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1356716

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date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the creation of the National Shipbuilding Office on (a) the number of ships being built in the UK and (b) the amount of (i) British technology, (ii) components and (iii) steel in those ships.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	903514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Office will be responsible for driving forward one of the Prime Minister’s key domestic priorities across Government. It will report directly to the Shipbuilding Tsar and will oversee all of the UK Government’s interests in UK shipbuilding.</p><p> </p><p>Our National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, which will be published later this year, will set out our approach in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/09/2021 16:07:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1356717

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the families of armed forces personnel.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	903515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Families are at the heart of the Defence Community. Our assistance to them includes, wraparound childcare and children’s education partner employment. The Armed Forces Families Strategy, to be published this autumn, will provide a cross-Government policy framework to support outcomes for families.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/09/2021 16:57:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1356744

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
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	Fluoride: Drinking Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the paper entitled Assessment of Lake Water Quality and Eutrophication Risk in an Agricultural Irrigation Area: A Case Study of the Chagan Lake in Northeast China published by Xuemei Liu et al on 14 November 2019, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies on water fluoridation of the research findings that increased environmental fluoride levels contribute significantly to eutrophication.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	51647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has advised that eutrophication of lakes is driven by excess nutrients, phosphorus and nitrogen, the main sources of which are agriculture and sewage effluent. Fluoridation of drinking water supplies is not considered to have an effect and the low levels of fluoride that occur naturally in most waters in the United Kingdom are not felt to be an influence on the risks and impacts of eutrophication.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 12/10/2021 09:25:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 22528 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1356449

registered interest
date	17/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on Community Led Housing in respect of the number of community led homes that could be built with £65 million of additional Government funding; if he will make it his Department's policy to increase the Community Housing Fund in the upcoming Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	50975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the community-led housing sector offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across the country. Discussions on the upcoming Spending Review will cover a range of important issues.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 24/09/2021 12:05:45 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1355831

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Buildings: Safety
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 estimate he has made of the value of additional funding that will be required by local authorities to effectively administer the proposed new building safety regime, as set out in the Building Safety Bill.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	50146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The Building Safety Bill contains provisions to support local authorities to fulfil their functions under the Bill, including to widen the scope of local authorities' charging schemes under the Building Act, and to enable the Building Safety Regulator and the Secretary of State to reimburse a local authority for work carried out by its inspectors in support of the Building Safety Regulator.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/09/2021 14:05:47 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1356076

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gulf States: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf, entitled The cost of repression, published on 6 July 2021, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the recommendations in that report; and if the Government will publish a response to that report.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	50331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO's International Programme (IP), and within it the Gulf Strategy Fund (GSF), is a vital tool in promoting positive change and reforms across the world, including in the Gulf. Our programmes help our partners to continue their human rights reform, address key climate change and green growth opportunities and challenges, tackle illicit finance, improve marine conservation, promote economic diversification, promote diversity and inclusion including on LGBTQ+ rights, and develop their institutions.</p><p>All cooperation through the IP, including the GSF, is subject to rigorous risk assessments to ensure all work meets our human rights obligations and our values. The Government does not shy away from raising legitimate human rights concerns, and encourage other states to respect international law.</p><p>We now publish an annual summary of the GSF's work on gov.uk. We will not publish further information where doing so presents risks to our staff, programme suppliers and beneficiaries, or which may impact our relationships with our international partners, and therefore our ability to influence their reform efforts.</p><p>We will provide updates on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 50624 question first answered 22/09/2021 16:14:07 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1356165

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arabian Sea: Tankers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) she and (b) her predecessor has held discussions with relevant counterparts on the death of a UK worker in an attack on an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea on 30 July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	50663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The former Foreign Secretary raised the Iranian attack on the MV Mercer Street, which resulted in the death of a British national, in a call with the Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian on 13 September. The former Foreign Secretary also discussed the attack with Five Eyes Foreign Ministers on 2 August. The UK condemned the attack on the MV Mercer Street at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on 6 August and the Defence Secretary condemned Iran's actions at a UNSC debate on maritime security on 9 August. On 6 August, the countries of the G7, along with the EU issued a statement condemning the unlawful attack and attributing it to Iran.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/09/2021 16:43:18 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1356166

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	France: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her French counterpart on reported allegations that President Macron has obstructed plans for an Anglo-French summit.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	50664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>Ministers at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office regularly engage with their French counterparts to discuss a wide range of issues in the bilateral relationship. Following her appointment on 15 September, a meeting between the Foreign Secretary and her counterpart is being arranged.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 24/09/2021 13:18:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1356168

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the teaching of organ donation in post-primary education settings.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	50665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The national curriculum includes content that can be used by teachers as an opportunity to inform pupils about organ donation. For example, pupils are taught about this as part of the Key Stage 4 science curriculum. The national curriculum is compulsory in state-maintained schools and is often used as a benchmark by academies and free schools.</p><p>Since September 2020, it has been compulsory for schools to teach relationships education to primary school-aged pupils, relationships and sex education to secondary school-aged pupils and health education to all pupils in state-maintained schools. The statutory guidance on relationships, sex and health education sets out that by the end of secondary school, pupils should know about the science relating to blood, organ and stem cell donation.</p><p>The department has published teacher training modules, including online modules for primary and secondary teachers containing key knowledge and facts to help teachers understand what they must teach in relation to the new requirements. This can be done flexibly and can include teaching about organ donation.</p><p>As with other aspects of the curriculum, schools continue to have flexibility over how they deliver important topics and use their autonomy and local community knowledge to do this.</p><p>Health education in schools in Northern Ireland are matters for the Department of Education for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/09/2021 13:54:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1356175

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Mobile Phones: Aerials
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 review the potential effect of the 2017 Electronic Communications Code on rents paid to landowners to allow mobile masts on their land.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	50616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the reforms in 2017 we have continually listened to feedback from stakeholders on the impact those changes have had on the expansion and improvement of digital networks across the UK. The culmination of this process was a consultation on potential further reform to the Code, published in January 2021. The consultation closed in March 2021 and responses are being considered. The Government’s response will be published shortly.</p><p>The provisions concerning how rents are calculated were not part of that consultation. The 2017 reforms were intended to strike a balance between ensuring individual landowners do not incur any losses and enabling the deployment of digital networks more cost effective. It is the Government’s view that the cost of acquiring rights to install digital infrastructure prior to 2017 was too high and needed to be addressed. The pricing regime now in place is more closely aligned to those for utilities such as water and electricity and reflects the fact that access to good quality digital services is an increasingly critical part of daily life for residents across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 23/09/2021 14:35:40 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn