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1272116

registered interest
date	18/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the National Infrastructure Commission has not developed a methodology for estimating the carbon impact of building additional road capacity.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	131221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission provides impartial, expert advice on national infrastructure priorities. It has discretion to determine independently its work programme, methodologies and recommendations, as well as the content of its reports.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 12:09:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1272317

registered interest
date	18/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support fee-paid judges who have not earned enough this year to repay the loan offered by the judicial hardship fund.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	131377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to supporting fee-paid judges who have been affected by reduced sittings as a result of COVID-19.</p><p>We introduced the hardship scheme in May to enable advance payments to be made to fee-paid judges who were struggling financially. This was on the understanding that this money would be recovered gradually from recipients as sittings resumed.</p><p>We reviewed the repayment terms in August and, as a result, have made the following changes to make it easier for fee-paid judges to repay the advance:</p><ul><li>the start date for repayments was moved from September to November 2020, to allow more time for sittings to recover;</li><li>recipient judges need only begin repayments once their judicial fee income reaches 70% of their monthly average for 2019-20, to ensure that repayments are affordable; and</li><li>judges can choose to spread repayments over the period up to 31 March 2022.</li></ul><p>We will continue to monitor the situation and will review repayment arrangements, on request, for anyone in the scheme who is concerned that they may struggle to make payment in full by March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/01/2021 16:22:17 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1272011

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Foetal Tissue
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies on consent regarding the transportation and use of human fetal tissue and gametes of the (a) Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, (b) Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and (c) Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	131269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 amend the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007 and regulate the quality and safety of activities concerning human tissues and cells intended for use in human application. These regulations apply to pregnancy remains to the extent they are used for human application. The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 do not make any changes to the consent requirements in this area. There will be some changes to the coding requirements, but there remains an underlying requirement to ensure traceability. Traceability of relevant material remains a key factor under the Human Tissue Act 2004, and any establishment working with human tissue under the purposes outlined in the legislation will need to be able to evidence this.</p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and regulate the quality and safety of activities concerning gametes and embryos. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 have not changed the safety and quality standards regarding transportation of human gametes under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended).</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 131270 131271 question first answered 12/01/2021 13:51:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1272018

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the essential information required from bidders set out in his Department’s document entitled, Freeports: bidding prospectus, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the 500 word limit for bidders to set out how they will meet the minimum standard of security and infrastructure required in customs and tax sites before being able to operate as a Freeport.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The word limits set out in Section 5 of the Freeports Bidding Prospectus have been carefully calibrated to give bidders the best chance to show the strengths of their proposals. We have given bidders the room to convey the key information we need to assess bids robustly, whilst ensuring that submitting a bid is feasible within the 12-week bidding period.</p><p>Successful bidders will then be invited to develop a business case for regeneration funding, to work with HMT and HMRC to review and confirm the boundaries of their proposed tax sites, and to begin the HMRC-run authorisation process for customs site operators, ensuring proposals remain of a high standard as they move into implementation.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/01/2021 18:41:01 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272035

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what evidential basis the limit of 500 words was set for freeport bids regarding the economic rationale for tax site choice.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 131242 answered on 11 January.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/01/2021 16:18:27 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272043

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the funding being made available for freeports announced in the Spending Review 2020 CP 330: section 6.60, how much of the funding originally allocated to the Towns Fund will be allocated to capital spending on freeports in England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Successful Freeports bidders will have the opportunity to access a share of £175 million of seed capital funding. Allocations are subject to the submission and quality of successful business cases, but will be partly funded through the Towns Fund.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/01/2021 17:45:43 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272051

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Fireworks: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of strengthening existing regulations on the storage of fireworks by retailers.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	131523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is an independent regulator and has policy responsibility for the Explosives Regulations 2014 (as amended) which set out the framework for the safe and secure manufacture and storage of explosives, including fireworks.</p><p> </p><p>These Regulations are supported by overarching guidance on safety - <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l150.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l150.htm</a> and security - <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l151.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l151.htm</a></p><p>Subsector guidance is also available for storing and selling fireworks safely - <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg407.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg407.htm</a> - and detailed guidance relating to fireworks in retail premises - <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/er2014-fireworks-retail-prem.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/er2014-fireworks-retail-prem.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>There is already comprehensive legislation and guidance in this area to enable retailers involved in the storage of fireworks to do so safely and so there are no plans at this time to strengthening existing regulations in this area.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2021 14:36:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1272058

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Education: Girls
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 his Department is taking to tackle the barriers girls face in accessing education throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	131284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO plays a leading role in championing every girl's right to 12 years of quality education. Through the UK's hosting of the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment summit and our G7 Presidency, for example, we will put girls' education front and centre of the global agenda in 2021.</p><p>We understand girls face a wide range of barriers to accessing education and learning from low quality and gender-insensitive teaching practices to gender-based violence and child marriage. The FCDO is working to remove barriers to girls' education and improve their learning outcomes through a wide range of programmes and policies in the education sector and beyond. We will continue to be a progressive force for women and girls, including for their sexual and reproductive health and rights and right to education, as we help lead the global response to coronavirus. We are challenging attempts to roll back rights globally, and we are present and influential in important forums such as the UN Commission on the Status of Women.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2021 12:58:43 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1272064

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Bookshops: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the contribution of local independent book shops to local knowledge and culture within communities; and what steps he is taking to support that contribution during and after the imposition of tier 3 local covid alert level restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	131441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>Independent retailers, including book shops, play a valuable role in our communities.</p><p>The Government continues to offer a comprehensive support package for small businesses which independent bookshops can access, including the extension to the Coronavirus Job retention Scheme to the end of April 2021, extension to the existing Loan Schemes to the end of March 2021, and cash grants of up to £3,000 per month for businesses which are closed.</p><p>Following the introduction of new national restrictions, independent book shops can continue to offer click and collect, and delivery services which will help businesses keep trading.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/01/2021 09:24:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1272071

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether nurseries that have closed due to covid-19 and continue to charge parents full fees are eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	131233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority issued an open letter on 28 July 2020, followed by detailed advice to the sector, following complaints from parents about allegedly unfair charging practices during early days of the COVID-19 outbreak. These are available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/904194/Open_letter_to_Nursery_and_Early_Years__settings.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/904194/Open_letter_to_Nursery_and_Early_Years__settings.pdf</a> and <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fnursery-and-early-years-sector-covid-19-restrictions-and-consumer-law%2Fnursery-and-early-years-sector-covid-19-restrictions-and-consumer-law-advice&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCraig.McClue%40cma.gov.uk%7C13f076f944ec466e247908d89b80c830%7C1948f2d40bc24c5e8c34caac9d736834%7C1%7C0%7C637430324728268280%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=9en2gwX9WZOMNHfFhbXioDVoJg1XujuKtWgAahheiVM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fnursery-and-early-years-sector-covid-19-restrictions-and-consumer-law%2Fnursery-and-early-years-sector-covid-19-restrictions-and-consumer-law-advice&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCraig.McClue%40cma.gov.uk%7C13f076f944ec466e247908d89b80c830%7C1948f2d40bc24c5e8c34caac9d736834%7C1%7C0%7C637430324728268280%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=9en2gwX9WZOMNHfFhbXioDVoJg1XujuKtWgAahheiVM%3D&amp;reserved=0</a>.</p><p>The letter supported the government’s position that providers must be balanced and fair in their dealings with parents, and that they must avoid unfair charging practices. While contracts are a private arrangement between consumers and providers, the provisions of the letter are still broadly applicable. If parents or their children test positive for COVID-19, or are contacted by NHS Test and Trace, the principle that parents should not be charged for a service that cannot be provided without breaching government legal requirements would apply. We ask that providers continue to be fair and balanced in dealings with parents and must continue to avoid unfair charging practices.</p><p>An early years provider can access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to cover up to the proportion of its salary bill which could be considered to have been paid for from that provider’s private income. This would typically be income received from ‘parent-paid’ hours that have not yet returned because of COVID-19, and excludes all income from the government’s free entitlements. Providers should use the month of February 2020 to represent their usual income, in calculating the proportion of its salary bill eligible to be covered by the scheme, taking into account parent-paid income that has returned. Providers should adjust these proportions in subsequent furloughing applications if their income from the governments free entitlements changes.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 11/01/2021 11:50:45 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray