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1721550

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Birmingham City Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she expects a third independent report into Birmingham City Council’s SEND service to be published in 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The department aims to publish the report within the coming months, in line with existing practice.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 25/07/2024 11:18:29 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5234

1721551

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the independent report entitled Birmingham City Council: Statutory intervention update letter from Commissioners of 9 January 2024, published on 22 February 2024, whether her Department responded to the separate letter on the Birmingham Highways PFI contract; and if she will place a copy of that letter in the House of Commons Library.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Department for Transport officials sent a letter to Birmingham City Council’s chief executive to acknowledge receipt of the letter in question and to offer a meeting to discuss the PFI contract. The letter from DfT officials will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 26/07/2024 11:51:08 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5234

1721552

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cammell Laird: Strikes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review of the jailing of the Cammell Laird workers who took strike action in 1984.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that my department will consider and explore options for carrying out a review into these events. If the member wishes to write with more information I will provide him with a further update once this matter has been considered.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 26/07/2024 13:52:44 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
	tabling member	5234

1721553

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pay and Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed alignment of the Retail Prices Index methodology with the Consumer Prices Index, including owner occupier housing costs from February 2030 on (a) wage-setting and (b) private sector pension benefit uprating.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The alignment of the methods and data sources of the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs into the Retail Price Index (RPI) reflects the flaws in RPI which can either overstate or understates price changes. The Bank of England will assess if these changes significantly impact certain index-linked gilt holders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the widespread use of RPI and that there are potential impacts from the reform. Whilst there is legislation around the minimum indexation requirements for defined benefit schemes, scheme rules will determine how any pensioners' benefits are increased each year.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility will publish a revised 5-year wage-growth forecast in their next Economic and Fiscal Outlook, considering all relevant factors.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 24/07/2024 15:48:28 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	5234

1721554

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she next plans to update the guidance entitled Strategic road network and the delivery of sustainable development, published on 23 December 2022; and if she will take steps to include new guidance on the placement of fixed speed cameras.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	Lisa Smart
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm to the honourable member that my department continuously monitors the impact of the circular ‘Strategic road network and the delivery of sustainable development’ (Circular 01/2022), published by my department, to consider whether updates are needed. This Circular sets out National Highways’ relationship with the planning system. There is guidance on the placing of speed cameras contained in the document ‘Using speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement: deployment, visibility and signing’ (Circular 01/2007), also published by my department.</p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 22/07/2024 11:33:46 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5070

1721555

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	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	Construction: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Retention payments in the construction industry, published on 24 October 2017, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the policies proposed in that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>Small businesses are essential to our economic success.</p><p>This Government is committed to take action on late payments to ensure small businesses and the self-employed are paid on time. The practice of cash retentions can create problems for contractors in the construction supply chain, due to late and non-payment. Any policy solution must be a sustainable one that works for the industry.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 23/07/2024 13:18:37 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
	tabling member	5234

1721556

	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	Solar Power: Supply Chains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that solar panels installed in the UK do not contain polysilicon manufactured through the slave labour of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Blair McDougall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>No company in the UK should have forced labour in its supply chain. We will be working with colleagues across Government to tackle the issue of Uyghur forced labour in supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>We are also relaunching the Solar Taskforce, which will focus on identifying and taking forward the actions needed to develop supply chains that are resilient, sustainable and free from forced labour. This will support the significant increases in deployment of solar panels needed to meet our ambition of tripling the UKs solar power capacity by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 26/07/2024 10:23:23 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	5076

1721557

	registered interest
	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	Georgia: Politics and Government
	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 made recent representations to his counterpart in Georgia on the passing of the law on the transparency of foreign influence in that country.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Blair McDougall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting a vibrant civil society in Georgia as an essential attribute of a healthy democracy. The Foreign Secretary met Georgian Foreign Minister Darchiashvili on 18 July at the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace. He urged the Georgian Government to return to its path of progressive democracy, in line with the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of over 80 per cent of the Georgian people.</p><p>We continue to closely monitor developments.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth answering member printed Stephen Doughty question first answered 26/07/2024 12:31:32 answering member 4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
	tabling member	5076

1721558

	registered interest
	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	Belarus: Politics and Government
	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 his Department plans to take steps to support democratic forces in Belarus.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Blair McDougall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>Since the flawed elections of 2020, the UK has consistently supported the efforts of the democratic opposition in its peaceful struggle to realise the democratic aspirations of the people of Belarus. On 11 July, the UK, alongside other partners, invoked the OSCE Vienna Mechanism to hold the Belarusian authorities to account over the treatment of political prisoners in Belarus. Most recently, the UK invited Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, to meet with European leaders, including with the Foreign Secretary and myself [Minister Doughty], in the margins of the European Political Community summit at Blenheim palace on 18 July.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth answering member printed Stephen Doughty question first answered 24/07/2024 11:14:52 answering member 4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
	tabling member	5076

1721559

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the manufacture of artillery shells to be supplied to the Ukrainian government.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Blair McDougall
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has supported Ukraine by the granting in kind of both artillery munitions and systems. As a result of lessons from Ukraine, the MOD has significantly increased its order of artillery munitions through the multi-billion pound Next Generation Munitions Solution contract with BAE Systems. Through our Task Force Hirst and the signing of the Framework Arrangement on defence and industrial cooperation we have also created a mechanism for Defence Equipment and Support to place contracts on behalf of Ukraine with UK, and international, manufacturers. The MOD continues to work closely with the Department of Business and Trade to expedite export licencing decisions for Ukraine, and has provided additional resource to the Export Control Joint Unit to support this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 25/07/2024 10:37:48 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
	tabling member	5076