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1645546

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date	19/06/2023
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	Evan Gershkovich
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 recent steps he has taken to support the campaign to free Evan Gershkovich.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Evan Gershkovich's arrest further demonstrates Russia's lack of media freedom, and the UK calls for his immediate release. Mr Gershkovich is a US national and we will continue to support the US, who lead on consular support to him, with efforts to secure his release. On 17 April, the Foreign Secretary criticised Mr Gershkovich's arrest and said it showed a 'complete disregard for media freedom'. The UK has co-signed several statements as part of the Media Freedom Coalition, most recently on World Press Freedom Day, condemning Mr Gershkovich's detention. We have also called for Mr Gershkovich's release at the UN General Assembly.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/06/2023 14:13:08 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1645547

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Port of Dover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of the causes of coach delays at the port of Dover.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>Delays can be caused by a number of factors, at Easter this was principally due to high levels of demand exceeding capacity to handle, together with many coaches arriving well before their allotted sailing times. The first weekend of the Easter holidays saw higher than expected coach volumes travelling outbound via the port of Dover leading to longer processing times for border checks. New systems and processes to handle coaches were implemented at the Port for May half-term leading to minimal delays.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 23/06/2023 10:55:16 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1645548

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Finland: NATO
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 steps he has taken to mark Finland's accession to NATO.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Finland is one of our closest allies and partners. When Finland acceded to NATO on 4 April, the Foreign Secretary was pleased to congratulate the Finnish Foreign Minister in person in Brussels. The UK Government continues to work with Finnish counterparts to facilitate their integration into NATO.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/06/2023 14:10:57 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1645549

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the limits on the volume of liquid passengers may take onto a flight.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK has among the highest aviation security standards in the world. UK airports are currently upgrading their security equipment, which is expected to offer the opportunity for passengers to be able carry larger volumes of liquids when travelling.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/06/2023 15:58:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1645550

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Holidays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with other Government departments on the potential effect of additional public holidays on the tourism industry and the economy.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	190139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>Bank and public holidays provide an opportunity for people right across the UK to get outside and explore new parts of the country. Domestic, overnight trips make an important contribution to our tourism and hospitality industries, and the wider economy. For example, British residents made 100 million overnight trips in England between April and December 2021, contributing a total of £22.2 billion in spend.</p><p>The Inter-Ministerial Group on the Visitor Economy has been established to facilitate greater cooperation across government, in order to assess how best to support the visitor economy, and how to drive growth in the tourism sector.</p><p>The Government regularly receives requests for additional bank and public holidays, but we believe that the current pattern of bank holidays is well established and accepted.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 22/06/2023 08:43:31 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1645551

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average time taken by his Department was to reach a decision on granting planning permission for low carbon infrastructure projects in the latest period for which data is available; and what information he holds on the average time for building works on those projects to commence following their approval.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	190079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>For Nationally Significant Infrastructure cases, the Department has three months from receiving a planning report to making a Development Consent Decision. If the Department cannot reach a decision in that time, it may extend the deadline and must inform Parliament that it is doing so. In 2022 four decisions were made following extensions, averaging 90 days each, and three decisions were made within the three month deadline. Smaller projects do not come to this Department but apply to the Local Authority for planning permission in the usual way. This Department does not hold information on those cases nor on the time it takes to move from consent to build.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/06/2023 13:56:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1645552

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Industry: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to increase levels of private investment in industrial decarbonisation projects.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	190080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>Private investment will be crucial to achieving net zero. The Government is working with industry to provide the investment required to accelerate industrial decarbonisation. The Government is providing more than £2 billion of funding to decarbonise energy-intensive industries. This is part of the Government’s £20 billion programme of investment in carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS).</p><p> </p><p>This funding, alongside the Government's Green Finance Strategy, will leverage private sector investment in new technologies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/06/2023 13:10:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1645553

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to decouple electricity and gas prices.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	190081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>As part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) programme, the Government is considering a range of potential options to shield consumers from the</p><p>impacts of potential future commodity price spikes and to ensure they benefit from lower cost renewables.</p><p> </p><p>The CfD scheme already insulates consumers against electricity price spikes. Over time this scheme will significantly reduce dependence on fossil fuelled power generation, lowering consumer exposure to gas prices.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/06/2023 09:30:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1645554

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Iran: Baha'i Faith
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 his Department has made of the implications for his policies of reports of the arrest of four Baha'i leaders in Iran on 1 May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	190140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK unequivocally condemns the persecution of religious minorities in Iran. We are appalled by reports of the regime's increased detentions of Baha'is, as well as expropriation of land and destruction of homes of the Baha'i community. On 20 December 2022, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), Fiona Bruce, expressed the UK's condemnation of Iran's imprisonment of Baha'i leaders. We raise FoRB and wider human rights issues with the regime at all appropriate opportunities, and we continue to work closely with our international partners to hold Iran to account for its dire human rights record.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/06/2023 16:14:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1645555

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to decouple (a) domestic and (b) commercial electricity prices from wholesale gas prices; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Jack Brereton
uin	190141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>As part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) programme, the Government is considering a range of potential options to shield both domestic and non-domestic consumers from their impacts of potential future commodity price spikes and to ensure they benefit from lower cost renewables.</p><p> </p><p>The CfD scheme already insulates consumers against electricity price spikes. Over time this scheme will reduce dependence on fossil fuelled power generation, lowering consumer exposure to gas prices.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/06/2023 11:14:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4643 label Biography information for Jack Brereton