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1241438

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Belarus: Sanctions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international partners on the imposition of new sanctions on Belarussian officials.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	100289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of international efforts to impose sanctions in response to the human rights violations and fraudulent election in Belarus. With Canada, we imposed sanctions against Lukashenko and his inner circle on 29 September.</p><p>The UK welcomed the announcement by the EU and the US on 2 October of further sanctions on Belarus. EU sanctions will continue to apply to the UK during the Transition Period and we will carry over the EU Belarus sanctions regime as an autonomous UK sanctions regime at the end of the Transition Period. We encourage our global partners to join the UK, Canada and US in sanctioning the leadership responsible for the ongoing crisis in Belarus.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/10/2020 12:14:18 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1286548

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	USA: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with new US Administration on advancing trade union rights in international fora and agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	153114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government supports the promotion of the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) fundamental principles and rights at work in Free Trade Agreements, which includes freedom of association, and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining. We continue to be active members of the ILO, and maintain our own high levels of employment rights. To date, the UK Government has not raised the issue of Trade Union rights in international fora with the new US Administration.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 22/02/2021 09:26:28 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1505290

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	England Illegal Money Lending Team: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional resources to the England Illegal Money Lending Team to tackle the threat of illegal money lending.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	48217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the dangers of illegal money lending, and that is why the Treasury funds the Illegal Money Lending Teams (IMLTs) across the UK via an industry levy collected by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).</p><p> </p><p>Since taking over funding of the IMLTs in 2017, the Treasury has increased their annual funding by 37%. For the 2022/23 financial year, the Treasury increased funding for the England Illegal Money Lending Team by over 6% compared to 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>HMT officials regularly meet the IMLTs to understand the latest intelligence and monitor how funding is being deployed. These discussions will inform decisions about the appropriate levels of funding for the next financial year.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/09/2022 16:31:49 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1563740

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Rating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have (a) no credit record, (b) an insufficient credit record and (c) no recent credit history.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	114534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the number of people who have limited or no credit history on their credit files.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published an interim report on its Credit Information Market Study, which may include information and insights relevant to this question. It can be found at: <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/market-studies/ms19-1-credit-information-market-study" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/market-studies/ms19-1-credit-information-market-study</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 09/01/2023 14:01:29 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564447

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pension Funds: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the underlying causes of concerns relating to liability driven investment funds in the pensions industry in 2022; and what lessons his Department has learned about the operation of these funds during this period.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR) regulates pension schemes, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates UK-based asset managers that manage LDI funds which are often used by pension schemes. The Government welcomes the recent work of the UK regulators to require that LDI funds hold higher levels of resilience, following volatility in gilt markets in 2022. This work has also been welcomed, as a first step, by the Bank of England’s independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC), which is responsible for identifying and addressing systemic risks to improve UK financial stability. The FPC’s December 2022 Financial Stability Report (FSR), and its assessment of the vulnerabilities associated with LDI funds, was an important milestone in the ongoing lessons learned process.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 11/01/2023 15:47:57 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564448

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Rating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the level of potential (a) inefficiencies and (b) inequalities in credit scoring systems.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published an interim report on its Credit Information Market Study, which looks at how the credit information sector is working and how it could be improved. This includes consideration of the purpose, quality and accessibility of credit information. It can be found at: <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/market-studies/ms19-1-credit-information-market-study" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/market-studies/ms19-1-credit-information-market-study</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is engaging with the FCA, as well as industry and consumer groups, on the emerging findings of the Market Study.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 11/01/2023 15:54:29 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564449

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Insurance: Racial Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential trends in the level of discrimination of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the provision of insurance.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010 insurers cannot use ethnicity as a risk factor when determining the price of insurance. Insurers must treat customers fairly under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules and the FCA has powers to act against firms that fail to comply.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury met with insurance companies following the Citizens Advice report on the ‘ethnicity penalty’ published in March 2022 and will continue to engage with the insurance industry and the regulator on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 11/01/2023 15:53:44 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1247221

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the welfare standards for the production of chicken in (a) Poland, (b) the Netherlands and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	109156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>As members of the European Union, Poland and the Netherlands will need to comply with the European regulations concerning animal welfare standards, including Council Directive 2007/43/EC which lays down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production. As we leave the EU, we are committed to maintaining our position as one of the world leaders in animal welfare and want to improve and build upon that record, working in partnership with farmers to support healthier, higher welfare animals.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/11/2020 16:04:36 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1287110

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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	Asia-Pacific Region: Fish
	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 diplomatic steps his Department is taking (a) separately and (b) with countries in the Asia-Pacific region to help maintain fish stocks in that region.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	154740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK is taking action on a number of international fisheries issues alongside our international counterparts including from the Asia-Pacific region. These include, but are not limited to, playing a leading role in the global fight to prevent, deter and eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing, and engaging proactively in the work of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, to which many Asia-Pacific countries are also party, to ensure more sustainable management of high seas fisheries and maintain stocks in those waters. We are also participating actively in UN fora such as the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Fisheries, and advocating for the elimination of incentives and harmful subsidies for fisheries that are detrimental to the conservation of marine biodiversity in the ongoing negotiations at the World Trade Organization, and in the context of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 04/03/2021 12:17:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1287999

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	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	Genetic Engineering
	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 his Department's policy is on gene editing.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	156253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Defra’s view is that gene-edited organisms should not be regulated as genetically modified organisms if the end product could have been produced naturally, or by traditional breeding methods. Such gene-edited organisms would not contain DNA from other species. Defra is currently consulting on a proposal to amend the definition of a genetically modified organism as it applies in England.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 25/02/2021 13:27:59 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar