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1546893

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Newport Wafer Fab: Nexperia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he considered evidence (a) that the UK and Welsh Governments (i) were aware in advance of and (ii) raised no objections to the acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia and (b) of the level of investment by Nexperia into the Water Fab since its acquisition when making his decision on divestment.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The National Security and Investment Act was not in force when the original acquisition took place in 2021. The Secretary of State used retrospective powers to call-in and assess the acquisition under the Act. The Secretary of State takes decisions under the Act in a quasi-judicial capacity, based on the facts and evidence presented to him. The Act only allows the Secretary of State to make a Final Order to prevent, remedy or mitigate risks to national security, and not for wider political or economic reasons. As you’d expect, I’m unable to comment on the details of national security assessments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/12/2022 16:25:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1546892

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Newport Wafer Fab: Nexperia
	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 process his Department followed to prepare the national security assessment prior to the Newport Wafer Fab divestment decision; and what evidence his Department received as part of that process.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy takes decisions under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 in a quasi-judicial capacity. The Investment Security Unit coordinates expertise from across Government so that the Secretary of State may make decisions based on the evidence. It would not be appropriate to comment on the detail of national security assessments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2022 11:46:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 42209 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1546891

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Newport Wafer Fab: Nexperia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his officials visited the Newport Wafer Fab prior to the announcement of the divestment decision.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>On 9 May 2022, Government officials with expertise in the semiconductor sector visited the facility and met representatives of Nexperia. The Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy called in the acquisition and began the assessment process on 25 May 2022. As is required under the National Security and Investment Act, the Secretary of State considered all representations made by the company when making the Final Order.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/12/2022 16:26:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400728

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	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	Football
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to bid to host the 2028 UEFA European Football Championships.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>A partnership of the football associations and the Governments of the UK and Ireland have been undertaking feasibility activity to determine the viability of a bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2030, which is the government’s focus. This feasibility assessment includes a number of key work streams to identify the winnability, likely costs, and the benefits of hosting the tournament. To ensure we can make an informed decision we will contrast these findings against other potential hosting opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 17/01/2022 17:09:49 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400727

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Australia and Japan: Military Alliances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on UK national security of the signing of the Reciprocal Access Agreement between Australia and Japan.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK has been tracking the progress on the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between Australia and Japan given our own ongoing RAA negotiations with Japan which were formally announced in September 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We share close defence and security relationships with both Australia and Japan. As demonstrated by our recent announcement on the AUKUS alliance, and through the sharing of extensive intelligence through the Five Eyes alliance, the UK shares a unique level of trust and cooperation with Australia.</p><p> </p><p>We are also deepening our defence relationship with Japan. Last year saw the successful visit to Japan of the Carrier Strike Group 21 and the associated bilateral and multilateral joint exercises, as well as an announcement in December of plans to develop jointly a future fighter aircraft engine demonstrator and explore further combat air technologies.</p><p> </p><p>We trust that this commitment by two of our partners in the region may lead to more opportunities for defence engagement as we continue to work together to address global security challenges in the region.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/01/2022 13:31:27 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400726

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of food.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is taking targeted action worth more than £4.2 billion a year over the next 5 years to help families with the cost of living. This includes the £500 million Household Support Fund (October 2021 to March 2022) to help vulnerable households with costs for essentials over the winter. The fund is ringfenced so that at least 50 per cent of it will be spent on households with children and should primarily be used to support households in the most need with food, energy, and water bills.</p><p>The government continues to maintain a zero-rate of VAT on many food and drink products, including fresh fruit, vegetables, cereals, meat, bread, milk, tea and coffee.</p><p> </p><p>The government monitors consumer food prices using the ONS Consumer Price Index published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 99384 question first answered 17/01/2022 10:12:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400725

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Newport West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of fuel in Newport West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Recognising that fuel is a major cost for households and businesses, the government announced at the Autumn Budget 2021 that fuel duty rates would remain frozen on a UK-wide basis in 2022-23. Twelve consecutive years of the fuel duty freeze will save the average UK car driver around £15 in fuel duty per tank of fuel, compared to what would have been paid under the pre-2010 escalator.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not set pump prices or wider oil prices.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/01/2022 10:31:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400724

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	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	Electricity and Natural Gas: 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 forecast he has made of trends in the cost of gas and electricity in the UK up to the end of 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring the significant increases in wholesale energy prices closely, and meeting regularly with Ofgem, suppliers and consumer groups to understand the future impact on consumers as well as to discuss potential mitigations.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2022 17:59:25 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400723

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	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	Fuels: 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 forecast he has made of trends in the cost of fuel in the UK up to the end of 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Retail prices of petroleum products such as petrol and diesel are primarily driven by the underlying price in the global market of crude oil (priced in US$) and exchange rates. Recognising that fuel is a major cost for households and businesses, the Government has kept fuel duty frozen for 12 successive years.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2022 17:58:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400722

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of trends in food prices in the UK for 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	99384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is taking targeted action worth more than £4.2 billion a year over the next 5 years to help families with the cost of living. This includes the £500 million Household Support Fund (October 2021 to March 2022) to help vulnerable households with costs for essentials over the winter. The fund is ringfenced so that at least 50 per cent of it will be spent on households with children and should primarily be used to support households in the most need with food, energy, and water bills.</p><p>The government continues to maintain a zero-rate of VAT on many food and drink products, including fresh fruit, vegetables, cereals, meat, bread, milk, tea and coffee.</p><p> </p><p>The government monitors consumer food prices using the ONS Consumer Price Index published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 99388 question first answered 17/01/2022 10:12:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones