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1647639

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date	26/06/2023
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	China: Taiwan
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 steps he is taking to respond to Chinese military exercises off Taiwan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	191057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK's longstanding policy on Taiwan has not changed. We consider the Taiwan issue one to be settled peacefully by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through constructive dialogue, without the threat or use of force or coercion. We do not support any unilateral attempts to change the status quo and have underscored the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait alongside partners in previous G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' and Leaders' communiques.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 03/07/2023 16:24:39 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1647640

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the gambling industry on young people under 18 using fake ID to take part in online gambling.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	191058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that it is particularly important to take steps to protect young people at risk of harms associated with online gambling.</p><p>The Gambling Act review considered the efficacy of protections for children and young adults, including on age controls for online gambling. Evidence submitted as part of the review, and Gambling Commission surveys show low rates of illegal underage gambling with online operators. When this does occur, it is generally through misuse of an adult’s account or details rather than a failure of the verification process.</p><p>While the current rules require online operators to verify a customer’s age before they are allowed to deposit money or gamble, they do not specify how this has to be done. Most operators use background checks to verify age and identity, rather than relying on the provision of identity documentation. There is little evidence to suggest widespread use of fake documentation by underage adults to access online gambling.</p><p>We recently published a white paper following our Review of the Gambling Act 2005. The paper introduces a range of proportionate measures to tackle practices and products that can drive harm, particularly among young people.</p><p>Over recent years, the Government has worked with the Gambling Commission and others on a range of measures to protect young people from harms associated with online gambling. This includes tightening the age verification requirements for both land-based and online operators in 2019, and raising the minimum age to play the National Lottery to 18 and over in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/07/2023 09:00:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1647641

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Nurses: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with trade unions in Northern Ireland on nursing strikes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	191059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has no authority to negotiate pay in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met twice with representatives of health trade unions in Northern Ireland, at their request, to discuss the NI budget 2023-24 and the recent pay offer for Agenda for Change staff in England.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 30/06/2023 13:08:44 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1647642

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Belarus: Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of plans to base nuclear warheads in Belarus.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	191060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The announcement by President Putin on his intent to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus is the latest in a long pattern of irresponsible nuclear rhetoric. It is designed to distract and deter us from supporting Ukraine. It will not. We, with our NATO Allies, continue to closely monitor the situation and call on Russia to de-escalate, starting by ceasing its illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 03/07/2023 12:46:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1647644

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Unions: Strikes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to clause 234E(1)(b) of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, if she will outline what reasonable steps she would expect a trade union to take in order to ensure that all members of the union who are identified in the work notice comply with that notice; and whether this instruction is compatible with (a) trade union governance structures and (b) the requirements of the Certification Officer.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>The certification officer is responsible for regulating trade union finance and governance but has no locus in relation to industrial action.</p><p>There are a range of steps that trade unions could take, and what is considered reasonable will depend on each specific situation. However, a trade union should not call a union member identified in a work notice as required to work on a particular day out on strike that day. The trade union could also encourage those individual members to comply with the work notice and make it clear in their general communication with members that where members are named in a work notice, and therefore required to work on a particular day, they should attend work on that strike day.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/07/2023 10:32:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1647645

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Commonhold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to replace leasehold for property owners with commonhold.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government wishes to extend the benefits of freehold ownership to more homeowners.</p><p>Commonhold provides a freehold alternative to leasehold for owners of flats. We have established a Commonhold Council - a partnership of industry, leaseholders and Government, to help prepare consumers and the market for the widespread take-up of commonhold.</p><p>We have also asked the Law Commission to make recommendations on how to reinvigorate the legal framework for commonhold and we are reviewing these proposals and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 04/07/2023 16:33:41 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1647646

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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	Neurology: York Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of emergency admissions to hospitals for people with neurological conditions in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 in York Central Constituency.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/06/2023 09:41:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1647647

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
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	Neurology: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on neurological services in York in each financial year since 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2023 11:31:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 84746 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1647648

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the inclusion of advice on financial difficulties in the new suicide prevention strategy.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The DWP is working closely with DHSC on the development of the national suicide prevention strategy. This is through our membership of the National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group Cost of Living Sub-forum. This forum includes sharing advice around supporting customers who are experiencing financial difficulties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 03/07/2023 10:39:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1647650

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of working with the Imagination Library to increase services for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Imagination Library promotes book-sharing, an activity that is key to early language development.</p><p>Over £28 million has been invested to support early language development and the home learning environment, with priority given to low-income families and children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This is delivered through the 75 local authorities developing family hubs through the £300 million Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. Family hubs aim to improve all families’ access to a range of services, including connecting families to local SEND support.</p><p>The department is also investing in specialist voluntary sector activity to help family hub networks better identify and support children in their early years with SEND and create local provision that is inclusive for all. This work also aims to improve the take-up and quality of provision of speech and language pathways for children with SEND.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 191128 question first answered 04/07/2023 16:24:13 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell