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1455223

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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	Energy Intensive Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What support his Department is providing to energy intensive industries operating in the UK in the context of energy price rises.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	906350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We recognise this continues to be a worrying time for businesses due to the significant increases in global energy prices.</p><p> </p><p>Extensive engagement is happening across Government at both an official and ministerial level on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 29/03/2022 11:54:19 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1453886

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What proportion of addresses have access to gigabit-capable broadband connections in (a) Kettering constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	906275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>88 per cent of premises in the Honourable Member’s constituency are able to access gigabit-capable broadband.</p><p>Across the UK as a whole, 66 per cent of premises now have access to gigabit broadband, up from six per cent three years ago. This means Kettering’s connectivity is above the national average and we are on track for gigabit coverage to reach at least 85 per cent of premises by 2025 and we are working to reach near-universal coverage as soon as possible thereafter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/03/2022 14:22:04 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1453887

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Freedom of Expression
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to protect freedom of expression.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	906276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy. The Department is taking a number of steps to protect freedom of expression and democratic values online. This includes our Online Safety Bill, work on open societies with the G7, and our work on press freedom and sustainability.</p><p>The Government introduced the Online Safety Bill on 17 March 2021. This legislation will usher in a new era of accountability for tech companies, and uphold free expression and pluralism online.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/03/2022 13:34:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1453888

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she has taken to implement the recommendations of the Draft Online Safety Bill Joint Committee.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	906278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Online Safety Bill on 17 March, alongside our response to the Joint Committee’s report, which has significantly influenced the final Bill.</p><p>We have taken forward over 60 recommendations, including to:</p><ul><li><p>put priority offences onto the face of the Bill</p></li><li><p>bring scam advertising into scope</p></li><li><p>include Law Commission recommendations on communications offences and cyberflashing</p></li><li><p>introduce a standalone provision to protect children from pornography on dedicated sites as well as social media.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/03/2022 13:35:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1453890

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If she will make it her policy to introduce a statutory levy on gambling operators to fund services relating to gambling harms.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	906280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s Review of the Gambling Act called for evidence on how best to recoup the regulatory and societal costs of problem gambling. We will publish a white paper in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/03/2022 13:36:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1453891

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress her Department has made on tackling fraudulent online advertisements.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	906281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Online Safety Bill to Parliament on 17 March. Through the Bill, the largest social media companies will need to take robust action to tackle fraud, including fraudulent online advertisements. This will ensure that people using the largest platforms are protected from scams, and ensure these services do not profit from illegal activity.</p><p>We have also launched a consultation on proposals for wider reform of online advertising regulations, including in relation to fraud.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/03/2022 13:37:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

1454002

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Covid-19 Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the covid-19 inquiry will not hold public evidence hearings until 2023.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	146713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The timing of a statutory inquiry’s various stages are, under the Inquiries Act 2005, a matter for its independent chair to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/03/2022 09:04:42 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1454007

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
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	Social Services
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 conducted financial modelling to support proposals to allow self-funders to arrange care at council rates.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	146725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>From October 2023, we will enable more self-funders in care homes to ask their local authority to arrange their care by further commencing Section 18(3) of the Care Act 2014. The impact assessment, published in January 2022, presents the impacts of these changes, which will vary across local markets and will depend on local circumstances, such as the number of self-funders and the extent to which top-ups are utilised to support user choice. We are currently seeking views on the introduction of this policy via the ‘Operational guidance to implement a lifetime cap on care costs’ consultation, which is open until 1 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 28/03/2022 12:02:51 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1454038

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the carbon footprint and yield of the chemical recycling of plastic when assessing recycling for the forthcoming plastics tax; and will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	146712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Following two consultations in 2019 and 2020 on the design of Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), the Government decided that chemically recycled plastic will be an allowable source of recycled plastic for the purpose of the Tax. Industry recognised standards were considered as part of this consultation process and in the development of the definition of recycled plastic contained within Section 49 Finance Act 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published the anticipated environmental impact of the Plastic Packaging Tax in a Tax Information and Impact Note. This is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fintroduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-from-april-2022%2Fintroduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAlice.Buchanan%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C25cdb776a94446116ee908da0e52d412%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637838046144358765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=MZEdbObC8oXdU7uetuoBnYmqWq%2BLVU6JNmwRMbg%2F8Ek%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-from-april-2022/introduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has, and continues to, engage closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on various aspects of the Tax, including on chemical recycling.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 143650 143651 143652 143653 question first answered 29/03/2022 10:27:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1454039

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the fraudulent advertising duty imposed on search engine firms in the Online Safety Bill is less stringent than that imposed on Category 1 firms; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	146537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We introduced the Online Safety Bill to Parliament on 17 March.</p><p>The duties on search engines reflect that they facilitate harm in a different way to user to user services. The duties on search engines are therefore designed to be proportionate and risk-based.</p><p>We have also launched a consultation on proposals for wider reform of online advertising regulations, including in relation to fraud.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/03/2022 10:07:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms