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1379605

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date	18/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government are taking to encourage drivers in England to switch from using diesel vehicles to more environmentally sustainable vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	76663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are going further and faster to decarbonise transport by phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, and, from 2035, all new cars and vans must be zero emissions at the tailpipe. We have committed £2.5 billion to support the uptake of zero emission vehicles and accelerate rollout of electric vehicle chargepoints in drivers’ homes, on residential streets and workplaces. The Government has also put in place a favourable taxation model that rewards the cleanest vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2020, we published an ambitious vision for rapid charging infrastructure along strategic roads in England over the next decade which sets out the number of rapid chargepoints that will be located across motorways and major A roads to meet the future demand for electric vehicles. Further, we plan to support people to charge their cars at home by ensuring new homes are electric vehicle ready. We have consulted on plans to introduce a requirement for every new home to have a chargepoint, where there is an associated car parking space. We will publish our response to the consultation soon and aim to lay regulation in Parliament in 2021. We have also committed £90 million to fund local EV charging infrastructure, to support the roll out of larger, on-street charging schemes and rapid hubs in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/11/2021 14:04:39 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379613

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) undertake a review of the monitoring process in place for adherence to licenses issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and (b) bring forward legislative proposals to improve that process; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	76597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office Regulator has, on a number of occasions this year, presented to stakeholders and duty holders on its regulatory reform programme that includes changes to the monitoring processes in place for adherence to licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.</p><p>In July of this year the Regulator initiated a new operating model that delivers a more structured and integrated framework aligned with leading regulatory practice. The assessment of compliance in this new model is achieved through a variety of methods including full system audits, thematic audits, for cause audits, determination and follow up of action plans, review of reports, investigations and management of cases of potential non-compliance.</p><p>In October of this year the Regulator commenced a new system of full system audits that form part of an integrated system to assess compliance across the regulated community. Full details of the full system audit process and the evidence for assessment of compliance against the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, and associated licence conditions, are available here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/11/2021 14:15:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 34507 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1379760

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
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	Internet: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to help tackle harmful content online that encourages or assists suicide.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	904214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The draft Online Safety Bill will make companies more accountable for protecting people online, with all platforms having to identify and remove content that encourages suicide.</p><p>They will also have to ensure children are prevented from accessing material which promotes suicide or self-harm.</p><p>If platforms fail in their duties under the Bill, they will face tough enforcement action including fines of up to 10% of global annual qualifying turnover.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/11/2021 16:46:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1379761

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
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	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the impact of the potential privatisation of Channel 4 on jobs in the independent media production sector.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	904213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The government’s decision on the future of Channel 4, including its role with the independent production sector, will be informed by the responses to our recent consultation, which are still being analysed.</p><p>We are pleased that the UK’s independent production sector is flourishing and has become less reliant on income from PSBs over the years. Between 2008 and 2018, the contribution of PSB commissions to sector revenue fell from 64%-42%. But Channel 4 - and other PSBs - still has an important role to play in supporting independent production and the wider creative economy.</p><p>Whatever decision is made, it will not compromise the government’s commitment to this sector. Channel 4’s ability to work with independent producers is a strength to be celebrated and maintained into its future, and is not at odds with private investment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/11/2021 12:18:59 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1379855

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she has made for the implications of her policies of the UN report entitled Sri Lanka on alarming path towards recurrence of grave human rights violations, published 27 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	77413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government was concerned by the report on Sri Lanka published in January 2021 by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The UK takes allegations of human rights violations very seriously, and we continue to urge the Government of Sri Lanka to improve human rights and deliver justice and accountability for violations committed during and after the conflict. In March 2021, the UK led a new resolution, 46/1, at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka. The resolution provides a continued framework for international engagement on human rights, highlights serious concerns about the situation, and stresses the importance of a comprehensive accountability process for all violations and abuses committed in Sri Lanka.</p><p>The Minister for South Asia Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon has raised the importance of these issues on several occasions with the Sri Lankan High Commissioner and the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris, most recently during calls on 10 May and 24 September respectively. The Foreign Secretary raised the importance of upholding human rights when she met with Foreign Minister Peiris on 26 October.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 25/11/2021 17:16:48 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379857

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has made of the potential costs to households during the transition to net zero.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	77415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury has considered the possible exposure of households and business to the transition in the Net Zero Review. The report highlights that quantifying the thirty-year transition to net zero is challenging and highly speculative. The eventual impact will ultimately be determined by a variety of factors, including future technology costs and choices, efficiency gains, wider economic impacts and the choices of future governments over the next thirty years</p><p> </p><p>The CCC in their advice to Parliament, and OBR in their Fiscal Risk Report, have made some assessments on the additional investment required across the economy. Both are clear that the cost of inaction against climate change outweigh the costs of action. In our Net Zero Strategy we have set out an ambitious set of policies that will help businesses and consumers to move to clean power in an affordable way, supporting hundreds of thousands of well-paid jobs and leveraging up to £90 billion of private investment by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/11/2021 10:36:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379858

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judicial Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in reforming the law of judicial review.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	77416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>The Judicial Review and Courts Bill delivers on the Government’s manifesto commitment to ensure that judicial review is available to protect the rights of individuals against an overbearing state, while ensuring that it is not abused to conduct politics by another means or to create needless delays.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill creates new powers for the courts to modify quashing orders in Judicial Review proceedings and improves the flexibility of the courts to provide proportionate remedies, increasing the tools in their toolbox.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, the power to suspend a quashing order allows the courts to give time for transitional arrangements to be made, or give Parliament the opportunity to pass legislation in response to a decision to quash.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill also allows for the retrospective effect of quashing orders to be removed or limited. This measure allows the court to protect third parties that have relied on decisions in the past, and whose legal position may be compromised if that decision is quashed retrospectively.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Bill removes <em>Cart</em> judicial reviews, by way of a narrow and carefully worded ouster clause. We want to remove <em>Cart </em>reviews because the situation is, in the Government’s firm view, a disproportionate use of resources in our justice system. Out of around 750 applications a year only 3.4% are successful, and these cases take up around 180 days of precious judicial resource a year.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill finished its Commons Committee stage on 23 November.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/11/2021 14:58:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379859

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to progress reform of the Human Rights Act.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	77417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>As the Deputy Prime Minister has set out, we will overhaul the Human Rights Act (HRA) to end its abuse by dangerous criminals and restore common sense to our justice system. In line with our manifesto commitment we will make sure it meets the needs of the society it serves and commands public support.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established the Independent Human Rights Act Review to examine the framework of the HRA, how it is operating in practice and whether any change is required. We have received the Panel’s report and are carefully considering its conclusions. We will publish the Panel’s report in due course and consult on any proposed legislative changes.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/11/2021 14:13:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379860

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Mary Anning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing assistance to Dorset local planning authority in to consider the merits of erecting a statue of Mary Anning proposed by the Mary Anning Rocks campaign in Lyme Regis.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	77418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>Local planning authorities have a statutory target of 8 weeks to determine planning applications for minor development, and it is for them to ensure they have the resources in place to ensure this target is met. In this case, given the importance of this proposal to the community, I would expect a decision on this application to be prioritised by Dorset Council.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 26/11/2021 14:22:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379861

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Business Premises: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to require property landlords to accommodate local businesses in empty premises at affordable rates.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	77469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to supporting the businesses and communities that make our high streets and town centres successful as the nation responds to the impacts of COVID-19. In July, we published the Build Back Better High Streets strategy which sets out the Government's long-term plan to support the evolution and regeneration of all high streets across every part of the UK into thriving places to work, visit and live.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 77470 77471 question first answered 26/11/2021 14:56:50 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell