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1357166

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Law
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 consultation was undertaken with members of the legal profession ahead of the Government’s announcement that it will review retained EU law.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	52552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office will lead this review, working with departments across Whitehall and a range of stakeholders.</p><p>The Government is committed to high standards of workers’ rights and environmental protections. The initiative referred to by the hon. Member is about ensuring that we have a regulatory environment which is the right fit for the UK as an independent nation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 52553 52554 52555 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:35:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1357167

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
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, with reference to the oral statement by the Paymaster General of 16 September 2021 on Brexit: Opportunities, Official Report, column 1148, whether retained workers' rights legislation will be reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	52553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office will lead this review, working with departments across Whitehall and a range of stakeholders.</p><p>The Government is committed to high standards of workers’ rights and environmental protections. The initiative referred to by the hon. Member is about ensuring that we have a regulatory environment which is the right fit for the UK as an independent nation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 52552 52554 52555 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:35:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1357168

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Environment Protection
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, with reference to the oral statement by the Paymaster General of 16 September 2021 on Brexit: Opportunities, Official Report, column 1148, whether retained environmental standards legislation will be reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	52554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office will lead this review, working with departments across Whitehall and a range of stakeholders.</p><p>The Government is committed to high standards of workers’ rights and environmental protections. The initiative referred to by the hon. Member is about ensuring that we have a regulatory environment which is the right fit for the UK as an independent nation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 52552 52553 52555 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:35:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1357169

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: EU Law
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, with reference to the oral statement by the Paymaster General of 16 September 2021 on Brexit: Opportunities, Official Report, column 1148, what (a) tests or (b) decision-making frameworks the Government plans to put in place before taking the decision to alter or replace retained EU legislation.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	52555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office will lead this review, working with departments across Whitehall and a range of stakeholders.</p><p>The Government is committed to high standards of workers’ rights and environmental protections. The initiative referred to by the hon. Member is about ensuring that we have a regulatory environment which is the right fit for the UK as an independent nation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 52552 52553 52554 question first answered 18/10/2021 09:35:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1357170

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mali: Desertion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2021 to Question 49287 on Mali: Desertion, what the desertion rates were among Mali's defence and security forces in late 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	52605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>This is information which is not available to the Department. Our assessment is relative, derived from a range of non-quantitative data.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2021 11:00:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1357171

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Questions 14221, 14222 and 14223 tabled by the hon. Member for East Lothian on 11 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	52606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>As I stated in my response of 16 June 2021 to the hon. Member's Questions 14221, 14222 and 14223, throughout 2011, the UK Government sought to respond to rapidly changing and volatile dynamics in order to protect Libyan civilians and wider UK interests. The UK's objective was clear: protect civilians and promote stability in Libya in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1973, in support of NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.</p><p>As announced in Parliament by the then Foreign Secretary on 26 April 2011, the diplomatic mission in Benghazi was expanded to include an additional military liaison advisory team. This team was deployed to support the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) on how to better protect civilians. The team advised the NTC on how to improve their military organisational structures, communications and logistics. This deployment was fully within the terms of UNSCR 1973; both in respect of civilian protection and its provision, which expressly ruled out a foreign occupation force on Libyan soil. As stated by the then Foreign Secretary, &quot;their sole purpose is to support the NTC's efforts better to protect civilians by advising on military organisational structures, communication and logistics. They are not involved in training or arming the opposition's fighting forces, nor are they executing or providing military advice&quot;.</p><p>Turning to your question concerning contact with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, there are no records of any UK contact with this group, in fact, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was a proscribed terrorist group in both the UK (in 2005) and US (in 2001).</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2021 10:51:23 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1357172

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Fly-tipping
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 has taken to coordinate (a) Police and Crime commissioners, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) local police forces to ensure that they are adequately responding to fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>Defra is committed to working with partners to stamp out the menace of fly-tipping wherever we can. Our 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy set out our strategic approach to tackling waste crime, including fly-tipping. Our focus is on enabling local action by providing a clear legal framework of rights, responsibilities and powers and setting national standards.</p><p>Local authorities and the Environment Agency are encouraged to work in partnership with national and local police bodies in carrying out their enforcement functions against fly-tipping. Defra are working with a wide range of interested parties through the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) to raise awareness of fly-tipping and to develop a fly-tipping toolkit. Members of the NFTPG include local authorities, the National Police Chiefs Council and the Environment Agency. The toolkit will support partnership working, intelligence sharing, dealing with fly-tipping associated with unauthorised encampments and the use of technology to report fly-tipping.</p><p>In the Environment Bill, we are bringing forward measures to go further, giving agencies and authorities enhanced powers of entry and access to evidence to strengthen their ability to tackle waste crime, and enhancing our ability to track waste and to crack down on rogue operators.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/09/2021 09:49:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1357173

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Agriculture: Sustainable Development
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 he has made of the adequacy of the details available to farmers on the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>Last November, we published our <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F954283%2Fagricultural-transition-plan.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBlaise.Baquiche%40defra.gov.uk%7Cd56e4ee3e00545178c8208d981bf67cf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637683481346996269%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=E61TcgI0%2Bvax5LKHRgQXfNOVOyz66SJKcWgCFtE4j2A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Agricultural Transition Plan</a> setting out all our future environmental land management schemes, starting with the Sustainable Farming Incentive.</p><p> </p><p>We set out what we intend to achieve by 2028 and how we will help farmers manage the move away from Direct Payments over a seven-year transition period to give everyone time to plan and adjust.</p><p> </p><p>In March of this year, we launched the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive. This was so that we could test, at scale, the future scheme in real-world scenarios, with a wide range of farmers and land managers. Our goal is to collaborate with farmers and land managers to design and deliver a scheme that works best for them.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently undertaking user research and surveys on these pilot applicants with a view to informing and improving the scheme. From this we will learn how farmers and land managers have fared in understanding the information presented to them.</p><p> </p><p>In June, we published a <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fagricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update%2Fagricultural-transition-plan-june-2021-progress-update&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBlaise.Baquiche%40defra.gov.uk%7Cd56e4ee3e00545178c8208d981bf67cf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637683481347006262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IkUEkdpQxI4%2FRMnUqL%2F1XXjxx5UMYHdbkvf4TuHU8qM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">progress update</a> of the Agricultural Transition Plan. Here, we gave further details of the early rollout of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme and what it will pay for. We also set out clear guidance on the scheme’s eligibility criteria and how farmers can be rewarded for their environmentally sustainable actions when it opens in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing more information about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in November, including confirmation of the standard payment rates.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/09/2021 13:35:26 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1357174

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the impact of her role as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on her ability to deliver her Department's Equalities agenda.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	52618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2021 answer text <p>The priorities of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Equality Hub are closely aligned: both are working to promote the safety and empowerment of women and girls; share a commitment to advance LGBT equality through the Global LGBT Conference; are supporting our global leadership on disability rights; and collaborate across many other areas of work as we advance core freedoms and liberties across the world.</p><p>Whether it be banning the abhorrent practice of conversion therapy, ending violence against women and girls, or improving equality of opportunity in education here in the UK and internationally, joint working towards common goals strengthens our ability to deliver equality for all.</p><p>More broadly, having Ministers based across Government in the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for International Trade, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will support our ambitions to build back fairer from COVID-19 and level up across the country.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/10/2021 13:23:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1357175

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Environmental Land Management Schemes
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 comparative assessment he has made of the support available to farmers (a) under environmental land management schemes and (b) in the countries with which the Government is pursuing free trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	52434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>We are undertaking an assessment of our proposed reforms to the agricultural industry as they are developed, including the impact of our future schemes that reward environmental land management. It is our intention to publish a comprehensive assessment in due course.</p><p>The Government also produces and publishes analysis for each new free trade agreement it pursues and is committed to publishing a full impact assessment following the conclusion of negotiations prior to implementation of an agreement.</p><p>The OECD publishes an <a href="https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/agriculture-and-food/agricultural-policy-monitoring-and-evaluation-2021_2d810e01-en?_ga=2.41177188.775305080.1632319086-1231798159.1614081332" target="_blank">annual agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation report</a> which contains estimates of support to agriculture. One metric of particular interest from that publication is the ‘producer support estimate’ (PSE) as a percentage of receipts. As an example, it shows that for the UK the PSE is approximately 20% of receipts compared with 1% in New Zealand and 2% in Australia.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/09/2021 13:30:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway