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1002722

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 November 2018, Official Report column 1229, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on taking local value into account when awarding contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 places a requirement on commissioners, including local authorities, to consider the social, economic and environmental benefits of their approaches to services contracts before the procurement process starts. The existing scheme of UK procurement rules, which implement the EU public procurement directives, are preserved under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 when the UK leaves the European Union, with relevant adjustments necessary to ensure legal operability. This will give legal certainty and continuity to businesses, contracting authorities, and employees, on day one of Exit. We will use opportunities offered by our exit from the EU to carefully consider longer-term options for the UK's public procurement rules.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 12/11/2018 17:22:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1002738

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to countries neighbouring Venezuela that are hosting refugees from that country.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID has deployed two humanitarian experts and funded additional roles for UN agencies in the region. The UK is also supporting the international response through core funding to the UN, humanitarian agencies, the European Commission and Red Cross movements.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to urge the Venezuelan Government to accept humanitarian aid and DFID is supporting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s efforts to urge Venezuela to meet their population’s needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 188712 question first answered 12/11/2018 15:41:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1002739

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her EU and UN counterparts on providing humanitarian relief to Venezuelans in that country and in neighbouring countries.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID has deployed two humanitarian experts and funded additional roles for UN agencies in the region. The UK is also supporting the international response through core funding to the UN, humanitarian agencies, the European Commission and Red Cross movements.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to urge the Venezuelan Government to accept humanitarian aid and DFID is supporting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s efforts to urge Venezuela to meet their population’s needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 188711 question first answered 12/11/2018 15:41:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1002746

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Venezuela: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Venezuela in respect of the killing of and assaults made against opposition politicians; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>As I stated in my Chatham House speech on 25 October, we are extremely concerned at the Venezuelan government's continued attacks on opposition politicians, a number of whom have been imprisoned, exiled or stripped of their political rights. The illegal detention of National Assembly MP Juan Requesens and the death of Fernando Alban whilst detained by the Venezuelan Intelligence Service are both particularly disturbing.</p><p>In October, our Ambassador met the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, and the Vice-Minister for Europe, Yvan Gil, and expressed our concerns. In London, the Head, Latin America Department, FCO, called in the Venezuelan Ambassador to express our concern about Mr Requessens and to urge the Venezuelan government to release all political prisoners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/11/2018 12:24:35 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

100319

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter of 24 July 2014 from the hon. Member for Warley, on compulsory purchase orders.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
	uin	211411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>My Department takes seriously its responsibilities to respond to MP’s letters in a timely fashion. Having checked all of our databases I can find no record of the letter the rt. hon. Member for Warley refers to and I respectfully ask him to send me a copy so that I may respond.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/10/2014 15:41:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

102035

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Supply Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the use of umbrella companies for supply teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
	uin	212792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Schools and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of their supply teachers and deciding whether to use private supply agencies to recruit and employ supply teachers. If a supply teacher is employed by a private agency, this is a private commercial arrangement between the school and the agency.</p><p>The Department for Education is not responsible for the regulation of teacher supply agencies or their umbrella organisations. Teacher supply agencies are regulated by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under the employment agency provisions in the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/11/2014 16:14:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

155917

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Afghanistan: Women's Rights
	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 ensure women's rights are discussed at the London Conference on Afghanistan in December 2014; and what objectives he has for that conference relating to the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
	uin	214776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Ensuring Afghan women and girls’ rights are protected and feature prominently in the London Conference is a key objective for the UK Government. These issues will be incorporated across all of the main themes and events at the conference. This includes an associated event “Ayenda” for civil society and a session in the main plenary to report back on the key messages that have emerged from the Oslo Symposium on Afghanistan Women’s Rights and Empowerment, attended by the Minister of State, my noble Friend the right hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 23 November.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/11/2014 17:12:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

156658

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Philippines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration on the recruitment of seafarers to work on (a) UK flagged and (b) non-UK flagged vessels in the short sea shipping sector.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
	uin	215317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>I have not had discussions with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration with regards to the recruitment of seafarers to either UK or non-UK flagged vessels in the short sea shipping sector.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 25/11/2014 15:12:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

168021

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has budgeted for payments to energy companies to maintain spare stand-by electricity generation capacity for winter 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
	uin	217224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>National Grid is responsible for procuring New Balancing Services to provide reserve capacity. Procurement is subject to a methodology approved by Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p>National Grid announced in October that it has procured an additional 1.1GW of reserve capacity for this winter. This will cost less than £1 per household and will increase capacity margins from around 4% to over 6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/12/2014 12:06:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

168028

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what involvement Afghan women had in the London talks on Afghanistan in December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
	uin	217225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Afghan women played a central role in the London Conference on Afghanistan and were given a platform to share their views throughout. This included at the Civil Society associated event (“Ayenda”), in the Reception, at a follow-up Ministerial breakfast with civil society, and in the main Conference Plenary itself.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/12/2014 17:10:32 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar