Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1300182

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Packaging: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing an exhaustive list of the items to be included in the Plastic Packaging Tax that will take effect from April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is currently in the early stages of implementing the tax via the primary legislation, which by its nature, only provides relatively high-level definitions as a foundation for the tax. As the Government moves to the next stage of implementing the tax, it will work with industry to develop regulations and guidance to provide clarity on how businesses determine the types of product that will be taxable.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 16/03/2021 16:42:04 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1308721

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	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	Ethnic Groups: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Human Rights report entitled Black people, racism and human rights, published in November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	180622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK has made significant progress over the years in tackling racism. This Government made manifesto commitments to tackle prejudice, racism and discrimination and is committed to making further progress.</p><p>The Government has considered the recommendations and conclusions in the Joint Committee on Human Rights report. We have responded to each of these in turn in our <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/4646/documents/46926/default/" target="_blank">response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2019–21</a> published on 11 February 2021.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/04/2021 12:24:42 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1308722

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	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	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to re-examine the findings of the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, published March 2021, in response to feedback on that report's conclusions on inequality.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	180623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities’ report makes an important contribution to both the national conversation about race, and our efforts to level up and unite the whole country.</p><p>We are carefully considering the report’s findings and recommendations. We will publish a Government response in due course. This Government remains fully committed to building a fairer UK and taking the action needed to address disparities wherever they exist.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/04/2021 08:06:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1310603

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2021
	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	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to incorporate the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women into domestic law.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	184558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to fulfilling our obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); our interim report to the CEDAW Committee is due to be published and available online in the coming weeks. This report will set out the steps taken, in different parts of the UK, to implement four of the recommendations identified in 2019 by the Committee in its concluding observations.</p><p>The substantive provisions of CEDAW are already largely reflected in existing domestic legislation, such as the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. The UK has strong human rights protections within a comprehensive and well-established constitutional and legal system. We have a longstanding tradition of ensuring rights and liberties are protected domestically, and of fulfilling our international human rights obligations.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/04/2021 16:28:33 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1314005

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2021
	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	Non-binary People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) making non-binary a legally recognised gender identity and (b) including non-binary as an option under the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP)/ Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government acknowledges that some citizens identify as non-binary. However, as set out in the response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation, there are no plans to make changes to the 2004 Act.</p><p>Following a considerable amount of consultation with the public and representative organisations, the Government decided that the current provisions within the GRA allow for those that wish to legally change their sex to do so. The GRA provides a means for transgender people to change the sex on their birth certificate, but there is currently no provision for those who do not identify solely as male or as female.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/05/2021 16:44:38 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1330613

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Health Services: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2021 to Question 182103 on Health Services: Private Sector, if he will publish the rationale for his decision to make covid-19 financial support, such as business rates discounts and grants, available to betting shops but not some dental practices.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	12316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has targeted COVID-19 business grant schemes, including Restart Grants, at businesses that have been mandated to close, many of whom are facing high fixed property related costs. This was on the basis that these businesses are less likely to have sufficient cash reserves to meet their costs. These businesses have also continued to be hardest hit by social restrictions and social distancing over the last few months, and therefore have a reduced ability to generate revenue to cover their costs.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including dental practices, have also been made available, such as the extension of the furlough scheme, Recovery Loan Schemes, and enhanced Time to Pay for Taxes.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 14/06/2021 13:01:20 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1351068

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing lower business rates for pubs and breweries in response to the economic conditions as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	41326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>In response to the pandemic, the Government provided an unprecedented business rates holiday for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties in England, including pubs. This meant eligible properties paid no business rates for 15 months from 1 April 2020, and thanks to the new 66% capped relief which took effect on 1 July 2021, over 90% of eligible businesses are estimated to see a 75% reduction in their business rates bill across this entire financial year to next April.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is providing £1.5 billion of additional support to businesses that have not already received business rates relief. This new relief will be awarded through funding for Local Authorities, taking into account the economic impact COVID-19 has had on specific sectors.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/09/2021 14:32:14 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1204362

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Ethnic Groups: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Race Disparity Audit, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the explain or change approach adopted by the Race Disparity Unit when working with the Home Office; and what changes to the Home Office that unit recommended as a result of data that it has gathered since its inception.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	59728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>‘Explain or Change’ was a short-term communications campaign that was launched in 2018, on the one year anniversary of the Race Disparity Audit. The campaign concluded in June last year, and the Race Disparity Unit continues to work with other Government Departments, to address disparities highlighted by the Audit. This includes work with the Home Office to improve trust between police forces and the local communities they serve, increasing diversity in the police workforces themselves, and developing a new strategy to act on and prevent hate crime.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/06/2020 15:41:34 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1245023

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) conduct and (b) publish an equality impact assessment of the (i) financial and (ii) social measures the Government has taken to support people during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	106303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>The Treasury takes care to pay due regard to the equality impacts of its policy decisions relating to the Covid-19 outbreak, in line with all legal requirements and the Government’s commitment to promoting equality. There are internal procedural requirements and support in place for ensuring that such considerations inform decisions taken by Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 27/10/2020 16:21:50 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1245025

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential merits of reopening business support grant funding schemes for allocation by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	106304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor recently announced that we will be providing additional funding to Local Authorities in Tier 2 areas to allow them to make grants of up to £2,100 per month to hospitality, leisure, and hotel/B&amp;B businesses affected by the restrictions on socialising in those areas.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, any business across England which is legally closed will receive grants worth up to £3,000 per month.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, additional funding has been provided local authorities in Tier 3, to enable them to support businesses which can remain open but which are nonetheless severely affected by restrictions on socialising.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 27/10/2020 16:16:38 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi