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1714781

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of deferring eligibility for Agricultural Property Relief for all environmental land management schemes on the estates of (a) landowners and (b) farmers who will die prior to 6 April 2025.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Spring Budget 2024 announced that the government will introduce legislation to extend the existing scope of agricultural property relief from 6 April 2025 to land managed under an environmental agreement with, or on behalf of, the UK government, Devolved Administrations, public bodies, local authorities, or approved responsible bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The date of implementation is consistent with the normal tax-policy making process and with previous changes to the inheritance tax system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/05/2024 11:39:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1714782

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Basis Period Reform on the availability of accounting resources for (a) sole traders and (b) partnerships.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Basis period reform is an important simplification to the tax system. The government introduced this reform in Finance Act 2022 to create a simpler, fairer, and more transparent set of rules for the allocation of self-employment and partnership income to tax years.</p><p> </p><p>The reform simplifies tax computations for businesses, making it easier to complete self assessment tax returns and reducing administrative burdens. Basis period reform has no effect on the availability of accounting resources for the self-employed or partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/05/2024 11:37:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702526

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission for appeal were successful in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The number and proportion of successful cases referred by the CCRC and heard by appeal courts each year since 2019/20 is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of successful referrals</p></td><td><p>Proportion of successful referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>58.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25 (year to date)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/04/2024 13:10:32 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702527

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Miscarriages of Justice: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help support victims of historic miscarriages of justice to appeal their convictions.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Where the normal time limit for appeals through the courts has passed and where an individual believes they have been wrongly convicted of a crime in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, including in historic cases, they can apply to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which is an independent public body funded by the Ministry of Justice. The CCRC can investigate and where it considers that there is a real possibility that the conviction would not be upheld were the reference to be made, can refer cases back to the courts.</p><p>There is no time limit on any application and the service is free.</p><p>To ensure that the appeals system is working effectively, the Government has asked the Law Commission to conduct an independent and wide-ranging Review of the appeals system. The Review will consider the issues raised by the Westminster Commission (2021) on miscarriages of justice, which includes the tests used by the CCRC and the Court of Appeal, and the government will then consider the review’s findings, and any recommendations for change in the law, very carefully.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/04/2024 13:12:20 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702528

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions under joint enterprise legislation have been successfully overturned on appeal.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not currently collate data on whether a prosecution or conviction relied on the doctrine of joint enterprise or whether an appeal in such a case resulted in the conviction being quashed or the sentence changed.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has recently updated their case management system to enable better tracking of homicide and attempted homicide cases involving joint enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 29/04/2024 15:36:10 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1702291

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Environment Agency: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many additional projects the Environment Agency has completed in response to flooding in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>We are in the fourth year of the current 6-year £5.6 billion <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fflood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-an-investment-plan-for-2021-to-2027&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Caea54baf54ce4157350808dc62bb4751%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638493803710458117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gMn4zPwvgNa50a63WjpGZfk6bbu82nsy8dUzrWpf3lA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) investment programme.</a> This investment programme will better protect hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses from flooding and coastal erosion.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of March 2024, approximately £2.3 billion of this funding has been invested with over 88,000 properties better protected from flooding and coastal erosion. This was delivered through 300 completed projects.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 29/04/2024 12:35:40 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701918

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband: North Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent estimate she has made of when gigabit broadband coverage will be available to every household in North Shropshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, almost 68% of premises in the North Shropshire constituency are able to access a gigabit-capable connection, up from just 3% in December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>To extend this coverage further, last year we signed a Project Gigabit contract with the supplier Freedom Fibre to deliver gigabit-capable connectivity to over 12,000 hard-to-reach premises in the North Shropshire region by the end of 2026, of which approximately 9,000 of these premises are in the North Shropshire constituency. There will also be further commercial rollout in the area.</p><p> </p><p>While the majority of premises will be covered by commercial activity or Project Gigabit, for those parts of the UK where this is not possible, the government is considering alternative ways to improve connectivity. Last year, government launched a consultation setting out our proposed policy approach to connecting Very Hard to Reach (VHTR) UK premises, with a response due to be published later this year. The response will set out further policy proposals for VHTR areas not already covered by commercial activity or existing government schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 22445 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:53:20 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701919

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband: North Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have access to gigabit broadband in North Shropshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, almost 68% of premises in the North Shropshire constituency are able to access a gigabit-capable connection, up from just 3% in December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>To extend this coverage further, last year we signed a Project Gigabit contract with the supplier Freedom Fibre to deliver gigabit-capable connectivity to over 12,000 hard-to-reach premises in the North Shropshire region by the end of 2026, of which approximately 9,000 of these premises are in the North Shropshire constituency. There will also be further commercial rollout in the area.</p><p> </p><p>While the majority of premises will be covered by commercial activity or Project Gigabit, for those parts of the UK where this is not possible, the government is considering alternative ways to improve connectivity. Last year, government launched a consultation setting out our proposed policy approach to connecting Very Hard to Reach (VHTR) UK premises, with a response due to be published later this year. The response will set out further policy proposals for VHTR areas not already covered by commercial activity or existing government schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 22444 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:53:20 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701920

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Voice over Internet Protocol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether officials in her Department have had discussions with Ofcom on the potential merits of increasing the minimum requirement for the battery life of an emergency back-up line provided to properties switched to the digital phone network.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Government is committed to improving protections for those who depend on their landline for connectivity. All signatories to the PSTN charter, agreed in December 2023, have committed to working to provide solutions that go beyond the Ofcom minimum guidance. Ofcom guidance states that communications providers should have at least one solution that enables access to emergency organisations, for a minimum of one hour in the event of a power outage. Communication Providers are required to meet standards and specifications set out in the General Conditions of Entitlement, under obligations imposed by the Communications Act 2003, to ensure continuity of service.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, DSIT asked Ofcom to consider how the general resilience of telecommunications services in the event of prolonged power outages served the needs of customers. In response, Ofcom launched a consultation on the resilience of the sector which included a separate call for input on power backup for mobile radio access networks that closed on 1 March. Ofcom is currently considering the responses.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/04/2024 09:58:05 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701921

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to provide funding to support local authority digital champions.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has published information on the role of Digital Champions within the Digital Connectivity Portal. The Portal is an extensive online resource providing best practice guidance helping local authorities to facilitate digital infrastructure deployment.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-strategy-and-leadership#digital-champion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-strategy-and-leadership#digital-champion</a></p><p> </p><p>Whilst there are currently no plans for the Government to fund local authority digital champions we believe they play a key role in advancing the digital connectivity agenda - and help local communities to realise the benefits advanced connectivity can bring.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also awarded over £36 million to local and regional authorities as part of its 5G Innovation Regions programme. The funding will support regions to create the right conditions to accelerate the adoption of 5G and other advanced wireless connectivity in key local sectors and attract investment in advanced wireless infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/04/2024 10:01:41 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan