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1645312

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Chemicals: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will meet representatives of the chemical recycling industry.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the important role chemical recycling plays in driving the circular economy, which is why we have provided ReNew ELP with £4.4 million through the Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge to construct a commercial scale chemical recycling plant.</p><p> </p><p>I have met with the chemicals sector on this important topic previously and I would be pleased to meet representatives of the chemical recycling industry in the future.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/06/2023 11:35:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645314

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Chemicals and Technology: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage investment in (a) new green technology and (b) chemical recycling.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government works with public finance institutions such as UK Infrastructure Bank, British Business Bank, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Export Credit Agency and UK Export Finance, to support investment in green technologies.</p><p> </p><p>Chemical recycling covers a range of emerging technologies that could potentially offer a complementary recycling route for plastics where mechanical recycling is impractical or uneconomic. The Government has funded innovative demonstrator projects, including on chemical recycling, through UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging programme. In April of this year HM Treasury announced plans to consult on whether and how chemically recycled content could be accounted for in the Plastics Packaging Tax using a mass balance chain of custody model.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/06/2023 14:02:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645319

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Foreign Investment in UK: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the review into attracting foreign direct investment will consider the potential merits of attracting investment into domestic recycling infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Lord Harrington’s review into attracting foreign direct investment is primarily, though not exclusively, focused on the Chancellor’s five key growth sectors. One of the key growth sectors is Green Industries, and the review will consider actions to improve investment across Green Industries, including recycling infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/06/2023 11:56:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645326

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to attract foreign students to study STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>As part of the UK Science and Technology Framework, a cross-government strategy which aims to cement the UK’s status as a science and technology superpower by 2030, the department is committed to establishing a competitive advantage in attracting international talent to the UK. Details from the Framework on attracting talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-science-and-technology-framework/the-uk-science-and-technology-framework#talent-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-science-and-technology-framework/the-uk-science-and-technology-framework#talent-and-skills</a>.</p><p>The UK higher education (HE) sector has been successful for two years running in delivering on the government’s ambition, set out in our International Education Strategy, of hosting at least 600,000 students per year by 2030, which includes many international students studying STEM subjects.</p><p>Our offer to international students, including those wishing to study STEM subjects, is extremely competitive. With our world class universities that excel in both teaching and research, the department is committed to ensuring the UK remains a destination of choice for international students from across the globe.</p><p>International students make a significant economic and cultural contribution to the UK’s HE sector, which is beneficial for our universities and delivers growth at home.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 26/06/2023 14:02:54 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645328

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will conduct an inquiry into potential reforms to clinical research and trials to (a) scale up, (b) speed up and (c) increase the number of such trials in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to conduct an inquiry into clinical research reforms as work in this area is already in progress. The Government's vision for clinical research delivery, set out in ‘Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery’ (2021), aims to create a patient-centred, innovative, and digitally enabled environment. This includes improving study set-up, speed and efficiency, increasing the participation of patients within clinical trials and integrating clinical research within health and social care practice.</p><p>Lord James O’Shaughnessy was appointed by Government to conduct an independent review into the United Kingdom commercial clinical trials landscape. The Review, published 26 May, makes 27 recommendations, with an emphasis on speed of delivery, transparency of clinical research data and easier recruitment for UK clinical trials. The Government welcomes the recommendations set out in Lord O'Shaughnessy's independent review and in its response makes five headline commitments to improve the commercial clinical trials system.</p><p>No centralised information is available for clinical trials in Scotland, and the Department cannot provide a response on behalf of the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2023 14:29:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645329

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons from the covid-19 pandemic his Department is applying to its policy on clinical trials.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s clinical research ecosystem is actively learning from the successful COVID-19 research response. The UK Government published its vision in ‘Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery’ in March 2021. The vision sets out the ambition to create a patient-centred, pro-innovation, and digitally enabled clinical research environment. This includes the prioritisation of the improvement in study set-up speed and efficiency by expediting costing, contracting, and approvals. Implementing the vision will unleash the true potential of our clinical research environment to improve health, capitalise on our renowned research expertise, and make the UK one of the best places in the world to design and deliver research.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2023 14:26:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643643

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Surrogacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Law Commission in its report on Building families through surrogacy: a new law and the proposals in its draft Surrogacy Bill, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to protect the rights and interests of surrogate mothers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Law Commissions of England &amp; Wales and Scotland published a full report of their review of surrogacy legislation, with a draft bill, on 28 March 2023. The Government is considering the report and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 188970 question first answered 20/06/2023 16:12:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643644

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Surrogacy
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 made an assessment of the effectiveness of legislation on surrogacy at preventing the coercion of women; and whether he plans to introduce legislative proposals to help prevent such coercion.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Law Commissions of England &amp; Wales and Scotland published a full report of their review of surrogacy legislation, with a draft bill, on 28 March 2023. The Government is considering the report and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 188969 question first answered 20/06/2023 16:12:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643712

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Asulam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186764 on Bracken, when she plans to take a decision on the application for emergency authorisation of the use of Asulox.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>As stated in PQ 186764, a decision on the emergency authorisation for the use of Asulox will be made as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 15/06/2023 12:19:26 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1643426

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she held discussions with the Interior Minister of Bahrain on (a) Hassan Mushaima, (b) Abduljalil al-Singace, (c) Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, (d) Abdulwahab Husain, (e) Sheikh Mohammed Habib al-Muqdad, (f) Mohammed Ramadhan and (g) Husain Moosa in April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	188745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/06/2023 14:55:51 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day