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1609763

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent agencies block-booking visa appointments.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	179896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>As part of the visa application process, customers overseas are invited to book an appointment to attend a Visa Application Centre (VAC) operated by commercial partners, VFS or TLScontact, on behalf of UKVI.</p><p>To prevent appointments being block-booked by agents, commercial partners release appointments in stages, rather than in large batches, and vary the dates and times at which appointments become available so agents cannot anticipate release.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 18:22:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1610073

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Intersex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish her Department's report on the Variations in Sex Characteristics Call For Evidence launched on 17 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	180206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We are considering the findings of the call for evidence with a view to publishing the report in due course.</p><p>More broadly, as the Minister for Women and Equalities set out in her letter to Baroness Falkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), she is concerned that the Equality Act may not be sufficiently clear in the balance it strikes between the interests of people with different protected characteristics. She regularly seeks advice from the independent equality regulator as part of her role. It is right that the Government continues to keep legislation under review, ensuring that it is effective. She has received advice from the EHRC on the Equality Act and will consider it in the usual way. No decisions on any next steps have been made.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 180207 question first answered 24/04/2023 11:04:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1610074

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the impact of potential changes to the definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010 on people with differences in sex development; and whether it is her Department's policy that the term biological sex refers to (a) chromosomal sex, (b) reproductive sex or (c) sex assigned at birth.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	180207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We are considering the findings of the call for evidence with a view to publishing the report in due course.</p><p>More broadly, as the Minister for Women and Equalities set out in her letter to Baroness Falkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), she is concerned that the Equality Act may not be sufficiently clear in the balance it strikes between the interests of people with different protected characteristics. She regularly seeks advice from the independent equality regulator as part of her role. It is right that the Government continues to keep legislation under review, ensuring that it is effective. She has received advice from the EHRC on the Equality Act and will consider it in the usual way. No decisions on any next steps have been made.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 180206 question first answered 24/04/2023 11:04:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1610114

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	al-Aqsa Mosque
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 assessment he has made of the consequences for his policies of the recent raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli forces.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	180247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>As The Foreign Secretary said in his statement on 7 April, the UK condemns Israeli police violence at the Al Aqsa Mosque. When Israeli security forces conduct operations, they must ensure they are proportionate and in accordance with international law. The UK is a strong supporter of freedom of religion or belief and calls for places of worship to be respected. We continue to value Jordan's important role as custodian of the holy sites in Jerusalem. As the subsequent rocket fire from Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza shows, incidents such as those at Al Aqsa can be the trigger for a cycle of violence.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/04/2023 12:02:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1604008

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process her Department has for assessing citizenship applications from people who previously obtained a spousal visa through the submission of fraudulent documentation.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	165436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The requirements to naturalise as a British citizen are set out in the British Nationality Act 1981 and require a person to be of good character. An application to naturalise would normally fall be refused where a person has employed deception:</p><ul><li>during the citizenship application process</li><li>in a previous immigration application in the previous 10 years</li></ul><p>Guidance on the Good Character requirement can be found on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-character-nationality-policy-guidance" target="_blank">Good character: caseworker guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/03/2023 16:41:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1602947

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Screening
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 his Department will take to improve the provision of tests to screen for pancreatic cancer (a) in general and (b) for patients with a recorded family history of the disease.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	162304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a screening programme for pancreatic cancer. Approximately ten percent of pancreatic cancers are caused by hereditary factors. NHS England has been working with Pancreatic Cancer UK and others on opportunities to improve access to surveillance, in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance, for those with inherited high risk of pancreatic cancer. Cancer Alliances are preparing to support this work in 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/03/2023 13:14:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1601994

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason HM Passport Office requires applicants to submit birth, marriage and death certificates; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using General Register Office reference numbers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	160432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>HMPO requires applicants to submit birth, marriage and death certificates as part of the passport issuing process to enable determinations as to a customer’s nationality, identity and eligibility for a British passport.</p><p>In some circumstances, HMPO is able to check against electronic birth data for births occurring in England and Wales rather than requesting a paper certificate.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/03/2023 17:55:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1602000

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help improve mental health support for parents during and after family court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	160433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the impact involvement in family court proceedings can have on the mental health of both the parents and children involved. Family breakdown is recognised as a difficult and often traumatic period in the lives of adults and children and appropriate support for those involved can be of huge value. This support, in the form of mental health services for adults, and for children and young people, is provided by a range of organisations including NHS mental health and community trusts, local authorities and the private and voluntary sectors, and the Government recognises the vital role these services can play in supporting parents and children both during and after family court proceedings.</p><p>To encourage separating couples to resolve their issues outside of the family courts, where safe and appropriate, the Government launched the Mediation Voucher Scheme in March 2021. Mediation can be quicker, cheaper and less stressful than attending court, and families can be referred to mediation – and the scheme, where eligible – from court. As of 5 March 2023, the scheme has helped over 15,300 families to access mediation and divert suitable families away from the family courts, reducing exposure to the court procedure for both parents and children.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/03/2023 10:26:12 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1600759

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
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 a potential link between the rebate in the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access and (a) the level of foreign direct investment into UK life sciences Research and Development, (b) the placement of clinical trials in the UK and (c) employment levels in the life sciences industry in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	157048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has considered the link between changes to the volume-based rebate payments in our medicine pricing schemes and various kinds of investment, along with any associated impacts on employment in the life sciences industry in the United Kingdom, in our impact assessment of recent updates to the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing, which operates alongside the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS).</p><p>The Government’s 2023 impact assessment of updates to the statutory scheme is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines</a></p><p>With regard to the impact of medicine price regulation schemes on the level of foreign direct investment into the UK’s life sciences research and development, the evidence on this issue is uncertain. The impact assessment considered this issue, and sets out the Government’s assessment that, while price regulation schemes such as VPAS may be a consideration in the decision to locate such investments, these are complex decisions based on multiple factors. Supply side factors such as the availability of skilled labour are considered likely to be of greater significance.</p><p>With regard to the impact of price regulation on the placement of clinical trials in the UK, the Government’s assessment is that price control schemes in general are more likely to impact decisions about the location of late-stage than early-stage trials, as the location of late-stage trials may be more influenced by commercial considerations about where to launch a new medicine. However, VPAS includes strong commercial incentives to launch new products in the form of freedom of list pricing and exemptions from payments for innovative medicines containing a new active substance.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/03/2023 17:37:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1600760

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	157049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials across government meet regularly to discuss a wide range of issues, including planning for the successor to the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/03/2023 13:58:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi