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1721350

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date	17/07/2024
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	Deep Sea Mining
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 his Department is taking to prevent deep sea mining.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	79
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>This Government supports a moratorium on the granting of exploration licences for deep sea mining projects by the International Seabed Authority (ISA). The UK recognises the impacts of deep sea mining are not fully understood and supports a moratorium on the granting of mining licences by the ISA until sufficient scientific evidence is available to assess the potential impact of deep-sea mining activities on marine ecosystems, and strong, enforceable environmental regulations, standards and guidelines are adopted by the ISA.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 26/07/2024 13:32:49 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1721353

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Wind Power: Bats and Birds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on onshore wind on (a) bats and (b) birds.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>The planning system provides important checks and balances when new onshore wind farms are built, including environmental surveying and statutory environmental and habitat impact assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The biggest risk to native bird and bat populations is the climate and nature crisis. That is why the government is committed to 2030 clean power, including rapidly expanding onshore wind power generation in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 26/07/2024 11:18:29 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1721374

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a humanitarian visa for people from Gaza to receive medical aid in the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	98
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Currently, those seeking to come to the UK for private medical treatment, along with their family members, can apply for a visitor visa and consideration will be given to compelling, compassionate and exceptional circumstances.</p><p>The Word Heath Organisation (WHO) position is that people who are medically evacuated should stay as close to home as possible, so that they are likely amongst those who understand their language and culture, and so that their return home, when ready, is easier.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be reviewing the current arrangements as quickly as possible to ensure that, where it is appropriate for children to travel, this route is effective.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 26/07/2024 13:02:10 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1721379

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crossbows
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of trends in the use of crossbows in violent crime.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	24
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>A call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024. It tested ideas for whether there should be some form of licensing regime that would provide further controls on the use, ownership and supply of crossbows. The call for evidence also asked whether broadhead arrows should be prohibited.</p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence received 2,991 responses. We are reviewing the responses and considering whether further controls on crossbows need to be introduced,</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson grouped question UIN 25 26 question first answered 26/07/2024 13:59:26 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1721380

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crossbows: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a licensing regime for the sale and purchase of crossbows.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	25
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>A call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024. It tested ideas for whether there should be some form of licensing regime that would provide further controls on the use, ownership and supply of crossbows. The call for evidence also asked whether broadhead arrows should be prohibited.</p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence received 2,991 responses. We are reviewing the responses and considering whether further controls on crossbows need to be introduced,</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson grouped question UIN 24 26 question first answered 26/07/2024 13:59:26 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1721381

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crossbows
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will urgently publish the findings of her Department's call for evidence on Controls on the use of crossbows on public safety grounds.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	26
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>A call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024. It tested ideas for whether there should be some form of licensing regime that would provide further controls on the use, ownership and supply of crossbows. The call for evidence also asked whether broadhead arrows should be prohibited.</p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence received 2,991 responses. We are reviewing the responses and considering whether further controls on crossbows need to be introduced,</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson grouped question UIN 24 25 question first answered 26/07/2024 13:59:26 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1721383

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Green Belt: Maidstone and Malling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to protect the greenbelt in Maidstone and Malling constituency.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and Malling
tabling member printed	Helen Grant
uin	53
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Housing targets are an important tool to ensure housing is delivered in the right places – this is critical in tackling the chronic shortage that the country is facing that means owning a home is a distant reality for much of the public.</p><p>We cannot local a generation out of homeownership, we must build the homes the next generation needs.</p><p>As set out in the manifesto, the Government will restore mandatory housing targets. We will reverse the damaging changes introduced in December 2023 that undermine our growth ambitions and commitment to delivering 1.5 million homes. We will set out more detail in the forthcoming National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) update.</p><p>We will take a brownfield first approach, prioritising the development of previously used land wherever possible and fast-tracking approval of urban brownfield sites.</p><p>Brownfield alone will never be enough to build the homes we need– which is why we will look to lower quality ‘grey belt’ land where necessary to meet local housing needs.</p><p>By enabling democratic engagement with how, not if, homes and infrastructure are built – the major brakes on the planning system will be addressed to support sustainable growth.</p><p>We are working at pace on various revisions to the NPPF, with a view to public consultation on a new draft Framework in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 411 55 question first answered 26/07/2024 08:08:54 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1721384

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that infrastructure is improved before housing developments are proposed in the South East.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and Malling
tabling member printed	Helen Grant
uin	54
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner.</p><p>Local planning authorities are required to plan for infrastructure delivery as part of plan-making and report on their use of developer contributions in Infrastructure Funding Statements.</p><p>The Government will keep the provision of local infrastructure under review, including when considering revisions to national planning policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 26/07/2024 10:34:09 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1721385

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that housing targets do not adversely impact the green belt.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and Malling
tabling member printed	Helen Grant
uin	55
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Housing targets are an important tool to ensure housing is delivered in the right places – this is critical in tackling the chronic shortage that the country is facing that means owning a home is a distant reality for much of the public.</p><p>We cannot local a generation out of homeownership, we must build the homes the next generation needs.</p><p>As set out in the manifesto, the Government will restore mandatory housing targets. We will reverse the damaging changes introduced in December 2023 that undermine our growth ambitions and commitment to delivering 1.5 million homes. We will set out more detail in the forthcoming National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) update.</p><p>We will take a brownfield first approach, prioritising the development of previously used land wherever possible and fast-tracking approval of urban brownfield sites.</p><p>Brownfield alone will never be enough to build the homes we need– which is why we will look to lower quality ‘grey belt’ land where necessary to meet local housing needs.</p><p>By enabling democratic engagement with how, not if, homes and infrastructure are built – the major brakes on the planning system will be addressed to support sustainable growth.</p><p>We are working at pace on various revisions to the NPPF, with a view to public consultation on a new draft Framework in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 411 53 question first answered 26/07/2024 08:08:54 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

1721388

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Sports: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the participation in sport for women of all ages.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and Malling
tabling member printed	Helen Grant
uin	58
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Sport England’s latest Active Lives survey data shows that men are more likely to be active than women and that boys are more likely to be active than girls.</p><p>We are dedicated to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality sport. We want to protect time for physical education and support grassroots clubs in expanding access whilst also breaking down the barriers that exist and prevent women and girls from being active.</p><p>High-quality, inclusive facilities help clubs to get more people active and by backing these clubs, the Government will support more women and girls to get onto the pitch wherever they live.</p><p>The Government has set out its support for grassroots facilities, including through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities programme which provides funding to build and improve grassroots facilities to support a range of sports, and a commitment to support the Football Association’s ambition to double their number of gold-standard (3-star) community clubs by EURO 2028. This will deliver more opportunities for women and girls to get on the pitch.</p><p>Beyond funding, the Government’s commitment includes supporting girls and boys across the country to get more access to sport and physical activity, a review of the curriculum to protect time for PE, and legislation to be brought forward to limit the number of kit items schools can require.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 26/07/2024 10:54:29 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant