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1179000

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date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory driving tests for US personnel coming to work on US bases before being permitted to drive on UK roads.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>US Department of Defense (DoD) military and civilian personnel stationed at US military bases in the UK, and who are subject to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement, are permitted to drive on their domestic licenses. However, the US DoD requires its military and civilian personnel, and their dependents, to pass a DVLA written driving test before permitting their staff to drive in the UK. US diplomatic staff, to whom the NATO Status of Forces Agreement does not apply, can apply to the DVLA for a Diplomatic Driving Permit without taking any further tests but, in the interim, may drive in the UK on their domestic licenses for a period of up to one year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 05/03/2020 16:49:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179199

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect the human rights of migrants from the Windrush generation.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office, in its policies and its practices, must be compliant with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights as enacted under the Human Rights Act.</p><p>We are committed to righting the wrongs suffered by the Windrush generation, under successive goverments and have put in place a number of steps to do this. On 16 April 2018, the Home Office established a Taskforce to help members of the Windrush generation resolve their immigration status as quickly as possible and the Windrush Scheme was launched on 30 May 2018.</p><p>On 3 April 2019, the Windrush Compensation Scheme was launched in order to ensure that the Windrush generation, are properly compensated for losses and impacts suffered as a result of not being able to demonstrate their lawful status.</p><p>We have introduced additional safeguards to ensure that those who are lawfully present in the UK are not disadvantaged by measures put in place to tackle illegal migration. These include additional support within the checking services provided to employers, landlords and public service providers and temporary restrictions on the parameters of proactive data-sharing, to ensure members of the Windrush generation are not wrongly impacted.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/03/2020 16:32:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179200

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time in days is between the report of an anti-Semitic hate crime and conviction of the offender.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not record statistics in this way and so it is not possible to answer your question directly; prosecutions and convictions for crimes of this nature are recorded under the legislation of the specific offence they take, which means that there is no way to extract the data for anti-Semitic hate crime specifically as it would be recorded as ‘assault’ or a different category depending on the nature of the offence.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2020 13:59:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179201

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 his Department is taking to prevent flooding in Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) is working in collaboration with partners to develop and deliver an ambitious, long-term capital programme to reduce flood risk across Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p>Within the current six-year investment period from 2015/16 – 2020/21, a total of £650 million is being invested across Yorkshire. This programme will better protect 67,000 properties from flooding and coastal erosion by the end of March 2021. In addition to conventionally engineered solutions, this programme includes a number of projects that utilise nature based solutions, providing carbon absorption and net gains alongside flood risk benefits. For example, there are three National Natural Flood Management (NFM) pilot projects in Calderdale, Leeds and Pickering.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government investment in flood defences after 2021 have not yet been announced. In addition to the above, up to £12.5 million is spent every year in Yorkshire maintaining existing flood defences. To help facilitate flood prevention short term and long term actions, the floods Minister Rebecca Pow MP is planning to meet South Yorkshire MPs in the near future in partnership with the EA and the Mayor of Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 18974 question first answered 02/03/2020 13:05:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179202

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been allocated to flood defences in Yorkshire and the Humber for each year until 2025.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) is working in collaboration with partners to develop and deliver an ambitious, long-term capital programme to reduce flood risk across Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p>Within the current six-year investment period from 2015/16 – 2020/21, a total of £650 million is being invested across Yorkshire. This programme will better protect 67,000 properties from flooding and coastal erosion by the end of March 2021. In addition to conventionally engineered solutions, this programme includes a number of projects that utilise nature based solutions, providing carbon absorption and net gains alongside flood risk benefits. For example, there are three National Natural Flood Management (NFM) pilot projects in Calderdale, Leeds and Pickering.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government investment in flood defences after 2021 have not yet been announced. In addition to the above, up to £12.5 million is spent every year in Yorkshire maintaining existing flood defences. To help facilitate flood prevention short term and long term actions, the floods Minister Rebecca Pow MP is planning to meet South Yorkshire MPs in the near future in partnership with the EA and the Mayor of Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 18973 question first answered 02/03/2020 13:05:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179203

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Racial Discrimination
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 ensure her Department does not contain institutional racism.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office Diversity and Inclusion Strategy-2018-to-2025 sets out our ambitions to create an inclusive culture in the Department and one where racism is simply not tolerated.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2020 15:42:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179204

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Public Houses: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 prevent the closure of independent pubs in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of having a diverse range of pubs in local communities across the country, and the contribution pubs make to the economy and to community life in providing a place to socialise and encourage responsible drinking.</p><p> </p><p>In order to provide support for pubs, the Government announced a freeze on beer duty at Budget 2018. Due to this freeze, the price of a typical pint of beer in 2020 is 2p lower than it would have been had duty increased with inflation and 14p lower than it otherwise would have been since ending the beer duty escalator in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Many pubs will benefit from the business rates retail discount announced at Budget 2018, which cuts bills for eligible businesses by one third for two years from April 2019. The Government has committed to increasing the discount to 50% in 2020/21. It is available to eligible businesses, including pubs, with a rateable value below £51,000.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 02/03/2020 17:01:41 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179205

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether there is a link between the rate of beer duty and independent pub closures.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. However, all taxes are kept under review and the impact of a change to beer duty is considered at each fiscal event, including its effect on pubs and the wider economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains clear in its support for consumers, pubs and breweries, and has taken action to this end; ensuring the price of a pint of beer is 14p is lower than it otherwise would have been since ending the beer duty escalator in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2020 15:12:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179435

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Clothing: Environment Protection
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 his Department is taking to tackle the environmental damage caused by fast fashion.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	19016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>In line with the Resources and Waste Strategy for England (2018), this Government is committed to taking forward the best mix of policy measures to reduce the environmental impacts of clothing.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with WRAP and industry stakeholders through a voluntary agreement - the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan - to reduce the carbon, water and waste footprints of clothing by 2020. Discussions are now underway on a new phase for the agreement for the future.</p><p> </p><p>We are also exploring options for extended producer responsibility for textiles and other priority waste streams. In addition, we are seeking powers in the Environment Bill that will enable us to introduce ecodesign and consumer information requirements, subject to consultation, to support durable, repairable, and recyclable textiles.</p><p> </p><p>Our plans will be developed as part of a new Waste Prevention Programme which we plan to consult on later this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2020 13:06:44 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179513

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of EU migrants who will come to the UK annually under the proposed immigration system compared to under the current system.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	19047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>More detailed analysis on the points-based system and individual routes will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 19048 question first answered 02/03/2020 16:36:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel