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1692348

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision his Department has made for collecting biometric data from relatives of British nationals fleeing Gaza in the absence of functioning visa applications centres in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	16180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Visa Application Centre in Gaza has been closed since 7 October 2023 due to the conflict in the region and to ensure the safety of staff and customers. UKVI will continue to monitor the situation and work closely with the commercial partner, TLS, to re-open the centre when it becomes safe to do so.</p><p>Those who wish to make a UK visa application will need to enrol their biometrics at an alternative Visa Application Centre in OPT (Ramallah or Jerusalem) or a nearby country. Customers can visit <a href="https://pos.tlscontact.com/" target="_blank">https://pos.tlscontact.com/</a> for an up to date list of Visa Application Centres in the region<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/03/2024 16:25:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1689284

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Air Pollution
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 he will provide additional funding to organisations that increase awareness of how people can protect themselves from air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	14205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The grant has been running since 1997 and regularly funds projects aimed at increasing the awareness of the impacts of air pollution. Around £53 million has been awarded across almost 500 projects through the Air Quality Grant scheme since 2010. Projects have included anti-idling campaigns around schools, raising awareness about the impacts of domestic burning, and measures to encourage active travel.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 28/02/2024 11:13:20 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1689285

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Air Pollution: Ethnic Groups
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 he is taking to reduce the impact of (a) incinerators and (b) air pollution on (i) Black and (ii) Asian communities.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	14206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises there is more to do to protect all people in our society and the environment from the effects of air pollution. This is why we are taking the significant and wide-ranging action to drive improvements to air quality as set out in our Environmental Improvement Plan 2023. <br> <br> This action is supported by the Environment Act 2021, which makes sure that local authorities have the necessary powers to tackle emissions collaboratively in their local area to improve air quality. Through the Act we also introduced two new targets for fine particulate matter, the pollutant most damaging to human health, setting a maximum annual mean concentration target and a population exposure reduction target. This dual-target approach will improve public health for all by tackling the highest concentrations whilst ensuring all areas benefit from continuous improvement. <br> <br> We continue to support local authorities in England to take action in their communities through the Local Air Quality Grant, which has awarded around £53 million to almost 500 projects since 2010</p><p><br> With regards to incinerators, in England all large waste incinerators cannot operate unless issued with an environmental permit by the Environment Agency (EA). The EA will only grant a permit if they are satisfied that the proposal would not give rise to any significant pollution of the environment or harm to human health, irrespective of the location of the plant. The EA also consults the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on every permit application they receive. The UKHSA’s position relating to incineration is that modern, well-run and regulated municipal waste incinerators are not a significant risk to public health</p><p><br> Under their permit, the operator must comply with the Best Available Techniques (BAT) conclusions for waste incineration. These BAT conclusions were reviewed and updated in 2019, introducing new standards which deliver an improved level of environmental protection. This includes even lower Emission Limit Values (ELVs) for oxides of nitrogen, particulates, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, dioxins and a number of other pollutants. All environmental permits for existing waste incinerators were reviewed and updated by the compliance deadline of 3rd December 2023 to reflect these new standards.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 28/02/2024 11:29:30 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1689286

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Air Pollution: Poverty
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 he is taking to reduce the impact of air pollution on people in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	14207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises there is more to do to protect all people in our society and the environment from the effects of air pollution. This is why we are taking the significant and wide-ranging action to drive improvements to air quality as set out in our Environmental Improvement Plan 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This action is supported by the Environment Act 2021, which makes sure that local authorities have the necessary powers to tackle emissions collaboratively in their local area to improve air quality. Through the Act we also introduced two new targets for fine particulate matter, the pollutant most damaging to human health, setting a maximum annual mean concentration target and a population exposure reduction target. This dual-target approach will improve public health for all by tackling the highest concentrations whilst ensuring all areas benefit from continuous improvement.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support local authorities in England to take action in their communities through the Local Air Quality Grant, which has awarded around £53 million to almost 500 projects since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 28/02/2024 11:21:05 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1689287

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Air Pollution: Health Education
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 he will take additional steps to increase public awareness of how people can protect themselves from the impacts of air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	14208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a comprehensive review of how we communicate air quality information to ensure members of the public, and vulnerable groups in particular, have what they need protect themselves and understand their impact on air quality. This review is being undertaken by the Air Quality Information Systems steering group; the group’s recommendations will be published summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 28/02/2024 11:17:00 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1685863

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the Israeli government's compliance with the provisional measures set forth by the International Court of Justice in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	12087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>We respect the role and independence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). However, we have stated that we have considerable concerns about this case, which is not helpful in the goal of achieving a sustainable ceasefire. Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with International Humanitarian Law, as we have said from the outset. Our view is that Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be described as a genocide, which is why we thought South Africa's decision to bring the case was wrong and provocative.</p><p>We have long advocated for the release of hostages and the need to get more aid in.</p><p>We are clear that an immediate pause is necessary to get aid in and hostages out, and then we want to build towards a sustainable, permanent ceasefire, without a return to the fighting.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/02/2024 17:17:35 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1685871

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	12091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>We remain committed to reducing the outstanding caseload in the Criminal Court to ensure the swift delivery of justice for court users and have introduced a raft of measures to achieve this aim.</p><p>In the Crown Court we funded over 100,000 sitting days last financial year and plan to deliver the same again this financial year. Thanks to our investment in judicial recruitment, we expect to have recruited more than 1,000 judges by the end of this financial year.</p><p>To aid our efforts in the magistrates’ courts, we have invested over £1 million in a programme of work to support the recruitment of new magistrates and launched a new marketing campaign to target a more diverse pool of potential magistrates and raise the overall profile of the magistracy.</p><p>We are also investing more in our courts across England and Wales. In August 2023, we announced we are investing £220 million for essential modernisation and repair work of our court buildings across the next two years, up to March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 02/02/2024 14:43:54 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1684233

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Food: Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has conducted forecasting on the potential for England to meet the Government target of reducing food waste by 50% by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	10929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Waste and Resources Action Programme published data showing a 18% reduction to 2021. To meet the Sustainable Development Goal target, we know we need to do more. A continued focus will be necessary on preventing household food waste, which forms the largest percentage of waste. We continue to support businesses to help citizens buy what they need and use what they buy through supporting WRAP in developing best practice guidance for industry and funding citizen campaigns such as Love Food Hate Waste and Food Waste Action Week. We regularly monitor and evaluate the progress of these interventions.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 05/02/2024 17:08:39 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1683391

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2016 to Question 27158 on Radioactive Materials: Transport, how many flights were undertaken between the United States and the UK by Royal Air Force aircraft carrying Defence Nuclear Materials between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	10543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, a total of 13 flights carrying Defence Nuclear Materials were undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/01/2024 11:16:26 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1683394

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which types of RAF aircraft are authorised to carry special nuclear materials over UK territory; and which types of RAF aircraft are authorised by the US administration to carry such materials over US territory.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	10544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>All flights between the UK and the United States are on fixed wing aircraft under the control of UK Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2024 12:54:01 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy