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1130723

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Christianity: Oppression
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a fund to support persecuted Christians through help with legal fees and access to justice.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	261523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a fund for legal fees and access to justice. The Foreign Secretary has however launched the independent review of Foreign and Commonwealth Office support for persecuted Christians on 30 January. This review will provide robust recommendations on how the FCO can respond to the persecution of Christians when the final report is submitted in the Summer.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 17/06/2019 15:39:43 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1132760

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	NHS: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to help protect the mental health of NHS staff.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	911417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan will develop a new offer for our people through which they will have voice and support including a focus on improved mental health.</p><p>This will build on progress implementing mental health standards in ‘Thriving at Work – a review of mental health and employers’, which have been included in NHS Standard Contracts and embedded in the National Health Service staff health and wellbeing framework.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/06/2019 14:50:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1381526

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2021
	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	Parental Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will include provisions in the forthcoming Employment Bill to ensure that neonatal leave and pay is accessible to all parents with a baby in neonatal care, including those parents who are under 25 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	80351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>On 1 March 2020, we published the Government’s Response to the 2019 consultation on Neonatal Leave and Pay which committed to introducing a new entitlement to Neonatal Leave and Pay.</p><p> </p><p>The entitlement will apply to all parents of babies who are admitted into hospital up to the age of 28 days, and who have a continuous stay in hospital of seven days or more. The period of leave and pay available to parents will be capped at 12 weeks. Neonatal Leave will be a ‘day one’ right, available to an employee from the first day of employment in their job.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward legislation to introduce Neonatal Leave and Pay when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/12/2021 14:43:09 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1419094

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	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	Employment Bill
	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 his Department is taking to help ensure the introduction of the Employment Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	116972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing new employment measures as we seek to build a high skilled, high productivity, high wage economy that delivers on our ambition to make the UK the best place in the world to work and grow a business. We have recently concluded a consultation containing proposals to reform flexible working regulations (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-flexible-working-the-default" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-flexible-working-the-default</a>) and have published a Government response to a consultation regarding the establishment of a single enforcement body for employment rights (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-establishing-a-new-single-enforcement-body-for-employment-rights" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-establishing-a-new-single-enforcement-body-for-employment-rights</a>).</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward reforms to our employment framework when Parliamentary time allows it. In the meantime, we will continue to take necessary action to support businesses and protect jobs.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/02/2022 16:42:29 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1419095

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	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	Parental Leave and Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will have discussions with HMRC about developing a payment mechanism for the introduction of neonatal leave and pay; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	116973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to taking forward neonatal leave and pay when parliamentary time allows. Payment systems for new leave entitlements are large-scale projects which require considerable investment. Officials from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and HMRC are already engaged in discussions regarding the development of the necessary system.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/02/2022 14:54:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1419176

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	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	Parental Leave and Parental Pay: Baby Care Units
	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 he plans to provide parents of babies receiving neonatal care with additional paid parental leave from April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	116974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing parents with an entitlement to take extended, paid leave for neonatal care, to support those new mothers and fathers who need it during the most stressful days of their lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will bring forward legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/02/2022 17:24:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1470056

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Health Centres and Hospitals: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to fund capital investment in new hospitals and health centres.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	900475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to deliver 40 new hospitals by 2030, backed by an initial £3.7 billion. Together with eight existing schemes, this will mean 48 hospitals by the end of the decade, the biggest hospital building programme in a generation.</p><p>In addition to this, multi-year funding to 2024/25 of £1.7 billion has been secured for over 70 hospital upgrades, including health centres, to improve health infrastructure across the country over the long term. The aim of this investment is to modernise and transform the NHS’s buildings and services by funding physical upgrades across the country. We have already completed 65 upgrade schemes since 2017.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/06/2022 15:31:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1537399

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	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	Medical Equipment: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that households which use (a) home-oxygen and (b) other medical equipment are not prevented from doing so by rising energy costs.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	74749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Certain National Health Service specialised services provide rebates on energy costs for patients using medical equipment at home, such as home oxygen concentrators.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/11/2022 17:43:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1537400

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the remit of the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme to include parents attending hospital to care for a baby in neonatal care, recognising that they are not visitors to their baby, but essential caregivers.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	74750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 15/11/2022 14:01:25 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1537401

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to review the qualifying criteria for the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	74751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the qualifying criteria.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 10/11/2022 12:31:02 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall