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	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Poultry Meat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether all chicken served on the Parliamentary estate is free range.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	263055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>None of our chicken is free range. Unless especially requested for an event, all standard poultry for cafeterias and restaurants is British Red Tractor farm assured but not free range.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/06/2019 10:23:23 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1129264

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce air pollution from trucks and HGVs.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	259464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working to address the environmental impacts associated with HGVs by encouraging the development and uptake of cleaner fuels and vehicle technologies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s £20m Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial has over 300 vehicles demonstrating a range of new low emission technologies on UK roads. In February £1m of grant funding was awarded to three technology providers to support the accreditation testing of vehicle retrofit technologies, in particular for HGVs and coaches.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 September 2018, DVSA enforcement staff across Great Britain have been checking lorries for emissions cheat devices. Cheat devices mean a lorry can produce up to 20 times more dangerous emissions. The national rollout of checks follows a successful year-long pilot. During the pilot, DVSA enforcement staff caught 449 emission cheats at 5 sites across the country.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 15:18:22 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1129265

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Volkswagen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Government has not penalised VW for misleading vehicle emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	259006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to take the unacceptable actions of Volkswagen extremely seriously. However, given that the vast majority, if not all, of the potential wrong doing is likely to have occurred at Volkswagen AG in Germany, it is for the German Government in the first place to take action. The Department will assess the prospects of taking action in the UK, once the German investigation is complete and based on any available evidence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 15:32:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman