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1417172

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date	27/01/2022
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	Forests and Recreation Spaces
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 he is taking to support new woodlands and community green spaces.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	905302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>Our England Trees Action Plan sets out how we will deliver our ambitious commitments to treble tree-planting rates across the country and bring trees and woodlands closer to people, backed by the £750 million Nature for Climate Fund. We are funding three new Community Forests in Cumbria, Devon and the North East, have established the Urban Tree Challenge Fund, and have created opportunities for large-scale tree planting through the Landscape Recovery Scheme with details soon to be launched. On 24 January I had the pleasure of visiting Blenheim estate, a 104-hectare woodland created under the England Woodland Creation Offer. Landowners, land managers and public bodies can apply to the England Woodland Creation Offer, which provides both greater financial incentives to plant and maintain trees and offers greater recognition of the benefits provided by woodland to people and nature.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 27/01/2022 13:40:55 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1416288

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Baha'i Faith: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote freedom of religion or belief for Baha’is.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all, and promoting respect between different religious and non-religious communities. Promoting the right to FoRB is one of the UK's longstanding human rights priorities.</p><p>We remain deeply concerned about the severity and scale of violations and abuses towards the Baha'i community in different parts of the world. Bilaterally, Ministers and officials regularly raise specific cases of concern, and do not shy away from challenging those we believe are not meeting their obligations whether publicly or in private. For instance, On 22 April 2021, The Minister for the Middle East, North Africa and North America, outlined to Parliament in a Westminster Hall debate the efforts of the UK Government to hold Iran to account for its mistreatment toward followers of the Baha'i faith.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 02/02/2022 17:46:06 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416289

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Christianity: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of Aid to the Church in Need’s report, entitled Hear Her Cries, published on 28 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>We have taken note of Aid to the Church in Need's report entitled &quot;Hear Her Cries&quot; published in 2021 and will study its contents .</p><p>The UK Government ensures our human rights policy work considers intersectionality of human rights, for example, the importance of gender-based violence, forced marriage and conversion, which is often experienced by women and girls from religious or belief minority communities.</p><p>In 2020, the Minister of State responsible for human rights, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, launched the Declaration of Humanity by Leaders of Faith and Leaders of Belief. The Declaration calls upon leaders from many faiths and beliefs to dismantle harmful misinterpretations of religious texts used to justify acts of sexual violence and to tackle the stigma facing survivors of this violence. Over 50 leaders, have already signed it.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 02/02/2022 17:43:31 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416290

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Armenia: Churches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the destruction of churches in Armenia on freedom of religion or belief in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government remains deeply concerned over the alleged destruction and desecration of religious and historically important cultural heritage sites in and around Nagorno-Karabakh before and after the 2020 conflict. In a meeting with the Armenian Ambassador on 20 January, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief underlined these concerns. We continue to urge both Azerbaijan and Armenia to provide UNESCO with unrestricted access to the region and, more widely, to engage with the OSCE Minsk Group to secure a sustainable, peaceful resolution to ongoing regional tensions.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/02/2022 10:12:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416291

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Heart Diseases: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle waiting times for heart scans.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>We have announced an additional £5.9 billion to support elective recovery, diagnostics and technology over the next three years. This includes £2.3 billion to increase diagnostic activity and launch at least 100 community diagnostic centres by 2024/25. This will address backlogs of patients waiting for clinical tests, such as echocardiograms, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasounds and computerised tomography scans.  By March 2022, 44 centres will be fully operational and deliver one million scans and tests, including for patients awaiting heart scans.</p><p>We have also made £2 billion available through the Elective Recovery Fund to recover elective services and reduce waiting times. In addition, we have committed £8 billion from 2022 to 2025 to reduce waiting lists and transform elective services.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/02/2022 13:55:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416292

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Ukraine: EU External 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, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts to support Ukraine in the context of recent Russian activity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary is in ongoing contact with her EU and other counterparts, including EU Foreign Policy Chief Borrell, France, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States. Her most recent conversations with EU counterparts were with Irish Foreign Minister Coveney and German Foreign Minister Baerbock, both on 28 January. She also met the NATO Secretary General in Brussels on 24 January. The Minister for Middle East, North Africa and North America discussed Ukraine with the US, French and German Foreign Ministers in Berlin on 20 January.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/02/2022 16:28:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416294

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Government Departments: Flags
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 her Department has to review the list of dates in its Union Flag flying guidance for UK government buildings.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	111750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>DCMS is responsible for informing UK Government Departments of the designated days for the flying of the Union Flag throughout the year. The designated days list is reviewed on an annual basis by the department in conjunction with the Royal Household before it is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals, local authorities and other organisations may fly flags whenever they wish, subject to compliance with any local planning requirement. UK government buildings are encouraged to fly the Union Flag all year round.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS will publish any updates to the designated days list for Union flag flying in February 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/01/2022 15:23:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1416296

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how (a) Members of Parliament and (b) the public can engage and contribute to his proposed review on smoking led by Javed Khan.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	111528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Independent Review into Tobacco Control, led by Javed Khan OBE, is engaging with a range of stakeholders, including members of the public and Parliamentarians. Hon. Members and the public can contact the secretariat of the Independent Review on tobacco control at <a href="mailto:TobaccoIndependentReview@dhsc.gov.uk" target="_blank">TobaccoIndependentReview@dhsc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 08/03/2022 16:22:07 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1416297

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Committee on Toxicity has been able to obtain independent confirmation of manufacturers' findings in regards to heat-not-burn products.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	111529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The Committees on Toxicity, Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity’s statement on heat-not-burn tobacco products in 2017 was based on data provided by the manufacturers as well as the available independent data on these products. As this is not standard practice, the Department has not obtained independent confirmation of the data assessed by the Committee on Toxicity.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 01/02/2022 12:25:14 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1416298

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is aware of the statement by Action on Smoking and Health on 7 September 2004 on the legal framework for smoking tobacco and snus in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	111530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the statement.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 02/02/2022 11:18:16 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie