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1237977

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Zhenhua Data: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the collection of data on UK individuals and others by Chinese firm Zhenhua Data.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	95592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner's Office is aware of the reports regarding Zhenhua Data Technology and is making enquiries with the company. Organisations must comply with our legal system and regulatory frameworks. The GDPR and UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18) impose strict obligations on organisations to ensure that UK citizens’ data is processed safely and securely. Organisations which fail to comply may be investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office and where appropriate subject to enforcement action, including fines. If relevant the ICO may contact international partners through their cooperation mechanism.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 07/10/2020 13:44:27 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1139651

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his (a) European and (b) other international counterparts on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	911993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK regularly discusses the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela in international fora.</p><p>This includes with our European counterparts, as well as during the visits to the UK by the Colombian President Duque and US Secretary of State Pompeo.</p><p>Together with our international partners, we continue to call for unimpeded access for humanitarian aid in to Venezuela.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/07/2019 15:33:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458275

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of compliance by China of its World Trade Organisation obligations.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	155575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK statement at China’s World Trade Organization Trade Policy Review in October 2021 sets out the Department’s position on China’s level of compliance.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise China’s progress but have called on China to fully meet the commitments set out in its Accession Protocol. We have concerns about lack of transparency in various areas, including subsidies and state-owned enterprises, and practices which distort markets.</p><p> </p><p>The statement can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/wto-trade-policy-review-of-china-uk-statement." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/wto-trade-policy-review-of-china-uk-statement.</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2022 16:01:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1196759

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the UK's policy is on the future of the World Trade Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	48263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK believes a strong, rules based, multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core, is in the best interests of all nations. The UK is working to strengthen and reform the WTO, so it can continue to deliver a free, fair, non-discriminatory, transparent framework for trade between countries. This will play an important role in resolving the economic effects of the global pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We are engaging closely with the WTO Secretariat and the wider Membership to achieve an early resumption of the WTO’s regular work. Our priorities are making progress on updating the WTO rulebook, in particular in the areas of digital, services and the environment, and to improve transparency.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support a fully-functioning dispute settlement system with an appeal function and remain committed to finding a permanent resolution to the impasse of the Appellate Body.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/05/2020 08:53:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1201470

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Health Organization: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding was allocated from (a) the UK Government public purse and (b) other countries to the World Health Organisation in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	55858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK is the third biggest donor to the WHO, giving £120 million per annum on average. We do not routinely keep data on funding allocated by other countries. The World Health Organization holds this information.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 15/06/2020 15:33:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458928

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will reconsider the policy of including French tropical islands in the calculation of French winter temperatures for the purposes of winter fuel payments.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Winter fuel payments were introduced in winter 1997/98 and has been honoured by successive Governments. There are no plans to review this policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/04/2022 10:55:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564309

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	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Crown Estate from offshore wind leases in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	117438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Estate operates as an independent commercial business, in line with The Crown Estate Act and the Framework Agreement with HM Treasury. The Crown Estate returns 100% of its net revenue to HM Treasury each year, totally over £3billion in the last decade.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate publishes its revenue performance for each business unit on an annual basis. These accounts are laid in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial year 2021/22, The Crown Estate generated £113.3million from its marine business, which includes offshore wind leasing activity alongside other seabed leasing activity. The seabed is a valuable national asset, and through The Crown Estate’s leasing and investment activity appropriate value is being secured to the benefit of the nation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/01/2023 16:23:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1399571

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
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	Whales
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 assessment his department has made of the potential merits of a revival of the whale population on (a) the international marine environment and (b) carbon capture.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	96765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government plays a leading role championing the conservation and welfare of all cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) both in the UK and internationally. We fully recognise the importance of whale populations to the marine ecosystem, and the vital role they play to sequester carbon.</p><p> </p><p>We play an active role in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and are Vice Chair of the IWC’s Conservation Committee. The Conservation Committee considers a wide range of cetacean conservation issues, which includes increasing our understanding of their important role in ecosystem functioning and climate change.</p><p> </p><p>Research into the carbon capture potential from whales is ongoing within the scientific community and we anticipate some of this research to be reported on at the IWC’s Scientific Committee meeting in May this year. Defra officials and UK scientists will attend this meeting which will help improve our understanding of the importance of cetaceans in carbon sequestration.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 12/01/2022 13:22:48 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1293368

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the economy of limiting the number of guests at weddings until 21 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	160528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS officials and I meet regularly with the industry-led Weddings Taskforce established to represent all parts of the Weddings sector [in England], to understand the impact of the pandemic on jobs and businesses. On 22 February, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister published the Government’s ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’. The roadmap is a step-by-step plan to ease restrictions in England cautiously, starting with education. Across the four steps, the roadmap sets out the sequencing and indicative timing for easing restrictions, including those on the wedding sector.</p><p> </p><p>Over the course of the pandemic the Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support to businesses, which we keep under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/03/2021 12:34:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1293371

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on Asian wedding businesses of the limit on the number of guests permitted weddings until 21 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	160529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS officials and I meet regularly with the industry-led Weddings Taskforce established to represent all parts of the Weddings sector [in England], including Asian wedding businesses, to hear their feedback about the impact of the restrictions on them and the business support available. On 22 February, the Prime Minister published the Government’s ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’. The roadmap is a step-by-step plan to ease restrictions in England cautiously, starting with education. Across the four steps, the roadmap sets out the sequencing and indicative timing for easing restrictions, including those on the wedding sector.</p><p> </p><p>Over the course of the pandemic the Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support to businesses, which we keep under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/03/2021 12:35:41 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar