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	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Law Commission's report, Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published July 2022, if he will implement the Commission's recommendations on removing restrictions on venues where civil and religious marriages can take place; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	45488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Law Commission report contains 57 recommendations for wholesale legislative reform. We must now take the time to consider the report recommendations fully. As has been set out in Parliament, marriage will always be one of our most important institutions, and we have a duty to consider the implications of any changes to the law in this area very carefully. We will publish a response to the report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 07/09/2022 15:07:24 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1490522

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2022
	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	Distributive Trade: Conditions of Employment
	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 he is taking to protect workers' rights in the retail and distribution sector in response to the Taylor Review.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	39815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting all workers across the UK and have recently brought forward several reforms which will help protect workers in the retail and distribution sector.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2022 we made sure 2.5 million people received a pay rise raising the National Minimum and National Living Wages. This was the largest ever cash increase to the National Living Wage and will put over £1,000 a year into a full-time workers’ pay packet, helping to ease cost of living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, on 6 July we brought forward legislation to widen the ban on exclusivity clauses, which restrict staff from working for multiple employers, to contracts where the guaranteed weekly income is equivalent to or below the Lower Earnings Limit of £123 a week.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 26/07/2022 13:10:38 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1490523

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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	Drugs: High Wycombe
	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 tackle disparities in regional medicine supply in High Wycombe in comparison to other areas in NHS England.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	39816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has established processes to prevent, manage and mitigate medicine shortages in England, including in High Wycombe. We work with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry and the National Health Service to maintain overall supply. Local pharmacies have specific commercial arrangements in place to ensure the continuity of supplies.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/07/2022 16:29:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1490525

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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	Fracking
	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 make it his policy to explore alternative methods to fracking for extracting shale gas.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	39817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministerial Statement of 4 November 2019 makes clear that the pause on shale gas exploration and extraction applies specifically to operations that require Hydraulic Fracturing Consent. The definition of associated hydraulic fracturing is set out under section 4B of the Petroleum Act 1998 (inserted by Section 50 of the Infrastructure Act 2015), and involves the injection of more than 10,000 cubic metres of fluid in total, or more than 1,000 cubic metres of fluid per stage.</p><p>Activities outside of this definition are not included in the pause.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/07/2022 09:25:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1489942

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport for London: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on extending the eligibility for Freedom Passes for the (a) Elizabeth Line and (b) London Underground to (i) pensioners and (ii) people with disabilities who live outside London but whose local services are connected to Transport for London services.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	38646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved and responsibility for it lies with the Mayor of London and Transport for London, including decisions on concessions offered and the terms attached to those concessions.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities can choose to make cross border arrangements with neighbouring authorities for discretionary concessions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Karl McCartney question first answered 25/07/2022 14:21:50 answering member 4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker