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921348

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the National Security Adviser on the current and future intensity of the threat environment.
tabling member constituency	Hornchurch and Upminster
tabling member printed	Julia Lopez
uin	905756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>As the House is aware, the Ministry of Defence is currently conducting the Modernising Defence Programme.</p><p>I meet the National Security Adviser on a regular basis to discuss key issues including Russia’s increasingly destabilising behaviour, conflict and tension in Syria and the wider Middle East, the spread of violent extremism and organised crime in ungoverned spaces, and the situation on the Korean peninsula.</p><p>The Modernising Defence Programme will take all of this into account as we determine what capabilities and policies we need to meet the threats we face.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 11/06/2018 15:48:41 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez

921349

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Battlegroups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the Government's decision to withdraw from leading the EU battlegroup in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	905759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>In March this year, given ongoing negotiations about post-Brexit arrangements between the UK and EU, we decided to withdraw our provisional offer to lead an EU Battlegroup in the second half of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Our decision gave good time for another Member State to take on the role.</p><p> </p><p>The UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement has confirmed that the UK may not lead an EU Battlegroup during the Implementation Period.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2018 15:47:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

921350

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	North Korea: South Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the military situation on the Korean peninsula.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	905761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Tensions on the Korean peninsula are lower than for some time.</p><p>We look forward to the summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un and hope that it results in an agreement that brings about complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.</p><p>I urge Kim Jong-Un to heed the clear message that it is only through a change of course that he can realise the security and prosperity that North Korea claims to seek.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 11/06/2018 15:46:27 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

921351

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the strategic importance of sea power for UK security and prosperity.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	905766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>As is befitting an island nation, the UK has one of the most capable, skilled and experienced navies in the world. It is of vital strategic importance to UK security and prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2018 15:45:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

919298

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Seaham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 26 April 2018, Official Report, col 1014, whether she has held discussions with the diocese on St Mary’s the Virgin Church, Seaham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	151150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Since my oral answer of 26<sup>th</sup> April 2018 (Official Report, col 1014) I have consulted with representatives of the Diocese and of Seaham Parish and I understand that the land being developed is not owned either by the Parish, the Diocese or the Church Commissioners. Any objections must therefore be made formally and in the usual manner to the Local Authority planning office.</p><p> </p><p>To date the Diocese has not been asked to submit a view on the development. It would be for the Parochial Church Council of St Mary’s the Virgin to ask them to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 11/06/2018 15:22:31 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

918392

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of customs brokers that would be required in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) without a deal, (b) with a new customs partnership and (c) with a maximum facilitation agreement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	150606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of customs brokers in supporting business through the importing and exporting process.</p><p> </p><p>Future customs arrangements will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. In some scenarios, following the UK’s exit from the EU, we expect that there would need to be an increase in capacity in the customs broker sector to meet business needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering capacity and capability requirements for future customs arrangements as part of our EU exit planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:24:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

918393

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) the economy and (b) revenue to the public purse of not recruiting an adequate number of customs brokers in the event that the UK leaves the EU (i) without a deal (ii) with a new customs partnership and (iii) with a maximum facilitation agreement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	150607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of customs brokers in supporting business through the importing and exporting process.</p><p> </p><p>Future customs arrangements will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. In some scenarios, following the UK’s exit from the EU, we expect that there would need to be an increase in capacity in the customs broker sector to meet business needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering capacity and capability requirements for future customs arrangements as part of our EU exit planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:27:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

918394

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2018 to Question 139949, when work on the Midland Metropolitan Hospital is planned to restart.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	150571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the Midland Metropolitan Hospital project. Ministers across Government are determined to finish construction as quickly as possible in a way that secures best value for the tax payer. We are in active discussions with all relevant parties to restart the project as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The lenders that finance the private finance initiative company put forward a proposal to restart the project. That would have involved a further contribution of public capital. Ministers concluded that this proposal was not acceptable to the Government, for a number of reasons, and that only a contractual solution could be considered.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/06/2018 15:56:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

918395

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 146881 on Personal Independence Payment, how many personal independence payment assessment reports (a) have included consideration of informal observations and (b) used those informal observations to come to a decision in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	150695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/06/2018 13:53:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

918396

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of collecting medical evidence from every applicant at the application stage of (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	150696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is exploring a number of options to improve the provision of medical evidence for Personal Independence Payments and Employment and Support Allowance as set out in its response to recommendation 5 of the Work &amp; Pensions Select Committee.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmworpen/986/98602.htm" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmworpen/986/98602.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/06/2018 13:48:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray