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1464308

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date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on establishing a headquarters for Great British Railways.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	900121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The shortlist of towns and cities for the Great British Railways headquarters will be announced shortly – after which a public vote will be held to help determine the winner.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 19/05/2022 10:57:58 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464309

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Procurement
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 impact of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail on rail procurement.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	900122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Williams Shapps Plan for rail will ensure we get the best from public and private sectors. New Passenger Services Contracts will reinvigorate the competitive market and Great British Railways will be able to work more effectively with private sector suppliers and partners across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 19/05/2022 11:06:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1464548

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people the CPS has acquitted on the defence of automatism in England and Wales as of 19th May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	5345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of any defence employed by defendants in criminal proceedings. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/05/2022 09:17:48 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1463975

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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	Obesity: 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 it his policy to include under 18s in any future low calorie diet programme in the context of rising prevalence of obesity rates among minors.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The calorie reduction programme challenges all sectors of the food industry to achieve up to a 20% reduction in calories by 2024 in product categories which contribute significantly to the intakes of children up to the age of 18 years old. The programme includes retailers and manufacturers as well as businesses in the eating out, takeaway and delivery sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 23/05/2022 09:59:23 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1463985

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Charles Falk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who instigated the complaint against Judge Charles Falk to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) in April 2022; whether that complaint fell outside of the JCIO's three month limit for investigation of complaints; whether the investigation was carried out by a panel or a single person; how long that investigation took; and whether that investigation included interviews with (a) Judge Charles Falk and (b) any other relevant people involved in the case.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	4450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The independent Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) considers complaints in accordance with the Judicial Conduct (Judicial and other office holders) Rules 2014.</p><p>The rules enable the JCIO, with the agreement of a nominated judge, to consider information received in the absence of a complaint as if it were a complaint. That process was duly followed in the matter regarding Judge Falk. After careful assessment by the JCIO, there was no evidence of misconduct by the judge and the matter was dismissed.</p><p>With the exception of published information about disciplinary sanctions, information about judicial disciplinary matters is confidential, and further details cannot therefore be provided.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/05/2022 15:08:02 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1463994

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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	COE Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason a representative of the UK has yet to be appointed to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages' Committee of Experts; and whether she has taken steps to help ensure the position is filled.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	4645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO is currently exploring options on how best to identify suitably qualified, independent candidates for the process of appointing a UK expert to the ECRML Committee of Experts (COMEX). We remain committed to ensuring the position is filled by an appropriate expert in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/05/2022 10:42:05 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1463997

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what savings he is requiring in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023 from (i) each individual Train Operating Company and (ii) all Train Operating Companies in total; and whether in each case he is requiring a certain proportion of those savings to be found from salary costs.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	4543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Our railways are on financial life support. We have lost a quarter of our passengers and the Government has spent £16 billion during the pandemic, equivalent to nearly £600 per household, irrespective of whether they use the railways, to keep subsidising the railway. We need to make our railways fit for the future and want a fair deal for staff, passengers, and taxpayers so the railway does not take money away from other essential public services such as the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>Unions are threatening industrial action before talks have even begun. Strikes should be the last resort, not the first. They will stop customers choosing rail, and those passengers might never return, killing services and jobs. The RMT trade union are balloting 40,000 members from across England, Wales and Scotland for industrial action and we would expect the relevant devolved authorities to be engaging with the employers in affected areas.</p><p> </p><p>Train operating companies are the employers of rail staff, not the Government. They, therefore, individually negotiate with trade unions on matters such as pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a commercial relationship with train operators, and we maintain a public register of rail contracts available on the Government website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts</a>. This contains guidance on how to request information and what information we are unable to publish.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 4544 4545 4546 4547 question first answered 23/05/2022 11:29:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1463998

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Expenditure and Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the correspondence between his Department and Train Operating Companies on spending cuts and workforce reforms since the Autumn Statement on 27 October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	4544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Our railways are on financial life support. We have lost a quarter of our passengers and the Government has spent £16 billion during the pandemic, equivalent to nearly £600 per household, irrespective of whether they use the railways, to keep subsidising the railway. We need to make our railways fit for the future and want a fair deal for staff, passengers, and taxpayers so the railway does not take money away from other essential public services such as the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>Unions are threatening industrial action before talks have even begun. Strikes should be the last resort, not the first. They will stop customers choosing rail, and those passengers might never return, killing services and jobs. The RMT trade union are balloting 40,000 members from across England, Wales and Scotland for industrial action and we would expect the relevant devolved authorities to be engaging with the employers in affected areas.</p><p> </p><p>Train operating companies are the employers of rail staff, not the Government. They, therefore, individually negotiate with trade unions on matters such as pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a commercial relationship with train operators, and we maintain a public register of rail contracts available on the Government website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts</a>. This contains guidance on how to request information and what information we are unable to publish.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 4543 4545 4546 4547 question first answered 23/05/2022 11:29:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1463999

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what pay mandate he has set for the Train Operating Companies in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	4545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Our railways are on financial life support. We have lost a quarter of our passengers and the Government has spent £16 billion during the pandemic, equivalent to nearly £600 per household, irrespective of whether they use the railways, to keep subsidising the railway. We need to make our railways fit for the future and want a fair deal for staff, passengers, and taxpayers so the railway does not take money away from other essential public services such as the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>Unions are threatening industrial action before talks have even begun. Strikes should be the last resort, not the first. They will stop customers choosing rail, and those passengers might never return, killing services and jobs. The RMT trade union are balloting 40,000 members from across England, Wales and Scotland for industrial action and we would expect the relevant devolved authorities to be engaging with the employers in affected areas.</p><p> </p><p>Train operating companies are the employers of rail staff, not the Government. They, therefore, individually negotiate with trade unions on matters such as pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a commercial relationship with train operators, and we maintain a public register of rail contracts available on the Government website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts</a>. This contains guidance on how to request information and what information we are unable to publish.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 4543 4544 4546 4547 question first answered 23/05/2022 11:29:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1464001

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Train Operating Companies will be permitted to individually negotiate pay settlements in the event of an industrial dispute.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	4546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Our railways are on financial life support. We have lost a quarter of our passengers and the Government has spent £16 billion during the pandemic, equivalent to nearly £600 per household, irrespective of whether they use the railways, to keep subsidising the railway. We need to make our railways fit for the future and want a fair deal for staff, passengers, and taxpayers so the railway does not take money away from other essential public services such as the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>Unions are threatening industrial action before talks have even begun. Strikes should be the last resort, not the first. They will stop customers choosing rail, and those passengers might never return, killing services and jobs. The RMT trade union are balloting 40,000 members from across England, Wales and Scotland for industrial action and we would expect the relevant devolved authorities to be engaging with the employers in affected areas.</p><p> </p><p>Train operating companies are the employers of rail staff, not the Government. They, therefore, individually negotiate with trade unions on matters such as pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a commercial relationship with train operators, and we maintain a public register of rail contracts available on the Government website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts</a>. This contains guidance on how to request information and what information we are unable to publish.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 4543 4544 4545 4547 question first answered 23/05/2022 11:29:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns