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1546687

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Football: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policies of the decision by FIFA to ban the One Love rainbow armband at the World Cup.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	902543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials have raised the concerns of LGBT+ visitors with Qatari authorities at all levels, and will continue to engage on this issue during the World Cup. Qatar has repeatedly committed that &quot;everybody is welcome&quot; to the tournament. We will continue to encourage equal treatment and the respect of individual rights, and identify what action the Qatari authorities are taking to match their commitment.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 902545 question first answered 30/11/2022 13:51:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1546688

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the provision of cross-departmental funding for women’s centres.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	902544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Women’s centres play a vital role in supporting women in the community and the Ministry of Justice is investing up to £24 million in community support for women in 2022-25.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/11/2022 14:35:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1546689

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Football: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to promote LGBT+ rights during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	902545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials have raised the concerns of LGBT+ visitors with Qatari authorities at all levels, and will continue to engage on this issue during the World Cup. Qatar has repeatedly committed that &quot;everybody is welcome&quot; to the tournament. We will continue to encourage equal treatment and the respect of individual rights, and identify what action the Qatari authorities are taking to match their commitment.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 902543 question first answered 30/11/2022 13:51:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1546690

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Public Finance: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact of the Autumn Statement 2022 on equality for (a) women, (b) Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, (c) LGBT+ people and (d) disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	902546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>In developing proposals for fiscal events, such as the Autumn Statement on 17 November, the Treasury follows a rigorous process to ensure we carefully consider the equality impact on those sharing protected characteristics, in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to promoting fairness. In interests of transparency HMRC will publish a summary of equality impacts for tax measures within the Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs) alongside the associated legislation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/11/2022 13:59:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1546691

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps the Government has taken to (a) reduce the gender pay gap and (b) help tackle (i) unequal pay and (ii) discrimination against women in the labour market.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	902548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The gender pay gap continues to fall, an increasing number of women are in full-time work, and there’s a higher percentage of women on FTSE 350 company boards than ever before.</p><p>There are strong protections against discrimination on the basis of sex in the Equality Act, including reaffirming equal pay protections.</p><p>Through mandatory gender pay gap reporting, we are motivating employers to improve workplace gender equality.</p><p>To accelerate this progress we’ve announced a pay transparency pilot, STEM returners programme, and a Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 30/11/2022 15:24:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1546692

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Energy: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the impact of rising energy prices on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>As DWP Ministers, we have frequent discussions with other members of the Government and we are collectively seeking to understand the full impact of the current cost of living on disabled people, across a range of sectors, including energy prices.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/11/2022 14:39:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1546759

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Novovax vaccine is yet available for use in the UK, and if not, when will it be
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	99829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>On 15 September 2022, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advised that in exceptional circumstances the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid, may be used when no clinically suitable United Kingdom-approved alternative is available. The deployment of Nuvaxovid commenced on 28 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/12/2022 11:48:47 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 39740 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1546760

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Chemicals: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that chemical products can move from the UK to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland while remaining compliant with the chemical classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulatory framework; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a more flexible approach to encourage the concept of dual labelling when developing UK CLP policy.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	99830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>Under the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation in Great Britain (known as the GB CLP Regulation), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) acts on behalf of the Government as the Agency.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is considering how to deliver for CLP the requirements outlined in the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill which would facilitate a dual-regulatory regime that gives choice to Northern Ireland businesses and can deal flexibly and durably with any barriers within the UK internal market, alongside robust commitments to protect the EU single market. As part of these considerations HSE will assess the potential impacts of policy decisions on stakeholders but will seek to ensure that the provisions within CLP that protect consumers and workers through clear and easily identifiable labelling are upheld.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/12/2022 16:53:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1546763

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that (a) Whitetail Clean Energy and (b) other energy projects can be deployed at full commercial scale.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	99831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government took a significant step forward in the Cluster Sequencing process by announcing in August a shortlist of projects that represented a range of innovative CCUS technologies to progress to the due diligence stage for Track-1. CCUS-enabled clusters will be the starting point for a new carbon capture industry, which could support up to 50,000 jobs in the UK in 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are speaking to representatives from shortlisted projects, including Whitetail Clean Energy, to ensure they remain on track to support the delivery of 20-30Mt per annum of CO2 capture and storage by 2030, [subject to the results of due diligence and negotiations].</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also accelerating many other key energy projects, as outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/12/2022 17:11:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1546770

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide guidance to small businesses looking to respond to changes in Small Business Tax Credits without reducing research activity.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	99832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2021 and Tax Administration &amp; Maintenance Day 2021 the Government announced a series of changes to the Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) tax credits. These included allowing Data and Cloud costs to qualify for relief, introducing restrictions on overseas spend and measures to target abuse and improve compliance.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022 the Government announced that it would rebalance the rates of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and R&amp;D expenditure credit (RDEC) reliefs to ensure taxpayers’ money is spent as effectively as possible.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will publish draft guidance on these changes before the end of the year and will invite comments on the guidance. HMRC will also engage with business representative bodies to ensure they are aware of the changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also consult on the design of a single scheme, and ahead of Budget work with industry to understand whether further support is necessary for R&amp;D intensive SMEs, without significant change to the overall cost for supporting R&amp;D.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/12/2022 17:51:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah