10 1 Sefton Central 1 false 5G: Health Hazards 259200 10 House of Commons Bill Esterson To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of 5G on human health. 2019-06-06T15:10:35.6Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2019-06-06 Biography information for Margot James <p>Ministers have regular meetings with other ministers on a range of subjects. The Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England (their Executive Agency, who offer independent scientific advice) lead on health issues for Government.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for advising Government on the public health aspects of exposure to radio waves, including those from mobile phone base stations and other radio transmitters in the environment. Central to this advice is that exposure to radio waves should comply with the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP); who are formally recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).</p> 259199 259201 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Biography information for Bill Esterson 2019-06-03 10 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Bill Esterson 2019-06-03 259201 1 false 5G: Health Hazards 2019-06-06T15:10:35.647Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2019-06-06 <p>Ministers have regular meetings with other ministers on a range of subjects. The Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England (their Executive Agency, who offer independent scientific advice) lead on health issues for Government.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for advising Government on the public health aspects of exposure to radio waves, including those from mobile phone base stations and other radio transmitters in the environment. Central to this advice is that exposure to radio waves should comply with the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP); who are formally recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).</p> 259199 259200 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sefton Central To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will fund a study on the biological impact of 5G radiation after the UK leaves the EU. 1 2019-06-10T13:49:08.527Z Meon Valley George Hollingbery false 2019-06-10 Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery <p>The Government has made it clear that any future trade deal with the US must work for farmers, food manufacturers and UK consumers as well as protecting the UK’s high standards of food safety, animal welfare and environmental protection.</p><p> </p><p>The existing food safety provisions regarding chlorine and other pathogen reduction treatments for poultry will be transferred into UK law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act. Without exception, imports will continue to be required to meet the UK’s food safety standards.</p> 2019-06-04 Sefton Central International Trade Bill Esterson Poultry Meat: USA International Trade To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to support and safeguard the interests of the UK poultry meat industry in trade negotiations with the US Administration. false Department for International Trade 259964 202 Sefton Central Environment, Food and Rural Affairs To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) the poultry meat sector and (b) consumers of the importation of poultry washed with (i) chlorine and (ii) other antimicrobial washes from the US. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Bill Esterson 2019-06-10T14:40:41.537Z Scarborough and Whitby Mr Robert Goodwill false 2019-06-10 Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill <p>We are committed to maintaining our rigorous standards on animal welfare and food safety after Brexit - high standards and high quality are what our domestic and global customers demand, and that is what we will provide.</p><p> </p><p>The existing food safety provisions regarding chlorine and other pathogen reduction treatments for poultry will be transferred into UK law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act.</p><p> </p> 259965 Poultry Meat: USA 1 2019-06-04 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 13 false 2019-06-27T13:28:48.27Z Pudsey Stuart Andrew false 2019-06-27 Biography information for Stuart Andrew <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is taking a number of positive actions to make it easier for smaller companies to do business with defence, for example launching sub-contract advertising on our online portal and engaging more regularly with smaller businesses to help understand the challenges they face. We are also introducing new measures to ensure prime contractors' pay promptly and working to improve the pipeline information that we publish.</p><p>The MOD Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Action Plan 2019-2022 was published in March 2019 and this sets out the actions we are taking in more detail. It is available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-small-and-medium-sized-enterprise-action-plan-2019-2022</p> Ministry of Defence 1 Defence Bill Esterson false Ministry of Defence: Procurement To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps she is taking increase the proportion of her Department's procurement with SMEs. 11 2019-06-21 267740 Sefton Central Defence Tradeshow Access Programme Bill Esterson 1 Department for International Trade 202 To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to engage with businesses in order to assess their levels of satisfaction with the Tradeshow Access Programme. 2019-07-24T14:26:01.5Z Beverley and Holderness Graham Stuart false 2019-07-24 Biography information for Graham Stuart <p>The Department for International Trade has commissioned a new Client Survey that measures the quality and impact of DIT’s products and services. As part of this, satisfaction scores will be produced for the Tradeshow Access Programme with the intention to publish the first findings in early 2020.</p> 2019-07-19 International Trade International Trade false Sefton Central 279479 false 2019-08-01T11:43:40.697Z Bournemouth West Conor Burns false 2019-08-01 Biography information for Sir Conor Burns <ul><li>The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) will be a non-departmental independent public body and will be established with the passing of the Trade Bill. Before that happens, and to provide certainty to UK businesses that they will not be exposed to injury from unfair trade practices, the Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate has been temporarily established within DIT to make assessments and recommendations in a respect of a trade remedy measure.</li><li>There are currently (23<sup>rd</sup> July 2019) 104 staff working for Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate and these will transfer to the TRA once it has been established.</li></ul> 280256 International Trade International Trade To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff worked for the Trade Remedies Authority as of July 2019. Bill Esterson Sefton Central 2019-07-22 1 202 Department for International Trade Trade Remedies Authority: Staff International Trade International Trade To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of his Department's budget is allocated to the Trade Remedies Authority. 1 2019-07-30T17:32:31.887Z Bournemouth West Conor Burns false 2019-07-30 <p>The following figures relate to the operational budget of the Trade Remedies Investigation Directorate (TRID):</p><p> </p><p>- For the year 2018/2019 TRID had a budget £7.3m which equated to 1.7% of the Department’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>- For the year 2019/2020 TRID has a budget of £11.9m which equates to 2.3% of the Department’s overall budget</p><p> </p><p>Please note that any costs relating to occupancy and IT infrastructure are provided by centralised services and the Department does not operate an internal charging regime to reallocate these costs to the business units.</p> 280257 202 false 2019-07-22 Bill Esterson Department for International Trade Sefton Central Trade Remedies Authority: Finance 2019-07-30T17:18:41.573Z Bournemouth West Conor Burns false 2019-07-30 <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF)’s mission is to ensure no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, while operating at no net cost to the taxpayer. UKEF helps UK companies win export contracts by providing attractive financing terms to their buyers, fulfil contracts by supporting working capital loans, and get paid by insuring against buyer default. For this reason, this response has interpreted the request for the proportion of UKEF <em>spend</em> as the proportion of UKEF <em>support</em>, that being the share of total maximum liability UKEF provided for exports relating to renewables in low and middle-income countries in each of the last three years.</p><p>UKEF classifies countries as per the World Bank classification system, where countries are divided into four income categories – low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income. For this reason, the response has interpreted ‘developing economies’ to include countries with either a low, lower-middle and upper-middle income classification.</p><p> </p><p>The share of support UK Export Finance (UKEF) provided for exports relating to renewables in low and middle-income countries can be found in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Share of maximum liability which went to renewables projects in low and middle-income countries, %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>.66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>UKEF publishes details of the support it provides in its Annual Report and Accounts.</p> 280259 Bill Esterson Sefton Central 2019-07-22 International Trade 202 Renewable Energy: Developing Countries To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of UK Export Finance spend was on renewable projects in developing economies in each of the last three years. International Trade 1 Department for International Trade false Tradeshow Access Programme: Finance To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of funding of the Tradeshow Access Programme. International Trade 202 International Trade 2019-07-31T13:07:07.067Z Beverley and Holderness Graham Stuart false 2019-07-31 <p>For the last 2 years funding for TAP has remained at £6.5m. The overall TAP budget is in line with the last Spending Review settlement.</p><p> </p><p>An evaluation of TAP is being commissioned to understand how to improve programme delivery and the impact the scheme has on businesses and the wider economy. This will inform future budget allocations.</p> 2019-07-22 280261 Bill Esterson false Sefton Central 1 Department for International Trade 0 1070