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1143206

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cayman Islands: Passenger Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Cayman Islands on the environmental effects of the Cruise Berthing Facility Project.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	284879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/09/2019 16:18:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1143207

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cayman Islands: Passenger Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on coral reef and other seabed of the Cruise Berthing Facility Project in the Cayman Islands.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	284655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/09/2019 16:10:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1143208

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cayman Islands: Passenger Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Cruise Berthing Facility Project in the Cayman Islands on the UK’s marine protection policies for its Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	284659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/09/2019 16:11:20 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1082680

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	World War II: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to address the claims by African veterans of the Second World War who received the gratuity payment at the end of that war that the payment was made at different rates based on ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	229191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>​The UK is indebted to all servicemen and women from the Commonwealth who volunteered to serve with Britain during the Second World War. The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office is working closely with colleagues across government to gather information on this issue.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/03/2019 11:37:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1082681

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	World War II: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with Royal Commonwealth Ex-Service League on the gratuity payments made to African soldiers made at the end of the Second World War; and whether his Department has information on the number of veterans who were subject to the differential pay.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	229192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Neither I, nor my officials, have had conversations with the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Service League on the gratuity payments made to African soldiers at the end of the Second World War. Following independence, the governments of ex-British colonies usually assumed responsibility for service records relating to their armed forces. The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office is working closely with colleagues across government to gather information on this issue.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/03/2019 11:39:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1064453

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Arms Control: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained arms control inspectors are employed by Her Majesty’s Government.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	223978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The only full-time inspectors employed by Her Majesty's Government are at the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (JACIG). JACIG has 16 trained inspectors qualified to support Treaty-related inspections, evaluation and verification for Conventional Arms Control Treaties. Their emphasis is on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; Vienna Document 2011 and Open Skies. JACIG also observes inspections under the 1995 Dayton Accords peace agreement.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/02/2019 15:25:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1028513

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on confidentiality agreements signed by the owners of vessels used by CEFAS in studying the effect of electric fishing in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	203853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Cefas confirm they do not have confidentiality agreements with the owners of the vessels concerned, nor do they feature in the standard tendering arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/01/2019 12:04:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

1027725

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science study on the effect of electric fishing in UK waters.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	203295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) completed a desktop review on pulse technology entitled “The impacts of flatfish pulse trawling: evidence review, data gaps and future research”. The report is subject to a peer review process which is due to be completed by the end of December. The finalised report is therefore expected to be ready for publication early in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p>We have also commissioned some original science for future research with a study including at-sea comparisons of pulse and conventional beam trawl impacts.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/12/2018 12:24:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

964137

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Crayfish
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the CEFAS report no. 5775 Controlling Invasive Crayfish on crayfish trapping.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	169222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The report was published on 2 August and can be found by following the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18605&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=crayfish&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10" target="_blank">Control of Invasive Species of Crayfish - WC1066</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/09/2018 16:23:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

755609

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons employees of the management company running the Atomic Weapons Establishment are considered private sector employees for the purpose of pensions but public sector employees for the purpose of the exit payment cap.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	7292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The exit payment cap will apply to organisations classified as within the public sector by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) with limited exceptions. As AWE [Atomic Weapons Establishment] Management Ltd is classified by the ONS as a public sector organisation it is within scope of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:33:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon