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	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Broadband: Voucher Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 9003 on Broadband: Voucher Schemes, of the applications received by Building Digital UK since December 2022 how many have been (a) made by and (b) granted to businesses and individuals in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Since December 2022, 4190 vouchers have been requested on behalf of businesses and residential premises in Wales under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme, all of which were approved by BDUK.</p><p> </p><p>33 of these vouchers were approved under phase two of the voucher scheme and the other 4157 vouchers were approved under the previous phase.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/01/2024 11:38:41 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418135

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Trade in Services Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he expects the Trade in Services Agreement to entail amendments to (a) employment law, (b) trade union law and (c) company law in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) does not directly cover employment, trade union or company law and no amendments are expected in these areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 12:20:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418134

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Trade in Services Agreement: Industrial Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken in negotiations of the Trade in Services Agreement to ensure that workers' rights are protected.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) does not directly cover the laws which underpin workers’ rights in its agreement. The UK Government work closely with the Commission and the <a title="Links to an external resource" href="http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank">International Labour Organisation</a> to ensure that fundamental workers' rights are respected in the context of trade and economic expansion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 15:19:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418136

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on employment levels in the UK (a) economy and (b) transport industry.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is not possible at this stage in the negotiation for the Government to assess the precise impact the TiSA will have on employment levels in the UK economy, but we estimate the agreement has the potential to provide a £2-3 billion increase to the UK’s annual GDP with associated employment gains.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418139

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Trade in Services Agreement: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on the transport industry; and when his Department plans to update that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible at this stage in the negotiation for the Government to assess the precise sectoral impact of the Trade in Services Agreement, but the European Commission are currently undertaking an impact assessment on the overall impact of the agreement. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/</a></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418133

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Trade in Services Agreement: Fossil Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on the domestic oil and gas industry; and when her Department plans to update that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade in Services negotiations are ongoing and my Department has not carried out such an assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/09/2015 13:11:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

759435

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Wales and Borders Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers his Department has in the design, content, tendering and award of the next Wales and Borders and Metro franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Agreement in principle was reached with the Welsh Government last year that they would be given a combination of statutory executive franchising functions within Wales, and agency powers of the Secretary of State in relation to the English component of the franchise, in order that that they could procure and manage a new franchise of similar geographic scope, while ensuring the Secretary of State’s accountability for rail operations within England.</p><p>In order to facilitate the timely progression of the Welsh Government’s procurement, the Secretary of State entered into the first of a planned series of agency agreements with Welsh Ministers in October last year. Each agreement will set out relevant conditions to protect the Secretary of State’s interests in the English component of the franchise (including the English component of cross-border services). The Government also continues to progress the transfer of functions Order to give effect to the transfer to Welsh Ministers of executive franchising functions in Wales.</p><p>The Department is actively and constructively engaging with Welsh Government to both protect the Secretary of State’s interests and enable them to achieve a successful procurement of the next Wales &amp; Borders franchise from October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 9745 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:19:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

759434

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Valley Lines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the risk associated with the proposed transfer of ownership of the Valley Lines to the Welsh Government.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail has been considering carefully the risks associated with the proposed transfer of ownership of the Valley Lines. Both it and the Welsh Government have been developing an agreement based upon Network Rail being held harmless for the direct impacts upon its business of the proposed transfer.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/09/2017 13:24:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

759433

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Valley Lines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the role is of the Office of Rail and Road in any proposed transfer of ownership of the Valley Lines to the Welsh Government.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road is the statutory economic and safety regulator for the rail industry in Great Britain. In relation to the proposed transfer of ownership of the Valley Lines, its role will be to ensure that the transfer does not prejudice the interests of other rail industry parties and that the subsequent operator of the Valley Lines infrastructure has in place all necessary licences and other authorisations to ensure that operates in a safe and efficient manner, in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/09/2017 13:21:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

759432

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Valley Lines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an agreement has been reached on the proposed transfer of ownership of the Valley Lines to the Welsh Government.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Welsh Government has been working closely with Network Rail to agree the principles for the proposed transfer of ownership of the Valley Lines. Such transfer is supported in principle by the government, subject to final agreement and recommendation of approval by Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/09/2017 13:14:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens