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1451794

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date	16/03/2022
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	South Korea: Animal Welfare
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 recent discussions she had with her counterpart in South Korea on improving animal protections in the UK and South Korea.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK is proud to have some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world. This puts the UK in a strong position to share information, research and collaborate with other countries, including South Korea, on animal welfare. We do so via a range of mechanisms including at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), of which South Korea is also a member.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 21/03/2022 16:54:48 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451795

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
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	Food: Children
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 he is taking to help ensure that every child has access to healthy food.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Healthy Start scheme helps to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies and young children under four from very low-income households. It provides a payment card which may be used to purchase fruit, vegetables, pulses, milk and infant formula. Beneficiaries also receive free vitamins.</p><p>The Nursery Milk Scheme provides reimbursement to childcare providers for a daily one-third pint portion of milk for children under the age of five years old who attend a childcare setting for more than two hours a day. The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme provides approximately 2.2 million children in Key Stage 1 with a portion of fresh fruit or vegetables each day at school. Schools are encouraged to use the Scheme as an opportunity to educate children about fruit and vegetables and to encourage the consumption of a healthy, balanced diet.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 23/03/2022 09:51:29 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451800

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childminding: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason guidance states that childminders cannot operate if they have a positive or suspected covid-19 case in their household, despite the removal of legal self-isolation requirements on 24 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Since 17 March 2022, if someone in a childminder’s household has tested positive or has COVID-19 symptoms, childminders can continue to operate at home.</p><p>Childminders are advised to follow the steps below to reduce the risk of onward transmission:</p><ul><li>The person who has tested positive or has COVID-19 symptoms should avoid contact with the children being cared for in the home.</li><li>Where possible, use separate toilets and handwashing facilities. If this is not possible, maintain extra cleaning and hygiene routines, particularly after the person has used the facilities.</li><li>Notify parents, carers, and any assistants that someone has tested positive or has COVID-19 symptoms, as soon as reasonably possible and maintain open communication with them throughout.</li><li>Consider the need to reduce the spread of COVID-19 with mitigations, such as ventilation and extra cleaning and hygiene routines. They should be applied where practical and safe to do so. Additional information on how to stay safe and help prevent the spread of COVID-19 is available in the guidance published by the Cabinet Office, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do?priority-taxon=774cee22-d896-44c1-a611-e3109cce8eae?utm_source=17%20March%202022%20C19&amp;utm_medium=Daily%20Email%20C19&amp;utm_campaign=DfE%20C19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do?priority-taxon=774cee22-d896-44c1-a611-e3109cce8eae?utm_source=17%20March%202022%20C19&amp;utm_medium=Daily%20Email%20C19&amp;utm_campaign=DfE%20C19</a>.</li><li>Comply with health and safety law by reviewing risk assessments in place. The risk assessment must demonstrate that the provision of childcare in the home is safe, and how any additional but proportionate measures will be put into place.</li></ul><p>Childminders can also consider using alternative places to operate, such as other childminders’ houses, where possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/03/2022 12:23:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451801

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
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	Cancer: Patients
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 he is taking to ensure that waiting times are reduced for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The elective recovery delivery plan published in February 2022 sets out that by March 2023, the number of people waiting more than 62 days from a urgent referral for cancer will return to pre-pandemic levels. The National Health Service will ensure that 75% of patients who have been urgently referred by their general practitioner for suspected cancer will be diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days by March 2024.</p><p>We have committed an additional £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million targeted Investment Fund already made available, to increase elective activity, including cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/03/2022 16:37:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451802

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps is he taking to ensure COP26 commitments are upheld by signatories.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, almost 200 countries agreed to the historic Glasgow Climate Pact which keeps alive the aim of limiting average global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Today, 90% of global GDP is covered by net zero pledges, up from 30% when the UK took on the COP Presidency, and 154 countries have submitted emissions reductions targets for 2030. Under the UK’s Presidency, 95% of the largest developed country climate finance providers made new commitments, with many doubling or even quadrupling their support for developing countries to take climate action.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Paris Agreement made promises and now Glasgow’s legacy is focused on delivery. We will work closely with Egypt and the UAE, as incoming COP27 and COP28 Presidencies, with Germany and Indonesia, respectively G7 and G20 Presidencies, with the UNFCCC and other international organisations, to ensure commitments and agreements made at COP26 are built upon and delivered. We will use the full calendar of international events in 2022 to progress this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/03/2022 17:49:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451805

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) companies pay their employees the minimum wage and that (b) police forces are able to enforce related legal standards.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. HMRC enforce the NMW and the National Living Wage (NLW) on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff, and HMRC won’t hesitate to take action to ensure that workers receive what they are legally entitled to and continue to crack down on employers who ignore the law. Since 2015 HMRC has secured over £115 million for more than 1.1 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC considers all complaints from workers. If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on: 0300 123 1100, or report their employer online here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fminimum-wage-complaint&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C2fc992f936354c6b672008da0cc86edf%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637836352229293439%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=1uy7f%2F6tj8%2BmLWOtJMVjGeqy83QJZUVEmO%2F7fI6w2Zc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-complaint</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Consequences for not complying with paying NMW can include fines of 200 per cent of the arrears, public naming and, for the most serious offences, criminal prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>As well as investigating worker complaints HMRC also undertake proactive investigations (referred to as targeted enforcement) based on the identification of the risk of non-compliance with NMW legislation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to enforcement, HMRC also deliver a programme of education and upstream ‘Promote’ work designed to help businesses understand their obligations and encourage them to comply. This involves a range of activities to increase both employers’ and workers’ understanding of NMW rules including one-to-many letters, webinars, podcasts, and media campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>Breaches of NMW legislation are normally a civil matter, but HMRC will refer the most serious cases to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) where HMRC identify an offence under Section 31 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 involving obstruction, falsifying of documents, or wilful failure to pay workers the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC may also refer NMW offences to the CPS for prosecution that form part of a pattern of suspected or potential criminality, for example, suspected tax fraud, or wider offences such as employing illegal workers.</p><p> </p><p>However, prosecutions can cause delays in recovering arrears for workers and do not necessarily guarantee payment, and consequently, prosecution is reserved for the most serious non-compliance and is not necessarily the right approach in most cases.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to work with other agencies, including the police, on joint operations to tackle NMW underpayment, and other labour market risks, such as illegal working and modern slavery, for which those agencies are responsible.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/03/2022 08:32:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451806

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
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	Pharmacy
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 he is taking to support local pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework for 2019 to 2024 commits £2.592 billion each year to community pharmacy. Additional funding has been available to community pharmacies for flu vaccination and the medicines delivery service, COVID-19 vaccination and Pharmacy Collect. Negotiations with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee on what the sector will deliver in 2022/23 are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 141212 question first answered 22/03/2022 17:25:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451809

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the impact of prescription charges on the uptake of medication.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, the impact assessment published with the consultation document on aligning the upper age exemption for National Health Service prescription charges with the state pension age, examined a range of issues for those on lower incomes and the uptake of medication. These included the proportion of people who could face difficulties paying for prescriptions due to high costs linked to multimorbidity and/or a low income and the health and associated costs of non-adherence to prescribed medications.</p><p>The impact assessment is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/996781/impact-assessment-upper-age-prescription-exemption.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/996781/impact-assessment-upper-age-prescription-exemption.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/03/2022 13:23:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451815

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Antisemitism: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the rise of anti-Semitic hate crime on the safety of Jewish people.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Antisemitism must be understood for what it is - an attack on the identity of people who live, contribute and are valued in our society. There can be no excuses for antisemitism or any other form of racism or prejudice.</p><p>In 2020/21, 22% of religious hate crimes were targeted at Jewish people, or those perceived to be Jewish - 1288 reported incidents, up from 1205 the previous year.</p><p>In April 2021, the Home Secretary confirmed the continuation of the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant for 2021-22. This grant of £14m continues to provide for protective security measures at all Jewish state, free and independent schools, colleges, nurseries and some other Jewish community sites, including a number of synagogues.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/03/2022 14:57:24 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1451816

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Higher Education: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if his Department will take steps to encourage higher education institutions in Scotland adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	141140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>There is no place in our society, including within higher education (HE), for antisemitism. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition is an important tool in tackling antisemitism. Adopting the widely recognised definition sends a strong signal that HE providers take these issues seriously.</p><p> </p><p>HE in Scotland is devolved and responsibility for policy, for the most part, rests with the Scottish Government. The decision on adoption of the definition rests with individual providers. However, the UK Government has urged HE providers in England to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism and ensure the HE is a genuinely fulfilling and welcoming experience. I am sure that many HE providers in Scotland will also choose to adopt the definition and I would support them in doing that.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 21/03/2022 17:56:43 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman