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1692962

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to renegotiate carnet provisions between the UK and EU on the movement of vehicles and parts used in motorsport.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	901853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to maintaining the option of using ATA Carnets for temporary movements of professional equipment to the EU. Carnets can be a simpler and cheaper way to move goods into and out of a customs territory temporarily, compared to submitting full customs import and export declarations and paying duties.</p><p> </p><p>The EU’s Temporary Admission procedure in combination with the UK’s Returned Goods Relief offers another alternative to move items temporarily into the EU and back to the UK without paying import duties. Improved guidance on the temporary movement of goods from the UK has recently been published: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/taking-goods-out-gb-temporarily" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/taking-goods-out-gb-temporarily</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is reviewing how we can improve the UK’s own Temporary Admission procedure and simplify processes for individuals and businesses, and has engaged with the Society of Motor Manufacturers &amp; Traders which included representatives from Motorsport UK. HMRC and HMT are open to further discussions and any specific concerns the motorsport industry has around the options available for temporarily moving goods.</p><p> </p><p>Work to digitalise ATA Carnets and their processes is currently underway as part of a World customs Organisation (WCO) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) initiative. The Digital Pilot was launched in February 2019, initially involving the UK and five other countries. To date the UK has successfully processed a number of e-Carnets from Heathrow and is looking to collaborate with more ports to make digital Carnets more readily available. More information is available at <a href="https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/icc-new-ata-carnet-app-makes-digital-declarations-and-transactions-possible/" target="_blank">https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/icc-new-ata-carnet-app-makes-digital-declarations-and-transactions-possible/</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/03/2024 09:21:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1670181

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	o ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mobile connectivity in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	900107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>Almost 93% of the UK benefits from good quality 4G coverage from at least one mobile network operator, but we know more needs to be done in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our £1bn Shared Rural Network agreement with industry, will increase coverage to 95% by the end of 2025, supporting rural businesses and communities.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom is also looking at the accuracy of coverage reporting to ensure it better reflects people’s experiences over coverage.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 15/11/2023 16:01:39 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1659742

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Mahmoud Abbas
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 assessment he has made of the implication for his polices of reported anti-Semitic comments by the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in the context of the Middle East Peace Process.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	198882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns the recent antisemitic remarks made by President Abbas. The UK stands firmly against all attempts to distort the Holocaust. Such statements do not advance efforts towards reconciliation. President Abbas' comments are completely unacceptable and can only serve to exacerbate tensions and undermine efforts to achieve a negotiated two-state solution that is in the interests of both Israelis and Palestinians. Officials at the British Consulate General in Jerusalem have raised this matter with the Palestinian Authority and the Foreign Secretary intends to do the same during his visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/09/2023 13:50:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1624276

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
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	Motor Sports: Alternative Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the availability of synthetic and sustainable fuels for use in motorsport.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	904670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the moves of the motorsport sector, including Formula 1, to develop, and make widely available, more advanced sustainable fuels. Formula 1 and the British motorsport industry has a great history of technological innovations which can have an enormous impact beyond the racetrack. Motorsport’s work to develop 100% sustainable fuels stands to benefit the global transport sector, and help our drive towards net zero.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/04/2023 14:59:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1606182

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Motor Sports: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to support a bid for a round of the World Rally Championship series to be hosted in Northern Ireland in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	904203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Northern Ireland is a fantastic place to host international events, but tourism is devolved in Northern Ireland and therefore this is not something within the control of the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 22/03/2023 14:21:07 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1602766

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the value of compensation awarded under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in each financial year since 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	162303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The overall cost of compensation awarded by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme for the years in question can be found in its Annual Reports and Accounts, which are published here: https://www.fscs.org.uk/industry-resources/annual-report-archive/ and <a href="https://www.fscs.org.uk/news/fscs-news/annual-report/" target="_blank">https://www.fscs.org.uk/news/fscs-news/annual-report/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021/22, the last year for which numbers have been published, the cost was £584 million.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/03/2023 17:52:04 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1584651

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Planning Permission: Appeals
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 proportion of planning authority judicial review challenges to appeal decisions incur the award of costs against them.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	140395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Guidance on the award of costs in planning appeals is published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fappeals&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C98a73cb6fcf4462b034d08db0ab9294d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638115562590287705%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=W9o54O35R3RiF7f9ct6xjj9Kl9xR8oULuaqMxJKKFIU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Planning Inspectorate uses that guidance to support its decisions on costs awards, which can apply to any main party in the appeal if they behave unreasonably. <br> <br>Parties in planning appeals and other planning proceedings normally meet their own expenses, but the costs regime exists in legislation to discourage unreasonable behaviour during the appeals process.</p><p>The Planning Inspectorate approaches all its decisions and recommendations openly, fairly and impartially, as expected of Tribunals.</p><p>In judicial review proceedings and court challenges it is common practice for the winning party to seek to recover their costs from the losing party - whether they are successful in doing so is a matter for the Judge. The Inspectorate does not systematically collect store data on the number of times costs are incurred.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 140396 question first answered 09/02/2023 16:26:56 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1584654

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Planning Permission: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is the policy of the Planning Inspectorate Service to seek to discourage challenges by planning authorities against planning appeal decisions by the threat of incurring costs; and on how many occasions this occurred in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	140396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Guidance on the award of costs in planning appeals is published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fappeals&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C98a73cb6fcf4462b034d08db0ab9294d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638115562590287705%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=W9o54O35R3RiF7f9ct6xjj9Kl9xR8oULuaqMxJKKFIU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Planning Inspectorate uses that guidance to support its decisions on costs awards, which can apply to any main party in the appeal if they behave unreasonably. <br> <br>Parties in planning appeals and other planning proceedings normally meet their own expenses, but the costs regime exists in legislation to discourage unreasonable behaviour during the appeals process.</p><p>The Planning Inspectorate approaches all its decisions and recommendations openly, fairly and impartially, as expected of Tribunals.</p><p>In judicial review proceedings and court challenges it is common practice for the winning party to seek to recover their costs from the losing party - whether they are successful in doing so is a matter for the Judge. The Inspectorate does not systematically collect store data on the number of times costs are incurred.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 140395 question first answered 09/02/2023 16:26:56 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1567608

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of works with (a) UK Power Networks and (b) other electrical supply contractors to install additional power to the (i) HMP Grendon and (ii) HMP Springhill site area; and how much and what proportion of that cost is for use by (A) existing prisons and (B) planned prisons which do not have planning permission.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	125503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>Negotiations are ongoing with UK Power Network and Western Power Distribution; any estimates are commercially sensitive, and their release would risk prejudicing our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/01/2023 14:44:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1550415

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help develop innovative defence technology.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	902729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence works closely with UK industry and academia, including Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, to identify and invest in innovative technologies that address our most pressing capability challenges as well as publishing our future priorities to incentivise investment. We are transforming processes to drive this at pace. We are already testing and deploying these technologies.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 902724 question first answered 12/12/2022 17:21:38 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith