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1639573

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date	23/05/2023
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	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on levels of trade for UK businesses in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	186346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) could boost the UK economy by £1.8 billion each year and increase UK exports to CPTPP by £1.7 billion in the long run according to our published scoping assessment.</p><p>When the UK’s accession enters into force, UK businesses will be able to trade with all CPTPP members on preferential terms and the Government will support British businesses in seizing the opportunities created by our membership of CPTPP.</p><p>Accession could enhance the already strong trade links between Northern Ireland and CPTPP members, which for Northern Ireland goods exports alone was worth over £900 million in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/06/2023 16:09:30 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639584

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the categorisations used by her Department for collecting data on the ethnicity of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma people are consistent with those used by the Office of National Statistics.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	186409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department follows the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and Government Statistical Service (GSS) harmonised standards for collecting and/or presenting statistics. More details about codes, along with information on how the codes were chosen, is available at: <a href="https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/ethnic-groups" target="_blank">https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/ethnic-groups</a>.</p><p>The ONS lead cross Government work to harmonise data, including on ethnicity. The Department continues to be part of this ongoing work and will look to introduce any recommendations when they are made. Further information is available at: <a href="https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/gss-harmonisation-team-workplan/#ethnicity" target="_blank">https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/gss-harmonisation-team-workplan/#ethnicity</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/06/2023 16:55:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1639826

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many British food brands (a) have been granted and (b) are awaiting geographical indication status in Japan since the Government agreed a free trade deal with that country.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	186388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into effect on 1 January 2021, and secured protection for 7 of the most economically valuable UK Geographical Indications (GIs) from day one.</p><p>The department is having positive discussions with the Japanese government on completing the process of registering GIs and adding them to our agreement text. We look forward to seeing progress soon, though as these discussions are live it would be inappropriate to comment on specific timescales.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 186389 question first answered 02/06/2023 10:06:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1639827

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Food: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate she has made of the average waiting time for British food brands to be granted geographical indication status in Japan.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	186389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into effect on 1 January 2021, and secured protection for 7 of the most economically valuable UK Geographical Indications (GIs) from day one.</p><p>The department is having positive discussions with the Japanese government on completing the process of registering GIs and adding them to our agreement text. We look forward to seeing progress soon, though as these discussions are live it would be inappropriate to comment on specific timescales.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 186388 question first answered 02/06/2023 10:06:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1639830

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times Ministers met water companies between 1 June and 31 August 2022; and how many of those meetings were on (a) leaking water pipes and (b) drought preparedness.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	186392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Then Defra Secretary of State George Eustice and Minister Steve Double met with the CEOs of all water companies on the 10 Aug 2022 to discuss their current water supplies and precautionary measures to safeguard water supplies through summer and autumn. This included discussions on responding to leakage.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Double met separately with the South West Water and Affinity Water. Further information on ministerial meetings can be found here - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1127357/Defra_mins_trans_mtgs_Q2_July_Sept_2022.csv/preview" target="_blank">Defra's ministerial meetings, July to September 2022 - GOV.UK (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, Minister Double attended the National Drought Group (NDG) on 12 and 23 August 2022. This group is made up of senior decision-makers from the Environment Agency, government, water companies and key representative groups</p><p>discuss the response to the dry weather and leakage.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 01/06/2023 16:36:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1639865

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of what hospital bed capacity will be in each region in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	186534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>It is for local National Health Service commissioners and providers, rather than the Department, to take decisions on local demand and capacity, including future hospital bed capacity, based on their assessments of local population and patient needs.</p><p>Our delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services has set a national ambition to increase general and acute bed capacity by 5,000.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/06/2023 16:22:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1639273

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in Staffordshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	186165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Under the 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Concentrations, Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council are required to take action to address NO2 pollution and develop plans to bring levels to within legal limits. The councils have received funding as follows to develop and implement their local plan to address NO2 exceedances: 2018 - £900,000; 2019 - £1,303,128; 2020 - £240,000; 2021 - £1,808,836</p><p><br> Defra also provides funding to English councils through the Air Quality Grant to help them develop and implement locally targeted measures. In 2021 Staffordshire County Council received over £ 296,000 from the air quality grant to support air quality improvement locally.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 01/06/2023 16:56:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1639275

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Warwickshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in Warwickshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	186167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Under the 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Concentrations, Coventry City Council are required to take action to address NO2 pollution and develop plans to bring levels to within legal limits. The council have received funding as follows to develop and implement their local plan to address NO2 exceedances: 2018 - £2,621,000; 2019 - £5 million; 2020 - £20 million; 2021 - £947,000.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 01/06/2023 16:48:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1628684

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	EU Indo-Pacific Forum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which minister or ministers represented the UK at the EU Indo–Pacific Forum on 12 May; and which bilateral meetings were held by the UK representative with EU and Indo–Pacific ministers who attended the Forum.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL7894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2023 answer text <p>I [Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations], represented the UK at the EU Indo-Pacific Forum in Stockholm on 13 May. I had substantive dialogue with many EU and Indo-Pacific Ministers during the meeting, as well as bilaterals with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marsudi, Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rabbani Khar, Bangladesh's Minister of Information, Mahmud and Sweden's Foreign Minister Billström. Discussions at the Forum were useful and demonstrated strong collective commitment to promoting peace and security, stability and shared prosperity across the region. The UK will continue engaging with our EU and Indo-Pacific partners in multiple formats to support a free and open Indo-Pacific.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL7895 question first answered 02/06/2023 10:48:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1628685

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	EU Indo-Pacific Forum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outcomes from the discussions at the EU Indo–Pacific Forum held in Stockholm on 12 May; and what plans they have made to attend such meetings in the future.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL7895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2023 answer text <p>I [Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations], represented the UK at the EU Indo-Pacific Forum in Stockholm on 13 May. I had substantive dialogue with many EU and Indo-Pacific Ministers during the meeting, as well as bilaterals with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marsudi, Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rabbani Khar, Bangladesh's Minister of Information, Mahmud and Sweden's Foreign Minister Billström. Discussions at the Forum were useful and demonstrated strong collective commitment to promoting peace and security, stability and shared prosperity across the region. The UK will continue engaging with our EU and Indo-Pacific partners in multiple formats to support a free and open Indo-Pacific.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL7894 question first answered 02/06/2023 10:48:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns