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798002

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
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 is taking to reduce knife crime
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	116909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>Our work to tackle knife crime is centred on four key strands: working with the police on operations and enforcement; work on the legislative framework; to work with retailers on responsible sales of knives; and early intervention and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>We are encouraging police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. It includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps, test purchases of knives from retailers, the use of surrender bins, and educational activities. A record thirty-two police forces took part in the week of action in July.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed a set of commitments with major retailers to prevent the underage sales of knives in their stores and online. The agreement also covers staff training and displays and packaging.</p><p> </p><p>We are keeping the legislative framework under review and we have taken action to ban zombie knives in August 2016. In addition on 14 October we launched a consultation on new legislation on offensive weapons. The proposals include placing restrictions on the online sale of knives, creating a new offence of possession of an offensive or dangerous weapon in a private place, and updating existing legislation. We have launched a community fund to support local communities to tackle knife crime.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting youth violence intervention and prevention work in hospital emergency departments including supporting the voluntary sector organisation, Redthread, undertake work in London hospitals and pilots its approach shortly in Nottingham and Birmingham.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/12/2017 12:25:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

797629

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Zero Hours Contracts: Unfair Dismissal
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 extend the employment rights of workers on zero hour contracts to cover unfair dismissal.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	116592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the issues raised by Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices which includes employment rights and zero hour contracts, as well as atypical work more generally. Matthew Taylor’s report is comprehensive and detailed and we have been giving the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/12/2017 15:55:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

797776

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 2214, which local authorities will participate in the proof of identity pilot for the May 2018 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	116684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The opportunity to pilot voter ID in May 2018 was offered to all local authorities in Great Britain and we are pleased that Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to do so. In addition, Tower Hamlets will be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the postal and proxy vote processes respectively.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/12/2017 16:59:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

797778

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Packaging: Recycling
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 discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (b) representatives of the retail sector on to encourage supermarkets to make more of their packaging recyclable; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	116686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry has met with the Food and Drink Federation at a joint-Ministerial roundtable where the issue of waste was discussed.</p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the 2017 Autumn Budget that there will be a call for evidence on single-use plastics that will begin in the New Year that will also take into account the findings of the consultation on drinks containers. We fully expect the retail sector to respond to this.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/12/2017 14:33:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

797780

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Bahrain: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterparts in the Bahraini Government on fairness of the first trial of civilians in secret military courts in Bahrain in October 2017 .
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>​We have raised this issue with the Bahraini authorities. We continue to encourage Bahrain to live up to its international and domestic human rights obligations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/12/2017 13:15:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797783

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation on Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, published in September 2017, for what reasons the cap on bio-fuels will be reduced from 4 per cent to 2 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	116691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government consulted on a range of options for limiting the contribution from crop based biofuels towards the renewable fuel target for transport, from zero to the maximum seven per cent allowed under EU Directive 2015/1513. The consultation and the Government response are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response</a> and include analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposals, including the impacts on the competitiveness of UK industry through an estimate of the gross value added to the UK economy by the biofuels industry under the proposed amendments.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to cap the contribution from crop-based biofuels at four per cent in 2018, reducing to three per cent in 2026 and two per cent in 2032. Reducing the contribution from crop-based biofuels in this way will signal that we want to see future investment focus on the most sustainable fuels made from wastes and residues, while ensuring a continuing market for the UK’s existing bioethanol producers. According to research published by the European Commission in 2015, titled “The land use change impact of biofuels consumed in the EU, Quantification of area and greenhouse gas impacts”, crop biofuel usage at 7% of transport energy could result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to Parliamentary approval, the legislation providing for these changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) will provide for a review to ensure the policy aims are being met. If required after the review further amendments could then be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 116692 116693 116694 question first answered 08/12/2017 10:40:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

797784

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation on Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, published in September 2017, what comparative assessment he has made of the competitiveness of 2 per cent crop cap in the UK with a 7 per cent crop cap in EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	116692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government consulted on a range of options for limiting the contribution from crop based biofuels towards the renewable fuel target for transport, from zero to the maximum seven per cent allowed under EU Directive 2015/1513. The consultation and the Government response are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response</a> and include analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposals, including the impacts on the competitiveness of UK industry through an estimate of the gross value added to the UK economy by the biofuels industry under the proposed amendments.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to cap the contribution from crop-based biofuels at four per cent in 2018, reducing to three per cent in 2026 and two per cent in 2032. Reducing the contribution from crop-based biofuels in this way will signal that we want to see future investment focus on the most sustainable fuels made from wastes and residues, while ensuring a continuing market for the UK’s existing bioethanol producers. According to research published by the European Commission in 2015, titled “The land use change impact of biofuels consumed in the EU, Quantification of area and greenhouse gas impacts”, crop biofuel usage at 7% of transport energy could result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to Parliamentary approval, the legislation providing for these changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) will provide for a review to ensure the policy aims are being met. If required after the review further amendments could then be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 116691 116693 116694 question first answered 08/12/2017 10:40:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

797785

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation, what processes are in place to allow for the amending of the crop cap after its planned promulgation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	116693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government consulted on a range of options for limiting the contribution from crop based biofuels towards the renewable fuel target for transport, from zero to the maximum seven per cent allowed under EU Directive 2015/1513. The consultation and the Government response are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response</a> and include analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposals, including the impacts on the competitiveness of UK industry through an estimate of the gross value added to the UK economy by the biofuels industry under the proposed amendments.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to cap the contribution from crop-based biofuels at four per cent in 2018, reducing to three per cent in 2026 and two per cent in 2032. Reducing the contribution from crop-based biofuels in this way will signal that we want to see future investment focus on the most sustainable fuels made from wastes and residues, while ensuring a continuing market for the UK’s existing bioethanol producers. According to research published by the European Commission in 2015, titled “The land use change impact of biofuels consumed in the EU, Quantification of area and greenhouse gas impacts”, crop biofuel usage at 7% of transport energy could result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to Parliamentary approval, the legislation providing for these changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) will provide for a review to ensure the policy aims are being met. If required after the review further amendments could then be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 116691 116692 116694 question first answered 08/12/2017 10:40:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

797786

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation on Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, published in September 2017, if he will make an assessment of the efficacy of the crop cap two years after the changes to that cap are implemented.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	116694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government consulted on a range of options for limiting the contribution from crop based biofuels towards the renewable fuel target for transport, from zero to the maximum seven per cent allowed under EU Directive 2015/1513. The consultation and the Government response are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-transport-fuel-obligations-order-government-response</a> and include analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposals, including the impacts on the competitiveness of UK industry through an estimate of the gross value added to the UK economy by the biofuels industry under the proposed amendments.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to cap the contribution from crop-based biofuels at four per cent in 2018, reducing to three per cent in 2026 and two per cent in 2032. Reducing the contribution from crop-based biofuels in this way will signal that we want to see future investment focus on the most sustainable fuels made from wastes and residues, while ensuring a continuing market for the UK’s existing bioethanol producers. According to research published by the European Commission in 2015, titled “The land use change impact of biofuels consumed in the EU, Quantification of area and greenhouse gas impacts”, crop biofuel usage at 7% of transport energy could result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to Parliamentary approval, the legislation providing for these changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) will provide for a review to ensure the policy aims are being met. If required after the review further amendments could then be proposed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 116691 116692 116693 question first answered 08/12/2017 10:40:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

797789

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from police forces on the costs of policing fracking sites.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	116697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Lancashire PCC has submitted an application for Special Grant funding for the costs of policing the anti-fracking protests in Lancashire; this is currently being reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>The North Yorkshire PCC has also approached Home Office officials for information on how to apply for Special Grant funding; an application has not yet been received.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/12/2017 13:14:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh