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1359342

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date	15/10/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the international communities that are worst affected by climate change are involved in designing the (a) mitigation and (b) adaptation solutions supported by the $100 billion climate fund.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	56453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The UK is ensuring a large majority of our own international climate finance is grant-based. We are pressing other donor countries for similarly ambitious commitments. Under our G7 Presidency, the G7 committed to scaling up adaptation finance, and we have seen concrete new individual pledges from Canada, Japan, the US, and Denmark in recent months to this effect.</p><p>The UK has committed to delivering a balance through our scaled up ICF and has launched - with other bilateral donors Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark - a Champions Group on Adaptation Finance, with a commitment to deliver a balance of adaptation in climate finance, in response to calls from developing countries. Since launching, Finland and Germany have joined.</p><p>Finance needs to be accessible, particularly for the most marginalised communities. Locally led adaptation is a central priority for the COP26 Presidency, amplifying the calls for greater support for locally led action, and also addressing the barriers that restrict and prevent finance flowing to the local level. Locally led adaptation means communities are directly involved in the design of the solutions.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 56329 question first answered 25/10/2021 15:25:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1359343

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that retailers of e-scooters advise customers of the law on their use.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	56454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Ministers wrote to e-scooter retailers in December 2018 and July this year to highlight the need for providing consumers with clear information about the laws relating to privately owned e-scooter use, including, for example, that they are lawful to use on private land. Officials are continuing to consult with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), who oversee consumer law, about further steps that can be taken to encourage retailers to be responsible in their messaging with consumers of e-scooters</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 25/10/2021 14:42:38 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1359347

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	British Virgin Islands: Tax Avoidance
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 discussions she has had with the Premier of the British Virgin Islands on closing potential tax loopholes as a result of revelations in the Pandora Papers.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	56361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The British Virgin Islands (BVI) regularly share confidential information on beneficial ownership and tax with UK law enforcement and tax authorities. They provided information that made the UK's first Unexplained Wealth Order possible. The BVI have committed to work towards introducing a publicly accessible register of company beneficial ownership, along with the other Overseas Territories.</p><p>The BVI participate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Common Reporting Standard, which is an agreement to automatically exchange financial account information with other jurisdictions. This means that they supply information on account holders who are foreign tax residents. This reciprocal, automatic exchange of financial information addresses the secrecy that facilitates offshore tax evasion and provides evidence of tax non-compliance. The BVI are a member of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), signalling their commitment to fighting BEPS risks by implementing the BEPS minimum standards. They have also committed to implementing the OECD's two pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy. The UK is providing assistance and support ahead of BVI's evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 25/10/2021 16:46:45 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1359348

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent potential halts in production of defence components in the defence supply chain sector owing to the impact of price rises in the UK energy markets.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	56364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>We routinely monitor risk and fragility in the defence supply-chain, including those associated with rising commodity prices, and work closely with suppliers where consideration needs to made of targeted intervention.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/10/2021 10:24:35 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1359349

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Solar Events
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 effects the solar flare on 11 October 2021 had on UK infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	56368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>There were no reported impacts to UK infrastructure caused by the solar flare and subsequent Geomagnetic Storm on the 11 October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2021 10:48:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1359740

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reconsider the no right to appeal rule for those who are denied Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grants from HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	57167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided generous support to the self-employed during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The SEISS has helped nearly 3 million self-employed individuals with claims totalling over £27 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can ask HMRC to review their SEISS claim. However, HMRC have limited discretion in operating the SEISS and this discretion can only be used in exceptional circumstances. Such circumstances could include situations where HMRC have made an error that has affected an individual’s eligibility for, or amount of, a SEISS grant.</p><p> </p><p>There is no legal right of appeal against decisions made in relation to the SEISS, and there is also no legal provision for ‘reasonable excuse’ within the legal framework for the SEISS.</p><p> </p><p>The fifth and final SEISS grant closed on 30<sup>th</sup> September 2021.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/10/2021 14:20:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1359809

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government will recognise as valid in England the EU Digital COVID Certificates of people resident in the UK who have been vaccinated in an EU member state in the event that proof of covid-19 vaccination is required.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	57168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom already accepts the EU Digital COVID Certificate as proof of vaccination for international travel.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 25/10/2021 16:59:46 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1359812

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling people who hold a category DE driving licence to (a) automatically acquire a category C licence or (b) relax the requirements for obtaining that licence in the context of the shortage of HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	57169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to allow drivers with a Category D licence for buses and coaches to drive large goods vehicles without obtaining a Category C licence. While these vehicles are similar in size, it is important to recognise that they are very different in their weight and their manoeuvrability.</p><p>Ensuring drivers have the right licence, and skills, needed to drive different types of vehicles is key to maintaining road safety.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/10/2021 12:12:16 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1360013

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Geothermal Power
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 his Department has plans to develop a specific geothermal strategy to support and promote development of geothermal energy extraction projects across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	56670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government supports the development of geothermal projects provided it can be done at an acceptable cost to consumers. The most promising use of geothermal energy in the UK is for heat applications such as in district heating network schemes. The Government are supporting the development of low carbon heat networks and thereby building a capability to harness heat from sources such as geothermal energy. Electricity generated from geothermal heat is able to bid into the Contracts for Difference scheme.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/10/2021 16:21:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1360014

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Geothermal Power: Carbon 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 targets exist for the delivery of geothermal heat projects in order to help meet the UK's net zero emissions target.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	57172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government supports the development of geothermal projects provided it can be done at an acceptable cost to consumers. The most promising use of geothermal energy in the UK is for heat applications such as in district heating network schemes. The Government is supporting the development of low carbon heat networks and thereby building the UK’s capability to harness heat from sources such as geothermal energy. Electricity generated from geothermal heat is able to be included in the Contracts for Difference scheme.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 09:54:07 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson