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753401

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Forests and Trees: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government response to the Housing White Paper will consider ancient woodland and veteran trees.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently analysing responses to the public consultation on the Housing White Paper, which included proposals to strengthen the protections afforded to ancient woodland and aged or veteran trees when preparing plans or making decisions on planning applications. This change to national planning policy would place these irreplaceable habitats alongside other policies, such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Green Belt, National Parks and designated heritage assets.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/07/2017 16:01:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752573

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Performing Arts: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will meet representatives of the performing arts industry to discuss the hiring of talent from local communities.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Government believes everyone should have access to opportunities in the cultural sectors. Ministers and officials across the Department regularly meet with a range of representatives of the performing arts industry to discuss issues affecting the sector. The Government is clear that it expects the cultural sectors to represent our diverse society in their artistic talent, workforce and audiences.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/07/2017 10:51:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752909

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Performing Arts
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 discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the potential benefits to the creative industries of extending shared parental leave to freelance workers.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers in this Department and others have regular discussions on a number of issues.</p><p>Self-employed people have greater flexibility over their working hours, including when they take time off work.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/07/2017 16:38:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752910

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Performing Arts: Migrant Workers
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 recent assessment she has made of the effect of a new immigration visa system on non-UK EU creative freelancers working in the UK when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has held a series of roundtables with the sector on the impacts and opportunities affecting the creative industries as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/07/2017 13:10:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752911

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Performing Arts: Vocational Guidance
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 recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Education on the provision of careers advice in schools on the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Education on a range of issues relating to the creative industries, including the provision of careers advice. The creative industries are a focus of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper and Sir Peter Bazalgette is reviewing access to skills and talent as part of his sector review.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/07/2017 13:12:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752933

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for the development of specialist careers advice for those considering careers in the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>We make advice available to help young people and adults make informed decisions about their options including careers in the creative industries.</p><p> </p><p>The National Careers Service provides professional careers advice to young people and adults via a dedicated helpline, website and in the local community. The website contains a number of job profiles. These includes information on roles, skills and entry requirements for occupations and careers in the creative industries. All National Careers Service provider advisers are qualified professionals, most of whom are qualified to level 6 in delivering careers advice and have access to continuous professional development.</p><p> </p><p>Schools have a statutory duty to provide access to information on the full range of options to their pupils aged 12 -18 years. This must include information on the full range of education and training options, including apprenticeships in many industries. Through their links with the Careers and Enterprise Company and programmes such as “Inspiring the Future”, young people have access to employers from a variety of industries. This contact helps to broaden their horizons and consider different opportunities.</p><p>We want to go further to ensure that everyone can find a fulfilling education or training route that is right for them, whether this is an academic route, technical route or apprenticeship. The Secretary of State confirmed in a speech to the Sutton Trust on 12 July that we will publish a careers strategy in the Autumn. This will improve the extent and quality of support for people of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>We are implementing apprenticeship reforms to continue to improve the quality of apprenticeships for all, providing the skills that employers need to reach our commitment of 3 million starts in England by 2020. We want better apprenticeships in more sectors, covering more roles, including in the creative industries.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/07/2017 11:59:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752952

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tibet: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the human rights situation in Tibet and the ethnic Tibetan prefectures in China were raised at the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue held on 22 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>​As an EU Member State the UK contributed to preparations for the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue. The rights of religious and ethnic groups in Tibet and across China were raised at the last EU-China Human Rights Dialogue on 22 June.</p><p>The UK continues to have concerns about human rights and freedoms in Tibet. We consistently urge the Chinese authorities to respect all fundamental rights across the People's Republic of China, in line with both its own constitution and the international frameworks to which it is a party. We raised our concerns about Tibet at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue held in Beijing on 27 June.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 20/07/2017 09:21:55 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752151

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
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	Museums and Galleries: Tax Allowances
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 discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the extension of museums and galleries tax relief to permanent exhibitions.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the Autumn Statement in November 2016 that the tax relief will include permanent exhibitions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/07/2017 10:37:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752152

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether Turkey is meeting its international human rights obligations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>​The British Government has consistently encouraged Turkey to work towards the full protection of human rights, through implementation of its international human rights obligations. Ministers monitor the situation closely, and the Prime Minister raised human rights with President Erdogan at the G20 summit on 8 July. The FCO also provides direct support to a number of Turkish civil society organisations working to protect and promote fundamental freedoms.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/07/2017 14:14:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

752153

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Museums and Galleries: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to extend museums and galleries tax relief to permanent exhibitions.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Autumn Statement 2016 announced that the Museums and Galleries Tax Relief would be extended to include permanent exhibitions.</p><p> </p><p>This tax relief will provide support to museums and galleries to encourage them to develop creative new exhibitions and display their collections to a wider audience.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/07/2017 14:38:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan