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1401956

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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	Food: Innovation
	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 steps his Department is taking to promote innovation in the food system.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	101767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Defra recognises how central innovation and technology are to boosting productivity, enhancing the environment and feeding a growing global population. The Government is making significant investment to unlock innovation and translate our world leading research into practical, farmer-led solutions that improve productivity, environmental sustainability and resilience, and which move towards net zero emission farming systems.</p><p>We have several funding programmes open to industry as well as our own farming and food science research. These funding streams address key areas such as soil systems and land management, regenerative agriculture, sustainable feed and pest management, automation, alternative proteins, and precision farming.</p><p>The Government’s £90 million investment in the 'Transforming Food Production' (TFP) challenge, launched by UK Research and Innovation in 2018, is already supporting ground-breaking research and development to enable farmers and growers to harness the latest technology to produce high quality food, increase their productivity and move towards net zero emission farming systems by 2040.</p><p>On the back of this programme’s success, Defra launched a £14.5 million collaborative agricultural R&amp;D competition called 'Farming Innovation Pathways' in spring 2021, targeting existing and new farm focused innovation, which will be delivered through the TFP initiative.</p><p>In October 2021, Defra launched the first £17.5 million share of funding in its ambitious new Farming Innovation Programme – as part of the proposed measures to stimulate innovation and boost sustainable productivity in England’s agricultural and horticultural sectors as we move away from the EU system of farming subsidy payments. This Programme will enable more farmers, growers, and agri-food businesses to become involved in collaborative agricultural and horticultural R&amp;D, and will enhance knowledge exchange and adoption of innovation by farmers and growers to ensure innovation can make a real difference to the sectors. It will comprise three separate funds that will pull through innovation in different areas, from small farmer-led innovative research projects to larger industrial R&amp;D projects that can transform the sector.</p><p>On January 19 we will launch the Improving Farm Productivity theme of the Farming Investment Fund, part of the £27 million grant scheme fund launched last November. Farmers and growers in England will be able to apply for grants to invest in cutting edge robotic and automation technology to boost productivity. Farmers will benefit from grants ranging from £35,000 to £500,000 to invest in innovative equipment including state of the art autonomous driverless tractors, and cutting-edge robots that harvest, weed and spray crops and voluntary robotic milking systems.</p><p>Defra is also engaged with the £47.5 million UK Research and Innovation led Strategic Priorities Fund in Food Systems, which is addressing planetary and health challenges to transform the food system.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/01/2022 13:16:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1402291

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dentistry: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to amend the five-year time limit in the General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Exam to take account of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic and to support candidates who have reached or are approaching that five year limit.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	102677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Dentists Act 1984 requires overseas applicants to the General Dental Council’s (GDC) register to undertake its Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) to confirm they have the requisite skills and knowledge to practise dentistry in the United Kingdom.</p><p>In April 2020, the GDC suspended Parts 1 and 2 of the ORE due to the restrictions in place to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 December 2021, the GDC announced a planned sitting of the Part 2 exam in January 2022.</p><p>The legislation restricts the GDC from offering Part 2 ORE places to candidates where five or more years have passed since they first attempted Part 1 of the exam. Therefore, the GDC has not been able to offer places on the January 2022 exam sitting to any candidates whose five-year period has expired. Officials have worked with the GDC to develop proposals which will provide these candidates with additional time to take the Part 2 assessment in the future. We plan to consult on this proposed legislative change in early 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2022 14:06:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1169226

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the procurement of Fleet Support ships; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	1027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The decision to stop the Fleet Solid Support ship competition was taken because it had become clear that a value for money solution could not be reached. The Ministry of Defence is currently assessing the options, and as part of this process will review the requirement and any procurement strategy. It is not possible to provide any further details until this work has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 47 question first answered 13/01/2020 12:04:16 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1169227

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the Tribunals Service in (a) Glasgow South West, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain for (i) personal independent payment, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseekers allowance and (v) tax credits were successful in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	1028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Information about the outcomes of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes of (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Glasgow South West (b) Glasgow (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain for the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available. They also provide information about the outcomes for (iii) Income Support (IS). (iv) Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits (TC) for (d) Great Britain</p><p> </p><p>The tables below contain the requested information for (iii) IS, (iv) JSA and (v) TC for Glasgow and Scotland:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant in the latest period for which figures are available (July – September 2019)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow South West and Glasgow<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing.</p><p><strong><sup>2</sup></strong> TC includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</p><p><strong><sup>3</sup></strong> SSCS appeals for Glasgow South West constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue but this venue also hears appeals from other Glasgow constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of five or fewer</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/01/2020 16:41:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1243426

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Turkey: Counter Terrorism
	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 representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on the use of anti-terrorism legislation against (a) elected members of the People’s Democratic Party and (b) other elected officials.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	103563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>We have made it clear to Turkey that we expect the government to undertake any legal processes or actions against opposition parties, MPs, party officials, elected mayors, human rights defenders and journalists, fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. We will continue to engage closely with Turkey to encourage the full protection of fundamental rights of all peoples, regardless of their legitimate political affiliations, particularly in the area of freedom of expression and assembly, press freedom and the treatment of detainees. We will also continue to raise the human rights situation in Turkey in multilateral organisations, as we did at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Turkey in January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 103564 103565 question first answered 19/10/2020 15:26:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1243429

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Turkey: Counter Terrorism
	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 representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on that country's use anti-terror legislation to close down the open and democratic operations of the People’s Democratic Party by the ruling Justice and Development Party and Nationalist Movement Party alliance.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	103564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>We have made it clear to Turkey that we expect the government to undertake any legal processes or actions against opposition parties, MPs, party officials, elected mayors, human rights defenders and journalists, fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. We will continue to engage closely with Turkey to encourage the full protection of fundamental rights of all peoples, regardless of their legitimate political affiliations, particularly in the area of freedom of expression and assembly, press freedom and the treatment of detainees. We will also continue to raise the human rights situation in Turkey in multilateral organisations, as we did at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Turkey in January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 103563 103565 question first answered 19/10/2020 15:26:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1243431

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Turkey: Arrest Warrants
	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 recent representations he has made to his Tukish counterpart on the issue of arrest warrants for 82 people, including former mayors and Members of the People’s Democratic Party and the Party’s Central Executive Board on the grounds of their having protested the siege of Kobane.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	103565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>We have made it clear to Turkey that we expect the government to undertake any legal processes or actions against opposition parties, MPs, party officials, elected mayors, human rights defenders and journalists, fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. We will continue to engage closely with Turkey to encourage the full protection of fundamental rights of all peoples, regardless of their legitimate political affiliations, particularly in the area of freedom of expression and assembly, press freedom and the treatment of detainees. We will also continue to raise the human rights situation in Turkey in multilateral organisations, as we did at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Turkey in January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 103563 103564 question first answered 19/10/2020 15:26:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1403921

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Working Hours
	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 records her Department keeps relating to staff working times under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how long those records are kept for.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	106757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Staff at DCMS work a standard 36 or 37 hour week and paid overtime is allowed on an exceptional basis in priority areas. No members of staff have opted off of the Working Time Directive, and we do not have any workers in the categories set out in Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 at this time.</p><p>Staff are encouraged to discuss their working hours with their Line Manager and, where they may be working beyond their standard hours, to record their hours of work with managers keeping oversight. A flexi time sheet template is available for individuals to use to record their hours; records are not held centrally and staff are free to retain them for as long as useful.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 21/01/2022 09:40:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1403923

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what records his Department keeps relating to staff working times under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how long those records are kept for.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	106758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The department does not centrally monitor working hours for any employee but requires all employees, regardless of work location, to keep an accurate record of the hours they work. This must be retained by the employee for 3 years and will be reviewed by their line manager on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 21/01/2022 14:04:00 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1403924

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Working Hours
	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 records his Department keeps relating to staff working times under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how long those records are kept for.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	106759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Easington on 17 January 2022, PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-12/102586" target="_blank">102586</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/01/2022 09:43:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens