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1538453

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Climate Change Convention
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 his objectives are for the remainder of the UK’s COP presidency.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	902034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK hands the COP Presidency to Egypt in a few days time, at COP27. To avoid and respond to the most catastrophic impacts of a changing climate, COP27 must build on commitments made at COP26.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:14:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1538454

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Renewable Energy: International Cooperation
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 he is taking with international partners to share best practice on renewable energy generation.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	902035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK plays a leading role with international partners in accelerating renewable and green-grid deployment, drawing on our world-leading experience. Sharing our expertise has helped countries increase their clean energy ambition, as evidenced in declarations made throughout our COP26 Presidency.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:15:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1538455

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	UN Climate Conference 2021
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 the Government on its progress on meeting its COP26 commitments.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	902037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers regularly meet with Government colleagues to discuss COP26 commitments, including progress towards our own net zero targets.</p><p>The Government is leading on climate change at home, including reducing emissions faster than any other G7 economy, and continuing to drive action internationally.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:16:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1538456

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Climate Change Committee
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 Cabinet members on the findings and recommendations of the Climate Change Committee’s 2022 Progress Report to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	902039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Departments, across Government, are carefully considering the Committee’s detailed report and will respond early next year. Delivering net zero is essential to tackling global challenges and delivering economic opportunities for the UK. Ministers are working together across Government on this agenda.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:17:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1538457

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Fracking
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 assessment he has made of the potential effects of fracking on meeting global climate targets.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	902040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government issued a Written Ministerial Statement on 27 October confirming that it will adopt a presumption against issuing further hydraulic fracturing consents. This effective moratorium will be maintained until compelling new evidence is provided addressing concerns around the prediction and management of induced seismicity. As such, shale gas extraction will not impact the UK meeting global climate targets.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:17:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1537684

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	International Labour Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Government's relationship with the International Labour Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	74963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>As a founding member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) the UK continues to be actively engaged and involved with the organisation. To date, the UK has ratified 89 ILO Conventions, most recently the Violence and Harassment Convention, which was ratified in March this year (2022).</p><p> </p><p>The UK is one of ten permanent members of the ILO Governing Body and currently have a delegation attending its 346<sup>th</sup> session in Geneva, running until 10 November. The UK also attends the annual International Labour Conference.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to contributions made by the Department for Work and Pensions to the ILO’s regular budget, the UK is a major contributor to the ILO’s development cooperation programme through the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>I hope to meet with the new Director General of the ILO, Mr Gilbert Houngbo, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/11/2022 16:56:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1537361

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing the period of time for which non-molestation orders can be issued.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	74983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are civil orders made by the family court to protect victims and their children from the harms of domestic abuse and there is no time limit on the duration of an order.</p><p>Non-molestation orders can be made for a specified time or until a further order is made. As non-molestation orders have no statutory minimum or maximum time limit, the duration of each order is at the discretion of the court. The duration of each order will be determined by a number of factors, including, the risks of further domestic abuse, whether the order was made on notice or without notice to the respondent, and whether there has been a follow-up hearing (known as a return hearing).</p><p>In practice, these orders are often made for a period of 6-12 months, during which time the order can be varied (including to extend it) or discharged.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/11/2022 12:49:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1537418

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	British Overseas Territories: LGBT+ People
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 he has had discussions with LGBT activists and organisations from the (a) Cayman Islands and (b) Bermuda where the right to marriage for same-sex couples is refused by their respective Governments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	74883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The inhabited British Overseas Territories are separate, largely self-governing jurisdictions with their own democratically elected representatives. The relationship with the Overseas Territories is based on partnership. Policy on marriage law is an area of devolved responsibility.</p><p>The majority of Overseas Territories have legal recognition and protection for same sex relationships, either through marriage or through civil partnerships as is the case in Bermuda. In 2020 the Governor of the Cayman Islands enacted civil partnership legislation to recognise same-sex partnerships in order to comply with the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. The UK Government continue to engage with and encourage remaining Territories that have not put in place arrangements to recognise and protect same sex relationships, to do so.</p><p>The UK Government remains open to further engagement with LGBT+ activists and organisations across the Overseas Territories to support increased recognition and protections for same-sex relationships in the Overseas Territories.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/11/2022 17:47:00 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1537470

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Refugees: Ukraine
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that hon. Members are kept regularly briefed on the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees in their constituencies.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	74560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The most up to date data on arrivals through the Homes for Ukraine Scheme can be accessed <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fukraine-sponsorship-scheme-visa-data-by-country-upper-and-lower-tier-local-authority&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C58ddd06f03db443ce7cb08dac0d36c65%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638034311528489322%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wNOoHQxzFT%2F4NasyYsYspeFqQbEiIRekfKr%2BP259P0w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. <br> <br> Further information can be accessed <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomelessness-management-information-ukrainian-nationals-england&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C58ddd06f03db443ce7cb08dac0d36c65%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638034311528489322%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ea7%2BXnJT59RMXg6qBL86i2tUbMFFPDAzi04%2FQTRjHJU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 76137 question first answered 07/11/2022 16:41:46 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1537500

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 has made any preparations to introduce antibody testing before Christmas 2022 for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed patients who may not mount a full response to Covid vaccines.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	74935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>The Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce is exploring options for a pilot study to test antibody levels in immunosuppressed patients to provide clinical evidence of a potential protective vaccine response. This could inform a wider testing programme identifying those who have mounted a protective antibody response following vaccination and provide more informed advice.</p><p>No specific cost estimate has yet been made. However, officials are in discussions with experts in this area and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 74936 question first answered 04/11/2022 13:25:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper