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1696161

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	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	Sewage: Rivers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) sewage and (b) other contaminants in the river system on the food chain.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government's Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan (SODRP) was extended in 2023 with further stringent targets on the use of storm overflows to protect people and the environment, prioritising for early action areas used for bathing, for growing shellfish, or with high ecological importance.</p><p> </p><p>This plan will eliminate ecological harm from all storm sewage discharges by 2050, protecting biodiversity the ecology of our rivers and seas, and the public health of our water users for generations to come. In addition to the formulation of the SODRP, we produced an <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F651162052f404b0014c3d83c%2FImpact_Assessment_September_2023.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C1687e24ebea84ba2b63e08dc65e7a435%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638497292784558641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uFCljEkz%2BUPk%2FhhSlyoKzntKV0MDDRdhz4bT4XAXths%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">impact assessment</a> which assesses the quality of evidence regarding environmental, public health and social impacts of storm overflow operation.</p><p> </p><p>The SODRP targets will be reviewed in 2027 when new information is available to see if water companies can go further or faster.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/05/2024 10:50:05 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1701040

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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	Sewage: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 2 April 2024 to Question 19486 on Sewage: Repairs and Maintenance, if he will issue guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) water companies on whether they have a statutory duty to enforce sewage misconnections under Section 59 of the Building Act 1984.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>There is no statutory duty for water companies under Section 59 of the Building Act 1984. The legislation explains the responsibilities of local authorities and the powers available to them, as well as the options for recovering costs they might incur if they have to undertake remedial action.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/05/2024 09:54:15 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1701917

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Trade Agreements: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps in the negotiations on the UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement to ensure that any such agreement includes a clear definition of the territory to which it applies.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territories is clear: they are illegal under international law and undermine the prospect of a two-state solution.</p><p> </p><p>Under the existing UK-Israel trade agreement, goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the agreement between the UK and Israel, or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.</p><p> </p><p>This will not change in the Israel FTA. The UK will maintain its long-standing foreign policy positions throughout this negotiation, including with respect to settlements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/05/2024 06:48:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1701985

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Iron and Steel: Port Talbot
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the quantity of coal required to run Port Talbot steel works at full scale operations; and what is the equivalent in electricity usage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The quantities of coal and equivalent electricity usage at Port Talbot steelworks is commercially sensitive information held by Tata Steel UK. However, HMG understands that coal is used throughout Port Talbot steelworks in various functions to feed the blast furnaces, via the Morfa Coke Ovens (which as announced on 20 March by Tata Steel, are being closed) and Injection Plant.</p><p> </p><p>Coal is an emission dense power source, and the implementation of an electric arc furnace will reduce UK territorial emissions by 1.4%.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 02/05/2024 08:58:19 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1701988

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Iron and Steel: Port Talbot
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide employment opportunities for the people of Port Talbot following on from proposed changes to the Steel Works.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is providing a grant worth up to £500 million, as part of a wider £1.25 billion investment by Tata Steel. This will not only modernise Port Talbot but protect many jobs at the steelworks for the long term.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Tata Steel to provide up to £100 million of funding towards the dedicated Transition Board, with membership including representatives of the Welsh Government, to support affected employees and the local economy. Tata has also announced that they will provide a £130 million comprehensive support package for affected employees.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 02/05/2024 14:44:41 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1702160

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Sewage: Wildlife
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of sewage discharges into waterways on wildlife in those waterways between 2019 and 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/England/print#:~:text=Ecological%20status%20for%20surface%20waters&amp;text=Water%20bodies%20are%20classified%20as,bad%20ecological%20status%20or%20potential." target="_blank">The Environment Agency monitors the water environment all year round, collecting tens of thousands of samples from source to sea. </a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-2022-data-on-regulated-businesses-in-england" target="_blank">The Environment Agency produces a full set of water body classifications covering every water body in England every six years, with the last full assessment in 2019. To supplement this, last year the Environment Agency published a limited data set which assessed data from 2019 to 2022 to help inform delivery</a>. The next full assessment will be produced in 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Environment Agency data shows that the pollutants that harm wildlife discharged by sewage treatment works are greatly reduced. For example, there is now 85% less ammonia and 80% less phosphorus in the water environment than there was in 1990.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is clear that the sector needs to go further and faster to tackle sewage discharges and the harm they cause. The government's Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan will eliminate ecological harm from all storm sewage discharges by 2050. It will protect biodiversity, the ecology of our rivers and seas, and the public health of our water users for generations to come.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/05/2024 11:30:59 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1702183

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent progress his Department has made to meet the pledge in the policy paper entitled UK government's strategy for international development, published on 16 May 2022, to spend £3 billion of official development assistance on humanitarian assistance over three years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>As set out in my [the Deputy Foreign Secretary's] 30 March 2023 Written Ministerial Statement (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-03-30/HCWS705), we continue to work towards our spending targets where funding allows, including on humanitarian. The White Paper on International Development commits us to spending £1 billion on humanitarian need in 2024-25.</p><p>The UK's humanitarian spending figures for three years will not be available until after the end of 2024-25.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 22546 question first answered 02/05/2024 13:23:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1702184

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of whether the provisional official development assistance spend of £888 million of bilateral aid towards humanitarian assistance in 2023 is sufficient to meet the International Development Strategy Commitment to spend £3 billion on humanitarian funding over the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>As set out in my [the Deputy Foreign Secretary's] 30 March 2023 Written Ministerial Statement (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-03-30/HCWS705), we continue to work towards our spending targets where funding allows, including on humanitarian. The White Paper on International Development commits us to spending £1 billion on humanitarian need in 2024-25.</p><p>The UK's humanitarian spending figures for three years will not be available until after the end of 2024-25.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 22545 question first answered 02/05/2024 13:23:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1702208

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Imports: Israeli Settlements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has (a) requested and (b) received legal advice on allowing imports from illegal Israeli settlements.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territories is clear: they are illegal under international law and undermine the prospect of a two-state solution.</p><p> </p><p>Under the existing UK-Israel trade agreement, goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the agreement between the UK and Israel, or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.</p><p> </p><p>This will not change in the Israel FTA. The UK will maintain its long-standing foreign policy positions throughout this negotiation, including with respect to settlements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 22641 question first answered 02/05/2024 06:58:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1702209

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Trade Agreements: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with her Israeli counterpart on the application of the UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territories is clear: they are illegal under international law and undermine the prospect of a two-state solution.</p><p> </p><p>Under the existing UK-Israel trade agreement, goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the agreement between the UK and Israel, or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.</p><p> </p><p>This will not change in the Israel FTA. The UK will maintain its long-standing foreign policy positions throughout this negotiation, including with respect to settlements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 22640 question first answered 02/05/2024 06:58:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova