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registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available from his Department to support local authority schemes on walking.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	20433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The detail of the funding that has been made available to local authorities and other organisations to support walking projects are set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Report to Parliament, published on 07 February 2020. The schemes that the Department has funded include projects to encourage walking to school, as well as improvements to infrastructure and the public realm to support walking in general. Further details will be announced at the Budget and Spending Review of the new funding for cycling and walking that was announced by the Prime Minister on 11 February 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 27/02/2020 15:41:08 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1179719

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Multinational Companies: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with multi-national corporations on their role in reducing carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	19878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering on our world-leading target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. The UK was the first major economy to legislate for a net zero target, which will end our contribution to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>With our expert scientists, business leaders and innovators, the UK has already excelled at cutting emissions while creating wealth and we will continue to engage with domestic and international businesses of all sizes to look at opportunities to reduce their carbon emissions and also invest in and develop low carbon technologies, services and systems.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/02/2020 11:55:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1179724

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Capital Gains Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the public purse from ending the exemption on primary or sole residences from capital gains tax.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	19883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The estimated cost of the exemption of Capital Gains Tax on gains on the disposal of a person’s main or only residence was £26.7bn for 2017-18. Further information is provided in the official statistics on non-structural tax reliefs that are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2020 11:50:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179725

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Uyghurs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of allegations that equipment sold by Hikvision has been involved in human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in China.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	19884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports linking Hikvision to the human rights situation in Xinjiang. We frequently raise our serious concerns about the situation in Xinjiang with the Chinese authorities and at the UN, and will continue to do so. Through our Overseas Business Guidance we encourage any UK business involved in investing in Xinjiang to consider conducting appropriate due diligence to satisfy themselves that their activities do not support, or risk being seen to be supporting, any human rights violations or abuses.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/02/2020 17:38:07 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1179726

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to Fire and Rescue Services in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Cumbria, (c) Lancashire, (d) Greater Manchester and (e) London in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	19885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Spending power for West Yorkshire and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Services can be found at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing#history</a></p><p>Fire and Rescue in Cumbria, Manchester and London are part of an overall parent authority which sets the budget for the fire and rescue services in their area from their overall un-ringfenced funding. The spending power for these parent authorities can also be found in the MHCLG tables published in the link above.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/02/2020 16:56:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1179727

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Muslims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of use of Hikvision’s high-technology surveillance on the human rights of (a) Uighurs and (b) other Muslim minorities in China.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	19886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports linking Hikvision to the human rights situation in Xinjiang. We frequently raise our serious concerns about the situation in Xinjiang with the Chinese authorities and at the UN, and will continue to do so. Through our Overseas Business Guidance we encourage any UK business involved in investing in Xinjiang to consider conducting appropriate due diligence to satisfy themselves that their activities do not support, or risk being seen to be supporting, any human rights violations or abuses.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/02/2020 17:40:32 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1179730

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Medical Equipment: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a fund similar to the Innovative Medicines Fund for innovative medical (a) devices and (b) digital technologies.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	19889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is highly invested in increasing innovation within the National Health Service, and over the last five years, national bodies including NHS England, NHS Improvement, NHS Digital and the Department have managed a series of high-profile central funding programmes designed to support the digitisation of primary and secondary healthcare services. NHSX has been formed to accelerate the adoption of digital innovation across the NHS and social care.</p><p>In December 2019, we announced the Digital Aspirant Fund to support NHS providers. This fund will provide support to organisations with low levels of digitisation in order to help them reach a national standard.</p><p>We are working towards a health service that supports innovators to develop safe and effective innovations that meet user needs, promotes the testing and iteration of these innovations so they can be used with confidence, and ensures the best innovations are used so that everyone can benefit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 27/02/2020 17:12:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1179731

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish unredacted versions of the papers of the audit and risk assurance committee of HS2 Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	19717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>It is important that HS2 Ltd has the space to discuss robustly and frankly the HS2 programme. HS2 Ltd publishes the minutes of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (and the minutes of the HS2 Board) to provide transparency around the decision-making process while maintaining necessary levels of confidentiality to allow frank and robust discussion. Representatives from the National Audit Office attend HS2’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. It is chaired by a Non-Executive Director of the HS2 Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/02/2020 16:59:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179734

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Copyright: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2020 to Question 6620, Copyright: EU Law, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals equivalent to the (a) transparency obligations, (b) contract adjustment mechanisms and (c) right of revocation in the EU Copyright Directive.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	19891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK has one of the best intellectual property copyright frameworks in the world and the Government remains committed to high standards of copyright protection. The UK copyright framework will continue to provide proper rewards for creators, while considering the needs of consumers and ensuring a thriving digital economy. If, in the future, evidence demonstrates that the current framework is not effective, the Government will consider action to address this. As a result of the UK leaving the EU, the Government will not be required to implement the Directive. The Government plans to assess our options as part of our domestic policy process.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 27/02/2020 15:51:11 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1179735

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry
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 plans he has to meet with representatives of the Hacked Off group on legislative proposals to independently regulate newspapers (a) print and (b) online media.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	19892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a free and independent media. DCMS ministers and officials regularly meet with a range of stakeholders to discuss a range of issues, and will consider any proposals put forward with regard to regulation of print and online media.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 27/02/2020 10:14:54 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day