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1185732

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help strengthen the capacity of primary health care systems in low-income countries to respond to the spread of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	30805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) recognises strong and resilient national health systems are vital to global health security and helping to protect the world from infectious diseases, including COVID-19.</p><p>Through our multilateral partnerships, and our regional and national programmes, we support low-income countries to make their health systems, including primary healthcare, stronger and more resilient, and able to prevent, detect and respond to health threats, such as COVID-19.</p><p>UK aid has a longstanding record of global support to countries to prepare for large disease outbreaks. DFID provides continued and additional support to the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN agencies, using their leadership role, through providing technical assistance, setting norms and standards and tracking progress to help countries address key Health System Strengthening bottlenecks.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care’s £21 million International Health Regulations (IHR) Strengthening Project builds capacity in six countries across Africa and Asia to enable them to observe the IHRs and better enable them to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats.</p><p>In addition to the UK’s significant annual funding to the WHO of around £120 million, the UK has committed an additional £10 million to the WHO’s Emergency Flash Appeal through to April and additional funding for other international partners who are helping developing countries develop and deliver their own response to the virus. We are pressing WHO and the UN to develop a follow-up consolidated appeal to address the COVID-19 health and priority secondary impacts developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/03/2020 16:37:25 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1190630

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Credit Facility for Access to Medicines: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Credit Facility for Access to Medicines is contributing to efforts to tackle covid-19 by making treatments and vaccines affordable.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	40654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. At the G20 last month, the Prime Minister called on all governments to work together to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible and make it globally available.</p><p>MedAccess, initially called the Credit Facility for Access to Medicines, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC, the UK’s Development Finance Institution, which in turn is owned and funded by DFID. MedAccess provides ‘volume guarantees’ to manufacturers to stimulate production and increase the availability and affordability of medical supplies in developing country markets across Africa and Asia. It has a track record of success with viral testing kits to combat HIV and insecticide treated bednets to combat malaria. MedAccess is in discussions with UN agencies and manufacturers to establish whether it can provide financial guarantees to increase production and enable more rapid procurement of much needed medical supplies at affordable prices to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/05/2020 14:45:22 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1156152

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Period Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made by the joint taskforce on period poverty on bringing together (a) public, (b) private and (c) third sector organisations to tackle period poverty.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	5037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Period Poverty Taskforce has made excellent progress in bringing together organisations such as the PSHE Association from the public sector, the phs group from the private sector, Bloody Good Period from the third sector and other experts to tackle period poverty in the UK. The Taskforce and its composite workstreams have met twice and begun to identify: access barriers and the groups that are most affected by them; a programme of work to tackle stigma and shame surrounding menstruation; and research priorities to improve the evidence surrounding period poverty and menstrual stigma in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/10/2019 09:32:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1173961

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many international agreements the UK that a party to through its membership of the EU that will require rolling over after the 31 January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	9052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement laid on Thursday 30 January 2020, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2020-01-30/HCWS82/" target="_blank">HCWS82</a>, available on the Parliament website.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 9053 question first answered 05/02/2020 17:52:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1173962

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	EU External Trade: Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the information his Department holds on the number of rollover requests made by the EU to third party countries.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	9053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement laid on Thursday 30 January 2020, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2020-01-30/HCWS82/" target="_blank">HCWS82</a>, available on the Parliament website.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 9052 question first answered 05/02/2020 17:52:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1166814

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Business: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings on the UK leaving the EU his Department has had with businesses with supply chains connected to the EU in (a) Chester and (b) the North West to help prepare those businesses for the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	6415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Since July 2016, the Department for Exiting the European Union has organised over 850 recorded engagements with business and civil society stakeholders from every sector and major region of the UK economy. DExEU Ministers have attended over 120 roundtable meetings on preparedness and a wide range of other EU exit topics, and have met national business and sectoral organisations that represent the key industries of the North West’s economy.</p><p>Ministers continue to conduct an extensive programme of visits across the UK to engage with business and civil society stakeholders on EU exit. Ministers have visited Chambers of Commerce across the North West, and organisations with supply chains closely connected to the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 31/10/2019 10:50:48 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1190629

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	India: Ventilators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the CDC Group has provided to the ventilator manufacturer Skanray Techologies; and how that investment is supporting public health systems in India respond to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	40653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>CDC is an investor in Skanray Technologies Private Limited through the investment fund Ascent India Fund III managed by Ascent Capital Advisors Private Limited. The investment was made by the fund manager in 2013 with the purpose of expanding access to medical equipment in India and across South Asia. CDC continues to work closely with the company which is exploring options to scale-up its production capacity of ventilators in support of the public health response to Covid-19 in India.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/05/2020 15:17:32 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1150243

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Brazil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions she has had with her Brazilian counterpart on ensuring that UK-Brazil trade does not adversely affect the preservation of the Amazon rainforest.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	900009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>With your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to take question 8 and 12 together.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to protecting the world’s rainforests. During my recent visit to Brazil, I raised the UK’s commitment to environmental protection and offered support to Brazil in the transition to renewable energy and a lower carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>We are working in partnership with Brazil and through UK Government-led programmes, investing over £150 million of climate finance in forest programmes across the country.</p><p> </p><p>I was delighted that on my return from Brazil in August, the PM announced an extra £10 million in the aftermath of recent fires.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 900013 question first answered 17/10/2019 15:00:17 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1178379

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Imports: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to help ensure (a) UK supermarkets and (b) Oxfam shops have continued access to imported Palestinian agricultural products.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	1955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is concerned about the impact of recent Israeli trade restrictions. UK businesses should be free to import Palestinian products without barriers. Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Israel raised this issue with the Government of Israel, most recently on 12 February. We welcome the agreement reached by the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on 20 February, to lift their respective trade restrictions. We urge both sides to ensure the swift implementation of this agreement.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 25/02/2020 16:09:05 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183618

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Israeli Settlements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK businesses do not conduct business in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	26893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK routinely updates our guidance to British businesses on the Overseas Business Risk website. This is voluntary guidance to British businesses. Ultimately it will be the decision of an individual or company whether to operate in occupied territories.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/03/2020 17:27:18 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson