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1316805

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential immunological risks of covid-19 status certification.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	4665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government committed to explore whether and how COVID-status certification might be used to reopen our economy, reduce restrictions on social contact and improve safety. As set out in the ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021,’ the Government will set out its conclusions on the COVID-status Certification Review in advance of Step 4 of the Roadmap, in order to inform the safe reopening of society and the economy.</p><p>An update on the Roadmap Reviews was published on 5 April and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021-reviews-terms-of-reference/roadmap-reviews-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021-reviews-terms-of-reference/roadmap-reviews-update</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 4616 question first answered 25/05/2021 15:54:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1315090

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Amazon: Delivery Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made any recent representations to Amazon UK on (a) the adequacy of working conditions for its delivery drivers, (b) requests from their delivery drivers for a meeting with Amazon’s leadership team and (c) the potential merits of reviewing the delivery targets for Amazon UK delivery drivers.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	2396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government actively encourages businesses to ensure their supply chains are robust, especially by ensuring partners treat workers fairly and in accordance with the law. The specific issues raised by the Hon. Member for Ceredigion about Amazon and their contractors are internal matters of a private company on which I cannot comment.</p><p> </p><p>I am thankful to our valuable retail workers who continued to work over the last year in warehouses, supply chains and as delivery drivers throughout this challenging period, ensuring consumers have safe access to goods. I look forward to continuing to work with Amazon, in particular through the Retail Sector Council.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/05/2021 16:20:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1314767

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials in his Department has had with (a) officials in the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) the Welsh Government on the distribution of the Investment Reserve arising from the Miners’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	1369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>No such discussions have been held. Following the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee Report publication, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth has arranged to meet the Scheme Trustees with a view to agreeing a way forward. The Government will then respond to the Committee’s report.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 19/05/2021 12:48:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1314768

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme for its members.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	1370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>Members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme receive pensions around 33% higher in real terms as a result of the current arrangements. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee have made a number of recommendations which the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth will discuss with the Scheme Trustees before responding to the report.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 19/05/2021 07:39:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1313065

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Economic Growth: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 plans he has to establish a commission similar to the Scottish Government's Just Transition Commission to make practical recommendations on how the UK can make a transition to a net zero economy that is equitable to everyone.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>Delivering net zero and levelling up our country are at the forefront of Government’s plans to build back better from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support this, HM Treasury is conducting a review into the costs of reaching Net Zero, which will assess how to do so in a way that works for households, businesses and public finances, as well as maintaining our international competitiveness.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, BEIS has established the Green Jobs Taskforce working with industry, unions and skills providers, together with the Department for Education and the Department for Work and Pensions, to advise on how we can develop plans for new, long-term, good quality green jobs, and support workers in high-carbon sectors.</p><p> </p><p>This work will feed into our Net Zero Strategy, which will set out our vision for transitioning to a net zero economy, making the most of new growth and employment opportunities across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/05/2021 13:32:50 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1313066

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Infrastructure Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure that the new National Infrastructure Bank has a just transition mandate.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>It is a Government priority to ensure that the shift to a green economy happens in a way that levels up across the whole country.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Budget, the UK Infrastructure Bank will pursue two core policy objectives through its interventions in the infrastructure market: to help tackle climate change, particularly meeting the UK’s net zero emissions target by 2050; and to support regional and local economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>The Bank will make independent investment decisions and will need to develop assessment criteria to decide which investments it will take forward in line with its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/05/2021 14:11:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1313481

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Veterinary Services: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment has been conducted of IR35 reform on the locum veterinary sector.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules only apply to individuals who are working like employees under the current employment status tests, and do not apply to the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published at Spring Budget 2021 set out that the reform of the off-payroll working rules is expected to affect up to 60,000 medium and large enterprises, about 180,000 individuals working through their own companies, and approximately 20,000 agencies nationally. The TIIN can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment has been made of the potential effect on the locum veterinary sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/05/2021 14:06:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1312141

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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	Bees: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2021 to Question 180582 on Bees: Imports, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the risk that exports from the affected region in southern Italy could enter Northern Ireland via the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	187303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The region of Italy affected by Small hive beetle is not permitted to export honey bees, whether to EU member states or to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Imports which are permitted to enter the Republic of Ireland from other EU member states are subject to requirements involving advance notification and health certification to confirm that consignments are free of key pests and diseases including Small hive beetle.</p><p> </p><p>Similar requirements apply to imports from any EU country including the Republic of Ireland into any part of the UK. We carry out checks on EU honey bee imports into the UK to ensure that consignments are compliant with the rules.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/04/2021 13:52:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1311168

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the incident at Jau Prison on 17 April 2021, what representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart to ascertain the welfare and whereabouts of (a) Sayed Alawi Alwadaei and (b) Saeed Abdulemam.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We have been informed that prison policy is to disperse those involved in this sort of activity amongst the other inmates. Both Sayed Alawi Alwadaei and Saeed Abdulemam have been moved to the new facilities at the Jau Reform and Rehabilitation Centre, which have been inspected by the Ombudsman and the Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC) and the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR). We understand that they have access to medical services, and they do not have any health care issues.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 26/04/2021 09:34:06 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1311169

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the incident at Jau Prison on 17 April 2021, what plans he has to make representations to his Bahraini counterpart on (a) the welfare of political prisoners in Bahrain, (b) ensuring that victims of the incident at the prison receive adequate and timely medical care and (c) ensuring that prisoners are able to access phone calls.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We have regularly discussed the challenge of managing the Covid-19 pandemic in prisons with senior members of the Bahraini Government. We continue to monitor these conditions through our regular contact with the oversight bodies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 26/04/2021 15:32:13 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake