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1149191

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory and consistent (a) UK-wide logo and (b) on pack information for compostable food packaging; and what plans her Department has to introduce such a policy.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Resources and Waste Strategy analysed the challenges currently facing the recycling industry in this country, setting out how we would tackle these challenges. Building on commitments in the Strategy we launched a consultation earlier this year on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system, as part of that consultation the Government proposed a mandatory UK-wide labelling system that provides clear information to help people to recycle. Following strong support for the proposal from consultation respondents, the Government is minded to take forward a mandatory labelling scheme subject to further analysis and legal considerations. Defra officials are exploring how a mandatory labelling scheme can address consumer confusion about what to do with compostable packaging. The consultation closed on 13 May and the summary of responses and next steps can be found via the below link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that innovation into compostable and biodegradable plastics could help reduce the environmental impacts of plastics if they are disposed of in the right way. However, this is often not the case. If these plastics are put in the domestic waste bin, for example, they are likely to end up in landfill and can break down to release powerful greenhouse gases, such as methane. If mistakenly recycled with other plastics, they have the potential to damage the quality of the new products made from the recycled plastic. Furthermore, concerns persist that plastics which are claimed to be biodegradable, if littered or otherwise released into the environment in an uncontrolled way, may not degrade quickly or at all, and they can only be composted if they meet relevant standards.</p><p> </p><p>As a consequence of these concerns, the Government published a call for evidence in July 2019 to help consider the development of standards or certification criteria for bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics as well as to better understand their effects on the environment and our current waste system. The call for evidence closed on the 14 October 2019 and we are currently analysing the responses received to inform future policy. We currently do not have plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the matter of requiring any form of plastic packaging to be compostable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 525 526 question first answered 22/10/2019 14:39:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1667718

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Abortion: Telemedicine
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 his Department is taking to ensure that telemedicine abortion providers are not able to supply abortion drugs to people over the legal limit for that procedure.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>We have no plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of this policy’s operation.</p><p>Parliament decides the circumstances under which abortion is permitted. It would be for Parliament to decide whether to change the law on abortion. The Department continues to work closely with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and abortion providers to ensure abortions are only performed in accordance with the legal requirements set down by Parliament in the 1967 Abortion Act.</p><p>Home use of early medical abortion pills is permitted if the pregnancy has not exceeded 10 weeks gestation at the time the first medicine in the course is administered. If there is any uncertainty about the gestation of the pregnancy, the woman should attend an in-person appointment. If she does not attend in-person, the doctor would not be able to form an opinion in good faith that the pregnancy is below 10 weeks gestation and therefore would not be able to prescribe abortion pills for home use.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 526 question first answered 14/11/2023 11:00:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

347722

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to publish a consultation document on the BBC Charter renewal before Parliament rises for the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is currently considering a range of options for reviewing the BBC's Royal Charter and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 526 528 568 569 question first answered 05/06/2015 09:03:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

347723

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his timetable for the BBC Charter renewal.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is currently considering a range of options for reviewing the BBC's Royal Charter and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 526 527 568 569 question first answered 05/06/2015 09:03:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

347739

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set up an independent review panel for the BBC Charter Renewal.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is currently considering a range of options for reviewing the BBC's Royal Charter and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 526 527 528 569 question first answered 05/06/2015 09:03:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

347740

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the Charter Renewal process is conducted on a cross-party basis.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is currently considering a range of options for reviewing the BBC's Royal Charter and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 526 527 528 568 question first answered 05/06/2015 09:03:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1149192

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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	Food: Packaging
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits for (a) reducing littering and (b) increasing recycling rates by (i) banning food producers from using using the term biodegradable on food packaging and (ii) introducing a standard definition of the term with respect to the time-frame in which products must fully decompose.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Resources and Waste Strategy analysed the challenges currently facing the recycling industry in this country, setting out how we would tackle these challenges. Building on commitments in the Strategy we launched a consultation earlier this year on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system, as part of that consultation the Government proposed a mandatory UK-wide labelling system that provides clear information to help people to recycle. Following strong support for the proposal from consultation respondents, the Government is minded to take forward a mandatory labelling scheme subject to further analysis and legal considerations. Defra officials are exploring how a mandatory labelling scheme can address consumer confusion about what to do with compostable packaging. The consultation closed on 13 May and the summary of responses and next steps can be found via the below link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that innovation into compostable and biodegradable plastics could help reduce the environmental impacts of plastics if they are disposed of in the right way. However, this is often not the case. If these plastics are put in the domestic waste bin, for example, they are likely to end up in landfill and can break down to release powerful greenhouse gases, such as methane. If mistakenly recycled with other plastics, they have the potential to damage the quality of the new products made from the recycled plastic. Furthermore, concerns persist that plastics which are claimed to be biodegradable, if littered or otherwise released into the environment in an uncontrolled way, may not degrade quickly or at all, and they can only be composted if they meet relevant standards.</p><p> </p><p>As a consequence of these concerns, the Government published a call for evidence in July 2019 to help consider the development of standards or certification criteria for bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics as well as to better understand their effects on the environment and our current waste system. The call for evidence closed on the 14 October 2019 and we are currently analysing the responses received to inform future policy. We currently do not have plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the matter of requiring any form of plastic packaging to be compostable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 524 526 question first answered 22/10/2019 14:39:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1461281

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the enquiry of 2 March 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL34520.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 8th March about the energy bills rebate (RL34520); on 17th March about the rising cost of energy bills (RL35234); on 18th March about the energy rebate scheme and the winter fuel allowance (RL32303); and on 12th April about heating oil (RL36156). Further copies of those responses have been sent to your office.</p><p> </p><p>The Department apologises for the delay in replying to the hon. Member’s enquiry of 3<sup>rd</sup> March (RL36091), and a response will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 525 526 533 534 question first answered 18/05/2022 08:49:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1461283

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the enquiry of 2 March 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL32303.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 8th March about the energy bills rebate (RL34520); on 17th March about the rising cost of energy bills (RL35234); on 18th March about the energy rebate scheme and the winter fuel allowance (RL32303); and on 12th April about heating oil (RL36156). Further copies of those responses have been sent to your office.</p><p> </p><p>The Department apologises for the delay in replying to the hon. Member’s enquiry of 3<sup>rd</sup> March (RL36091), and a response will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 524 526 533 534 question first answered 18/05/2022 08:49:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1461291

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak dated 15 March 2022, reference RL36156.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 8th March about the energy bills rebate (RL34520); on 17th March about the rising cost of energy bills (RL35234); on 18th March about the energy rebate scheme and the winter fuel allowance (RL32303); and on 12th April about heating oil (RL36156). Further copies of those responses have been sent to your office.</p><p> </p><p>The Department apologises for the delay in replying to the hon. Member’s enquiry of 3<sup>rd</sup> March (RL36091), and a response will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 524 525 526 534 question first answered 18/05/2022 08:49:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan