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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK has been clear that the scheduled expiry of the UN conventional arms embargo in October 2020 would have major implications for regional security and stability. The Foreign Secretary discussed this with Secretary Pompeo during his recent visit to Washington and with his French and German counterparts on 10 September. The UK Government continue to engage regional partners, the US, and others, to find a solution to Iranian proliferation in the region, whilst upholding the authority and integrity of the UN Security Council. We will also continue to enforce sanctions regimes including those under UNSCRs 1540, 1701, and 2216 which prohibit the proliferation of weapons to Lebanese Hizballah and the Houthis in Yemen. The UK encourages all states to implement national export control best practice in support of these regimes. The EU arms embargo and UN ballistic missile restrictions on Iran will also remain in place until at least 2023.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 91734 question first answered 24/09/2020 13:47:40 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly

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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK has been clear that the scheduled expiry of the UN conventional arms embargo in October 2020 would have major implications for regional security and stability. The Foreign Secretary discussed this with Secretary Pompeo during his recent visit to Washington and with his French and German counterparts on 10 September. The UK Government continue to engage regional partners, the US, and others, to find a solution to Iranian proliferation in the region, whilst upholding the authority and integrity of the UN Security Council. We will also continue to enforce sanctions regimes including those under UNSCRs 1540, 1701, and 2216 which prohibit the proliferation of weapons to Lebanese Hizballah and the Houthis in Yemen. The UK encourages all states to implement national export control best practice in support of these regimes. The EU arms embargo and UN ballistic missile restrictions on Iran will also remain in place until at least 2023.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 91735 question first answered 24/09/2020 13:47:40 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly

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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Deaths are monitored on the Abortion Notification (HSA4) form and will be recorded and included in official abortion statistics.</p><p>Any complication known to the practitioner terminating the pregnancy should be reported to the Chief Medical Officer on the Abortion Notification (HSA4) form. All serious incidents should be reported by the provider to their commissioner, the Care Quality Commission and other relevant organisations in line with the serious incident framework published by NHS England and NHS Improvement at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/serious-incident-framework/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/serious-incident-framework/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/09/2020 13:59:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1313649

hansard heading	Insects: EU Countries
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to action for pollinators, globally and at home. We regularly discuss and share information on research, policy and practical activities with a number of countries, in and beyond Europe, on reported declines and how best to address them.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a member of ‘Promote Pollinators’, an international coalition of the willing, with 60 members, including countries in Europe and across the world, committed to action to protect pollinators.</p><p> </p><p>We have also supported collaborative international research which has underpinned such initiatives, including a major global review of the status and threats to insect pollinators, published in 2015 by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to play a leading role in the development of an ambitious post-2020 global framework for biodiversity to be adopted at the 15<sup>th</sup> Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. We will be supporting ambitious targets to bend the curve on biodiversity loss by 2030 - including in areas which will help to recover insect populations, such as ecosystem restoration and species recovery - supported by strengthened reporting and review mechanisms to help facilitate the implementation of the targets.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 25/05/2021 11:25:28 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1313660

hansard heading	Taxation: Treaties
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The tax treaty between the UK and Canada does not override the provision of UK law that treats members of the House of Commons and House of Lords as domiciled in the UK for tax purposes.</p><p> </p><p>UK law also treats members of the House of Commons and House of Lords as resident in the UK for tax purposes. Where an MP or peer was also resident in Canada for tax purposes under Canadian law, a tie-breaker in the tax treaty would determine the state in which the member was considered to be resident for the purposes of applying the tax treaty.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/05/2021 14:26:15 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton

1148731

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier include how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The department is mandated to use the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Energy frameworks for the supply of gas, electricity and liquid fuels. The CCS competes the frameworks on the open market and selects the energy providers according to a set of award criteria, normally based on price and quality<em>. </em>The current suppliers of each of these services are as follow:</p><p> </p><ul><li>EDF (Half-Hourly electricity);</li><li>British Gas (Non Half-Hourly electricity);</li><li>Corona (gas); and</li><li>various suppliers (liquid fuels).</li></ul><p>In addition to the Home Office’s main estate, the department is also responsible for running the immigration detention estate, where energy is sourced by the centre operators from various energy providers as part of their outsourced obligations.</p><p>In 2018/19, the department emitted 30,336 t/CO2e from energy use, which represents a 58% reduction since 2009/10. This has been achieved by smarter working, building consolidations, and energy efficiency measures such as installation of LED lighting. The department is now focusing on developing a pathway to reducing its remaining emissions to net zero by 2050 or sooner.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 15:10:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1148735

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the right to (a) live and (b) work in the UK of a German national marrying a British citizen.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>If the UK leaves the European Union on 31 October without a deal, EU citizens will, for a transitional period before the new points-based immigration system is implemented from January 2021, be able to move to the UK to live and work as they do now. If they wish to remain here after 31 December 2020, they will need by then to apply, free of charge, for 36 months’ European Temporary Leave to Remain or apply for leave under the new system. More information about these arrangements is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-moving-to-the-uk-after-brexit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-moving-to-the-uk-after-brexit</a></p><p>UK nationals living in the EU at exit will be able to return to the UK with their family members for a period after exit under current arrangements based on EU law, including until 31 December 2020 with a spouse married after exit. More information about these arrangements is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-paper-on-the-rights-of-uk-nationals-in-the-eu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-paper-on-the-rights-of-uk-nationals-in-the-eu</a></p><p>Otherwise, EU citizens moving to the UK from January 2021 will, like non-EU citizens, need to meet the requirements of the new points-based immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 17:44:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1148764

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30 September to Question 290873, whether a prisoner serving a sentence is eligible to apply for settled status if they (a) are not serving a sentence that would lead to their deportation, (b) have already acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, and (c) have completed a continuous qualifying period of five years' residence in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Where an EEA citizen has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, or has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years’ residence in the UK and Islands, prior to their sentence of imprisonment and that sentence does not lead to their deportation, they will be able to rely on that right of permanent residence, or on that continuous qualifying period of residence, in applying for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The non-EEA national family member of such an EEA citizen can apply for settled or pre-settled status under the scheme where they meet the relevant eligibility and suitability requirements, as set out in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 162 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:42:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1148765

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30 September to Question 290875, Immigration: EEA Nationals, whether a third country national is eligible to apply for settled status if they are a relative of an EEA national who (a) is serving a prison sentence that has not led to lead to their deportation, (b) has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law and (c) has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years residence in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Where an EEA citizen has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, or has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years’ residence in the UK and Islands, prior to their sentence of imprisonment and that sentence does not lead to their deportation, they will be able to rely on that right of permanent residence, or on that continuous qualifying period of residence, in applying for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The non-EEA national family member of such an EEA citizen can apply for settled or pre-settled status under the scheme where they meet the relevant eligibility and suitability requirements, as set out in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 161 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:42:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1148825

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessment was undertaken before the decision was made not to guarantee continued funding for organisations through the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>All projects under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of their projects, even if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:38:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West