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789981

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reform the duty regime for super strength alcohol to incentivise a reduction in the strength of those products.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	113325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2017 11:18:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

789989

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sparkling Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regularising the rate of duty between sparkling wine produced in the UK and such wine produced in France.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	113167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review. Any changes to wine duty rates would need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2017 11:28:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

789990

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to update the Exchequer Impact data on the Tax Impact Information Note relating to alcohol duty rate changes; and if he will halt planned increases in wine duty.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	113168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Tax Impact and Information Notes (TIINS) are published alongside new tax measures and represent the estimated impact of a measure at that time. TIINs published for previous measures are not retrospectively edited.</p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2017 10:57:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

790062

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Radiation Exposure
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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on the UK environment of recent reports of radioactive pollution, including traces of ruthenium 106 detected in France, spreading from Eastern Europe.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	113355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has worked with partners, in particular Public Health England who operate air monitoring equipment in the UK, to assess any effects on the environment. Air monitoring has not detected any elevated levels of ruthenium 106. Therefore there is no indication of any effects on the environment in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2017 10:57:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

788891

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue the Immigration Skills Charge, introduced in April 2017, has raised to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL3200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Figures for 2017-18 will be available once the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office, and laid before Parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/11/2017 09:36:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

789013

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	National Football League
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 progress has been made on establishing a National Football League franchise in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	112994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is hugely supportive of the NFL in London, and welcome the investment and economic benefits. The Government’s sport strategy, Sporting Future, made a commitment to support new sports in the UK, including through greater links with the National Football League, with the aspiration that a new franchise might one day be based here.</p><p> </p><p>This year marked ten years of London hosting the NFL International Series. Sell outs and the extra game this year show the appetite for NFL in the UK is growing. The NFL's executive vice president of international, Mark Waller, recently stated the NFL's ambition remains to bring a franchise to London by 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/11/2017 10:05:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

789041

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Beverage Containers: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make representations to Cornwall Council on increasing the quantity of beverage cartons it recycles.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	112962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to maximise recycling and to promote comprehensive collections of materials. I would encourage Cornwall and all other local councils to take opportunities to recycle more materials where they can and to make it easier for householders to recycle.</p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to increasing recycling rates and is developing a Resources and Waste Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/11/2017 17:11:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

789044

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	European Chemicals Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to seek the UK's continued participation with the European Chemicals Agency, as set out under Article 106 of EU Regulation 1907/2006, after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	113008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The Withdrawal Bill will convert current EU law into domestic law wherever practical, giving consumers and businesses as much certainty as possible. This includes laws relating to chemicals. The UK is strongly committed to the effective and safe management of chemicals. That will not change when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>While it would not be appropriate to pre-judge the outcome of the negotiations we will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in chemicals regulation in the best interests of both the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/11/2017 16:34:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

789048

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Squirrels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) red and (b) grey squirrels there are in the UK (i) now and were (ii) in 2007.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	112856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission estimates that there are 15,000 red squirrels in England and over two million grey squirrels. The red squirrel population is fragmented, occurring only in isolated populations on the islands in Poole Harbour, on the Isle of Wight and across the north of England with Kielder Forest, in Northumberland, supporting around 60% of the total population.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate dates from 2014 and no more recent data is available. There is no data available for red and grey squirrel numbers in England for 2007. Wildlife is a devolved policy matter.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2017 10:52:59 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789133

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK plans to seek (a) observer status at or (b) formal participation in the European Border and Coast Guard Agency after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	112902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, builds on provisions of the Schengen agreement in which the UK does not participate. The UK is not therefore bound by the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation although we are supportive of steps to increase the security of the external Schengen border and currently participate in Frontex operations on a voluntary basis.</p><p> </p><p>We have a strong interest in effective management of the external border, not just in combating illegal migration and cross-border crime, but also as part of the EU-wide counter-terrorism effort.</p><p> </p><p>Our future cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will be considered as part of wider negotiations for the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2017 09:18:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock