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1001451

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle unfair practices in the leasehold system.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	907448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is very clear that unjust practices in leasehold must come to an end. We have committed to banning new leasehold houses and restricting ground rents on future leases to a peppercorn. We launched our consultation on the details of these proposals on 15 October.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2018 17:28:44 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

985753

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
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	Hong Kong: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Hong Kong counterpart in on the issue of work visas to journalists.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	178276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary issued the following statement on 9 October 2018:</p><p>“I remain very concerned by the Hong Kong authorities’ unprecedented rejection of a visa for senior British journalist Victor Mallet. In the absence of an explanation from the authorities we can only conclude that this move is politically motivated. This undermines Hong Kong’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press, both guaranteed by the Joint Declaration, and the Basic Law, and increases the pressure on the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ framework. I urge the Hong Kong authorities to reconsider this decision. Confidence in Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms is an essential component of its future success.”</p><p>It is imperative that journalists are allowed to perform their work independently, and without interference.</p><p>We have raised this issue with the Hong Kong authorities.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/10/2018 16:32:49 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

964646

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Iran: Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect BBC journalists in Tehran.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	169293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The reports of BBC Persian staff in Iran being harassed and subject to asset freezes and similar forms of mistreatment are deeply worrying. The former Foreign Secretary raised our concerns about harassment of BBC Persian staff and their families in Iran with his Iranian counterpart during his visit to Tehran on 9-10 December 2017. I raised this issue directly with the Government of Iran when I visited Tehran in September 2018. We will continue to raise this issue at all levels.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2018 13:42:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

947038

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	National Exhibition Centre
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 received representations on the origin of 20 skinless human bodies being exhibited at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham; and what information his Department holds on consents obtained for the (a) transportation and (b) exhibition of those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	167240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received representations relating to human bodies being exhibited at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. The Department does not hold information about consent, either for transportation or for the exhibition of the bodies concerned.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/09/2018 16:25:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

943865

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce in the forthcoming alcohol strategy a new national minimum standard of support for families affected by alcohol as called for by the Alcohol and Families Alliance.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Government officials are currently exploring what should be included in the strategy and aim to publish this early next year following discussions with stakeholders. The new strategy will allow us to consider the changing landscape of alcohol use and to target vulnerable people who need support most with effective, evidence-based interventions. Understanding the needs of families or carers who support people with an alcohol dependence will be an important part of the development of the strategy and £6 million of new funding has been announced to help improve outcomes for children of alcohol dependent parents and help to tackle conflict within those families.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to continuing to support informal carers, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and other life chances. We also remain committed to support informal carers to provide care for those they care for. That is why the Department published a cross-Government action plan of targeted work to support carers over the next two years. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 165533 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:54:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

943867

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include in the forthcoming alcohol strategy provisions as called for by the Alcohol and Families Alliance whereby carers of people with an alcohol problem are adequately informed about carers’ rights and benefits; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Government officials are currently exploring what should be included in the strategy and aim to publish this early next year following discussions with stakeholders. The new strategy will allow us to consider the changing landscape of alcohol use and to target vulnerable people who need support most with effective, evidence-based interventions. Understanding the needs of families or carers who support people with an alcohol dependence will be an important part of the development of the strategy and £6 million of new funding has been announced to help improve outcomes for children of alcohol dependent parents and help to tackle conflict within those families.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to continuing to support informal carers, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and other life chances. We also remain committed to support informal carers to provide care for those they care for. That is why the Department published a cross-Government action plan of targeted work to support carers over the next two years. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 165532 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:54:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

943870

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Freehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recourse to complaint freeholders have who pay into a common management scheme that is badly managed.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Freeholders have recourse to a number of procedures to help settle a complaint. An initial complaint can be made through their common management scheme's complaints procedure. If necessary, complaints can be escalated through one of the following ombudsman schemes: Ombudsman Services: Property, Property Redress Scheme, and The Property Ombudsman. Ultimately, a complaint can be settled through the courts.</p><p>As part of the response to the consultation 'Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market' the Government committed to legislate to ensure that freeholders who pay charges for the maintenance of communal areas and facilities on a private or mixed use estate can access equivalent rights as leaseholders to challenge their reasonableness. We will bring forward the necessary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/07/2018 16:56:20 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

944054

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Agriculture: UK Trade with EU
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 discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that UK farmers are not compromised by tariffs on future exports of agricultural produce to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State routinely discusses agricultural trade with his Cabinet colleagues. The Government recently published a White Paper setting out its vision for a future free trade agreement with the EU which would allow tariff free trade and would accept some regulatory alignment in agri-food technical and food standards to eliminate any friction at the border.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 11:42:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

944057

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Agriculture: Migrant Workers
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 discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues ensuring that farm productivity will not be affected by changes in the availability of non-UK EU labour when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Access to a sufficient and appropriately-skilled workforce is essential to continued industry growth, productivity and safety, and the Government is determined to get the best deal for the UK in our negotiations to leave the EU, including for our world-leading food and farming industry.</p><p>Defra Ministers have ongoing discussions with a range of Government departments, including the Home Office, about securing the workforce that the farming industry needs for the future.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 15:26:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

944058

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Food: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral evidence given before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on 20 December 2017, what steps he has taken to ensure the maintenance of high food production standards for (a) domestic and (b) imported food after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>UK food law applies equally to food that is imported and food produced in the UK. When we leave the European Union, we will maintain our current standards. We have no intention of undercutting our own reputation for quality by lowering our food and animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra are working closely with the Food Standards Agency and Department of Health and Social Care to ensure that the regulatory regime for food safety remains robust as the UK leaves the European Union, in order to protect public health and retain the confidence of consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 10:30:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce