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789981

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reform the duty regime for super strength alcohol to incentivise a reduction in the strength of those products.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	113325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2017 11:18:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

789989

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sparkling Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regularising the rate of duty between sparkling wine produced in the UK and such wine produced in France.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	113167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review. Any changes to wine duty rates would need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2017 11:28:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

789990

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to update the Exchequer Impact data on the Tax Impact Information Note relating to alcohol duty rate changes; and if he will halt planned increases in wine duty.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	113168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Tax Impact and Information Notes (TIINS) are published alongside new tax measures and represent the estimated impact of a measure at that time. TIINs published for previous measures are not retrospectively edited.</p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2017 10:57:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

790062

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Radiation Exposure
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 his Department has made of the effect on the UK environment of recent reports of radioactive pollution, including traces of ruthenium 106 detected in France, spreading from Eastern Europe.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	113355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has worked with partners, in particular Public Health England who operate air monitoring equipment in the UK, to assess any effects on the environment. Air monitoring has not detected any elevated levels of ruthenium 106. Therefore there is no indication of any effects on the environment in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2017 10:57:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789013

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Football League
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on establishing a National Football League franchise in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	112994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is hugely supportive of the NFL in London, and welcome the investment and economic benefits. The Government’s sport strategy, Sporting Future, made a commitment to support new sports in the UK, including through greater links with the National Football League, with the aspiration that a new franchise might one day be based here.</p><p> </p><p>This year marked ten years of London hosting the NFL International Series. Sell outs and the extra game this year show the appetite for NFL in the UK is growing. The NFL's executive vice president of international, Mark Waller, recently stated the NFL's ambition remains to bring a franchise to London by 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/11/2017 10:05:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

789048

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Squirrels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) red and (b) grey squirrels there are in the UK (i) now and were (ii) in 2007.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	112856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission estimates that there are 15,000 red squirrels in England and over two million grey squirrels. The red squirrel population is fragmented, occurring only in isolated populations on the islands in Poole Harbour, on the Isle of Wight and across the north of England with Kielder Forest, in Northumberland, supporting around 60% of the total population.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate dates from 2014 and no more recent data is available. There is no data available for red and grey squirrel numbers in England for 2007. Wildlife is a devolved policy matter.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2017 10:52:59 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789135

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2017 to Question 108858, on visas, what percentage of non-straightforward applications for 2017 Q1 were completed within service standards.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	112872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not available. Where a case is defined as non-straightforward due to its complexity (for example Human Right Claims) the case sits outside service standards.</p><p> </p><p>Published information on visa processing times within service standards is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 08:04:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

789208

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which countries the EU has trade deals; and how many of those countries he has visited since taking office.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	112931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>A list of countries with which the European Union has trade agreements in place is available on the European Commission website: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/#_in-place" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/negotiations-and-agreements/#_in-place</a></p><p>Through a combination of ministerial and official engagements, the Department for International Trade is currently engaging with all countries with which the EU has trade agreements to discuss continuity of current trading arrangements as the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/11/2017 10:57:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

789209

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with countries that the EU has trade deals with about the operation of free trade agreements after March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	112804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>As the Government has set out in both the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) White Paper – ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’ – and the recently published Trade Bill , DIT is engaging with all countries with which the European Union currently has free trade agreements, with a view to replicating as far as possible the effects of existing agreements as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/11/2017 11:23:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

789210

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to maintain elements of existing free trade agreements between the EU and other countries when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	112805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>As the Government has set out in both the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) White Paper – ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’ – and the recently published Trade Bill. DIT is engaging with all countries with which the European Union currently has free trade agreements, with a view to replicating as far as possible the effects of existing agreements as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 112804 question first answered 20/11/2017 11:23:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman