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1140233

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hemp: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for the cultivation of industrial hemp are in effect in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	279071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently 55 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in England, Wales and Scotland. <br>There are currently 2 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in Scotland.</p><p>The licences are generally issued for a validity period of three growing seasons and therefore will include licences issued in 2017, 2018 and 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 279072 question first answered 23/07/2019 15:01:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1140234

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hemp: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for the cultivation of industrial hemp are in effect in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	279072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently 55 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in England, Wales and Scotland. <br>There are currently 2 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in Scotland.</p><p>The licences are generally issued for a validity period of three growing seasons and therefore will include licences issued in 2017, 2018 and 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 279071 question first answered 23/07/2019 15:01:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1082368

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Law and Order: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of his Department are working on programmes relating to UK-EU law enforcement information-sharing following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	228765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information that is broken down in this way, and it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/03/2019 16:15:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843599

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll And Bute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) number and (b) location of new mobile sites under the Emergency Services Network contract which will be located in Argyll and Bute constituency are; how many sites in that same area have gained planning approval; how many sites in that same area have entered the build phase; how many sites in that same area were live as of 1 January 2018; how many sites in that same area are being built with the capacity for multi-occupancy; and how many sites in that same area have a confirmed second tenant.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	127940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm there will be c.75 new EE sites and 17 Extended Area Service (EAS) sites located in the constituency of Argyll and Bute.</p><p> </p><p>All new EE sites are being built and delivered to agreed Home Office timeframes and where possible will go live earlier to support commercial coverage. Of the 75 sites, 59 have planning permission. 7 of the new sites are commercially available.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of EAS sites I can confirm that there are currently 17 sites proposed in Islay, Jura, Mull and the Kintyre Peninsula and 3 have planning permission approved (or 3 HoTs signed – as none have yet entered the build phase).</p><p> </p><p>Of the c.500 new sites EE is building, 291 will transfer over to the Home Office at the end of the contract term. EE is making available details of all shareable new sites to other mobile network operators proactively both directly and through an existing website used by the industry to arrange site sharing. EE has made available the details of 350 sites. EE is confident that the 291 sites will transfer to the Home Office will be selected from this portfolio, and the Home Office and EE have now agreed 104 of these sites (and are working on confirming on which of the remainder will make up the rest of the 291). These will be shareable in accordance with the terms of the EC Decision in relation to State aid for this Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Separately the Home Office, through the EAS project are delivering circa 292 individual sites. I would also like to reassure you that the Home Office has been proactive in seeking to build masts that support multi-operator use where practicable.</p><p> </p><p>Finally I thought it helpful to remind you that the Emergency Services Network is designed to, first and foremost, deliver a ‘blue-light’ communications service.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127944 question first answered 27/02/2018 11:59:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843603

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll And Bute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the (a) number and (b) location of mobile sites for the Emergency Services Network contract in Argyll and Bute constituency which are being built using state aid; how many such sites have gained planning approval; how many such sites have entered the build phase; how many such sites were live as of 1 January 2018; how many such sites are being built with the capacity for multi-occupancy; how many such sites have a confirmed second tenant; and how much money from the public purse has been allocated to each such site.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	127944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm there will be c.75 new EE sites and 17 Extended Area Service (EAS) sites located in the constituency of Argyll and Bute.</p><p> </p><p>All new EE sites are being built and delivered to agreed Home Office timeframes and where possible will go live earlier to support commercial coverage. Of the 75 sites, 59 have planning permission. 7 of the new sites are commercially available.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of EAS sites I can confirm that there are currently 17 sites proposed in Islay, Jura, Mull and the Kintyre Peninsula and 3 have planning permission approved (or 3 HoTs signed – as none have yet entered the build phase).</p><p> </p><p>Of the c.500 new sites EE is building, 291 will transfer over to the Home Office at the end of the contract term. EE is making available details of all shareable new sites to other mobile network operators proactively both directly and through an existing website used by the industry to arrange site sharing. EE has made available the details of 350 sites. EE is confident that the 291 sites will transfer to the Home Office will be selected from this portfolio, and the Home Office and EE have now agreed 104 of these sites (and are working on confirming on which of the remainder will make up the rest of the 291). These will be shareable in accordance with the terms of the EC Decision in relation to State aid for this Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Separately the Home Office, through the EAS project are delivering circa 292 individual sites. I would also like to reassure you that the Home Office has been proactive in seeking to build masts that support multi-operator use where practicable.</p><p> </p><p>Finally I thought it helpful to remind you that the Emergency Services Network is designed to, first and foremost, deliver a ‘blue-light’ communications service.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127940 question first answered 27/02/2018 11:59:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

628206

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	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	Defence and Security
	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 recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the defence and security industries.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	51827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has frequent discussions with defence and security companies and also engages regularly with the industry through the Defence Growth Partnership, which is jointly chaired by BEIS and industry. During his recent visit to Japan, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State attended the Special Equipment Exhibition and Conference for Anti-Terrorism (SEECAT), where he met with a number of UK-based Defence and Security companies.</p><p>All Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/11/2016 12:13:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

599653

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	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	Climate Change
	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 steps the Government is taking to tackle global climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	47955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK played an important role in securing the global climate Agreement reached in Paris in December 2015. The UK has started its domestic process to enable ratification of the Paris Agreement and will complete this before the end of the year.</p><p>The UK also played a key role in securing a major global climate deal to combat aviation emissions, reached at the 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization on 6 October 2016.</p><p>We will provide at least £5.8bn from the UK aid budget between 2016 and 2020 as climate finance which will continue to support developing countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change. This should help promote green investment required to meet the well below 2 degree goal set in Paris.</p><p>Domestically we are delivering against the Paris climate deal through our UK Climate Change Act which commits us to reduce emissions by at least 80% by 2050. One of the first acts of this Government was to pass the fifth carbon budget into law – it is equivalent to a 57% reduction on 1990 levels by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/10/2016 14:02:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara