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1695223

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	China: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the relationship between India and China.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK has an independent relationship with both India and China. Relations between these two countries are a matter for their governments to progress and manage through peaceful means. The UK has no direct role.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/03/2024 17:50:56 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695224

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Jimmy Lai
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Jimmy Lai receives regular consular access.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials continue to raise Mr Jimmy Lai's case at the highest levels with the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities and have consistently requested consular access which has been denied by the Hong Kong prison authorities. The Foreign Secretary reiterated his call for Mr Lai's release during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference on the 16 February.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/03/2024 16:48:01 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695225

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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: Standards
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 steps his Department is taking with local authorities to improve the time taken to process planning applications.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>We are taking action to speed up determinations for planning applications in a number of ways. Reforms in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act seek to streamline the development management process and support decisions which are timely, transparent, and of high quality.</p><p>The Government has also recently increased planning fees and provided a range of new funding streams through the Government’s capacity and capability programme, including the £29 million Planning Skills Delivery Fund to provide local planning authorities with additional resources needed to deliver a high quality and timely planning service.</p><p>In addition to this, on 6 March the Government launched an Accelerated Planning Service consultation. This sets out measures to offer a new application route with accelerated decision dates for major commercial applications and fee refunds wherever these are not met. It also includes measures to more closely monitor the performance of local planning authorities in making decisions within statutory periods rather than using extension of time agreements.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 18/03/2024 13:28:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695226

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Northern Ireland
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 ensure that public sector workers in Northern Ireland are able to receive a pay award that is equal to levels in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is providing the Northern Ireland Executive with a comprehensive £3.3 billion spending settlement to stabilise public services, better manage public finances and pave the way for transformation of public services.</p><p>Within this package, the UK Government provided £846 million to support the Northern Ireland Executive’s budget pressures in 2023-24, including public sector pay pressures</p><p><br>It is the Executive’s responsibility to decide on the level of public sector pay awards for devolved areas in Northern Ireland and to balance these costs against other priorities.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 19/03/2024 12:13:05 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695228

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment: Freedom of Speech
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the (a) employment rights and (b) freedom of speech of people of faith are protected (i) in the workplace and (ii) during the recruitment process.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>People of faith are protected by the existing legal framework. They have the same employment rights and protections as anyone else, including during the recruitment process. Where they feel those rights have not been respected, they can contact Acas or EASS (Equality Advisory and Support Service) for advice, and ultimately, seek redress through an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, the Equality Act 2010 provides protection from religious discrimination to anyone with a religious belief as well as to those who lack a religion or belief. The definition of a religion or belief in these provisions is deliberately broad and includes those religions widely recognised in the UK, as well as denominations or sects within a religion such as Catholics or Protestants within Christianity.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 20/03/2024 14:19:32 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695229

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Partnerships: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy during the Twelfth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill on Tuesday 15 November 2022, Official Report, column 397, whether she has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of limited partnerships (LP) owning assets in the context of reports of LPs owning oil tankers and other vessels.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	18021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>My Department and Companies House closely monitor reports of potential misuse of corporate structures registered in the UK.</p><p>The Government is well aware of the risks around misuse of limited partnerships, which is why we acted through the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 to introduce the biggest changes to limited partnership law since 1907. The reforms will crack down on the abuse of all UK limited partnerships, including requiring much more information on the partners and greater controls over their formation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/03/2024 10:18:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1695234

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase uptake in the use of monitoring technologies by patients with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	18214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recently issued clinical guidelines in relation to the management of insulin dependent diabetes, covering patients living with type 1 and insulin dependent type 2 diabetes. This includes devices to support blood glucose monitoring. These recommendations are now being implemented by integrated care boards (ICBs).</p><p> </p><p>On 19 December 2023, NICE published its final recommendation on the hybrid closed loop system for people with type 1 diabetes. NICE has agreed with NHS England that all children and young people, women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, and those people who already have an insulin pump will be first to be offered a hybrid closed loop system as part of a 5-year roll-out plan. NHS England has set out priorities for access, to help reduce healthcare inequalities through their implementation plan.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the delivery of services and the implementation of NICE recommendations rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner. As diabetes care is commissioned by local ICBs, they are responsible for developing commissioning policies. ICBs must pay due regard to NICE guidance, however local decision making applies in terms of deciding whether to utilise their funding to implement the recommendation or not.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/03/2024 17:11:23 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1695235

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the public appointments for which her Department is responsible are (a) women and (b) people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	18182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2023, 43% of DCMS regulated appointment roles were held by women and 12% were held by individuals from an ethnic minority background.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/03/2024 16:54:08 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1695236

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Chess: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Major investment to transform future of English chess announced, published on 22 August 2023, whether he plans to assess the impact of funding chess tables on (a) levels of loneliness and (b) people's problem solving skills.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	18183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>85 local authorities that received Levelling Up Parks Fund funding were invited to apply for the chess tables funding. In total, 55 local authorities applied for the funding. We have provided funding to those 55 local authorities to install 99 chess tables across England.</p><p>We have asked local authorities to consider how the location they choose creates new opportunities, helps to strengthen relationships, builds local social cohesion and provides opportunities for people to come together in a joint activity.</p><p>Prior to the announcement of funding, we engaged stakeholders across Government, as well as local authorities and the English Chess Federation.</p><p>Local authorities know their communities best and are best placed to manage the use and assess the effects of the chess tables locally, if they choose to do so.</p><p>Any decisions to provide chess sets are for local authorities to take.</p><p>Further announcements will be set out in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 17891 17892 18184 18185 question first answered 18/03/2024 13:24:46 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1695237

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Chess: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that newly-installed chess tables funded by his Department are used for their intended purpose.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	18184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>85 local authorities that received Levelling Up Parks Fund funding were invited to apply for the chess tables funding. In total, 55 local authorities applied for the funding. We have provided funding to those 55 local authorities to install 99 chess tables across England.</p><p>We have asked local authorities to consider how the location they choose creates new opportunities, helps to strengthen relationships, builds local social cohesion and provides opportunities for people to come together in a joint activity.</p><p>Prior to the announcement of funding, we engaged stakeholders across Government, as well as local authorities and the English Chess Federation.</p><p>Local authorities know their communities best and are best placed to manage the use and assess the effects of the chess tables locally, if they choose to do so.</p><p>Any decisions to provide chess sets are for local authorities to take.</p><p>Further announcements will be set out in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 17891 17892 18183 18185 question first answered 18/03/2024 13:24:46 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire