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1606632

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date	23/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress her Department has made on negotiating a free trade agreement with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	904263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm that round 8 is currently underway in India.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, both nations have come to the table with the very highest of ambitions and a willingness to work together towards a mutually beneficial deal.</p><p> </p><p>We are now working through substantive issues like goods market access, services, and investment, and are starting to see a way forward that works for both sides.</p><p> </p><p>However, we will only sign when we have a deal that is fair, reciprocal, and ultimately in the best interests of the British people and the economy.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/03/2023 17:57:59 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1606024

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Local Broadcasting: Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government will make its decision on the renewal of local television licensing.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	170710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important contribution and impact that local TV services make to our broadcasting ecosystem and for those across the UK, particularly in their role disseminating relevant news and engaging with local communities.</p><p>In the Broadcasting White Paper (April 2022), we announced our intention to make changes to the local TV licensing regime to enable the renewal of the local TV multiplex licence until 2034 and subject to the same conditions (including revocation power) that apply to the national multiplexes.</p><p>The Government also committed to consulting on the detailed arrangements for the renewal of the multiplex licence and conditions for renewal. The Government will publish that consultation in due course. We will consult on options for the renewal or relicensing of individual local TV services at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/03/2023 15:52:52 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1606027

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Day Care Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of providing adults using day care services with 30 hours of free care support each week.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	170667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>We have no plans to make this assessment. The current charging system already provides support to those who need it most, with people with assets below £23,250 eligible for state financial support towards their care and support costs. The number of people able to access financial support will increase under the upcoming charging reforms, which will include an expansion of the means test.</p><p>When developing the charging reform policy, the Government considered various models and found that the planned changes provide the best balance between how many people are supported, how much they are supported and the cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/03/2023 09:12:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1606055

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Embassies: Security
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 the security of embassies and high commissions in the UK are maintained.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The security and dignity of diplomatic missions in the UK, and their staff, is of utmost concern and His Majesty’s Government fully recognises our obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The right to gather lawfully and demonstrate a point of view is a basic democratic right. But rights to lawful protest do not extend to violent or threatening behaviour.</p><p>Our protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. However, it is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on diplomatic security arrangements. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals and locations concerned.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 28/03/2023 09:19:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1606077

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Lung 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, whether any other Government departments provide funding for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) interstitial lung disease and (ii) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	170598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department has made no arrangements with other Government Departments for funding the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial lung disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.</p><p>NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of interstitial lung disease services and funds the high cost anti-fibrotic treatments which treat these diseases. Access to these treatments has recently been widened to people with non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with the publication of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Technology Appraisal 747 in November 2021.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/03/2023 11:31:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1606083

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on legal representation at inquests in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	170629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is unable to answer within cost as the Ministry of Justice does not hold central financial records in relation to legal representation at inquests.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/03/2023 17:45:03 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed