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1643047

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the answer of 7 June 2023 to Question 187539 on Legislation, when the Government plans to bring forward the Transport bill.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	188584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has brought forward an ambitious legislative programme, with 24 bills currently before Parliament. Future business will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/06/2023 11:23:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1643063

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Legislation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to programme business to help prevent a build-up of legislation in the House of Lords.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	188585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has brought forward an ambitious legislative programme, with 24 bills currently before Parliament, and we will continue to make progress. So far this session 40 bills have been exchanged between the Houses, of which 24 have received Royal Assent.</p><p>The arrangement of business in the House of Lords is a matter for that place. I will announce future business in the House of Commons in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/06/2023 16:54:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1641931

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Immigration: Albania
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Stockport on 20 April 2023, Official Report, column 386, when she plans to send details of the Home Office surgery to the hon. Member.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	187817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Following Business Questions on the 20th April 2023 I wrote to the Home Office to raise this matter. I understand that the Home Office has now contacted the hon. Member for Stockport to provide details of the next surgery near his constituency and that the case raised on the 20th April 2023 has now been resolved.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2023 15:08:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1641159

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislative Drafting: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, HCWS47, on Review of legislative drafting, whether the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel's revised drafting guidance has been approved by Ministers; and whether she plans to place a copy of the approved guidance in the Library of the House.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	187220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel will publish its revised drafting guidance on GOV.UK in due course, and a copy will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This guidance will reflect the Government’s position as set out in the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-23/hcws47" target="_blank">HCWS47</a>.</p><p>The 2019 Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting is not a Government publication. It was produced for an external seminar, and although based on guidance of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, it was not published by them. Stonewall was not consulted in relation to either publication.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 187221 187222 question first answered 19/06/2023 16:50:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1641160

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislative Drafting: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, HCWS47, on Review of legislative drafting, whether the Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting published in 2019 by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Government Legal Department has been withdrawn.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	187221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel will publish its revised drafting guidance on GOV.UK in due course, and a copy will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This guidance will reflect the Government’s position as set out in the Written Statement of 23 May 2022, Official Report, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-23/hcws47" target="_blank">HCWS47</a>.</p><p>The 2019 Guide to Gender-Neutral Drafting is not a Government publication. It was produced for an external seminar, and although based on guidance of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, it was not published by them. Stonewall was not consulted in relation to either publication.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 187220 187222 question first answered 19/06/2023 16:50:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1641577

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Treaties: Committees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a committee to consider international agreements in the House of Commons.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Andrew Western
	uin	187537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Business and Trade Committee has an important role to play in the scrutiny of the Department for Business and Trade and its public bodies, including international trade agreements. The International Trade Committee previously conducted inquiries into the Free Trade Agreements with Australia and New Zealand, as well as more recent inquiries into the UK’s CPTPP accession and UK trade negotiations with India and the Gulf Cooperation Group.</p><p>The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRaG) provides an effective and robust framework for scrutiny of treaties that require ratification, including Free Trade Agreements. In addition, any legislation required to implement international agreements needs to be scrutinised and passed by Parliament in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2023 14:33:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1641581

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Legislation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, which bills the Government (a) has and (b) has not withdrawn that it will not be proceeding with that were included in the 2022 Queen’s Speech.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	187539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has delivered on many of its 2019 manifesto commitments, and will continue to do so. The 2022 Queen's Speech set out an ambitious legislative programme and so far this session 24 Bills have received Royal Assent.</p><p>The House has been informed of three Bills that were announced in the Queen's Speech on 10 May 2022 that have been introduced to Parliament and will no longer make progress:</p><ul><li>Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-05-25/debates/2A580D9B-3985-42A7-AF83-BA204B309460/AnimalWelfare" target="_blank">25 May 2023, Official Report 733, columns 494-503</a>);</li><li>Northern Ireland Protocol Bill (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-02-27/debates/145ECA09-85E8-40C9-B631-5795DCABFA93/NorthernIrelandProtocol#contribution-F9FC0FD6-D541-41E7-B139-E27D1B9D3941" target="_blank">27 February 2023, Official Report 728, columns 570-576</a>); and</li><li>Schools Bill (<a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/12407/pdf/" target="_blank">7 December 2022, Education Committee oral evidence: Accountability hearings, HC 58</a>).</li></ul><p>The measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will now be pursued as single measure Bills. We remain fully committed to delivering our manifesto commitments and this approach is now the surest and the quickest way of doing so.</p><p>The Government will inform the House of any further changes in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/06/2023 16:55:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1641582

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Members: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Members of Parliament holding second jobs on the service they are able to provide to their constituents.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	187540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Committee on Standards has carefully considered the matter of MPs holding second jobs and conducting outside work and resolved not to recommend limiting this in the absence of a consensus in favour of restrictions on time spent and earnings from outside work.</p><p>The Government believes that an MPs’ primary role is and must be to serve their constituents and represent their interests in Parliament. That is why we brought forward a motion implementing proposals recommended in the Committee on Standards’ reports on a revised Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules for MPs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/06/2023 16:26:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1626666

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that their Departments meet deadlines for replying to Members’ correspondence.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	184464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Parliament has a right to hold Ministers to account and, as Leader of the House, I expect Government Ministers to respond quickly and effectively to Members’ correspondence. I will continue to drive that message and I encourage members who get an unsatisfactory response to write to me and I will take this up for any Member who does not get a proper response.</p><p>I recognise that my office and I have a role to play in making representations to Government on behalf of the House of Commons, and have taken a number of actions:</p><ul><li>Over the 2022 Summer recess my office conducted a series of discussions across Whitehall regarding the importance of timely and quality responses to Members.</li><li>In line with the practice of my predecessors, I have written to all members of Cabinet.</li><li>I participated in a ‘Leading in Parliament’ session with Senior Civil Servants.</li><li>I met with the Home Office Permanent Secretary following a number of concerns raised during Business Questions, and I have been pleased to note an improvement in performance in that department’s statistics.</li><li>In March I met with all departmental Permanent Secretaries where I reiterated the importance of substantive and timely answers to correspondence.</li><li>My office oversees the Parliamentary Clerks’ Working Group, which brings together all departmental Parliamentary Clerks from across Whitehall to discuss topical issues and share best practice.</li></ul><p>The Parliamentary Capability Team in the Cabinet Office also provides training on managing parliamentary work to civil servants of all departments and grades, including blended learning courses on ministerial correspondence and tailored workshops for Senior Civil Servants. Since April 2022, 686 civil servants from across government have attended training provided by the Parliamentary Capability Team on managing Ministerial Correspondence and Written Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office Guide to Handling Correspondence, which is available on Gov.uk, includes guidance for civil servants on how to handle correspondence from MPs, Peers, members of the devolved legislatures and members of the public (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/handling-government-correspondence-guidance</a>).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/05/2023 13:37:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1623441

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will (a) return to Parliament before the end of the 2022-23 Session or (b) be carried over into Session 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	182326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>We have some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world and we continue to strengthen these even further. Since 2010 we have:</p><ul><li>Introduced new regulations for minimum standards for meat chickens;</li><li>Banned the use of conventional battery cages for laying hens;</li><li>Made CCTV mandatory in slaughterhouses in England;</li><li>Made microchipping mandatory for dogs in 2015;</li><li>Modernised our licensing system for a range of activities such as dog breeding and pet sales;</li><li>Protected service animals via ‘Finn’s Law’;</li><li>Banned the commercial third-party sales of puppies and kittens (‘Lucy’s Law’);</li><li>Passed the Wild Animals in Circuses Act;</li><li>Led work to implement humane trapping standards;</li><li>Passed the Animal Sentience Act;</li><li>Passed the Ivory Act;</li><li>Increased maximum sentences for animal cruelty from six months to five years’ imprisonment;</li><li>Delivering one of the toughest bans in the world on the import of hunting trophies;</li><li>Supporting a Bill to ban the import and export of detached shark fins and shark fin products;</li><li>Supporting a Bill to prohibit the advertising and offering for sale, here, of unacceptably low welfare activities involving wild animals;</li></ul><p>We recognise the strong support for getting provisions in the Kept Animals Bill onto the statute book and we are fully committed to delivering our manifesto commitments on animal welfare. All future business will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2023 11:13:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady