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1079344

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Natural Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the number of private landlords who do not conduct annual gas safety inspections; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Landlords are required by the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 to maintain their gas installations in a safe condition and to arrange annual safety checks, by Gas Safe registered engineers, of any appliances and flues that they provide for their tenants’ use.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) takes action against landlords who fail to meet this duty in line with the domestic gas events and enforcement advice (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/400-499/440_30.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/400-499/440_30.htm</a>) and HSE’s enforcement policy statement and enforcement management model (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/enforcement.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/enforcement.htm</a>) which is proportionate, targeted, consistent, transparent and accountable.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 07/03/2019 12:38:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1013159

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
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 support is available to social enterprises, start-ups, and co-operatives in town centres to provide suitable premises for manufacturing and retail.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	195031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced Our Plan for the High Street at the Autumn Budget, a package of support for high streets and town centres. To provide upfront support for high streets we are cutting business rates by a third for up to 90 per cent of retail properties for two years, subject to state aid limits. We have also created a £675 million Future High Streets Fund to help local areas make their high streets and town centres fit for the future.</p><p>As part of this package for high streets and town centres we will trial a register of empty commercial properties to help prospective retailers to find empty properties and help local stakeholders tackle fragmented ownership on their high street. We have also announced an ‘Open Doors’ pilot scheme to help match empty properties to community groups looking for space and announced a consultation on modernising planning rules to ensure that they support the transformation of the high street</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/11/2018 15:42:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

837960

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service has the resources necessary to implement the new unexplained wealth orders.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	126990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has adequate resources to undertake work relating to unexplained wealth orders.</p><p>The Home Office will provide funding to the value of £70,500 in 2017-18 in order to support CPS POC and the ROCU/RART network to develop the knowledge and skills required in order to investigate cases appropriately and to conduct High Court civil litigation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/02/2018 09:36:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

715208

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tour Operators
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 her Department is taking to ensure that travel companies comply with the recommendations of the 2015 independent inquiry into customer health, safety, welfare, relations and crisis management of Thomas Cook.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	69706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The government continues to work closely with Thomas Cook and the rest of the industry on the revising of consumer protections, including the Package Travel Directive, which will improve the safety of tourists at home and abroad.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/04/2017 12:08:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

692663

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to ensure that companies which find evidence of modern slavery within their supply chains are required to report such evidence.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	64745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has published guidance for businesses on tackling modern slavery which sets out how businesses should report incidents of modern slavery to the relevant authorities. The guidance is available on the gov.uk website here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-in-supply-chains-a-practical-guide" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-in-supply-chains-a-practical-guide</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/03/2017 16:00:55 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

690423

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
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	Dog Fighting
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 her Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening sentencing provisions for people involved in dog fighting.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	64304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 it is an offence to be involved in or promote an animal fight. The maximum penalty for such an offence is six months’ imprisonment or an unlimited fine, or both. Offenders can also be banned from keeping or having any influence over the way animals are kept for anything up to life. The Government keeps maximum penalties under review and this includes sentencing trends, and whether there is any evidence that the courts may be finding their sentencing powers inadequate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/02/2017 11:08:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

638354

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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	Climate Change Convention
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure the UK meets its commitments in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (a) nationally and (b) globally.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	53564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK has ratified the Paris Agreement. The UK is already playing its part in delivering the Paris Agreement through our ambitious domestic climate framework. We have shown our commitment to the UK’s Climate Change Act by setting the Fifth Carbon Budget in law. This budget is set in line with the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change and has been widely welcomed by the business community for the certainty it gives in our move to a low carbon economy. The creation of the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will enable a whole economy approach to delivering our climate change ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>I attended COP22 in Marrakech this year. The UK played a significant role in driving forward negotiations and discussions – particularly on mobilising climate finance. At these negotiations, progress was made on how to implement Paris Agreement, setting a clear deadline of 2018 for its finalisation. The UK also announced participation in a number of initiatives, including: supporting developing countries to implement their Paris commitments, tackling air pollution and investing further in research and development. For the first time at a COP, the UK had a Green is GREAT pavilion, showcasing British public and private sector strengths in responding to the challenges of climate change, including innovative commercial solutions and financial expertise.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is supporting vulnerable countries to take action against climate change. The UK will provide at least £5.8bn from the UK aid budget between 2016 and 2020 as climate finance which will continue to provide strong support to help vulnerable developing countries adapt to climate change and take up sustainable, low carbon, resilient and inclusive development. This includes technical assistance and capacity building to help countries implement their national plans under the Paris Agreement. UK climate finance to date has already directly supported 21 million people to cope with the effects of climate change, and improved access to energy for 6.6 million people. The finance has also helped prevent 4.9 million tonnes of CO2, this is roughly equivalent to emissions from 1 million vehicles driven for one year.</p><p> </p><p>We have also recently seen two significant global climate deals that – although separate from the UNFCCC process – will be important steps towards meeting the Paris goals. The UK played a key role in securing a major deal to combat aviation emissions, the first worldwide scheme to address emissions in any single sector, and also in securing a historic deal to phase down the production and use of hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) by 2047, which will avoid 0.5 degrees of global warming by the end of this century. The UK is already phasing down the use of HFCs by 80% by 2030 and now the rest of the world will be following our lead.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/11/2016 14:19:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

604040

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received from the National Union of Teachers on the effect of children's centre closures.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>We have no record of having recently received representations from the National Union of Teachers on the effect of children’s centre closures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/10/2016 13:11:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

601938

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genetically Modified Organisms: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the law on labelling foods that contain genetically modified products is complied with.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed requires that food derived from genetically modified (GM) sources must be labelled, regardless of the presence of detectable GM material in the final product or of the quantity of intentionally used GM ingredients.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses must take all reasonable precautions and exercise due diligence to ensure that the food they sell meets the requirements of the GM food and feed Regulation. The Food Standards Agency provides guidance on the Regulation on its website and local authorities are responsible for ensuring compliance with the labelling requirements set out in this Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 24/10/2016 16:33:04 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

521314

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to deter young people from committing cyber crime.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	38298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s Serious and Organised Crime Strategy (2013) sets out our approach to deterring people from becoming involved in serious and organised crime, including cyber crime.</p><p>In March 2015, the Home Office published additional guidance to support local partners to understand pathways into serious and organised crime and put in place Prevent interventions for individuals at risk. The Home Office works closely with law enforcement, in particular the National Crime Agency (NCA) , to understand the drivers behind young people committing cyber crime.</p><p>Working to the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, the NCA aims to prevent young people from becoming involved in cybercrime in the first place, moving deeper into cyber crime and/or reoffending. The NCA works with both domestic and international partners to raise awareness of what activity is illegal, what are the consequences and the many positive career pathways available for those with technical cyber skillsets.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/05/2016 15:48:32 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman