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1382821

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Broadband: Brigg and Goole
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 proportion of properties have access to superfast broadband in Brigg and Goole constituency.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	83305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>According to the independent website <a href="http://labs2.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000596" target="_blank">Thinkbroadband</a>, over 94.5% of premises in the constituency of Brigg and Goole have access to superfast broadband (&gt;= 30 Mbps).</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 06/12/2021 16:07:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1382824

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward an urgent climate mitigation budget in response to COP26 to ensure there is sufficient funding targeted at reducing the UK’s carbon emissions in line with the Committee on Climate Change Carbon Budget recommendations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021, the government will have committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the Green Industrial Revolution (includes capital and resource expenditure, excludes admin). As set out in the Net Zero Strategy, this spending package, along with action on regulation and green finance, will keep the UK on track for its carbon budgets and 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution, and establishes the longer-term pathway towards net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/12/2021 14:19:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382827

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Carbon Emissions: Research
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 steps he will take to ensure that research and development projects to reduce carbon output in the UK are accelerated to quicken the pace of a green transition.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The 2021 Spending Review reconfirmed BEIS’s flagship £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to accelerate the commercialisation of low-carbon technologies, systems and business models in power, buildings, and industry.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Spending Review, BEIS will set R&amp;D budgets through to 2024/25. Further details of how this funding will be allocated will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/12/2021 11:58:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382828

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Online Dating: Regulation
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 she is taking to regulate online dating services to prevent fraud and abuse.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Online dating services are in scope of the Online Safety Bill. This means that they will have to put in place measures to protect their users from harmful content facilitated via user-generated content, including fraud and abuse. Dating sites will have to assess the risk of harm to their users, and then take steps to mitigate and tackle that risk.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/12/2021 14:03:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1382829

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Premier League: Coronavirus
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 she is taking to encourage premier league football players to be vaccinated against covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>As per the statement to the house of 28th November, our vaccines remain our best line of defence against this virus. I welcome the increase in take up of vaccination amongst Premier League players. We encourage everyone - including footballers - to take up the offers of vaccination, and of boosters, for which many more millions of people are eligible following JCVI changes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/12/2021 17:27:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1382830

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agricultural Products: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK farmers' produce is protected in trade deals negotiated with other countries around the world.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>HM Government will always consider the opportunities and other impacts on the agricultural industry of any trade agreement we negotiate. In addition, the independent Trade and Agriculture Commission will scrutinise new free trade agreements once they are signed, providing an additional layer of independent scrutiny.</p><p> </p><p>Our trade agreements unlock new opportunities for our agriculture, food and drink sector and we will continue to work with producers and suppliers to make sure the sector is represented in future free trade agreements.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 10/12/2021 14:32:53 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1382831

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the use of GHB drugs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>GHB (gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid) is controlled under Class C of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and scheduled under Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (the 2001 Regulations). Two related substances, gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) are also controlled under Class C of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.</p><p>In March 2021, following recommendations by the independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), the Home Secretary announced the tightening of restrictions around the drugs GHB, GBL and 1,4-BD. In line with the ACMD’s advice, these drugs will, subject to Parliamentary approval, be moved from Class C to Class B under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.</p><p>The maximum penalty for the possession of a Class C drug is up to 2 years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both. The maximum penalty for the possession of a Class B drug is 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both. In addition, the Home Secretary agreed to the ACMD’s recommendation to place GBL and 1,4-BD in Schedule 1 to the 2001 Regulations and remove the exemption that makes it lawful to import, export, produce, supply, offer to supply or possess GBL and 1,4-BD in certain circumstances, so that those who possess them for legitimate industrial purposes will require a licence to do so. The Government intends to bring forward legislation shortly.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/12/2021 14:05:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1382833

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Fishing Catches
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 take steps to require supertrawlers operating within UK waters to (a) publish catch records, including species discard, (b) report dolphin or other sensitive species bycatch and (c) be transparent with data so that consumer labelling can accurately identify seafood caught using sustainable fishing methods and minimised bycatch.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	83523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation publishes annual statistics on catch, effort and fleet data in aggregated from which includes catch by gear type:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fmarine-management-organisation%2Fabout%2Fstatistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C4d1b2382e6cf48a3478c08d9b588bc96%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637740421148024186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=HGbf8fK2DxVPt%2F1FRt%2BzEl1nV%2BDqGYEQWZ1xgeiX6YA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/marine-management-organisation/about/statistics</a>. The UK discard/bycatch information, derived from scientific fisheries observer programmes in each of the UK administrations, is the EU Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) database. Data collected up to the end of 2020 have been submitted to the EU STECF in accordance with UK obligations and can be found here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu%2Fdd%2Ffdi&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C4d1b2382e6cf48a3478c08d9b588bc96%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637740421148034181%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=HJbwxRtMGezm8t7ovsLpSOYB00McU3Lyb85LECr916Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Fisheries Dependent Information - European Commission (europa.eu)</a></p><p> </p><p>All wild-capture commercial fishers are required to report incidental mortality or injury (bycatch) of marine mammals during fishing operations to the Marine Management Organisation. These data are used in UK bycatch monitoring programmes to help identify and where possible reduce potential impacts with sensitive marine species. The UK government funds a comprehensive and well-respected bycatch monitoring programme, which provides essential observer data on incidents of sensitive species bycatch. Annual reports are published online here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frandd.defra.gov.uk%2FDefault.aspx%3FMenu%3DMenu%26Module%3DMore%26Location%3DNone%26ProjectID%3D19943%26FromSearch%3DY%26Publisher%3D1%26SearchText%3DME6004%26SortString%3DProjectCode%26SortOrder%3DAsc%26Paging%3D10%23Description&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C4d1b2382e6cf48a3478c08d9b588bc96%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637740421148044180%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=5uCdHK2kS2Aa7fKczBaOXWbqE5NwtnuFmvVrM%2Fl59bQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Defra, UK - Science Search</a>.</p><p> </p><p>UK regulations require fishery and aquaculture product labelling to indicate the production method, area where the product was caught or farmed, and category of fishing gear used in capture of fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 06/12/2021 15:11:21 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1382835

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people travelling from countries added to the covid-19 red list will be required to pay for quarantine accommodation in the event that they booked flights before the travel restrictions were announced and must return to the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>People returning from countries added to the red list are required to pay for quarantine accommodation where flights were booked before the travel restrictions were announced.</p><p>Travellers may qualify for hardship arrangements, which includes repayment plans in monthly instalments and in exceptional circumstances, fee reductions and waivers may be granted.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 10/01/2022 13:52:41 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382836

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing local clinical and social services leads to embed co-ordinated pathways for families who have children with specific diagnoses relating to (a) neurodiversity conditions and (b) mental and physical health and learning disability challenges.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the Children and Families Act 2014, commissioners are responsible for ensuring the provision of services based on the local needs of their population. Local commissioners should have due regard to the relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, when commissioning these services. In 2021/22, we have provided £1.25 million to recruit local autism and learning disability champions to embed high quality and accessible autism and learning disability services in integrated care systems. We have also invested £7 million through the COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Recovery Action Plan and NHS Long Term Plan to help regions test and improve diagnostic and post-diagnostic pathways for autism in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 07/12/2021 15:37:34 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell