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1314753

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) recommendations of the report by the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on abortion law in Northern Ireland and (b) majority judgments of the Supreme Court in In the matter of an application by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2018] UKSC 27.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	1274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that access to abortion services is an emotive and sensitive issue for many. In July 2019, Parliament imposed on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a duty under section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 to ensure all of the CEDAW recommendations are implemented in Northern Ireland. This is a matter of domestic, not international, law.</p><p> </p><p>The devolution settlement does not absolve us of our responsibility to uphold the rights of women and girls, given the duty in section 9 of the EF Act did not fall away with the restoration of the Executive, nor with the making of the initial regulations that came into force on 31 March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>While we made the Regulations last March providing the framework for access to abortions, and some service provision commenced, this has not discharged those legal duties in full. We carefully considered the views and evidence presented through the consultation - including those who took the time to share individual, and often deeply personal experiences, to help shape the final framework for Northern Ireland. The CEDAW Report and recommendations require that evidence based protocols are adopted in terms of provision of services in Northern Ireland, and we took particular account of the views and evidence provided by experts and medical professionals, alongside the views of other respondents in making decisions on the final proposals. We considered the range of views in light of our legal obligations, and took evidenced based decisions, in order to bring forward a new legislative framework that is operationally sound, works best for Northern Ireland and that delivers on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s duty. To this end, we developed an abortion framework that provides access to services consistent with what the CEDAW Report and the section 9 duty require.</p><p> </p><p>We consider the Regulations to also be compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and we are confident that the legal framework put in place, and the ongoing efforts to ensure the CEDAW recommendations are implemented, is lawful in light of case law and the statutory obligations imposed on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/05/2021 11:05:57 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1314761

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make housing more affordable for young people.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	1417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>We are building the homes our country needs and helping a new generation to own their own home – and making sure young people are not priced out of their area.</p><p>We are investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade. This includes our new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme which will leverage up to £38 billion of private finance and deliver up to 180,000 homes should economic conditions allow. Half of these homes will be for affordable home ownership, supporting aspiring homeowners to take their first step on to the housing ladder. This includes our new, fairer model for Shared Ownership and 1,500 First Homes for first-time buyers and key workers.</p><p>First Homes are homes which are sold to first-time buyers with a discount of at least 30 per cent from full market value, making both deposits and mortgage requirements cheaper and opening up the dream of home ownership to even more people. The discount will be funded by developers themselves as part of their contributions through planning obligations, without a direct cost to central Government or local authorities.</p><p>Crucially, the discount will be passed on to all future purchasers in perpetuity, so these homes will keep helping first-time buyers onto the property ladder for generations to come.</p><p>In future, 25 per cent of all affordable homes delivered by developers as part of their obligatory contributions will be First Homes. This new First Homes Requirement means that there will be a steady and sustained supply of these homes, helping first-time buyers across England.</p><p>This is in addition to our Help to Buy: Equity Loans, which have helped over 257,000 first-time buyers into homeownership since its launch in 2013 to 1 December 2020. The new Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme opened on 1 April 2021 and will run to March 2023. It is targeted at first-time buyers only and has regional property price caps based on average first time buyer property prices.</p><p>The mortgage guarantee scheme launched on 19 April 2021 and will be available until December 2022, enabling lenders to offer 95% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages to both first-time buyers and existing homeowners, throughout the whole UK, on homes up to £600,000 in value. 95% mortgages supported through the scheme are open to all adults, including young adults.</p><p>For renters, in response to Covid-19 pressures, the Government has put in place an unprecedented support package to help renters and ensure they can continue to afford their housing costs, including retaining the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Universal Credit uplift until September.</p><p>In the long run we need to build more homes to tackle affordability. This is why we are bringing forward an ambitious near-£20 billion investment to underpin the Government’s long-term housing strategy. We are also pushing forward with our planning reforms to establish a simpler, faster and more predictable system and ensure that the right homes are built in the right places where they are needed.</p><p>We are making good progress towards achieving our supply ambitions of delivering 1 million homes this Parliament and building 300,000 homes a year over the longer term. Last year, around 244,000 homes were delivered – the highest level for over 30 years and the seventh consecutive year that net supply has increased.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/05/2021 16:59:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 1148 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1314767

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials in his Department has had with (a) officials in the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) the Welsh Government on the distribution of the Investment Reserve arising from the Miners’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	1369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>No such discussions have been held. Following the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee Report publication, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth has arranged to meet the Scheme Trustees with a view to agreeing a way forward. The Government will then respond to the Committee’s report.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 19/05/2021 12:48:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1314804

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	NHS: Protective Clothing
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 publish details of the contracts with Unispace Global Ltd to supply the NHS with personal protective equipment, including (a) when those contracts were awarded and (b) when they will expire.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	1305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Seven contracts have been awarded by the Department to Unispace Global Ltd for the supply of personal protective equipment. The details of each contract are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/acd01950-7e8b-44e0-9a77-b91602f47268?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/acd01950-7e8b-44e0-9a77-b91602f47268?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p>Contract award date 19 May 2020. Expiry date upon delivery of the last batch of goods.</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/888e3921-ebe6-46ae-b695-984c62137cac?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/888e3921-ebe6-46ae-b695-984c62137cac?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p>Contract award date 10 June 2020. Expiry date upon delivery of the last batch of goods.</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a47d06a2-51e6-45bd-81c6-fc988a7b0712?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a47d06a2-51e6-45bd-81c6-fc988a7b0712?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p>Contract award date 16 May 2020. Expiry date upon delivery of the last batch of goods.</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/13751ae7-0d1a-4ec3-b0e6-ffae00e8e934" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/13751ae7-0d1a-4ec3-b0e6-ffae00e8e934</a></p><p>Contract award date 29 April 2020. Expiry date is 7 August 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/92a59e2d-aefc-4df6-b1a5-c15fb7f2b051?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/92a59e2d-aefc-4df6-b1a5-c15fb7f2b051?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p>Contract award date 22 April 2020. Expiry date 3 July 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5fcc1bb2-4c17-4a11-a8d3-ee73d0acd2ac?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5fcc1bb2-4c17-4a11-a8d3-ee73d0acd2ac?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p>Contract award date 16 June 2020. Expiry date upon delivery of the last batch of goods.</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/67c96ea3-1ac5-49db-b055-372d0472588f?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/67c96ea3-1ac5-49db-b055-372d0472588f?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p>Contract award date 5 June 2020. Expiry date upon delivery of the last batch of goods.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/05/2021 14:40:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 1160 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1314807

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Answer of 5 March 2021 to Question 158995, when Network Rail plans to deliver a costed plan for a wider roll out of platform edge tactiles for stations, where tactiles are not being delivered under another programme; and what assessment he has made of whether a faster roll out of tactiles at stations is possible.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>We are working with Network Rail to potentially accelerate the roll out of tactile edge paving, including a funding plan by autumn 2021.</p><p>Tactiles will be installed on over 100 accessible routes as part of Access for All programme by 2024. Whenever the industry installs, replaces or renews platform infrastructure, it must install tactiles.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 19/05/2021 14:33:37 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1314809

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	Public Houses: Coronavirus
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 assessment he makes of the merits of providing a direct grant of up to £30,000 to each small brewer in England to compensate for the costs of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact the pandemic has had on hospitality businesses including breweries. That is why we have provided an unprecedented support package of £352 billion including grants, loans, business rates relief, VAT cuts and the job retention scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/05/2021 11:02:57 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1314829

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic effect on the wholesale sector of the length of time taken to start the new business rates relief fund.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	1291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has announced a £1.5 billion pot of additional business rates relief for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that have not otherwise been eligible for existing reliefs. The statement by the Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government of 25 March 2021 explained the relief will be allocated to local authorities based on the stock of properties in the area and the sector-specific economic impacts of COVID-19.</p><p>Formal guidance will follow in due course, setting out the specific considerations that Local Authorities (LAs) should have regard for when providing relief. Relief will be for LAs to award on a discretionary basis. Funding will be available once the legislation relating to material change in circumstance provisions has passed and LAs have established their own local relief schemes. The Government will support LAs to do this as quickly as possible, including through new burdens funding.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 1292 1293 1294 1295 question first answered 21/05/2021 13:20:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1314831

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to discuss the practicalities involved in developing a business rates support system for businesses affected by covid-19 outside the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	1293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has announced a £1.5 billion pot of additional business rates relief for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that have not otherwise been eligible for existing reliefs. The statement by the Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government of 25 March 2021 explained the relief will be allocated to local authorities based on the stock of properties in the area and the sector-specific economic impacts of COVID-19.</p><p>Formal guidance will follow in due course, setting out the specific considerations that Local Authorities (LAs) should have regard for when providing relief. Relief will be for LAs to award on a discretionary basis. Funding will be available once the legislation relating to material change in circumstance provisions has passed and LAs have established their own local relief schemes. The Government will support LAs to do this as quickly as possible, including through new burdens funding.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 1291 1292 1294 1295 question first answered 21/05/2021 13:20:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1314834

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to simplify and homogenise across local authorities the process of applying for business rates relief under the Government’s new £1.5 billion of funding for businesses affected by the covid-19 outside outside the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	1296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department will ensure that local authorities have the guidance they need to deliver the additional £1.5 billion business rates support package once primary legislation is passed, in line with the announcement on 25 March. As with other business rates reliefs, officials will work closely with local government on the development of the relief scheme and guidance for local authorities will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 24/05/2021 16:41:19 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1314835

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Additional Restrictions Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with businesses which have applied for the Additional Restrictions Grant; and if he will apply lessons learnt from the process to the new £1.5 billion business rates relief fund for businesses affected by the covid-19 outbreak outside the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	1297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department will work closely with local government throughout the development of the £1.5 billion relief scheme and will ensure that experiences from the delivery of other support measures are taken on board. This includes experiences of administering the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) which – as of 28 March 2021 – has delivered £816 million in support to over 400,000 businesses. The Government will continue to support local authorities in making further ARG payments throughout 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 24/05/2021 16:41:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman