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1690464

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer and Cider: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce duty charged on draught beer and cider served in pubs and taprooms by 20%.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Draught Relief, introduced under this Government’s new alcohol duty system, provides a reduction in the duty on draught beer and cider by 9.2% and helps to level the playing field between pubs and supermarkets, allowing pubs and brewers to price their on-trade products more competitively. The Brexit Pubs Guarantee ensures that draught products will always be subject to lower duty than their supermarket equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is unable to speculate on tax matters outside of fiscal events.   As with all taxes, the Government keeps the alcohol duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 27/02/2024 12:21:01 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689101

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff are assessing nominations for funding under the Access for All programme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s stations enhancement team has 5 FTEs and delivers a number of station enhancement programmes, including Access for All. Additional ad hoc support for assessing the Access for All nominations comes from analytical and legal colleagues, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, Network Rail and consultants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/02/2024 11:22:36 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689148

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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 implications for his policies of the press notice by Amnesty International entitled Israel/OPT: New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Gaza causing mass civilian casualties amid real risk of genocide, published on 14 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>We have previously assessed that Israel is committed and capable of complying with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). We are currently reviewing our assessment. Those assessments are supported by a detailed evidence base. Too many civilians have been killed and we want to see Israel take greater care to limit its operations to military targets and avoid harming civilians and destroying homes.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 26/02/2024 17:44:22 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689149

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policy on arms exports to Israel of the press notice by Amnesty International entitled Israel/OPT: New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Gaza causing mass civilian casualties amid real risk of genocide, published on 12 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor closely the situation in Israel and Gaza.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against our Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including with regard to international humanitarian law. All licences are kept under careful and continual review and we are able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences in response to changing international circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/02/2024 10:55:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1688620

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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: Employment
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 her oral contribution during the Second Reading of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill on 22 January 2024, Official Report, columns 42-43, on what evidential basis she stated that 200,000 jobs are supported by the oil and gas sector in the UK; and if she will publish a breakdown of (a) the calculations supporting this figure and (b) those jobs by sector.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The impact assessment for the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill uses figures from Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foeuk.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F11%2FOEUK-Workforce-Insight-2022.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Ca654c1375c204314008108dc31f40803%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638440171377291017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9gU4ZI0NBU6j9FgcT5PhZcdcDT1W0W9B1l7BnkTLJb0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">2022 annual workforce insights report</a> to show how many jobs are supported by the Oil and Gas sector in the UK. This report highlights that there were approximately 200,000 jobs supported by the industry in 2021 and the report includes a breakdown of jobs by sector.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/02/2024 10:25:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1688627

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11047 on Childcare, what measure her Department uses to establish the requirements of local authorities for childcare places.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area. The statutory guidance for local authorities highlights that local authorities are required to report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare, and to make this report available and accessible to parents.</p><p>The department has regular contact with each local authority in England about their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing.</p><p>Where local authorities report sufficiency challenges, the department discusses what action the local authority is taking to address those issues and provides support where needed, to help the local authority with any specific requirements through its childcare sufficiency support contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 19/02/2024 17:18:39 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1688273

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) brain tumour research charities and (ii) other organisations working to secure UK access to (A) Vorasidenib and (B) other new drugs for cancers of unmet need.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Department ministers and officials regularly meet with charities and other organisations working to improve outcomes for patients with cancer, including brain tumours, through access to new medicines.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on whether all new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assessment of their costs and benefits and aims to publish guidance as close as possible to licensing. NICE engages with stakeholders, including charities, in the development of its recommendations. NICE is currently developing guidance for the NHS on the use of Vorasidenib.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/02/2024 09:35:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1687826

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	L3Harris: F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will review L3Harris’s licence to produce release systems for the F-35 combat aircraft in the context of the International Court of Justice's order relating to the case of the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v Israel), published on 26 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>Decisions on export licensing are based on the UK's Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. The Government's export licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we can amend, suspend or revoke extant licences, or refuse new licence applications, where they are inconsistent with these criteria.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/02/2024 13:02:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1687858

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Diabetes: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor the availability, (b) notify relevant stakeholders of shortages and (c) help ensure adequate supply of (i) Victoza and (ii) other medications for patients with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of global supply issues with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) including Victoza (liraglutide), which are licensed for treating patients with type 2 diabetes. We have issued guidance in the form of a Medicine Supply Notification, addressing all GLP-1 RAs advising healthcare professionals on how to manage patients requiring these medicines. Further guidance has been issued through a National Patient Safety Alert which provides further background and clinical information and actions for providers. This guidance was futher updated on 3 January 2024.</p><p>Our guidance is clear that GLP-1 RA medicines that are solely licensed to treat type 2 diabetes should only be used for that purpose and should not be routinely prescribed for weight loss.</p><p>The General Pharmaceutical Council, General Medical Council, Health and Care Professions Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council and Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland have also issued a joint statement stressing the importance of health and care professionals meeting regulatory standards in relation to these medicines. We have also added some of these products to the list of medicines that cannot be exported from, or hoarded in, the United Kingdom.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with manufacturers and others working in the supply chain to help ensure the continued supply of these medicines for UK patients, for example by asking suppliers to expedite deliveries. Supplies of Rybelsus (semaglutide) have been boosted to support demand from new patients with type 2 diabetes, alongside patients switching from Victoza injections.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/02/2024 17:54:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1687911

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he held with (a) his international counterparts and (b) United Nations organisations before deciding to pause funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>We are appalled by allegations that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned. We are pausing any future funding of UNRWA whilst we review these concerning allegations. The US, Germany, Australia, Italy, Canada, Finland, Switzerland and the Netherlands have also all temporarily paused funding.</p><p>We remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza who desperately need it, including through other UN agencies such as the UN World Food Programme, and UNICEF. We engage regularly with our international and UN partners, including UNRWA, on a wide range of issues relating to the humanitarian situation and the delivery of aid to Gaza.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/02/2024 10:09:24 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas