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1180218

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for Women's Centres.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	900827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the challenges that women’s community services, including women’s centres, face in securing stable funding. Sustainable community provision that provides specialist support for vulnerable women is essential to delivering the Female Offender Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Strategy in June 2018, we have invested £5.1 million funding in women’s services across England and Wales. With my officials, I am reviewing progress on delivering the Strategy 20 months on from its publication. This will include looking at the question of funding.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 17:48:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179016

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Marine Environment: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to expand the global membership of the Global Ocean Alliance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Joining the Global Ocean Alliance indicates that countries will support a new global target of protecting at least 30% of the global ocean within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by 2030 at the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties (COP15) in Kunming, China in October 2020 (30by30). This target would replace the current 10% target agreed in Aichi in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The UK-led Global Ocean Alliance is currently made up of Belgium, Belize, Costa Rica, Finland, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Palau, Portugal, Seychelles, Sweden and Vanuatu. Many other countries have also expressed their support for the 30by30 target.</p><p> </p><p>English waters have 177 MPAs covering 40% of English seas. The UK has 357 MPAs protecting 25% of UK waters spanning almost 220,000 km<sup>2</sup>. Furthermore, the Overseas Territories Blue Belt Programme is on track to deliver 4 million km<sup>2</sup> marine protection around the UK Overseas Territories by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Globally, the World Database on MPAs, a joint project of the UN Environment Programme and the International Union for Nature Conservation, shows the percentage of the ocean covered by protected areas at 7.91%.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the proportion of the global ocean that is in MPAs, the Government is working with supportive countries and NGOs to encourage other countries to join the Global Ocean Alliance and thereby increase the possibility that the 30by30 target will be adopted later this year in Kunming.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 18654 18655 question first answered 02/03/2020 12:56:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179018

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Marine Environment: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to meet the Government's target of protecting 30 per cent of world oceans by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Joining the Global Ocean Alliance indicates that countries will support a new global target of protecting at least 30% of the global ocean within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by 2030 at the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties (COP15) in Kunming, China in October 2020 (30by30). This target would replace the current 10% target agreed in Aichi in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The UK-led Global Ocean Alliance is currently made up of Belgium, Belize, Costa Rica, Finland, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Palau, Portugal, Seychelles, Sweden and Vanuatu. Many other countries have also expressed their support for the 30by30 target.</p><p> </p><p>English waters have 177 MPAs covering 40% of English seas. The UK has 357 MPAs protecting 25% of UK waters spanning almost 220,000 km<sup>2</sup>. Furthermore, the Overseas Territories Blue Belt Programme is on track to deliver 4 million km<sup>2</sup> marine protection around the UK Overseas Territories by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Globally, the World Database on MPAs, a joint project of the UN Environment Programme and the International Union for Nature Conservation, shows the percentage of the ocean covered by protected areas at 7.91%.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the proportion of the global ocean that is in MPAs, the Government is working with supportive countries and NGOs to encourage other countries to join the Global Ocean Alliance and thereby increase the possibility that the 30by30 target will be adopted later this year in Kunming.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 18652 18655 question first answered 02/03/2020 12:56:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179019

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Marine Protected Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the world's oceans that are in marine protected areas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Joining the Global Ocean Alliance indicates that countries will support a new global target of protecting at least 30% of the global ocean within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by 2030 at the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties (COP15) in Kunming, China in October 2020 (30by30). This target would replace the current 10% target agreed in Aichi in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The UK-led Global Ocean Alliance is currently made up of Belgium, Belize, Costa Rica, Finland, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Palau, Portugal, Seychelles, Sweden and Vanuatu. Many other countries have also expressed their support for the 30by30 target.</p><p> </p><p>English waters have 177 MPAs covering 40% of English seas. The UK has 357 MPAs protecting 25% of UK waters spanning almost 220,000 km<sup>2</sup>. Furthermore, the Overseas Territories Blue Belt Programme is on track to deliver 4 million km<sup>2</sup> marine protection around the UK Overseas Territories by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Globally, the World Database on MPAs, a joint project of the UN Environment Programme and the International Union for Nature Conservation, shows the percentage of the ocean covered by protected areas at 7.91%.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the proportion of the global ocean that is in MPAs, the Government is working with supportive countries and NGOs to encourage other countries to join the Global Ocean Alliance and thereby increase the possibility that the 30by30 target will be adopted later this year in Kunming.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 18652 18654 question first answered 02/03/2020 12:56:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179020

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure online platforms do not host sexual content which has not been consented to by people who feature in it.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper set out government’s plans to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, enforced by an independent regulator. Companies will be required to take robust action to address harmful content and will be held to account for tackling a comprehensive set of online harms. Non-consensual sharing of private and sexual images, often known as “revenge pornography”, is in scope of these proposals. The regulator will have sufficient powers to take effective action against companies that breach regulatory requirements, including the power to levy substantial fines.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also making sure the criminal law is fit for purpose. The Law Commission is conducting a second phase of its review of abusive and offensive online communications. As part of this, the Law Commission will also look at the criminal law around the non-consensual taking and sharing of intimate images, and make recommendations to ensure that the law provides effective protection against the creation and sharing of intimate images without consent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 18657 18658 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:08:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179021

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help ensure online platforms remove sexual content which has not been consented to by those who have been filmed or photographed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper set out government’s plans to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, enforced by an independent regulator. Companies will be required to take robust action to address harmful content and will be held to account for tackling a comprehensive set of online harms. Non-consensual sharing of private and sexual images, often known as “revenge pornography”, is in scope of these proposals. The regulator will have sufficient powers to take effective action against companies that breach regulatory requirements, including the power to levy substantial fines.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also making sure the criminal law is fit for purpose. The Law Commission is conducting a second phase of its review of abusive and offensive online communications. As part of this, the Law Commission will also look at the criminal law around the non-consensual taking and sharing of intimate images, and make recommendations to ensure that the law provides effective protection against the creation and sharing of intimate images without consent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 18656 18658 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:08:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179022

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to sanction online platforms which do not remove sexual content which has not been consented to by people who have been filmed or photographed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper set out government’s plans to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, enforced by an independent regulator. Companies will be required to take robust action to address harmful content and will be held to account for tackling a comprehensive set of online harms. Non-consensual sharing of private and sexual images, often known as “revenge pornography”, is in scope of these proposals. The regulator will have sufficient powers to take effective action against companies that breach regulatory requirements, including the power to levy substantial fines.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also making sure the criminal law is fit for purpose. The Law Commission is conducting a second phase of its review of abusive and offensive online communications. As part of this, the Law Commission will also look at the criminal law around the non-consensual taking and sharing of intimate images, and make recommendations to ensure that the law provides effective protection against the creation and sharing of intimate images without consent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 18656 18657 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:08:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179036

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Air Pollution: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of PM2.5 emissions in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>National statistics on emissions of air pollutants in the UK are published annually at the following URL: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-pollutants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-pollutants</a>.</p><p> </p><p>An interactive map of emissions of PM2.5 and other pollutants is available to the public at a 1 km<sup>2</sup> resolution and is updated annually. The map for 2017 can be found at the following URL: <a href="https://naei.beis.gov.uk/emissionsapp/" target="_blank">https://naei.beis.gov.uk/emissionsapp/</a>. It is possible to summarise the emissions map by local authority using the functions on the map webpage.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2020 13:03:23 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179037

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Nitrogen Dioxide: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in NO2 emissions in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>National statistics on emissions of air pollutants and trends in the UK, including nitrogen oxides, are published annually at the following URL: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-pollutants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-pollutants</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2020 12:59:57 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179039

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department’s press release of 5 May 2019, Government safeguards UK elections, what progress he has made on each of the four commitments made by his Department to safeguard UK elections.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the integrity and security of our democratic processes very seriously.</p><p>Further to my answers on 27 February (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-02-27/debates/62969C26-B978-4F5A-81B3-8D0F665A3BDA/VoterIdentificationVotingFraud" target="_blank">Official Record, Vol.672, Col 449</a>), this Government is committed to ensuring elections are secure and fit for the modern age. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 18664 question first answered 03/03/2020 10:38:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill