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1540047

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Doctors: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering upskilling roles for non-trainee registrars in response to a shortage in training programmes to allow them to obtain Certificates of Equivalent Specialist Registration.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	80811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made. However, NHS England and Health Education England are considering a wide range of options to support doctors training through the development of the forthcoming long term workforce plan.</p><p>The Department is amending the legislation which governs entry to the specialist and general practitioner (GP) registers. We expect changes to the legislation to be made before the end of 2022. This will enable the General Medical Council to develop new routes to the specialist and GP registers in due course and increase accessibility.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/11/2022 12:52:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1540048

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Doctors: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase recruitment to speciality training in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	80812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>For those who applied to begin training in 2022, Health Education England invested in more than 750 additional training posts across all programmes. For posts commencing in August 2022, 7,894 doctors accepted posts with a fill rate of 99.7%.</p><p>In January 2022, the Department commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention. The plan is due for completion by the end of 2022 and its conclusions will be available in due course. Funding plans beyond the current Spending Review period will be subject to the outcome of future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/11/2022 12:55:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1538910

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Plastics: Waste
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 she has made of the potential merits on introducing a specific target for 2025 to reduce single use plastic by 50 per cent under the Environment Act.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	77508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>We have not assessed the merits of introducing a specific plastic reduction target under the Environment Act 2021. We consulted earlier this year on a target for reducing all residual waste excluding major mineral waste which we consider will lead to a more holistic and balanced environmental outcome. Our consultation sets out the rationale for the Government’s proposed choice.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/11/2022 18:43:06 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1538911

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Plastics: Waste
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 she has made of the potential merits of implementing a mandatory corporate reporting on plastic reduction to assist in working towards eliminating single-use plastics.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	77509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made of the potential merits of implementing a mandatory corporate reporting on plastic reduction to assist in working towards eliminating single-use plastics.</p><p> </p><p>However, members of the UK Plastics Pact (UKPP), run by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and supported by HM Government, have already voluntarily committed to reducing plastic waste, which the UKPP reports on annually. UKPP members are responsible for the majority of plastic packaging sold through UK supermarkets and approximately two thirds of all plastic packaging placed on the UK market. This reporting includes UKPP member progress towards eliminating a number of single-use plastic applications. Their most recent progress report can be found here: <a href="https://wrap.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-11/The%20UK%20Plastics%20Pact%20Annual%20Report%202020-21.pdf" target="_blank">The UK Plastics Pact Annual Report 2020-21.pdf (wrap.org.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Under packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR), packaging producers will also be required to report the weight of materials they have supplied each year, which will include how much plastic they have used in their packaging. This will form part of the evidence trail used to determine each producer’s recycling obligation and help track the weight of materials, including plastic, used and recycled each year. pEPR will place fees on packaging producers based on the amount and type of packaging they produce each year, thereby discouraging them from using excessive packaging and benefiting those who use reusable packaging.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/11/2022 18:39:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1538916

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the affordability of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	77510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The department has spent over £3.5 billion in each of the past three years on early education entitlements, and continues to support families with the cost of childcare through Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit.</p><p>At the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, the department also announced additional funding of £160 million in 2022/23, £180 million in 2023/24, and £170 million in 2024/25, compared to the 2021/22 financial year, for local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers.</p><p>In July 2022, the department announced measures to increase take-up of childcare support and to reduce the costs and bureaucracy facing providers. These plans aim to give providers more flexibility and autonomy, and attract more people to childminding, while encouraging the growth of childminder agencies, enabling greater access to this flexible affordable form of care.</p><p>The department also has a campaign underway via the Childcare Choices website to ensure that every parent knows about the government-funded support they are eligible for to save money on their childcare bills. Childcare Choices is accessible here: <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 10/11/2022 16:46:12 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1519137

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Nature Conservation: Standards
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 towards meeting targets to start nature’s recovery by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	59280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Our world-leading Environment Act introduces ambitious measures to address the biggest environmental priorities of our age, including restoring nature. The Act requires a new, legally binding target to be set to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030. This is in addition to setting at least one long-term legally binding target for biodiversity, air quality, water and waste reduction. Biodiversity Net Gain, Local Nature Recovery Strategies and a strengthened biodiversity duty on public authorities will work together to drive action towards our targets for nature recovery.</p><p>We also published the Nature Recovery Green Paper. This sets out our ambition and proposed approach to enable nature's recovery in England, to support the delivery of our commitment to halt the decline in our biodiversity and protect 30% of our land and sea by 2030. Further, we published a Pollinator Action Plan in May supporting the National Pollinator Strategy. This plan sets out how we will continue to work with partners to help pollinators thrive.</p><p>The Nature for Climate Fund provides £750 million for the creation, restoration and management of woodland and peatland habitats.  Prior to that, we published our England Peat and Trees Action Plans. These set out our vision for the management, protection, and restoration of peatlands and how we will deliver our aim to at least treble tree planting rates in England by the end of this Parliament.</p><p>The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is estimated to deliver 0.6mha of habitat creation and restoration within &amp; outside Sites of Special Scientific Interest.  We set a target to raise at least £500 million in private finance to support nature's recovery every year by 2027 in England, rising to more than £1 billion by 2030. We announced at the Spending Review 2021 the investment of more than £250 million over three years to protect and restore nature. This included designating at least 15 new National Nature Reserves and expanding the Species Recovery Programme supported by new grants.</p><p>We also launched the 21,000 hectares G7 Nature Recovery Legacy Project in Cornwall. We have since launched five more partnership-led landscape-scale Nature Recovery Projects that will help nature recover across an estimated 99,000 hectares. We plan to launch a further six projects in 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/10/2022 15:30:47 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1519139

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Israel: Embassies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK Embassy in Israel remaining in Tel Aviv.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	59284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to move the UK embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv. Israel is a close friend and key strategic partner, built on decades of cooperation. We will continue to strengthen our relationship with Israel through our Embassy in Tel Aviv.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 59931 question first answered 08/11/2022 16:57:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1519339

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Convention on Biological Diversity
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 he has made an assessment of the potential merits of committing to a global deal for nature at the Convention on Biological Diversity COP 15.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	59930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The decline of biodiversity is a global issue. Worldwide, we are losing biodiversity faster than ever before. This impacts global growth and security. The United Kingdom will support the adoption of an ambitious global biodiversity framework at COP15 containing goals and targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Building on our G7 and COP26 Presidencies and our co-chairship of key nature alliances, we will continue to support the Chinese Presidency and international community to make sure we make this year the ‘Paris moment’ for nature.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann question first answered 25/10/2022 09:57:46 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1519340

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Israel: Embassies
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 he has had with the Israeli and Palestinian authorities on the potential move of the UK’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	59931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to move the UK embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv. Israel is a close friend and key strategic partner, built on decades of cooperation. We will continue to strengthen our relationship with Israel through our Embassy in Tel Aviv.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 59284 question first answered 08/11/2022 16:57:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1507229

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
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	Game: Birds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question HL7651, if he will provide further details of the call for evidence on gamebird welfare including (a) expected date of commencement, (b) expected duration and (c) whether it will be open to the public.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	53450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Timing of the call for evidence is still to be determined and needs to be considered in light of the challenges the gamebird sector is currently facing, not least the ongoing Avian Influenza outbreak.</p><p>Responses to a public call for evidence would help to inform a review on gamebird welfare by the expert Animal Welfare Committee, whose recommendations may then form the basis of a public consultation on any proposed reforms. The timeframe of these stages could only be considered once the outcome of the call for evidence was known.</p><p>The Defra study AW1303 was commissioned under a previous administration in 2010. Details of the study, including its objectives, are available at: <a href="http://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;Completed=0&amp;ProjectID=17541" target="_blank">Defra Science AW1303 game birds</a></p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann grouped question UIN 53451 53452 question first answered 29/09/2022 16:12:05 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq