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654835

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	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	South Korea: Dogs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the South Korean government on dog meat trade in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	56710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text We will continue to raise this issue with the South Korean government and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham), on 20 September 2016 to Question 46043. answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/12/2016 12:00:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

712443

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Japan: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department and the Ministry of Defence plan to hold the next two plus two meeting with the foreign and defence ministers of Japan.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	68491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>​We are in close contact with the Japanese government to find a mutually convenient date in 2017 to host the third substantive UK-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial talks.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2017 14:25:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

781301

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	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	British Virgin Islands: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the time it will take to restore basic infrastructure in the British Virgin Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	110550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>​The devastation caused by the recent hurricanes left the British Virgin Islands (BVI) without access to basic necessities like running water, electricity and shelter. The Government, through its regional taskforce, mounted an operation to provide immediate humanitarian relief and continues to work with the Government of the British Virgin Islands to help restore vital public infrastructure. To this end the BVI Government, with other regional development partners and the UK's Royal Engineers, is conducting thorough needs assessments for the restoration of basic infrastructure on the islands. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, FCO Minister for the Overseas Territories recently met the Premier of the British Virgin Islands to discuss the BVI Government's draft plans for near-term recovery and ongoing UK support.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/11/2017 15:02:52 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

674309

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that public bodies implement section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	60368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>We published guidance on the Modern Slavery Act on GOV.UK and a circular was sent to all bodies who are subject to the duty when section 52 was first introduced. In October 2016, we launched a communications campaign to raise awareness amongst public bodies and made communications materials available on GOV.UK. We will continue to promote the duty to notify in consultation with key partners.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/01/2017 15:49:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

768885

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to enable local authorities to expedite the removal of unauthorised Traveller encampments.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	107181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>We intend to consult on the effectiveness of enforcement against unauthorised developments and encampments. We will seek views on whether there is anything that would ensure existing powers can be used more effectively. We will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/10/2017 13:54:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

674319

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have anti-trafficking programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	60367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold data on how many local authorities have specific anti-trafficking programmes. All local authorities in England and Wales have a duty under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to notify the Home Office if they encounter a victim of modern slavery. They are also all ‘first responders’ under the National Referral Mechanism and so are able to refer victims for specialist support. Guidance on these referral processes is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/01/2017 11:28:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1523225

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on ensuring that properties looking to erect an additional floor require planning permission.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	64177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>To support the supply of new homes, national planning policy expects that local planning policies and decisions should respond positively to suitable opportunities to deliver additional new homes above existing residential and commercial premises.</p><p>We have introduced new permitted development rights to allow certain existing residential and commercial buildings to extend upwards by up to two storeys to create new homes and extra living space. The rights are subject to prior approval by the local planning authority on specific matters, including potential impacts on the amenity of neighbours. This ensures that people who might be affected by such a development can feed their views into the decision making process.</p><p>We continue to keep the rights under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/10/2022 15:33:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507236

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Planning: Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government will take steps to prevent overdevelopment of Green Belt land in its future planning reforms.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that a local authority should not propose to alter a Green Belt boundary unless there are exceptional circumstances and it can show at examination of the Local Plan that it has explored every other reasonable option: including using brownfield land or optimising the density of development. Within Green Belt, most types of new building are questioned and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances, as determined by the local authority. These strong protections for Green Belt land are to remain firmly in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:03:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507237

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Planning: Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he will take steps to protect the Green Belt in the National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that a local authority should not propose to alter a Green Belt boundary unless there are exceptional circumstances and it can show at examination of the Local Plan that it has explored every other reasonable option: including using brownfield land or optimising the density of development. Within Green Belt, most types of new building are questioned and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances, as determined by the local authority. These strong protections for Green Belt land are to remain firmly in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 10/10/2022 10:33:47 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

765243

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Game: Animal Welfare
	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 the Government is taking to enforce the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	105668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The welfare of gamebirds is protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which makes it an offence to cause any unnecessary suffering to an animal or to fail to provide an animal with its welfare needs. The statutory Gamebird code, which was made under the 2006 Act, provides additional protection and provides keepers with guidance on how to meet the welfare needs of their gamebirds. Failure to follow the code's recommendations can be used in evidence in court to support a welfare prosecution. Inspectors from theAnimal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) will refer to the code when they have been asked to inspect a game farm. When required APHA advise farmers on achieving compliance and, if appropriate, legal action will be taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/10/2017 12:58:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507240

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Planning Permission: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on the ability for the Planning Inspectorate to override planning decisions made by local councils.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The right of appeal following the refusal of an application is an important part of a planning system. The Planning Inspectorate are required to determine an appeal in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. <br> <br> Currently, around two thirds of appeals are refused.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:16:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1518806

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Digital Technology: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide an update on the Government's policy on digital market competition.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	58917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The new pro-competition regime will remove the obstacles to competition and drive growth in digital markets, delivering lower prices for UK families, and giving consumers more choice and control over the services they use online.</p><p>The Draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill was announced as part of the Queen's Speech 2022 and will be published as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 58920 question first answered 20/10/2022 10:58:41 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1518807

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Digital Technology: Competition
	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 plans she has to allow pre-legislative scrutiny of the forthcoming Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	58920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The new pro-competition regime will remove the obstacles to competition and drive growth in digital markets, delivering lower prices for UK families, and giving consumers more choice and control over the services they use online.</p><p>The Draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill was announced as part of the Queen's Speech 2022 and will be published as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 58917 question first answered 20/10/2022 10:58:41 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

802363

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Libya: Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to tackle trafficking and sale of slaves in Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	118050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has called modern slavery one of the great human rights challenges of our time, and has made eradicating this scourge one of her top foreign policy priorities. We have committed to doubling our aid spend in support of this objective to £150 million. In Libya, we have provided humanitarian aid to migrants and refugees and delivered assistance in detention centres. We are also increasing our engagement with the Libyan law enforcement authorities to tackle organised crime and trafficking. We have provided specific support to women and girls, to protect them from the heightened risks of trafficking and sexual and gender based violence. The UK regularly raises with the Libyan Government the need for wider respect for human rights and accountability.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 15:13:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507242

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Derelict Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government will take steps to ensure brownfield development is incentivised by planning policy instead of development on greenfield sites.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that planning policies and decisions should make efficient use of land and give substantial weight to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements. To support this approach we have introduced a number of planning measures including uplifting local housing need in the top 20 most populated cities to make the most of brownfield land and existing infrastructure, and required every local authority to publish a register of local brownfield land suitable for housing. We have also revised Permitted Development and Use Class rules so that yet more homes can be created and commercial buildings can change more easily between uses, helping make best use of existing buildings.</p><p>To support these policies we are providing significant tax payer subsidy for the take-up and completion of brownfield redevelopment. We have set the £1.5 billion Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund and the £550 million Brownfield Housing Fund. Around half the projects in the £4.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund programme are mostly on brownfield land and a further £180 million of taxpayer subsidy has been made available to help authorities release smaller brownfield sites for housing.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 30/09/2022 09:52:49 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

674321

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Hertfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of human trafficking in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hertsmere constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	60380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency regularly publishes statistics relating to the number of potential victims of modern slavery referred to the National Referral Mechanism, broken down by police force area. These can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics. The Home Office has not made an assessment of the prevalence of human trafficking and modern slavery in Hertfordshire or the Hertsmere constituency.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2017 17:17:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

690450

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judges: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has plans to train judges to specialise in the protected characteristic of religion or belief.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	64024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not oversee judicial training; the Lord Chief Justice does through the Judicial College.</p><p> </p><p>The issue of religion arises as a factor in a range of cases heard across many jurisdictions. Judges make reasoned and independent decisions based on the evidence presented. If religion is an issue in deciding a case, the parties have the opportunity to present evidence about that to the judge.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 27/02/2017 15:52:02 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

784877

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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	South Georgia: Fishing Catches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent over-fishing in the South Georgia seas.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	111585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government of South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) manages fisheries with the Territory's Maritime Zone to the highest international standards.The South Georgia toothfish fishery is assessed by the Marine Stewardship Council to be among the most sustainable fisheries in the world.</p><p>The UK ensures that SGSSI fisheries legislation and management practices are in line with our obligations to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). We work through the CCAMLR Commission to agree sustainable and scientific-based fishery catch limits for the SSGSI Martime Zone, and cooperates with other CCAMLR Members to address issues relating to unreported, unregulated and illegal fishing activities across the Southern Ocean.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/11/2017 13:47:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1522430

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	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	Museums and Galleries: Restitution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the implementation of sections 15 and 16 of the Charities Act 2022 on the ability of trustees of national museums to seek authorisation from the (a) Charity Commission, (b) Attorney general or (c) in the courts to return collection items if they are motivated by a moral obligation.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	63260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is deferring the commencement of sections 15 and 16 of the Charities Act 2022 until we fully understand the implications for National Museums and other charities. When Parliament debated the Charities Bill, enabling national museums to restitute items from their collections based on moral grounds was neither considered, nor agreed on.</p><p>Deferring the commencement of these sections of the Act, which were initially planned to be in the first tranche of commencements in autumn 2022, will have no impact on the implementation of the other sections in the Charities Act 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 64175 64176 question first answered 25/10/2022 08:58:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1522766

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Museums and Galleries: Restitution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Charities Act 2022 on decisions by trustees of national museums to consider the moral claims of restitution claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	64175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is deferring the commencement of sections 15 and 16 of the Charities Act 2022 until we fully understand the implications for National Museums and other charities. When Parliament debated the Charities Bill, enabling national museums to restitute items from their collections based on moral grounds was neither considered, nor agreed on.</p><p>Deferring the commencement of these sections of the Act, which were initially planned to be in the first tranche of commencements in autumn 2022, will have no impact on the implementation of the other sections in the Charities Act 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 63260 64176 question first answered 25/10/2022 08:58:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1522767

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	Charities Act 2022
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Charities Act 2022: implementation plan, published April 2022, what plans do the Government have to bring sections 15 and 16 of the Act into force.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	64176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is deferring the commencement of sections 15 and 16 of the Charities Act 2022 until we fully understand the implications for National Museums and other charities. When Parliament debated the Charities Bill, enabling national museums to restitute items from their collections based on moral grounds was neither considered, nor agreed on.</p><p>Deferring the commencement of these sections of the Act, which were initially planned to be in the first tranche of commencements in autumn 2022, will have no impact on the implementation of the other sections in the Charities Act 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 63260 64175 question first answered 25/10/2022 08:58:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

773252

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of how effectively her Department's agencies, the police and the NHS work together to support victims, patients and families with mental health issues.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	108451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has worked with the police and their partners to improve the support to people with mental health needs.</p><p>Latest figures on the use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act indicate that police stations were used as a place of safety on 2,100 occasions in 2015/16, a 54% reduction on the previous year, and the Government has also allocated up to £30m in funding to local areas to improve places of safety provision and ensure that people in mental health crisis are not detained in police stations.</p><p>Liaison and Diversion (L&amp;D) schemes have been rolled out in police custody suites and courts to ensure that those coming into contact with the criminal justice system who have mental health issues are identified and referred to appropriate assessment and support services. Such schemes currently cover over 68% of the population of England and are expected to reach 82% by April 2018. Street triage schemes, which involve collaborative working and information exchange between police officers and mental health professionals, are operating in over 30 forces. These have been found to provide a more appropriate response to those in mental health crisis.</p><p>Home Office and Department of Health Ministers chair the National Steering Group on the Crisis Care Concordat, comprising a wide range of national organisations and service users. This monitors work undertaken across the country by local Crisis Care Concordat Partnerships in responding to those in mental health crisis.</p><p>However, there remains more to do and the Government announced on 4 October an independent review of the Mental Health Act to ensure that people with mental health problems receive the treatment and support they need when they need it. people with mental health problems receive the treatment and support they need, when they need it. people with mental health problems receive the treatment and support they need, when they need it. people with mental health problems receive the treatment and support they need, when they need it.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/10/2017 16:30:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

768882

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Shops: Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the relative accessibility to wheelchair users of shops in England.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	107184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has commissioned research to evaluate the effectiveness of regulatory guidance about accessibility and we will publish the results in due course. We have not undertaken a separate assessment of the relative accessibility of shops for wheelchair users.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/10/2017 13:32:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

753455

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Kamal Foroughi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on ensuring that Mr Kamal Foroughi is allowed to receive social and humanitarian visitors in Evin Prison.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	5878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary last raised Mr Foroughi's case when he met Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in February. I raised our concerns regarding treatment of dual nationals detained in Iran with the Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr Ravanchi, on 21 June and in my meeting with the Iranian Ambassador on 6 July. The Government will continue to raise our concerns with the Iranian Government at every opportunity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/07/2017 15:35:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

770011

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve information for patients who may be exempt from dental charges.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	107696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department makes available to all National Health Service dental practices a patient leaflet which includes information on how to claim free treatment and reminds practices annually of the need to display the leaflets. Information is also set out on NHS Choices and can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1786.aspx?CategoryID=74&amp;SubCategoryID=742" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1786.aspx?CategoryID=74&amp;SubCategoryID=742</a></p><p>Information on NHS Choices is regularly reviewed.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/10/2017 16:48:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden