2022 08:34:07 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1457525

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, if she will ask the Minister for Europe and North America to review correspondence from the hon. Member of Falkirk dated 1 March 2022 regarding an 88 year old man who seeks to be reunited with his partner in Canada.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	154094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>I [Minister Cleverly] responded to the referenced correspondence from the hon. Member of Falkirk dated 1 March 2022 on 14 April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/04/2022 16:22:30 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1452515

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to negotiate with European counterparts to streamline regulation to allow vital humanitarian aid to reach Ukrainians.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	142462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to working with partners, including the EU, as well as humanitarian agencies to ensure a well-coordinated and well-funded response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the surrounding region.</p><p> </p><p>We have initiated a number of conversations with the EU and its Member States to understand their plans to ease the movement of humanitarian supplies. The EU has been working with Member States on this issue and several of them have eased their entry and exit regime to support the humanitarian effort for Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has also introduced a simplified customs process to support the export of aid goods destined for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. More information about this can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ftaking-humanitarian-aid-out-of-great-britain-to-support-ukraine&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C31fa1c1003a54d2c3a7908da0e6326d8%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637838116250889875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=PRIEFcX8ZJrocA%2BT32xpBMTxpWEgw%2BsHz1QZdfVURC4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/taking-humanitarian-aid-out-of-great-britain-to-support-ukraine</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/03/2022 14:45:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1452516

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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	Broadcasting: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport, what recent discussions her Department had held with Ofcom on revoking the licences of Russian state-backed broadcasters.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	142463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Broadcasting regulation is a matter for the independent regulator Ofcom. The Secretary of State wrote to Ofcom on 23 February setting out her concerns over Russian propaganda following the crisis in Ukraine. Ofcom responded on the same day, informing the Secretary of State that it had already stepped up its oversight of coverage of these events by broadcasters in the UK, in recognition of the serious nature of the crisis in Ukraine.</p><p>We welcome Ofcom’s decision to revoke RT’s licence to broadcast in the UK so that Putin can no longer spread insidious propaganda on UK television. We will not hesitate to take any necessary action against key individuals and bodies responsible for disseminating misinformation and are exploring options to stop the spread of such material in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/03/2022 14:41:21 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally